A New or Improved Handle for Shovels and the like.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Mar., 1894
Complete Specification Left. 7th Dec., 1894-Accepted, 16th Feb., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Handle for Shovels and the like.
I, GEORGE WALTERS, of 5 Berens Road, Kensal Green, in the County of
Middlesex, Smith, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-.
Hitherto shovel and like handles have usually been constructed of wood and as
a consequence easily broken, burnt or otherwise injured so as to make them
useless.
Now the object of my invention is to so construct handles for shovels or the like
of metal that they shall be light and practically indestructible with ordinary usage.
In constructing a handle according to my invention I form the straight portion
thereof of a metal tube formed, preferably, by suitably bending or curving an oblong
metal plate so that the longitudinal edges impinge one on the other. From one of
the abutting edges of the plate so bent and at one end thereof a triangular strip of
metal is cut and the edges then forced together thus giving the necessary taper and
set to one side to that end of the tube to which the shovel or the like is to be
attached.
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The eye of the haudle I also form of sheet metal and for this purpose
oblong strip thereof so that lugs project from each side at the centre and at each
end. The two lugs projecting from the centre of said plate I bend by the aid of a
drop hammer or the like so that they stand at right angles to the surface of the
plate and are so curved that they form in combination a tubular projection or
socket which may be fitted on to the unreduced end of the straight portion of the
handle.
The lugs at each end of the strip are then bent to form similar tubular projections
but so that they project from the plate in an opposite direction to the projection
or socket formed in the centre of the strip. The plate is then curved so that the
tubular projections on the ends thereof face one another and are capable of holding
between them a short tube forming the hand piece of the eye. The parts of the
handle so formed when found desirable may be rivetted or otherwise secured to
prevent them working loose or coming apart.
Dated this 6th day of March 1894.
CASTLE SMITH,
Invention Office, 54, Fleet Street, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.
I, GEORGE WALTERS, of 5 Berens Road, Kensal Green, in the County of
Middlesex, Smith, 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:-
Hitherto shovel and like handles have usually been constructed of wood and as
a consequence easily broken, burnt or otherwise injured so as to make them

page_text: Now the object of my invention is to so construct handles for shovels or the like
of metal that they shall be light and practically indestructible with ordinary usage.
In constructing a handle according to my invention I form the straight portion
thereof of a metal tube formed by suitably bending or curving an oblong metal plate
so that the longitudinal edges impinge one on the other. From one of the abutting
edges of the plate so bent and at one end thereof a triangular strip of metal is cut
and the edges then forced together by bending and twisting thus giving the
necessary taper to that end of the tube to which the shovel or the like is to be
attached, and at the same time admitting of the rivet holding the two parts together
being passed through at a point where it will escape the joint.
The eye of the handle I also form of sheet metal and for this purpose I cut an
oblong strip thereof so that lugs project from each side at the centre and at each end.
The two lugs projecting from the centre of said plate I bend by the aid of a drop
hammer or the like so that they stand at right angles to the surface of the plate and
are so curved that they form in combination a tubular projection or socket which
may be fitted on to the unreduced end of the straight portion or shaft of the
handle.
The lugs at each end of the strip are then bent to form similar tubular projections
but so that they project from the plate in an opposite direction to the projection or
socket formed in the centre of the strip. The plate is then curved so that the
tubular projections on the ends thereof face one another and are capable of holding
between them a short tube forming the hand piece of the eye. The parts of the
handle so formed when found desirable may be riveted or otherwise secured to
prevent them working loose or coming apart.
In a modified form of handle, instead of securing to the straight portion of shaft
an eye constructed as above described I secure thereto a cross piece as in T handles.
This cross piece I form of a sheet of metal cut to the form of a cross the opposite
arms of which are of corresponding shape. One pair of arms of this cross are
slightly shorter and of considerably greater width than the other pair and taper in
width towards their outer ends.
This plate I bend by the aid of suitable dies in a drop forge or the like, so that
the narrow pair of arms are bent to a semicircular section whilst the wider pair of
arms have their edges curved upwards in the same direction as those of the
narrow pair.
The wider pair of arms and the part of the plate lying between them I then curve
on a mandril or in any other suitable manner until the edges of each of said longer
arms meet and said arms assume a tubular form.
By so bending the wider pair of arms the narrow pair will be brought opposite
one another and will form in combination a socket in which the end of the handle
shaft may be secured.
And in order that this invention may be more fully understood and carried into
practice I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying
drawings, of which Fig. 1 is an elevation of a complete handle constructed according
to my invention; Figs. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 details of the parts of which said handle
is constructed, and Figs. 8, 9 and 10 details of the modified form of handle.
The shaft a of the handle (Fig. 1) is formed by suitably bending and twisting an
oblong plate (Fig. 2) from one side of which at one end a triangular piece is cut.
The upper portion or eye is constructed of two parts b C. The piece being formed
of a plate of the form shown in Fig. 3 the edges of which are bevelled and the end
pairs of lugs then curved or bent to stand at right angles to the plate. The middle
pair of lugs, which are to form the socket by which this may be secured to the
unreduced end of the shaft a, are then similarly bent (Fig. 4) but so that they
project from the opposite side of the plate to the end pairs of lugs and at the same
time the plate is curved bodily so that it assumes the form shown in Fig. 5. The
piece c which is formed by bending a plate of the form shown in Fig. 6 upon a
mandril to the tubular form shown in Fig. 7 and then forcing the edges together
of the slightly open end by hammering, is then secured in position by springing the

page_text: arm of the part bapart. The parts are subsequently firmly secured together in
position by brazing, riveting or in any other suitable manner.
In the modified form of handle shown in Figs. 8, 9 and 10 the cross piece d
(Fig. 8) is constructed from a plate of the form shown in Fig. 9. By suitable
treatment in a drop forge or in any other suitable manner the shorter arms of this
plate are curved and the edges of the longer arm turned up slightly as shown in
Fig. 10. The plate is then bent on a mandril so that the longer arm assumes a
circular section, the shorter arms being thus brought opposite one another and form
a socket by means of which the cross piece may be secured to the shaft a.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
:-
1. Shovel and like handles constructed of three pieces a, b, c of sheet metal shaped
substantially as and in the manner described and illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
and 7 of the accompanying drawings.
2. Shovel and like handles constructed of two pieces a, d of sheet metal shaped
substantially as and in the manner described and illustrated in Figs. 12, 8, 9, and 10
of the accompanying drawings.
3. In shovel and like handles the shaft a constructed by bending an oblong sheet
of metal from one side at one end of which a triangular piece has been cut
substantially as described and illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 of the accompanying
drawings.
4. In shovel and like handles an eye or upper portion formed of two pieces bc of
sheet metal shaped substantially as and in the manner described and illustrated in
the accompanying drawings, Figs. 1, 3, 4, 5, and 7.
5. In shovel and like handles the piece b formed by bending and shaping a sheet
of metal in the form of an oblong strip having lugs projecting from each side at the
middle and each end substantially as and in the manner described and illustrated
in Figs. 1, 3, 4 and 5 of the accompanying drawings.
6. In shovel and like handles a cross piece or head d formed of a metal plate
bent and shaped substantially as and in the manner described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings, Figs. 8, 9 and 10.
7. Shovel and like handles constructed entirely of sheet metal substantially as
described.
Dated this 6th day of December 1894.
CASTLE SMITH,
Invention" Office, 54, Fleet Street, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.