IMPROVE- MENTS IN OR RELATING TO CUTTING TOOLS, BEING A BILL-HOOK SLASHER, PRUNER TRIMMER AND SAW COMBINED to be as follows
Year: 1884

page_text: We, JOSEPH PARKS BROOKES of Bridge Town near Cannock in the County of
Stafford Edge Tool Finisher and JAMES NORRIS and THOMAS NORRIS both of the
firm of and trading as Alexander Norris, and Sons of Wollaston and EBENEZER
MILLS Stourbridge in the County of Worcester Manufacturers of spades, shovels,
draining tools &c. do hereby declare the nature of our Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN OR RELATING TO CUTTING TOOLS, BEING A BILL-HOOK SLASHER, PRUNER
TRIMMER AND SAW COMBINED to be as follows:-
This our invention relates to that class of tool, employed for cutting, pruning.
and trimming trees, and such like purposes. Our aim and object being in
constructing one tool that shall efficiently answer the purpose of several.
We will describe our invention thus-The tool which we designate a combination
tool, the blade of which we construct of steel, or iron and steel welded, or all iron,
the said blade being affixed or connected to the haft or handle by tang straps or
rivets and in a well known manner, to this we lay no claim. The utility and
novelty of this our invention being in constructing the bill-hook at one end of side
or edge the end that is the highest point from the handle and sides or cutting edges
being arranged for slashing, pruning, trimming and sawing.
THOS KENDRICK,
Agent for Applicants.

page_text: We JOSEPH PARKS BROOKES. of Bridge Town near Cannock in the County of
Stafford Edge Tool finisher and JAMES NORRIS and THOMAS NORRIS both of the
firm of and trading as Alexander Norris and Sons of Wollaston and EBENEZER
MILLS Stourbridge in the County of Worcester Manufacturer of Spades Shovels
Draining Tools & do hereby declare the nature of our Invention for IMPROVE
MENTS IN OR RELATING TO CUTTING TOOLS BEING A BILL-HOOK, SLASHER PRUNER
TRIMMER AND SAW COMBINED and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This our Invention relates to that class of tool employed for cutting, pruning
and trimming trees and such like purposes our aim and object being in constructing
one tool that shall efficiently answer the purpose of several.
We will describe our invention thus-The tool which we designat a combination
tool the blade of which we construct of steel, or iron and steel welded, or all iron,
the said blade being affixed or connected to the haft or handle by tang straps or
rivets and in a well known manner, to this we lay no claim-The utility and
novelty of this our invention being in constructing the bill-hook at one end of side
-or edge the end that is the highest point from the handle and sides or cutting edges
being arranged for slashing, pruning, trimming and sawing.
And in order that this our said invention may be more clearly understood and
readily carried into effect we will proceed aided by the accompanying drawings
more fully to describe the same.
Fig 1, is a side view elevation E being a view in cross section taken at line F,
and G a view in cross section taken at line H.
I is the blade being connected to the handle or baft L, by the ordinary-tang-or
by means of the rivet N as shewn in Fig 1.
In Fig 1 O illustrates the bill hook and P P P the cutting edges, and R the
sawing edge also illustrated by the cross sectional views E and G.
We do not limit ourselves to the precise details herein shewn and set forth as
various modifications may. be made in the shape or configuration of the blades I
without departing from the principle of this invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is
The general construction of the blade I (that is to say) being provided with the
bill hook O and arranged with cutting edges P P P P and sawing edge R the whole
forming our Improvements in or relating to cutting tools, being a bill-hook, slasher,
pruner trimmer and saw combined.