Improvements in Steel Scrapers or Scoops for Grading, Farm, or Road Work.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Nov., 1886.
Complete Left, 29th July, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 16th Sept., 1887.
Improvements in Steel Scrapers or Scoops for Grading, Farm,
or Road Work.
I ROBERT ST. BARBE YOUNG of 96 Sloane Street Chelsea in the County of
Middlesex, Secretary to public Company do hereby declare the nature of this
invention a communication to me from abroad by George Wilkinson of Aurora
in the Province of Ontario, Canada to be as follows, reference being had to the
drawings hereunto annexed, and to the figures and letters marked thereon, that
is to say :-
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a complete scraper or scoop: Figure 2 shows the
pattern to which the steel blank is cut in readiness to be pressed into form: Figure 3
illustrates a runner for the protection of the sockets and Figure 4 shows a suitable
form of iron handle.
In carrying the invention into effect in order to make a steel scraper or scoop of the
form shown at Figure 1, I cut a blank from steel plate according to the pattern
represented at Figure 2. This blank is then while in a heated state placed between
dies and stamped or pressed into the desired form the edges of the open gores a a
being brought together and afterwards hammered or worked in such manner as to
have only a closed seam as indicated by the dotted lines 6 Figure 1. The handle
socket c which receives the wooden handle c2 is then placed in position with its flange
or base c¹ embracing the seam 6 and is there securely rivetted thus firmly binding the
parts together.
By these means I produce a strong and durable scraper or scoop with much less
labour than is required to manufacture a solid steel scraper as heretofore.
In order to protect the handle sockets c from the wear to which they are exposed
when the scraper is being dragged in an inverted position after dumping, I employ a
runner d such as that shown at Figure 3.
This runner is constructed of iron or steel doubled over at one end into the form of
a hook d¹ and at the other end it is formed with a flange d².

page_text: The runner is shown applied to the upper side of the scraper Figure 1 the hook d¹
being placed under the edge of the handle socket c and the other end being secured to
the wooden handle c² by screws or rivets passing through the flange d² or otherwise.
Or instead of forming the flange d² in the manner hereinbefore described it may be
formed as shown at the lower side of Figure 1; that is to say,
, it may be twisted into
a suitable position for rivetting direct to the side of the scraper.
Instead of employing a wooden handle c³ and socket c in the manner represented at
Figure 1 I may if desired, and as shown at Figure 4, form the handle c² of iron with
a flange c¹ thereon such flange being rivetted to the scraper in the manner herein-
before described.

page_text: I would have it understood that I make no claim to a solid steel scraper made in the
form shown at Figure 1 for I am aware that it is not new.
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,
1. A steel scraper of the form shown at Figure 1 constructed of a plate of steel cut
to the pattern represented at Figure 2 the edges forming the seams being firmly held
together by rivets passing through the bases or flanges of the sockets or the flanges of
the iron handles and the sides of the scraper substantially as herein shown and
described and for the purpose stated.
2. The runner represented at Figure 3 constructed in the manner and for the
purpose stated.
3. A steel scraper such as that hereinbefore described fitted with runners d in the
manner and for the purpose substantially as herein shown and described.
4. The iron handle represented at Figure 4 constructed in the manner and for the
purpose stated.
5. A steel scraper such as that hereinbefore described fitted with iron handles c²
formed with flanges c¹ covering the seam b and secured in position in manner
substantially as hereinbefore described and for the purpose stated.
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ROBERT ST. BARBE YOUNG.
By Harris and Mills,
23, Southampton Buildings,
Agents.