Improvements in Wrenches Used in Connection with the Axle-caps of Carriages, Carts, and similar other Vehicles.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd May, 1887
Complete Left, 1st Feb., 1888
Complete Accepted, 2nd Mar., 1888
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Wrenches Used in Connection with the Axle-caps
of Carriages, Carts, and similar other Vehicles.
I, JOHN WILLIAM WIDDUP of 22 New Town, Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Shoe-Maker,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows, that is to say :-
It consists of improvements in wrenches, used in connection with the axle-caps of
carriages, carts or similar other vehicles, of such a nature that the same are enabled
to be varied to suit various sizes of caps whether of a square or hexagonal form.
This is attained by forming the wrench with two jaws to lay hold of said caps.
These jaws being hinged together and one of them being bored and screwed to
receive the screwed end of a rod or T handle; while the other has a suitable opening
or slot formed in it for said rod or handle to pass through, from this it will be seen
that by a shoulder or collar being formed on said rod in a suitable position, said jaws
will be pressed together as said rod is screwed into them, while when it is unscrewed
they will open, in this manner being adjustable.
To make the jaws open automatically as the rod is being unscrewed, a spring is
placed between them.
Leverage for assisting in the manipulation of the wrench is obtained through the
rod or Thandle.

page_text: of Carriages, Carts, and similar other Vehicles.
I, JOHN WILLIAM WIDDUP of 22 New Town Barnoldswick, Yorkshire, Shoe
Maker 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, that is to say :-
It consists of improvements' in wrenches used in connection with the axle caps of
carriages, carts and similar other vehicles, of such a nature that these wrenches are
enabled to be varied to suit various sizes of caps whether of a square or hexagonal
form, and in order that this said invention may be more readily understood hereunto
appended is a sheet of drawings illustrative thereof, to which, by figures and letters,
reference is made in the following description.
Fig. 1 is a side view of the wrench. Fig. 2 is a part sectional view of fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is an end view of fig. 1.
Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.
The object of this invention is attained by forming the wrench with two jaws a b
which lay hold of the vehicles' caps somewhat as shewn by broken lines fig. 1. These
jaws a and bare hinged together at c and the jaw a is bored and screwed to receive
the screwed end d of the rod or T handle d, while the jaw b has a suitable opening
or slot e formed in it for said rod or handle d to pass through.
From this it will be seen that by a shoulder or collar f being formed in proper
position on said rod d, the jaws a b will be pressed together as the rod d is screwed
into the jaw a, while when it is unscrewed, they will open in this manner being
adjustable to suit various sizes of caps.
To make the jaws open automatically as the rod d is being unscrewed, a spring g
is placed between them, said spring 9 operating in a well known manner.
Leverage for facilitating the manipulation of the wrench, is obtained by the
handle d.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
The jaws a and hinged together at c, the handle d being screwed at d¹ and
having a collar f formed thereon or attached thereto, and the spring g in combination;
all of the parts being constructed and arranged to operate substantially as herein
specified.
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