Combined Tweezers and Screwdriver.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Nov., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 4th Dec., 1893-Accepted, 17th Mar., 1894
Combined Tweezers and Screwdriver.
I JOHN WOODROW DENNIS of 77 Eastgate Louth in the County of Lincoln
Chemist and EDWARD WHITE of Eastgate Louth aforesaid Jeweller do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide a complete pair of tweezers and a
perfect screwdriver combined, and to so construct the same that the one shall not
interfere with the free use of the other.
It is made principally of steel or other metal, the upper part being in the shape
of a tube fitted with a cap, the lower part being simply the jaws of an ordinary
pair of tweezers as shown in Figure 1 on the accompanying drawing.
The upper part of the tube contains a small spiral spring to return the screw-
driver to its original position when not in use and in the lower part of the said tube
is fixed a stout plug with a square hole through, the same being intended to act as
a conductor to the screwdriver when being propelled into position for use, while at
the lower end of the screwdriver a small conical cup is fixed to hold back and
protect the tweezer points when not in use.
Figure 1 on the drawing shows the invention as ordinary tweezers, except that
you will observe the screwdriver, a small steel rod, shown between the jaws of the
tweezers about midway down, in which position you will notice it is entirely clear
of, and therefore cannot interfere with, the free action of the tweezers.
Figure 2 on the said plan shows the invention as a screwdriver, the tweezers
being caught in the before mentioned conical cup, where they are protected, and at
the same time held out of the way of their interfering with the free use of the
screwdriver.
It is intended principally for the use of watchmakers, jewellers, and others of
similar occupation, and it is for the combination that I claim protection as well as
for the mode of construction, and the use of the same.
Dated this 18th day of November 1893
JOHN WOODROW DENNIS.
EDWARD WHITE,
Inventor.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Combined Tweezers and Screwdriver.
We Joux WOODROW DENNIS, of Number Seventy-seven Eastgate Louth in
the County of Lincoln Chemist and EDWARD WHITE also of Eastgate Louth
aforesaid Jeweller 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 :-
The object of this invention is to provide a complete pair of tweezers and a
perfect screwdriver combined, and to so construct the same that the one shall not
in anyway interfere with the free use of the other.
It is intended principally for the use of watchinakers, jewellers and others of
similar occupation, and is made of steel, brass, or both or any similar metal, the
upper part of which is in the shape of a tube the same being fitted with a cap the

page_text: utility of which is hereinafter described, the lower part being simply the jaws of an
ordinary pair of tweezers as shown in Figure 1 on the drawing left with the
Provisional Specification.
The upper part of the said tube contains a spiral spring to return the screw-
driver to its original position when not in use, and in the lower part of the said
tube a stout plug is fixed with a square or oval hole through, the same being
intended to act as a conductor to the screwdriver when being propelled into position
for use, while at the lower end of the rod (to which the screwdriver is attached) a
small conical cup is fixed to hold back and protect the tweezer points when not in
use, but we will now briefly explain the way cach instrument is brought into
instant use which will at once show the utility and the simplicity of the invention.
Figure 1 on the said drawing shows the invention as ordinary tweezers except
that you will observe a small square or oval rod shown between the jaws of the
tweezers about mid-way down, to which the screwdriver is attached, and in which
position you will notice it is entirely clear of, and therefore cannot interfere with,
the free action of the tweezers, while Figure 2 on the said drawing shows the
invention as a screwdriver only.
To bring the screwdriver into instant use, the cap of the tube is pressed by the
forefinger, thus propelling the screwdriver to its full extent beyond the jaws of the
tweezers, at the same time slightly pressing the tweezers together with the thumb
and second finger, then suddenly remove the pressure from the cap by lifting the
forefinger, and the spiral spring secures the screwdriver in position for use by
catching the tweezers points in the aforesaid conical cup, where they are not only
protected, but at the same time firmly held back out of the way of the screwdriver
as shown in Figure 2 on the said drawing until further required when the same can
again be brought into instant use by pressing the tube cap as before, to release the
points from the cup, then suddenly remove the pressure from the cap as herein-
before explained and the screwdriver shoots back like magic into its original
position as shown in Figure 1 on the aforesaid drawing, thus again leaving the
tweezers perfectly free and unencumbered.
We wish it to be understood that we do not restrict ourselves to the precise
details described and illustrated, as they may be considerably varied without
departing from this invention. For example, by gradually thickening the rod of
the screwdriver we could so arrange it that when being propelled into position for
use, the same action might draw the tweezers together without their being pressed
as herein described; or instead of the screwdriver nib being attached to the rod
below the cup, it might be one continuous rod if desired, and many other similar
alterations which we maintain would not depart from this invention."
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is -
:-
1. The combination of the screwdriver and tweezers as hereinbefore described.
2. The mode of construction, and especially the cup for protecting, and at the
same time securing the tweezers when not in use, as hereinbefore described.
3. The manner in which each instrument is brought into use & retired at will,
and for the general purposes for which the said invention is intended as herein-
before set forth.
Dated this 2nd day of December 1802
JNO. W. DENNIS,
EDWARD WHITE,
Applicants.