Year: 1897

page_text: I, JAMES WILLIAM SMALLMAN, of Camp Hill Grange, near Nuneaton, in the County
of Warwick, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to an adjustable spanner made in two pieces; one piece
having pins that engage with holes in the other piece. There may be three pins;
two near the jaws of the spanner and a third pin as far away from said jaws as
possible. One jaw is shaped on each piece. Each jaw is preferably twice as wide as
the remainder of the piece; so that when the pieces are placed together they form
a flat spanner of considerable strength, very light and compact.
To adjust the spanner, the pieces are separated and the pins then caused to engage
with other holes.
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Each piece may have apertures or gaps to fit the smaller nuts or bolts of the
machine. One of the pieces may be shaped to serve as a screw-driver. The other
piece may be formed to act as a lever for detaching the covers of "wired-on "
pneumatic tires.
Dated the 1st dose of Datuber 1897
Spanners for bicycles and
I, JAMES WILLIAM SMALLMAN, of Camp Hill Grange, near Nuneaton, in the County
of Warwick, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement :-
My invention relates to an adjustable spanner made in two pieces; one piece
having pins that engage with holes in the other piece. There may be three pins ;
two near the jaws of the spanner and a third pin as far away from said jaws as
possible. One jaw is shaped on each piece. Each jaw is preferably twice as wide
as the remainder of the piece; so that when the pieces are placed together they form
a flat spanner of considerable strength, very light and compact.
To adjust the spanner, the pieces are separated and the pins then caused to engage
with other holes.
Each piece may have apertures or gaps to fit the smaller nuts or bolts of the
machine. One of the pieces may be shaped to serve as a screw-driver, or may have
a socket for holding separate tools. The other piece may be formed to act as a lever
for detaching the covers of "wired-on " pneumatic tires.

page_text: Reference will now be made to the accompanying drawings.
Figs. 1 to 4 show one way of carrying out my invention.
Fig. is a side elevation of the spanner.
Fig. 2 is a corresponding plan.
Fig. 3 is a side elevation of one of the pieces.
Fig. 4 is a similar view of the other piece.
Figs. 5 to 8 show another way of carrying out my invention.
Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the spanner.
Fig. 6 is a plan corresponding with Fig. 5.
Fig. 7 is a side elevation of one of the pieces.
Fig. 8 is a similar view of the other piece.
a, a¹
In Figs. 1 to 4, one of the pieces is marked A A¹ and the other piece B B¹.
and a* are pins on the piece A A¹. b, b₁ and kare holes (arranged in series) through
the piece B BA¹ and B₁ are, the jaws. !
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The pins as a¹ and a* engage in the holes b, b¹ and 6*. As there are four holes in
each series, the jaws A¹ and B¹ can be set to take nuts of four sizes. In Fig. 1, said
jaws are represented in position for taking a nut of the largest size.
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In Figs. 5 to 8, one piece is inarked A* A¹ and the other piece B* B¹. The
piece A* A has pins a and a* and holes a¹¹. The piece B* B¹ has holes 6 and b* and
a pin bui
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The pins a and a engage in the holes b and bx and the pin '6" engages in the
holes a¹¹.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
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1. Adjustable spanners made substantially as described.
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2. An adjustable spanner made in two pieces that are connected by pins engaging
in holes substantially as described.
3. An adjustable spanner made substantially as illustrated in the accompanying
drawings...
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Dnted the lot den of Tul., 1900