Improvements in the Manufacture of Spade and Shovel Blades.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Aug., 1886.
Complete Left, 5th May, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 14th June, 1887.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Spade and Shovel Blades.
I, WILLIAM BELL, of 62 William Street, Sheffield in the County of York, Works
manager, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE MANUFACTURE OF SPADE AND SHOVEL BLADES," to be as follows:-
In carrying this invention into effect I take a long sheet of steel or other suitable
metal, cut to the required width, and place it under a punch fixed after the manner of
ordinary punches, which is constructed to cut down each side of the strap which forms
the handle socket and half-way across the shoulder of the blade. When this is done
I turn over the metal sheet and bring the opposite side to that already cut under the
punch, which cuts the other half of the shoulder and down the side of the blade, at
the same time cutting the strap for another shovel; and so on to the end of the
sheet.
It will thus be seen that after the first stroke of the punch a complete spade or shovel
is formed at each succeeding stroke.
By the addition of a set of curved shear blades I am able to produce a round nosed
shovel by the same process as above described.
By this improvement I am enabled to gain a saving in both time and labour; also
in material, the spades being formed with little or no scrap.
Dated this 10th day of Anomst 1886
GARLICK & MCGOWAN,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: 1, WILLIAM BELL, of 62 William Street Sheffield in the County of York, Works
manager, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF SPADE AND SHOVEL BLADES,” and in what manner the same is to be
performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
This invention consists of a tool working on the principal of a pair of shears with
two cutting edges as described in Figures 1 to 6-of the accompanying drawings and
is attached to a punch fixed after the manner of an ordinary punch.
In the manufacture of a round or bull nosed shovel I take a sheet of metal of a
required width and place it under tho said tool and the first stroke of the punch cuts
out both the strap and the shovel blade with the exception of a portion of each of the
the shoulders, the sheet is then turned over, bringing it the reverse way under the
punch and the second stroke cuts the strap and blade of a second shovel and one of
the shoulders of the plate cut by the first stroke and part of the shoulder of the plate
intended to be cut by the third stroke. The third stroke will cut the strap and blade
of a third shovel with the exception of a shoulder corner which will be cut by the
fourth stroke, as described in figures 9 and 10 of the accompanying drawings, and so
on to the end of the sheet.
The uncut corner of the first shovel will be cut in the ordinary way.
When I require to cut square instead of bull mosed blades one or both of the blades
cutting the round portion of the plate will be unattached from the other part of the
tool by means of adjustable set screws and the metal sheet placed under the remaining
part of the tool, the first stroke of the punch cuts out the strap and halfway across
cach shoulder of the blade; the sheet is then turned over and the opposite side to
that already cut, placed under the punch and the second stroke completes the shovel
partly cut by the first stroke (with the exception of part of the end shoulder) and cuts
the socket and part of the plate of the second shovel; the third stroke completes the
second shovel and cuts out the socket and part of the blado of a third shovel as
described in Figures 7 and 8 of the accompanying drawings, and so on to the end of
the sheet. The uncut corner of the first shovel will be cut in the ordinary way.
The frame of the cutting tool is made of either iron with steel facings or of all steul
and to any required size.
The accompanying drawings illustrato my invention. The same letters of reference
apply to the different views.
Fig. 1, is a plan of the top part of cutting tool shewing the shears A and D,
shear D being secured to the frame by adjustable set screws E, when square shovels
only are required to be cut shear D will be dispensed with.
Fig. 2, is a side view in elevation of the top part of cutting tool shewing the
cutting plate A, secured to frame B by nuts and bolts, and the shear D, frame C, and
set screws E.

page_text: Fig. 4, is a side view in elevation of the bottom part of cutting tool corresponding
with the top tool which fits tightly into it.
Fig. 4, is a plan of bottom part of cutting tool, F being the cutting plate for square
shovel plates, and G the bottom shear for cutting round nosed shovel plates, secured
by adjustable set screws to frame C.
Fig. 5, is a section of top part of tool through W, X, H being edge for cutting
shoulders of the blades.
Fig. 6, is a section of bottom part of tool through Y, Z, shewing shear G
secured to frame C.
Fig. 7, is a plan showing the cuts made by parts A, F, of the tool at each stroke of
the punch.
Fig. 8, is a plan shewing in a metal sheet the cuts required to produce a square
plate, the full lines shewing the first, third, and fifth cuts and the dotted the second
and fourth cuts.
Fig. 9, is a plan shewing the cut of the whole tool required for a round nosed
shovel.
Fig. 10, is a plan shewing the cuts required to produce a round nosed shove!
the full lines showing the first and third cuts, the dotted lines the second and
fourth cuts.
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
An improved tool for cutting out of sheet metal, the straps and plates of square and
round nosed shovels, the said tool consisting of two parts fitting and working into
each other after the manner or on the principle of a pair of shears being attached to a
punch, and by the stroke of the said punch cutting the metal as hereinbefore specified
and described and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 4th day of May 1887
GARLICK & MºGOWAN,
Agents for the Applicant.