AN IMPROVED HAFT OB Mana Tom AD VADIO Steve
Year: 1863

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Frances Joseph Risse, of Carlisle, in the County of
Cumberland, Engineer, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED HAFT OB
Mana Tom AD VADIO Steve"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Frances Joseph Risse
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 9th April 1863.
I, FRANCES JOSEPH RISSE, of Carlisle, in the County of Cumberland,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IM-
PROVED HAPT OR HANDLE FOR HOLDING TOOLS OR INSTRUMENTS OF VARIOUS SIZES,"
to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in a combination of parts herein-after described, by
means of which one haft or handle is made capable of holding various sizes.
of files, joiner's chisels, and such tools or instruments as require hafts or
handles, and thus becomes what I term an universal haft or handle. For this
purpose I screw the ferrule which is usually placed on the haft or handle
partially internally, and I chase a corresponding screw on that part of the
haft or handle which is usually made of wood to receive a portion of the
ferrule, the remaining part of the screwed surface of the ferrule containing a
cylindrical piece of metal, hollow, or partially so, and screwed on its outer
surface to a pitch corresponding with that of the ferrule. The cylindrical
piece of metal contains jaws or nippers working on centres, which turn on

page_text: grooves cut in the cylindrical piece of metal above named. By this apparatus
when the "tang" of a file or other instrument required to be held is placed
within the jaws or nippers above named, the jaws or nippers are made to hold
the instrument fast by causing the ring of metal carrying them to come to
such part of the ferrule that the outer surfaces of the jaws or nippers press
against the internal surface of the ferrule, the various lengths of the "tangs"
of different files and instruments being accommodated by a spring placed
underneath a cover in the centre of the haft or handle..
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Francis Joseph Risse in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
2nd October 1863.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, FRANCIS
JOSEPH RISSE, of Carlisle, in the County of Cumberland, Engineer, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Ninth day of April, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, in the twenty-sixth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Francis Joseph Risse, Her special licence that I, the said
Francis Joseph Risse, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said Francis Joseph Risse, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time
and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and
lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an
Invention for "AN IMPROVED HAFT OR HANDLE FOR HOLDING TOOLS OR INSTRU-
MENTS OF VARIOUS SIZES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
Francis Joseph Risse, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great
Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the
date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Francis Joseph Risse, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by

page_text: the following statement, reference being had to the Sheet of Drawings
hereunto annexed, and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that is
to say):―
My Invention consists in a combination of parts herein-after described, by
5 means of which one haft or handle is made capable of holding various sizes of
files, joiner's chisels, and such tools or instruments as require hafts or handles,
and thus becomes what I term a universal haft or handle. For this purpose I
screw the ferrule which is usually placed on the haft or handlo partially
internally, and I chaso a corresponding screw on that part of the haft or handle
which is usually made of wood, to receive a portion of the ferrule; tho
remaining part of the screwed surface of the ferrule contains a cylindrical
piece of metal, hollow, or partially so, and screwed on its outer surface to a
pitch corresponding with that of the ferrule. The cylindrical piece of metal
contains jaws or nippers working on centres, which turn on grooves cut in
5 the cylindrical piece of metal above named. By this apparatus when the
"tang" of a file or other instrument required to be held is placed within
the jaws or nippers above named, the jaws or nippers are made to hold the
instrument fast by causing the ring of metal carrying them to come to such
part of the ferrule that the outer surfaces of the jaws or nippers press against
the internal surface of the ferrule, the various lengths of the "tangs" of
different files and instruments being accommodated by a spring placed under-
neath a cover in the centre of the haft or handle.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 represents a side elevation of the haft or handle; Fig. 2 an end view
of the same; Fig. 8, a longitudinal section; Fig. 4 is a plan view of the
inner ferrule, showing recesses x, x, for the "tang" of the file or other
instrument, the other recesses allowing for the working of the shanks of the
jaws or nippers C, C; Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the ferrule D, and
back elevation of the jaw C, showing the pin G on which the jaw or nipper
works, and the recess cut in the ferrule to receive the lower part of the shank
before mentioned; Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the nipper, showing the conical
shape of that part, which, when in position, is caused to press against the
interior surface of the outer ferrule B (the file or other instrument being
placed between the aforenamed jaws or nippers) by means of the screw on the
ferrule D receding from the face of the outer ferrule B.
In Figs. 1 and 8, A represents that part of the haft or handle which is
usually made of wood, having one end screwed to the same pitch of thread as
the outer ferrule B with which it is connected. The hollow space E within the

page_text: haft (Fig. 3) contains a spring, having a socket F of lead, brass, or other
suitable material at one end for the "tang" of the file to rest against. In
Figs. 3, 4, and 5, D denotes the inner ferrule carrying the jaws C, C.
I prefer to make the ferrules and jaws of malleable cast iron. It will be
observed that the inner ferrule D occupies only a portion of the chamber H,
and consequently may be screwed to such part of the chamber as various sizes
of files or other instruments may render necessary. The haft or handle thus
accommodates itself to various sizes of files or other instruments.
Having now described the nature of my Invention, and in what manner
I carry the same into effect, I would have it understood that I do not
confine myself to the precise details shown; but what I claim as my
Invention to be protected by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent
is, the combination and arrangement of parts herein-before described and
represented in the Drawing annexed, as a haft or handle for the purpose
of holding tools and other instruments of various sizes, as herein-before
described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Francis Joseph Risse, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Ninth day of July, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.
Witness,
P. H. SHARP,
Leeds.
FRANCIS JOSEPH RISSE. (L.B.)