AN IMPROVED INSTRUMENT FOR CUTTING HEDGES, AND FOR OTHER SIMILAR PURPOSES.
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Walton, of Wilmslow, in the County of
Chester, Auctioneer and Valuer, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED
INSTRUMENT FOR CUTTING HEDGES, AND FOR OTHER SIMILAR PURPOSES.
INSTRUMENT FOR CUTTING HEDGES, AND FOR OTHER SIMILAR PURPOSES.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Walton at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 7th July 1874.
I, JOSEPH WALTON, of Wilmslow, in the County of Chester, Auctioneer
and Valuer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"AN IMPROVED INSTRUMENT FOR CUTTING HEDGES, AND
PURPOSES," to be as follows:—
FOR OTHER SIMILAR
My improved instrument consists of a double edged cutting blade,
which is set at an angle on the shaft so that in cutting hedges the
operator's hands are free from the hedge, and the blade cuts the pro-
jecting branches in a straight line, whereas in cutting with the ordinary
straight instrument most of the cutting is done by the point.

page_text: By making the cutter with a double edge the cutting can be done by
striking either upwards or downwards, and the operator may move in
both directions.
My Invention may be modified by making the cutting blade parallel
to the shaft, but set off to the required extent.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Joseph Walton in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 6th January 1875.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOSEPH
WALTON, of Wilmslow, in the County of Chester, Auctioneer and Valuer,
send greeting.
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WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Seventh day of July, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, in the thirty-
eighth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Joseph Walton, Her special license,
that I, the said Joseph Walton, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said Joseph Walton, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no
others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term
therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "AN IMPROVED
INSTRUMENT FOR CUTTING HEDGES, AND FOR OTHER SIMILAR PURPOSES," upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said Joseph Walton, my executors
or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one
of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be
performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office
within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the
said Letters Patent.

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NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Joseph Walton, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement (that is to say) :—
My improved instrument consists of a double edged cutting blade,
which is set at an angle on the shaft, so that in cutting hedges the
operator's hands are free from the hedge, and the blade cuts the pro-
jecting branches in a straight line, whereas in cutting with the ordinary
straight instrument most of the cutting is done by the point.
By making the cutter with a double edge the cutting may be done by
striking either upwards or downwards, and the operator may move in
both directions.
My Invention may be modified by making the cutting blade parallel
to the shaft, but set off to the required extent.
These improved instruments may be used for lopping the branches of
trees and for other similar purposes.
And in order that my Invention may be fully understood, and readily
carried into operation, I will proceed to describe the accompanying
Sheet of Drawings, reference being had to the figures and letters marked
thereon.
Fig. 1 is a front view, and Fig. 2 an edge view of my improved instru-
ment for cutting hedges, and for other similar purposes. a is the double
edged cutting blade, which is set at an angle on the shaft b, and secured
thereto by rivets or otherwise. The object of thus setting the cutting
blade at an angle to the shaft is to enable the operator to cut off the
projecting branches of the hedge in a straight line with the full width of
the blade without striking his hands against the hedge, whereas in
cutting with an ordinary straight instrument most of the cutting is done
by the point. The object of making the cutter with a double edge is to
enable the operator to strike either upwards or downwards, and to move
along the hedge in both directions. By this means the hedge is cut
more expeditiously and more evenly than was heretofore possible.
Fig. 3 represents an edge view of a modification of my improved
instrument. In this case the cutting blade a is made with a shoulder or
set-off, and the shaft b is secured to the set-off by rivets or otherwise as

page_text: before. This instrument will also keep the operator's hands free from
the hedge when striking either upwards or downwards.
The improved instruments may be advantageously used for lopping the
branches of trees and shrubs and for other similar purposes.
Having thus stated the nature of my Invention, and described the 5
manner of performing the same, I declare that I claim, setting the
cutting edge of instruments for cutting hedges or for other similar
purposes at an angle to the shaft or with a shoulder or set-off for the
purposes described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Joseph Walton, have hereto set my 1
hand and seal, this Fourth day of January One thousand eight
1d and savent five