An Improved Combined Adjustable Spanner or Wrench and Screwdriver.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Combined Adjustable Spanner or Wrench and
Screwdriver.
I, JOHANN GEORG FALK, of 14, Schloss-strasse, Stuttgart, in the Empire of
Germany, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object an adjustable spanner or wrench more particu-
larly intended for use by cyclists, and is characterised by an arrangement whereby
on the opening of the jaws by means of the adjusting nut a screwdriver is projected
from the handle of the spanner so that the tool can be used either as a wrench
for tightening nuts and bolts or as a screw driver for screws with slitted heads.
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The invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which,
Figure 1 is a side elevation partially in section;
Figure 2, a side elevation with the jaws open and the screwdriver projected; and
Figure 3, a front elevation of Figure 2.
As may be easily seen in Figure 1, which shows the wrench or spanner after
the upper cover plate of the handle B has been removed, the aforesaid action is
attained by the lower jaw e of the mouth of the key being rigidly connected with a
screwed spindle c¹ or by these parts being made of one piece, the lower end of
which spindle is given the form of a screwdriver C which passes through an
opening provided in the handle B, whilst the upper jaw b is rigidly connected
by a neck piece with the casing or handle B on which the other jaw c is
mounted.
If therefore the nut A be revolved so that the spindle c¹ is moved downwards
together with the jaw c, the mouth of the key or spanner will open and the
screwdriver C be projected, as shown in Figures 2 and 3, or if the nut A be
revolved in the opposite direction, the screwdriver will be drawn up into the casing,
as shown in Figure 1.

page_text: same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:-
This invention has for its object an adjustable spanner or wrench more particu-
larly intended for use by cyclists, and is characterised by an arrangement whereby
on the opening of the jaws by means of the adjusting nut a screwdriver is projected
from the handle of the spanner so that the tool can be used either as a wrench
for tightening nuts and bolts or as a screw driver for screws with slitted heads.
The invention is shown in the drawings accompanying the Provisional Specifica-
tion, in which,
Figure 1 is a side elevation partially in section;
Figure 2 a side elevation with the jaws open and the screwdriver projected; and
Figure 3a front elevation of Figure 2.
As may be easily seen in Figure 1, which shows the wrench or spanner after
the upper cover plate of the handle B has been removed, the aforesaid action is
attained by the lower jaw c of the mouth of the key being rigidly connected with a
screwed spindle or by these parts being made of one piece, the lower end of
which spindle is given the form of a screwdriver C which passes through an
opening provided in the handle B, whilst the upper jaw is rigidly connected
by a neck piece b¹ with the casing or handle B on which the other jaw c is
mounted.
If therefore the nut A be revolved so that the spindle c¹ is moved downwards
together with the jaw c, the mouth of the key or spanner will open and the
screwdriver C be projected, as shown in Figures 2 and 3, or if the nut A be
revolved in the opposite direction, the screwdriver will be drawn up into the casing,
as shown in Figure 1.
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:-
A spanner or wrench more particularly intended for use by cyclists in which
a screwed spindle (c¹) for operating the lower jaw (c) of the tool has its lower end
in the form of a screwdriver (C) adapted to pass through an opening in the
handle (B) of the tool in such a way that on the jaws being opened the screw-
driver (C) is projected and the wrench may be used either for tightening nuts or
as a screw driver for turning screws with slitted heads, substantially as herein-
before described.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicant.