Combined Pick and Shovel, Hoe, or like Tool.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Sept., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 11th Dec., 1895-Accepted, 18th Jan., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Combined Pick and Shovel, Hoe, or like Tool.
WILLIAM HENRY SHARPINGTON Builders Manager 102 Camberwell New
Road London S.E. do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
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Combined pick & shovel or pick & spade which can be used as a pick shovel,
spade, hoe, scraper or other similar implement being composed of steel or other
suitable metal working on a centre & attached to a steel or other suitable metal
shank, blade or tongue by a pivot or bolt & fixed in position by a bolt spring or
thumbscrew. The shank blade or tongue is let into & rivetted to a wood handle.
or shaft.
17th September 1905
W. H. SHARPINGTON.
I, WILLIAM HENRY SHARPINGTON, of 102 Camberwell New Road, London,.
Builders' Manager, 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 :-
This invention relates to an improved combined pick and shovel, and it has for
its object the production of an implement which combines in itself both a spade
or shovel and a pick, and which may be readily used in either capacity or as a
hoe, scraper, or the like.
In order that this invention may be the better understood reference is made to.
the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1. of the said drawings is a front elevation of the invention for use as a
shovel.
Fig. 2. is a side view, and shews the shovel blade turned at right angles to the
shaft or handles so that it may be used as a hoe, or as a pick, the pick finger
being in position for such use.
Fig. 3. is a side view of Fig. 1. and shews the position occupied by the pick
when not in use.
Fig. 4. is a view of a bolt which is employed to keep the blade in position.
In carrying this invention into effect I construct à blade A. of steel or other
suitable metal having instead of the usual socket for attachment to the handle, a
pick finger B. formed continuous therewith as shewn, and having a slot C. formed
at about the centre to allow of the whole being pivotted to a shank D. carried by
the handle E. as shewn at c', in Figs. 1, 2, and 3.
The shank D. is shaped so as to allow of the blade above mentioned being
turned at right angles to the handle and is slotted at d d', to allow the spring bolt F.
to engage with the said slots and to retain the blade and with it the finger B. in
either the vertical or the horizontal position indicated on the drawings at Figs. 1
and 2.
The spring bolt F. consists of a round piece of metal having a projection G..
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page_text: formed thereon, and is fixed immediately below the blade A. and passes through
the slotted portion of the finger B. in such a manner as to engage with the
slots d d', formed in the shank D. to which the blade is pivotted. One end of the
bolt is provided with a head H. and the other is reduced somewhat in size and
engages with the spring I. so that upon the slot d', coming into line therewith
it is acted upon by the said spring and locks the spade in the desired position
for use.
When it is necessary to alter the position of the blade the head H. is pressed
and causes the bolt to be withdrawn from the slot when the blade may be moved,
the spring causing the bolt to return when opposite the next slot. Instead of the
bolt herein described, any suitable locking device may be utilized or a screwed
stud may be used if found convenient for holding the blade in the position
required.
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 :-
A combined spade or shovel, and pick substantially as described and set forth in
the accompanying Specification and drawings.
Dated this 18th day of December 1895.
J. E. EVANS-JACKSON & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.