IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF HAY, MANURE, AND OTHER FORKS
Year: 1866

page_text: LETTERS PATENT. to George, Haseltine, of the "International. Patent.
Office, No: 8, Southampton Buildings; Chancery Lane, in the County.
of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, for the Invention; of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE CONSTRUCTION OF HAY, MANURE, AND OTHER FORKS."-A communication
from, abroad by. John Alexander Montgomery, of. Williamsport, Penn-
sylvania, United States of America.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said George Haseltine,at. the
Office of the Commissioners, of Patents, with his Petition and, Decla-
ration, on the 20th November 1866, pursuant to the, 9th Section of the
Patent Law: Amendment Act, 1852.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
HASELTINE, of the "International Patent Office," No. 8, Southampton'
Buildings, Chancery Lane; in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, send
greeting.
WHEREAS I am in possession of an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
CONSTRUCTION OF HAY, MANURE, AND OTHER FORKS," and have petitioned Her
Majesty to grant unto me, my 'executors, administrators; and assigns, Her
Royal Letters Patent for the same, and have made solemn Declaration that
it-has been communicated to me from abroad by John Alexander Montgomery,
of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, United States of America.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said George Haseltine, do hereby declare that
the following Complete Specification under my hand and seal fully describes
and ascertains the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, in and by the following statement :-
The nature of the said Invention will be readily understood by the following
description, reference being had to the accompanying Sheet of Drawings,
making a part of this Specification, in which Figure 1 is a side view of the
fork as attached to the handle; Figure 2 is a central longitudinal section;
Figure 2 is a cross section on the line T, T, in Figure 2; Figure 3 is a view
of the prongs or tines detached; Figures 4, 5, and 6 are cross sections,
showing variations in the form of the bands; Figures 4ª, 5* and 6ª are corre-
sponding cross sections of the wood of the handle; Figure 7 shows these
parts adapted for three tines; Figure 8 shows them adapted for four tines.
Like letters refer to corresponding parts in the several Figures.
I construct the tines or prongs separate as shewn in Figure 8, in which
A, A, are the tines and F, F, are the projections for driving into the handle
as shown in Figure 2, in which C is the handle, A, A, the tines, and F, F,
the projections driven into the handle. I make the handle at the fork end a
trifle larger than at the other, and make bands as shewn by B in the different
Figures of such taper as to fit closely to the handle and tines; I cut a small
recess on each side of the handle to fit the shanks of the tines, and, after
driving in the projections or hooks of the tines I drive on the band B as
shewn in Figures 1 and 2, projecting far enough beyond the end of the
handle to admit the end piece E, which with the tines fills closely the end of
the band, and is held in place by a screw as shown by D in Figure 2 (or other
fastening).
For times of round steel I make the band and end piece as shown in
Figure 4 and Figure 4"; in which J and L are the recesses- for holding the
tines; for tines of square steel I make the band and end piece as shown in
Figures, 5 and 5; for, forks of four tines I make the band and end piece as
shown in Figures 6 and 6", in which the recesses J and L are made wide
enough to each receive the shanks of two tines; for forks of three tines I
can insert the centre tine in the end of the handle through a hole in the centre
of the end piece, where the screw D would otherwise be placed; but I find it
very convenient and effective to insert the additional tines, whatever, the number
may, be,, in the manner, shown in Figures 7 and 8.
Having thus fully described, the said Invention, as communicated to me
from my foreign correspondent, and shown how the same may be conveniently
and advantageously carried into practise, I claim,-.

page_text: The combination of the bent tines A, band B, and handle C, constructed
and arranged substantially as described.
I also claim in combination therewith the plate E, arranged to give a firm
metallic bearing on the inner sides of the tines, substantially as and for the
purpose described.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Haseltine, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twentieth day of November, in the year of our
Lord Oue thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.
GEORGE HASELTINE (L.s.)
Witness,
W. ROBT. LAKE,
8, Southampton Buildings, W.C.
London.