BOULT & WADE,s for
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Feb., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 13th Nov., 1896-Accepted, 2nd Jan., 1897
A communication from REGINALD MACKINNON, of Kew, Invercargill, New
Zealand, Gentleman.
I, JOHN ROBERT BURTON, of 10 Jeffreys Square, St. Mary Axe, in the
County of London, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
This invention relates to instruments of the hoe class, which may be used for
usual hoeing purposes, but is particularly applicable as a weed eradicator.
The instrument is adapted to be fixed to the end of a wooden or other bandle in
the usual manner, the longer axis of the blade lying perpendicular to the axis of
the handle; the blade is long and narrow, and shaped to a cutting edge at all
parts excepting just where the handle socket joins it. The ends are sharp and
pointed, and the underside substantially flat, but may be ground to an edge or the
grinding or curving may be entirely upon the upper side.
It will be seen that an instrument shaped like this can be easily inserted about
the roots of weeds etc. under the soil, the sharp point readily penetrating, and it
can then be pulled backwards and forwards, cutting in both directions. The
points also may be used as picks.
Dated this 13th day of February 1896.
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.
A communication from REGINALD MACKINNON, of Kew, Invercargill, New
Zealand, Gentleman.
I, JOHN ROBERT BURTON, of 10 Jeffreys Square, St. Mary Axe, in the
County of London, Merchant, 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 :-
This invention relates to instruments of the hoe class which may be used for the
usual hoeing purposes, but are particularly applicable as a weed-eradicators.
One form of the instrument is illustrated in elevation in Figures 1 and 2 of
the accompanying drawings, the two views being taken from positions at right
angles to each other.
The blade A is adapted to be fixed by the socket A' to the end of a wooden or
other handle in the usual mauner the longer axis of the blade indicated by the

page_text: chain line X X lying perpendicular to the axis of the handle indicated by the
chain line Y Y; the blade is long and narrow, and "double-edged" the term
"double-edged "being used in this specification and the claims thereof to indicate
a blade which will effect a cutting action when moved-either forward or
backward. The blade A in the example illustrated is sharpened at all parts of its
edges except where the socket A¹ joins it; the ends A' are sharp and pointed;
and the underside A is substantially flat, but may be ground to an edge or the
grinding or curving may be entirely upon the upper side as in the example
illustrated.
It will be seen that an instrument shaped like this can be easily inserted about
the roots of weeds etc., under the soil, the sharp point readily penetrating, and it
can then be pulled backwards and forwards, cutting in both directions. The
points also may be used as picks.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion as communicated to me by my foreign correspondent and in what manner the
same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is ;-
1. A double-edged, double-pointed hoe or weed eradicator substantially as
described.
2. The hoe or weed eradicator substantially as described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.
Dated this 13th day of November 1896
JOHN R. BURTON.
Boult & Wade,
Agents for the Applicant.