Year: 1888

page_text: 'and 'Rotary 'Outters.
We BENJAMIN CLIFFORD SYKES M.D. of St. Johns House, Cleckheaton in the
County of York and GEORGE BLAMIRES of Cleckheaton aforesaid Engineer do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to an improved hollow flexible appliance for transmitting
motion from a driver to a drill or other rotating cutting tool being specially applicable
to the drilling of holes in the fitting of machines so as to dispense in great measure
with the use of ratchet drills.
According to this our said invention we employ wire, preferably steel which is
coiled forming a hollow pliable shaft similar to a close coiled,sprial spring in one end
of the length of such hollow shafting is a spindle formed to be received in the
spindle of the driving head of the lathe or other like driver on the opposite end of
the hollow shaft is a boss, having a square or other shaped recess-for the reception of
the holding end of the drill or cutting tool, the rotary motion from the drill head or
other driver drives the hollow shaft, and drill or cutter, whilst the shaft is quite
pliable and the drill or cutter may be applied at any angle or position within its
radius.
Dated this 11th day of July 1888.
WALTER BRIERLEY,
Town Hall Buildings, Halifax,
Agent for the Applicants.

page_text: We BENJAMIN CLIFFORD SYKES M.D. of St. John's House Cleckheaton in the
County of York and GEORGE BLAMIRES of Cleckheaton aforesaid Engineer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
Our invention relates to an improved hollow flexible appliance for transmitting
motion from a driver to a drill or other rotating cutting tool being specially applicable
to the drilling of holes in the fitting of machines so as to dispense in great measure
with the use of ratchet drills.
According to this our said invention we employ wire preferably steel which is
coiled forming a hollow pliable shaft similar to a close coiled spiral spring in one end
of the length of such hollow shafting is a spindle formed to be received in the chuck
of the driving head of the lathe or other like driver on the opposite end of the
hollow shaft is a boss having a square or other shaped recess for the reception of the
holding end of the drill or cutting tool, the rotary motion from the lathe head or
other driver drives the hollow shaft and drill or cutter, whilst the shaft is quité
pliable and the drill or cutter may be applied at any angle or position within its
radius.
Such being the nature and object of this our said invention the following is a
complete description of same reference being had to the accompanying drawings.
Fig 1 is a side elevation of our improved flexible shaft for transmitting motion,
shewn applied to a rotary cutter or drill, and driven by an ordinary lathe.
According to this our said invention we employ wire 1, preferably steel which is
coiled forming a hollow pliable shaft 2 similar to a close coiled spiral spring, in one
end of the length of such hollow shafting is a spindle or socket 3 formed to be
received in or receive the spindle 4 of the driving head 5 of the lathe or other like.
driver on the opposite end of the hollow shaft is a boss 6, having a square or other
shaped recess for the reception of the holding end of the drill 7 or cutting tool, the
rotary motion from the lathe head 5 or other driver drives the hollow, pliable shaft 2
and drill or cutter 7, whilst the shaft 2 is quite pliable and the drill or cutter 7 may
be applied at any angle or position within its radius as shewn in the drawing.
At 8 is a handle for holding the rotary drill or cutter 7, and is formed of a hollow
boss or cylinder passed over the spindle 9.
The appliance herein described is also applicable for transmitting rotary motion.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this our inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is
:-
1. The improved apparatus herein described comprising the spiral coil 2, socket 3
handle 8 all in combination and as illustrated by annexed drawings.
2. The spiral coil 2 socket 3 and boss 6 for communicating rotary motion to an
axis all in combination and as described and illustrated.
Dated this 11th day of April 1889.
BENJAMIN CLIFFORD SYKES.
GEORGE BLAMIRES.
By their Agent,
Walter Brierley,
Town Hall Buildings, Halifax.