An Improved Combination Tool.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Mar., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Combination Tool.
1, GEORGE HUGHES Patent Agent of 23, Coleman Street London do hereby
declare the nature of this invention (a communication to me from Henry
Hunt and Henry Hunt, Junior, both of 318 N, Main Street, Wilkes Barre, Pa.
United States of America) to be as follows:-
The tool which is the subject matter of this invention consists essentially of a
shank having at one end a fixed jaw and at the other end a handle and provided
with an adjustable jaw intermediate between the fixed one and the handle.
The shank is rectangular in cross section and has at one end a fixed jaw
projecting from one side of the shank. On the sbank slides a moveable jaw
which can be adjusted at the required distance from the fixed one in any suitable
manner, but preferably by forming on one edge of the shank a groove having
notches or serrations extending across the bottom, and at right angles to the length
of the shank.
Attached to the sliding jaw is a projection parallel with the length of the shank
and pointing handlewards, this projection forms part of a bar or hoop also sliding
along the shank in the same manner as the movable jaw. In the parallel part of
the projection is a thumb-screw carrying at its end, and between the parallel part
and the shank, a block having on its face nearest the shank, serrations or notches
similar to those at the bottom of the groove already mentioned. The end of the
shank opposite to that having the fixed jaw is suitably bored out and screw
threaded to receive the handle. The handle is made hollow to form one oil-can or
receptacle and the diameter of the handle is sufficient to prevent the sliding jaw
coming off altogether. That part of the handle which screws into the end of the
shank is reduced in diameter and suitably formed to constitute a nozzle for the
exit of the oil, and at the extreme bottom of the bored out part of the shank is a
plug or stopper of rubber or other suitable material, so that when the handle is
screwed home the top of the nozzle will press in contact with the plug and prevent
leakage of the oil.
The extreme end of the handle is closed by a screw cap, the centre of which
consists of an outwardly turned convex disc of thin metal, pressure on which
facilitates the escape of the oil when the handle is screwed out for use as an oil-
can. At the fixed jaw end of the shank is a suitably shaped hole parallel with
the length of the shank and adapted for holding a screw driver or other tool,
which after being inserted in the hole is held in position by a thumb-screw. The
shank may be graduated in units of measure, so that the fixed and sliding jaws and
the shank may be used as callipers.
Dated this 16th day of March 1896.
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23, Coleman Street, London, Agents for Applications.

page_text: An Improved Combination Tool.
I, GEORGE HUGHES, Patent Agent, of 23, Coleman Street, London, do
bereby declare the nature of this invention (a communication from Henry Hunt
and Henry Hunt, Junior, both of 318 N. Main Street, Wilkes Barre, Pa., United
States of America) to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:-
This invention relates to certain improvements in combination-tools, and has for
its object to provide a tool of this character of a simple and inexpensive nature,
which shall be strong and durable in construction and which shall be compact and
light, so as to be adapted to be carried about in the pocket, the tool being designed,
primarily, for use by bicyclists and others, and being adapted for use as an oil-can,
screw-driver, and wrench.
The invention consists in a combination tool adapted for use as a wrench, being
provided with a shank having at one end a fixed jaw, a movable jaw mounted to
slide on the shank and having means for securing it adjustably in position thereon,
and a handle for the wrench, said handle being secured to the end of the shank and
serving to prevent the removal of the movable jaw therefrom.
The invention also contemplates certain novel features in the construction,
combination, and arrangement of the various parts of the improved combination-
tool, whereby certain important advantages are attained, and the device is made
simpler, cheaper, and otherwise better adapted and more convenient for use than
various other similar devices heretofore employed, all as will be hereinafter fully
set forth.
The novel features of the invention will be carefully defined in the claims.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this
specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts
in all the views.
Figure 1 is a side elevation showing a tool constructed in accordance with my
invention.
Fig. 2 is a view showing the screw-driver detached.
Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken through the tool, as shown in Fig. 1, the screw-
driver being omitted.
Fig. 4 is a fragmentary edge view showing the shank and the fixed and moveable
jaws of the wrench thereon, and
Fig. 5 is a face view of the dog employed for holding the movable jaw in
position on the shank of the wrench.
In the views, 1 indicates the shank of the wrench portion of the tool, which is
of rectangular form in cross-section provided at one end with a fixed wrench
jaw, 2 projecting therefrom and having by preference a series of graduations
indicating inches and fractions thereof formed along it, as indicated at 3, so that
the tool may be employed, when desired, as a caliper. In the front face of the
sbank 1, beneath the fixed wrench-jaw 2 at the end thereof, is formed a longi-
tudinal recess in the bottom of which are provided transversely-extending rack-
teeth or serrations 4, as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4, said recess being separated
from the sides of the shank 1 to form plain wearing-surfaces 5, extending up and
down along the opposite sides of the said front edge of the shank, as clearly
shown in Fig. 4.
On the shank 1 is arranged to slide the movable jaw 6 of the wrench, this jaw
being provided with a downward extension 7 at its lower edge, and having loops 8
extending rearward from opposite ends of said extension, said loops being adapted
to embrace the shank 1, as clearly shown in the drawings, and being spaced apart

page_text: to receive between them the toothed or notched dog 9, serving to hold the movable
jaw in position on the shank 1 of the tool.
The dog 9 is of rectangular form, as indicated in Fig. 5, and said dog is capable
of movement toward and from the recessed face of the shank, being held in the
inner reduced end 10 of a screw 11, screwing in a threaded opening in the exten-
sion 7 of the movable jaw of the wrench and having an enlarged and milled outer
end 12, adapted to be turned by the fingers to operate said dog 9. The dog is
provided with a series of rack-teeth or serrations 13, having notches formed
between them and adapted to engage the serrations 4 in the front face of the
shank, the opposite sides of said dog being recessed, as indicated at 14, so that the
teeth or serrations 13 project, as will be readily understood, and being adapted to
engage the plain wearing-surfaces 5 on the face of the shank at opposite sides of
the recess 4 therein.
The shank 1 is of equal dimensions throughout its length, so that the loops 8
of the movable-jaw 6 may be readily slipped over it, and in the end of said shank
on which the movable jaw 6 of the wrench plays is formed an axial recess or bore
made in two diameters, as clearly indicated in the sectional view Fig. 3, the outer
portion of said bore or recess being interiorly threaded to receive the threaded
ueck 15 of the handle 16, which is hollowed out, as indicated at 17, to form a
receptacle for oil or the like. The extremity 18 of the neck 15 is of less diameter
than the main portion of said neck and is adapted to fit the smaller inner part of
the bore or recess in the shank, being made somewhat tapered, and said neck is
provided with an axial passage or oil-duct 19, extending through it and adapted to
convey the oil from the chamber or hollow 17 in the handle 16.
A plug 20, of rubber or the like, is inserted in the end of the smaller reduced
portion of the bore or recess in the shank, as clearly seen in Fig. 3, said plug
being adapted to close the end of the oil-duct 19 in the stem or neck of the handle
when the handle is secured to the shank 1 of the wrench, so that leakage of the oil
contained in the handle will be prevented and when said handle is removed from
the shank 1 by unscrewing its neck it is evident that it may be used in the same
way as an ordinary oil-can.
In order to enable the chamber or hollow 17 in the handle 16 to be conveniently
filled with oil, the larger end of the handle is made open and is provided with a
screw-threaded cap 21 of annular or ring-like form, provided with a central
diaphragm 22, of spring metal or the like, adapted to be pressed by the thumb or
finger to force the oil contained in the chamber or hollow 17 to pass through the
oil-duct 19. When the cap 21 is removed, the chamber or hollow 17 may be filled
with oil, and when said cap is in place its spring-metal bottom or diaphragm 22
forms a convenient means for forcing the oil out of the chamber without
necessitating the weakening of the side walls of the handle.
As clearly shown in the drawings, the handle 16 is made of greater diameter
than the shank 1, so that when the said handle is secured in place on the shank its
upper edge projects beyond the same and forms a stop to limit the movement of
the movable jaw 6 longitudinally on the shank, whereby said jaw is prevented from
being slipped over the end of the shank, as will be readily understood.
At the end of the shank 1 opposite to the bore or recess wherein the neck 15
engages is formed an aperture or recess 23, adapted to receive a screw-driver or
equivalent tool, as clearly shewn in dotted lines in Fig. 3, said tool being held in
place by means of a screw 24, passing through the wall of the shank 1 from the
rear face thereof opposite to the wrench-jaw 2. The tool 25 is made of such
proportions as to be adapted when inserted in the aperture 23 in an inverted
position to be completely housed in said aperture, but when removed from the
aperture and arranged therein with its point extending outward, as indicated in
Fig. 1, to project from the aperture and be held securely in position by means of
the screw 24, as will be readily understood.
From the above description of the invention it will be seen that the device is of
an extremely simple and inexpensive nature and is especially well adapted for the

page_text: purposes for which it is designed, since it may be used either as a wrench, oil-can,
or screw-driver by very little adjustment of its various parts. Moreover the
construction of the wrench portion of the tool is in itself extremely simple and
in roved, since the dog 9, being held against turning movement by engagement
with the loops 8 of the movable jaw, is caused to move outward and inward into
and out of engagement with the teeth 4 of the recessed face of the shank when
the screw 11 is turned, and is guided in its movements by said loops 8. Further-
more, the sides of the central toothed portion of said dog 9 are always held by the
sides of the recess in the face of the shank in position to engage the teeth 4 at the
base of said recess. It will also be obvious from the above description of the inven-
tion that the device is susceptible of some modification without material departure
from the principles and spirit of the invention, and for this reason I do not wish to
be understood as limiting myself to the precise form and arrangement of the parts
berein set forth.
For instance the jaw, extension and lo ps 6. 7. 8. may be run up and down by
the screw 26 rotated by the milled head 27 and working within an internally
threaded hole 28 passing through 6. 7. 8. as shown in Fig. 6 of the accompanying
drawings.
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. A combination-tool comprising a shank having a fixed jaw at one end, and
a longitudinal bore opening to the rear end of the shank, a hollow elongated
handle of greater thickness than the shank, said handle having an elongated neck
and formed with a tapered nozzle beyond the neck, the neck and its nozzle being
received within the bore of the shank and the front end of the handle for.ning
an abutment and a movable jaw sliding on the shank and movable rearwardly
over the bored portion of the shank against the end of the handle substantially
as described.
2. A tool having a shank formed with a longitudinally-extending bore at each
end, the bores being out of communication with each other and the shank having
a rigid jaw at one end, a set-screw operating with the shank at the end adjacent to
the rigid jaw and extending into the hore thereof, a hollow handle of a thickness
increased over that of the shank, the handle having a neck extending into the
remaining bore of the shank and the neck being closed by engagement with the
inner end of said bore and the inner end of the handle forming a shoulder
opposing the stationary jaw, a sliding jaw having a yoke embracing the shank,
the sliding jaw being limited by the stationary jaw and by the inner end of the
handle, a block carried by the sliding jaw and capable of locking with the shank,
and a screw pressing the block, substantially as described.
3. A combination tool arranged and operating substantially as explained in the
above specification with reference to Fig. 6 of the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 13th day of October 1896.
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23, Coleman Street, London, E.C., Agents.