An Improved Long Arm.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Long Arm.
I, JOHN LIVINGSTON SARDY, of 29, Shoe Lane, London, E.C., Importer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improved "long arm" or device for reaching
articles from shop windows or other places and it has for its object to produce
such a device having a clip or grip at one end which may be readily caused to
open and grasp small articles.
In carrying the invention into effect I attach to a suitable handle a tube of any
convenient length and formed of metal or other suitable material, having at its
outer end a forked head to which is pivotally secured a spring clip, which clip
may consist of two jaws of thin metal, mounted upon the pivot aforesaid and
normally held together by means of a suitable spring acting upon the ends thereof.
The two ends of the jaws are turned at right angles to the body of the jaw and
have attached to them a chain or chains which pass through the centre of the
handle and have a ring at the end, which when pulled will cause the jaws to
open and grasp the article it is desired to reach.
The device herein described may also be used as a toasting fork, the bread or
other edible substance being held by the clip at the end, the clip being pivotted
permits of the bread or the like being turned by simply revolving the device.
Dated this 2nd day of June 1898.
J. E. EVANS-JACKSON & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.
I, JOHN LIVINGSTON SARDY, of 29, Shoe Lane, London, E.C., Importer, 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 follow-
ing statement:-
This invention relates to an improved long arm or device for reaching articles
from shop windows or shelves or for other similar purposes, and it has for its object
to produce a device having a clip or grip at one end which may be readily made
to open and grasp small articles, or it may be caused to grip a piece of bread or
other alimentary substance, when the device may be employed as a toasting fork.
In order that the invention may be the better understood, drawings are appended
in which:-

page_text: Fig. 1, is a side elevation of the device.
Fig. 2, is a front elevational view of the end of the rod and clip, and
Fig. 3, is a plan of the device with the jaws open.
A, is a tube of any suitable metal or material having at one end a suitable
handle B. The upper end of the tube is formed into a fork as shown, by splitting
the tube into two parts C, D, and bending the said parts into a fork. The ends of
the fork E, F, are flattened and a hole formed therethrough for the rivet G,
which serves as a pivot for the two parts H, I, of the clip, and also serves to attach
the clip to the fork so that it is free to swing upon the pivot G, aforesaid. The
upper ends of the clip are shaped as shown and are provided with teeth J, to
increase their grip, and the lower ends of the clip K, are bent outwards at an
angle to the body thereof, and have attached to them a short length of chain L,
or the like, to which is attached at the centre another length of chain M, which
is led down the tube A, through the handle and terminates in a ring N, which
being pulled causes the jaws to open to seize the articles, the spring 0, causing the
clip to remain closed until so operated. When used as a toasting fork, the simple
rotation of the handle allows the bread or the like held by the clip to swing over
upon its pivot and expose its other side to the fire.
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:-
The improved device for use as a long arm or toasting fork, substantially as
described and set forth in the foregoing specification and illustrated by the accom-
panying drawings.
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