A NEW OR IMPROVED IMPLEMENT FOR THE USE OF BOOT AND SHOE MAKERS
Year: 1866

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Henry Johnson, of 47, Lincoln's Inn Fields,
in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman, for the Invention of "A NEW
OR IMPROVED IMPLEMENT FOR THE USE OF BOOT AND SHOE MAKERS."-A com-
munication from abroad by David Henry Barber, of Cambridge, in the
State of New York, and George Mellen Wells, of Chicago, both in the
United States of America.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Henry Johnson
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 2nd August 1866.
I, JOHN HENRY JOHNSON, of 47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, in the County of
Middlesex, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "A NEW OR IMPROVED IMPLEMENT FOR THE USE OF BOOT AND SHOE MAKERS,"
a communication to me from abroad by David Henry Barber, of Cambridge,
in the State of New York, and George Mellen Wells, of Chicago, both in the
United States of America, to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to the manufacture of a tool for the use of boot and
shoe makers in which a pincher, hammer, knife, and awl are combined in one
implement. In the construction of this implement the pincher is made of the
ordinary form, with a hammer projecting from the under jaw. The upper

page_text: jaw carries both the awl and also a knife, which may either be made per-
manently to project or to sink by the action of a spring into a groove made
for its reception. The workman will thus have in this implement a com-
bination of the four tools above named, and by the employment of such an
implement in place of four separate tools it is evident that a great saving of
time will be effected.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John Henry Johnson in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 2nd February 1867.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
HENRY JOHNSON, of 47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, in the County of Middlesex,
Gentleman, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Second day of August, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, in the thirtieth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said John Henry Johnson, Her special license that I, the said John
Henry Johnson, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others
as I, the said John Henry Johnson, my executors, administrators, or
assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time
and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and
lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an
Invention for "A NEW OR IMPROVED IMPLEMENT FOR THE USE OF BOOT AND
SHOE MAKERS," a communication to me from abroad by David Henry Barber,
of Cambridge, in the State of New York, and George Mellen Wells, of
Chicago, both in the United States of America, upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said John Henry Johnson, my executors or administrators,
by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal, should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the
Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately
after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Henry Johnson, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following

page_text: statement, reference being had to the accompanying Drawings, and to the
letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say :-
The said Invention consists in the manufacture of a tool for the use of boot
and shoe makers in which a pincher, hammer, knife, and awl, are combined in
one implement.
The annexed Drawing represents a full-sized perspective view of the said
combined implement. In the construction of this implement the pincher A is
made of the ordinary form with a hammer B projecting from the under jaw.
The upper jaw carries both the awl C, and also a knife D, which knife may
either be made permanently to project or to sink by the action of a spring a
into a groove made for its reception; or the knife may be made removeable,
so as to be applied when required for use. In this latter case I prefer to
secure the knife by pins or by inserting it into a slot made in the upper jaw
of the pinchers. The dotted lines represent the knife when unsheathed for
use; it is brought into this position by simply depressing the tail of the lever b.
The workman will thus have in his implement a combination of the four tools
above named, and by the employment of such an implement in place of four
separate tools it is evident that a great saving of time will be effected.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of the said
Invention, and the manner in which the same is or may be used or carried
into effect, I would observe, in conclusion, that what I consider to be novel
and original, and therefore claim as the Invention secured to me by the herein-
before in part recited Letters Patent is, the combination in one implement
intended for the use of boot and shoe makers of a pincher, hammer, knife, and
awl, substantially as herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Henry Johnson, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Second day of February, One thousand eight
hundred and sixty-seven.
J. HENRY JOHNSON. (L.S.)
J. HENRY JOHNSON. (L.s.)