US1145811A - Handle-die guard. - Google Patents

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W.. E. SMALL.

. HANDLE DIE G'UARD. APPLICATION FILED APR. 22. 1915.

' Patented J uly 6, l915.

shoe/M101 COLUMBIA PLANOHRAPH CO.,WASHINOTON, D. c.

WILLIAM E. SSMALL, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

HANDLE-DIE GUARD.

Application filed April 22, 1915.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, VJILLIAM E. SMALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and the State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Handle-Die Guards, of which the following is a specification.

This is a safety device designed for the protection of users of handle dies by preventing their placing any portion of their fingers or hands over the top of the die handle, while holding the die.

It is designed to fit the handle of any ordinary die and can be removed from one die and placed upon another.

The invention consists of the novel features of construction hereinafter described, pointed out in the claims and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation. Fig. 2 is an inverted plan view. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one plate with its finger.

In Fig. 1 I have shown in dotted lines a portion of the die and handle, the guard being shown in position for use. This guard is formed of a plurality of plates 1 having curved inner and outer edges and inwardly converging side edges 2. The plates slightly overlap at their outer corners and are secured together by pins or rivets 3, the fastening means being sufficiently loose to permit play of the plates, as on pivot. I have illustrated a guard having four of these plates, but a larger number may be employed, according to the diameter of the die handle. ()nly three pivot pins are used with the four plates, two of the plates working freely on each other, thereby enabling the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 6, I915.

Seria1No. 23,191.

guard to be adjusted to handles of varying sizes. Each plate carries from its inner edge a depending transversely curved finger 4-, and ad acent the plates the fingers have tongues 5 struck up from them, and on their outer faces. A coil spring is passed around the fingers and causes them to grip the die handle, said spring being held in place by the tongues 5. This spring 6 rests imme diately under the plates 1 and out of the way of the hand of the operator.

By means of this guard the operator cannot place a finger or any part of his hand over the top of the die while holding it.

What I claim is 1. A guard for handle dies comprising a plurality of pivotally connected plates, two adjacent plates working freely on each other, and depending handle engaging fingers carried by said plates.

2. In a guard of the kind described, a series of plates adapted to overlap at the corners, depending fingers carried by the plates and adapted to fit on a die handle, and a spring encircling said fingers, and resting beneath said plates.

3. In a guard for handle dies, a plurality of plates grouped-about a common center, a portion of said plates being pivotally connected, depending fingers carried by the inner edges of the plates, tongues struck from said fingers, and a spring encircling said fingers and held by said tongues.

WILLIAM E. SMALL.

Witnesses:

JosnPr-I E. DRAMBOURG, CHARLES MCKENNA.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C

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