Trowels, and the like Implements.
Year: 1885

page_text: Trowels, and the like Implements.
I, WILLIAM SIMMONDS SKELTON, of Sheafbank Works, Heeley, Sheffield, in the
County of York, Shovel Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND MANUFACTURE OF
HOES, TROWELS AND THE LIKE IMPLEMENTS" and in what manner the same is to
be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
The object of this Invention is to improve the construction and manufacture by
making or forming such Implements, and the sockets or tangs, or the sockets and
tangs by which they are attached to their handles or hafts all in one piece without
weld, or joint, and in such a manner as to reduce the weight and at the same time
strengthen the Implements so constructed.
I effect this object in the following manner, and as the construction and process
of manufacture would be similar in all Implements manufactured by this improved
method, the application as for a Hoe (say for example a Dutch Hoe) will suffice.
The material of which the Implement and socket or tang, or the implement tangs
and socket is formed, may be cut stamped or fiyed into the required shape out of a
sheet of metal of suitable thickness and quality, and afterwards bent hollowed,
recessed or otherwise formed, so that the portion of the material which forms
the socket or tangs, or tangs and socket is by such manipulation considerably
strengthened, a suitable hole or holes being provided for securing the socket or tang
to the handle or haft by rivets pins or other equivalent fastenings, the cutting
stamping or flying of the material in the first instance may be effected by a single
or by several operations, the bending, hollowing, recessing or otherwise forming,
herein secondly described, may be effected by the employment of stamps or dies,
and the turning and closing of the socket may be effected either by hand or by
the employment of a mandril and specially constructed mechanical appliance or
appliances.
The nature of my Invention will be better understood on reference to the
accompanying sheets of drawings in which Sheet 1, is an illustration as applied to
a Dutch Hoe (half full size). Sheet 2, is an illustration as applied to a ladies, or

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swan neck Hoe” (full size) and sheet 3 is an illustration of my Invention as
applied to a trowel (half full size).
The same figures represent similar views on each of the sheets of Drawings
referred to thus,
Fig. 1 represents the sheet of metal from which the blanks may be cut
stamped or flyed. (In sheet 2 this figure is drawn quarter the size of the other
figures.)
Fig. 2, represents the blank after it has been cut, stamped, or flyed into the
required shape, the hole or holes as shewn in this figure being afterwards drilled or
punched in the blank.
Fig. 3, represents the same blank after it has been bent, hollowed or recessed so
as to form a tang or tangs and socket.
Fig. 4, is the obverse view of Fig. 3.
Fig. 5, is a side view or elevation of the Implement after it has been manufactured
as herein above described.
Fig. 6, is a section on the line A B of Fig. 4.
Fig. 7, is a section on the line C. D. of Fig. 4.
Fig. 8, is a section on the line E, F, of Fig. 4.
Figs. 9, 10, 11, and 12, on Sheet 1 represent an alternative form in which the
end of the socket C may be made either in the Dutch Hoe represented on sheet 1,
or in the swan neck Hoe on sheet 2.
The same letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views on each
sheet of drawings.
A, is the blade of the implement.
B, is the tang or tangs.
C, is the socket.
D', is the hole or holes by which the socket is secured to the handle or haft.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what
I claim is
- ;
(1.) Constructing the sockets or tangs, and the blades, or the tangs and sockets
and blades, of Hoes, Trowels and the like Implements out of a sheet of metal all
in one piece without weld, or joint, the portion of the material forming the
sockets, or tangs, or the portion of the material forming the tangs and sockets,
being bent, hollowed, recessed, or otherwise formed so as to strengthen the saine,
substantially as herein described and illustrated.
(2.) Improvements in the construction and manufacture of Hoes, Trowels, and
the like Implements, as herein described, and illustrated, by the accompanying
sheets of drawings.
Dated this 5th day of December 1885
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what
I claim is
- :
(1.) Constructing the sockets or tangs, and the blades, or the tangs and sockets
and blades, of Hoes, Trowels and the like Implements out of a sheet of metal all
in one piece without weld, or joint, the portion of the material forming the
sockets, or tangs, or the portion of the material forming the tangs and sockets,
being bent, hollowed, recessed, or otherwise formed so as to strengthen the Baine,
substantially as herein described and illustrated.
(2.) Improvements in the construction and manufacture of Hoes, Trowels, and
the like Implements, as herein described, and illustrated, by the accompanying
sheets of drawings.