IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF SHOVELS, SPADES, HOES, RAKES, SCRAPERS, AND SIMILIAR TOOLS
Year: 1885

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION,
I, WILLIAM BELL, of 62 William Street, Sheffield, in the county of York,
Manager, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF SHOVELS, SPADES, HOES, RAKES, SCRAPERS, AND SIMILIAR
TOOLS," and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention consists in the construction of Shovels, Spades, hoes, Rakes,
Scrapers, and similiar tools, the handles of which are flied out of sheet steel, iron or
other equivalent material.
The object in the construction of this invention, is to form a cheap shovel or
similiar tool.
The middle of the strap or lower part of the handle is cut tongue shaped as
illustrated by drawings, the shovel plate or equivalent bottom part of tool being
placed between the tongue piece and the other part of the strap from which it is
cut, and secured to the same by rivets or their equivalent.
The strap is of metal, by preference, malleable iron, or as a modification, the
strap may be of sheet iron or steel.
The lower part of the strap connecting the shovel plate to the handle may
extend either part or the whole width of the plate, the extending part being folded
over shovel plate, or equivalent bottom part of tool, making it more secure.
The strap is connected to the wood handle in the ordinary manner.
The shovel plate or bottom part of tool is indented at the upper end to
correspond with bottom part of strap; the tongue piece may be placed either at
the back or front of the shovel or similiar tool, by preference, in front, the other
part of the strap being on the opposite side.
The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention.
Fig. 1. is a plan shewing strap or bottom part of handle as flied out of malleable
iron, sheet steel, or other equivalent metal, shewing extending part B.
Fig. 2. is a front view in elevation shewing strap or lower part of handle flied
out, with tongue A, back part C, and top part of strap D being bent to receive
wood handle and secured to same by rivet, with extending part B bent ready to fit
onto top part of shovel or similiar tool.
Fig. 3. is a side view in elevation.
Fig. 4. is a shovel complete shewing position of plate as secured by rivets to
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page_text: 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
Firstly, Improvements in the construction of Shovels, Spades, Hoes, Rakes,
Scrapers, and similiar tools..
Secondly, in the construction of shovels &c, and handles combined, by punching
or cutting out the strap or bottom part of handle to the shape illustrated by the
accompanying drawings, and secured to shovel plate, or similiar tools, by rivets,
screws, or their equivalent..
Thirdly, by securing the said strap with extending part of the shovel plate or
bottom part of similiar tools, by overlapping the said part on each side and
rivetting..
Fourthly, the construction of Shovels, Spades, Hoes, Rakes, Scrapers, and similiar
tools, by placing tongue A, either at the front or back of said tools.
Fifthly, in the construction of Shovels and similiar tools as firstly, secondly,
thirdly, and fourthly claimed, described, and illustrated by accompanying drawings.
Dated this 4th day of March 1885