IMPROVEMENTS IN NIPPLE WRENCHES OR NIPPLE KEYS FOR BREECH AND MUZZLE-LOADING SMALL-ARMS.
Year: 1871

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Bayliss, trading as E. Bayliss and Son, of
Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Gun Implement Manu-
facturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN NIPPLE WRENCHES OR
NIPPLE KEYS FOR BREECH AND MUZZLE-LOADING SMALL-ARMS.
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Bayliss at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
9th September 1871.
I, HENRY BAYLISS, trading as E. Bayliss and Son, of Birmingham, in
the County of Warwick, Gun Implement Manufacturer, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN NIPPLE
WRENCHES OR NIPPLE KEYS FOR BREECH AND MUZZLE-LOADING SMALL-ARMS,” to
be as follows:-
"
The said nipple wrenches or nipple keys are employed to unscrew and
replace the nipples of small arms, and as usually constructed consist of a
tubular piece or key head, having internally the figure of the two, four,

page_text: or six sided nipple with which they are to be used, the said tubular piece
or key head being connected by a body with the stem or handle of the
implement, either at its end or at its side, so that the axis of the said key
head is either coincident with the axis of the body or at right angles
thereto.
My Invention consists in making the said nipple wrenches or nipple
keys in the following manner :-Instead of making the key head of the
wrench in either of the ways described I make the said key head of the
same thickness as the body, the ends of the said key head being situated
in the same or nearly the same planes as the sides of the implement
respectively. By this method of construction great convenience in the
use of the wrenches or keys is secured, as well as facility and economy in
their manufacture. In consequence of the key head and body being of
the same thickness and in the same plane, the said key head and body
may be cut out from sheet metal, and the hexagonal or other shaped
opening in the head to fit upon the nipple made at the same time. The
said wrenches or keys may however be made by forging or casting. The
body part of the wrench or key forms the handle, or its end may have a
tang made upon it to which a wooden handle is affixed.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Henry Bayliss in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 8th March 1872.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY
BAYLISS, trading as E. Bayliss and Son, of No. 8, Whittall Street,
Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Gun Implement Manufacturer,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Ninth day of September, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, in the thirty-
fifth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, givo
and grant unto me, the said Henry Bayliss, Her special licence that I,
the said Henry Bayliss, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such others as I, the said Henry Bayliss, 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,

page_text: should and lawfully might make, usc, exercise, and vend, within the
United Kingdom of Great Britain, and Ireland, the Channel Islands,
and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN NIPPLE WRENCHES OR
NIPPLE KEYS FOR BREECH AND MUZZLE-LOADING SMALL-ARMS," upon the con-
dition (amongst others) that I, the said Henry Bayliss, 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 Scal
Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after
the date of the said Letters Patent. .
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Henry Bayliss, 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 the following statement:-
Nipple wrenches or nipple keys which are employed to unscrew and.
replace the nipples of small arms as usually constructed consist of a
tubular piece or key head, having internally the figure of the two, four, or
six sided nipple for which they are to be used, the said tubular piece or
key head being connected by a body with the stem or handle of the
implement, either at its end or at its side, so that the axis of the said key
head is either coincident with the axis of the body or at right angles
thereto.
According to my Invention, however, the said nipple wrenches
or nipple keys are made in the following manner, that is to say :-
Instead of making the key head of the wrench in either of the ways
described, I make the said key head of the same thickness as the body,
the ends of the said key head being situated in the same or nearly the
same planes as the sides of the implement respectively. By this method
of construction great convenience in the use of the wrenches or keys is
secured, as well as facility and economy in their manufacture. In
consequence of the key head and body being of the same thickness and
in the same plane, the said key head and body may be stamped out or
cut out from sheet metal, and the hexagonal or other shaped opening in
the head to fit upon the nipple, made at the same time. The said
wrenches or keys may however be made by forging or casting. The
body part of the wrench or key forms the handle, or its end may have a
tang made upon it to which a wooden handle is affixed.

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By the foregoing statement I have particularly described the nature
of my said Invention, and further, to some extent have incidentally
described and ascertained in what manner the same is to be performed
or put in practice; but I will now further illustrate and particularly
describe and ascertain in what manner the same is to be performed or
carried out in practice, by reference to the accompanying Drawings, that
By the foregoing statement I have particularly described the nature
of my said Invention, and further, to some extent have incidentally
described and ascertained in what manner the same is to be performed
or put in practice; but I will now further illustrate and particularly
describe and ascertain in what manner the same is to be performed or
carried out in practice, by reference to the accompanying Drawings, that
is to say:
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1, front view; Fig. 2, side view.
A, key head; B, body; C, handle.
6. Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature and
object of my said Invention, and in what manner the same may be
performed or put in practice, I hereby declare that I claim the
Invention of "Improvements in Nipple Wrenches or Nipple Keys for
Breech and Muzzle-loading Small-arms," as herein-before described and
illustrated by the accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Bayliss, have hereunto set
my hand and scal, this First day of March, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.
Witness,
A. E. BAYLISS,
Carlton House,
Moseley,
N'. Birmingham.
HENRY (L.S.) BAYLISS.