Improvements in Garden Hoes.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Feb., 1893-Accepted, 22nd Apr., 1893
COMILELE
Improvements in Garden Hoes.
We, THOMAS HENRY WALDEN and WILLIAM PATFIELD, both of Chapel
Street, Kings Lynn, in the County of Norfolk, Blacksmiths and Farriers, 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 :-
The improvements in garden hoes constituting my invention consists of forming
in the hoe head a groove or pair of jaws, in which is placed a plain or other metallic
blade, held therein either by the tension of said jaws, or by that of screws, pins,
bolts or other means, the object of my invention being that the said blades may be
interchangeable, and in the case of plain blades, these when worn upon the one side
or edge, may be removed from the jaws and their wearing surfaces reversed and
replaced, or if broken the same can be removed and a new blade substituted, instead
of discarding the whole of the hoe head as useless, as is the case with the hoes
hitherto made and used.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood reference may be made to
the accompnaying drawings, in which :-
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the hoe, as I prefer to construct it, provided with
a plain blade, shewing that the same is detachable therefrom.
Fig. 2 is a side elevation of Fig. 1 with the blade and handle in position.
Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a second form of blade, which may be placed in
said hoe head, and used for other gardening purposes.
In carrying my invention into effect I construct of the usual material, a hoe
head A, provided with the ordinary socket B for the reception of the handle C, the
opposite end of A being formed similar to those in general use, but provided with a
slot or groove formed by the jaws a and b, and between these is forced the form of
blade D required for use, which may be plain as at Figs. 1 and 2, or combed or
toothed in any desired manner, such for instance as at Fig. 3, and any number of these,
of different patterns or forms, but all capable of fitting between a, and b, may be
supplied with each hoe head A, so as to be interchangeable as required.
The jaws a, b, may be so arranged that these incline towards each other, and are
more or less parted or opened by the insertion of D, their inward tension being
sufficient to hold D in position, whiist in use, and which still permits the easy
reversal or removal of same if worn or broken or to be replaced by a blade of
different form to that in use, but if desired provision may be made in the said juws
for the reception of bolts, pins or screws, which passing through D, would hold the
same in position.
The hoe head or blade protector A, may be of the usual material, while the
blade D may be of cast or malleable iron or steel, or both as required.
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 :-
The combination of a hoe head A, with handle socket B, and jaws a, b, for
receiving and holding, with or without the use of pins, screws or bolts, plain or
toothed, reversible and interchangeable blades D substantially as and for the.
purposes herein described and shewn by the accompanying drawings.
Chun1902
GEO. THOS. HYDE,
4, Moorfields, Fore Street, London, Agent for the Applicants.