US1326819A - Alexander yotjdelman - Google Patents

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A/YOUDELMAN.

TIP ATTACHING IMPLEMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JAN-4.1919.

1,326,81 9. Patented Dec. 30,1919.

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' WITNESSES nrromvsrs ALEXANDER YOUDELMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TIP-ATTACHING IMPLEMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 30, 1919.

Application filed January 4, 1919. Serial No. 269,712.

To "all whom it'may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER YOUDEL- MAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Tip-Attaching Implement, of which the followingjis a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved implement or hand tool more especially designed for attaching metallic tips to the ends. of strings such as are used for lacing shoes, corsets and like articles, and arranged to enable the user to readily replace a worn out or broken tip by a new one. Another object is to enable the user to properly manipulate the tool without requiring undue physical exertion.

lVith these and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described and then specifically pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming. a part of this specification in which similar characters of reference inclicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of the tip attaching implement on the line 1-1 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same;

Fig. 3 is a cross section of the same on the line 33 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional side elevation of the jaws in closed position and with the tip fastened in place to the string;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a tip blank; and

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a tip in position on the end of a shoe string.

The tip attaching implement or tool comprises essentially a fixed jaw 10 and a movable jaw 11, of which the fixed jaw 10 is secured to a horizontally disposed arm 12 formed angularly on one end of a handle 13 adapted to be grasped with one hand by the user. The arm 12 of the fixed jaw 10 is provided with connecting portions near the free end and inwardly thereof, located on difierent and substantially parallel planes, the portion at the free end bearing the fixed jaw 10 and having the movable jaw 11 operating therebetween. The opposite faces of the fixed and movable jaws 10 and 11 are provided with recesses 15 and 16 for receiving between them a U-shaped metal clip blank 17 into which is inserted one end 18 of a string 19 to be provided with the tip 20. On moving the jaw 11 toward the fixed jaw 10 the tip blank 17 is closed around the end 18 of the spring 19 to form a tip and to fasten the same in placeon the end 18 of the string 19.

The movable jaw 11 is provided with a forwardly extending closing member 25 adapted to pass over the top of the fixed jaw 10 prior to the jaws 10 and 11 bending the-tip blank 17 into position on the end 18 of the string 19. By this arrangement the tip and the string. are not liable to become accidentally displaced while moving the jaw 11 into closing position toward the jaw 10.

The arm 12 is preferably made in an inverted U-sliape in cross section to provide a bearing or a guideway for the rearwardly extending shank 26 of the movable jaw 11, the forward end of which rests on the top of the arm 12, as plainly indicated in Fig. 1. The under side of the shank 26 is provided with rack teeth 27 in mesh with a toothed segment 28 formed on a lever 29 fulcrumed on a pivot 30 held in the side members of the arm 12. The lever 29 is provided with a depending handle 31 arranged opposite the handle 13 so as to be readily grasped by the fingers of the hand having hold of the handle 13, as previously mentioned. A spring 32 is interposed between the handles 13 and 31 to normally hold the lever 29 and consequently the jaw 11 in the open position illustrated in Fig. 1. The lower end of the handle 31 is provided with a return bend 33 in which screws a stop screw 3 1 adapted to abut against the free end of the handle 13 to limit the closing movement of the lever 29 and that of the movable jaw 11. It is understood that by adjusting the stop screw 3 1 the forward movement of the jaw 11 is limited to insure a proper attaching of the tip to the end of the string according to the thickness of said string.

The implement or tool described is very simple in construction and can be conveniently manipulated without undue physical exertion on the part of the operator.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A tool for attaching a tip to a string, comprising a pair of coacting fixed and movable jaws adapted to attach a U-shaped tip blank to a string, a handl having an angular arm on which one of said jaws is fixed, the said handle arm having a bottom inwardly facing guideway for the said movable jaw to slide in toward and from the fixed jaw and closed at the top, the said movable jaw having rack teeth at the under Side, and a lever fulcrumed on the said arm beneath and covered by said guideway and having a handle opposite the said first named handle, the said lever having a toothed segment in mesh with the said rack teeth.

2. A tool for attaching a tip to a string, comprising a pair of coacting fixed and movable jaws adapted to attach a U-shaped tip blank to a string, a handle having an angular arm on which one of the said jaws is fixed, said arms being provided with con tinuously closed connecting portions located 011 difierent substantially parallel planes at the free end of the arm and inwardly thereof, the connecting portion at the fre end bearing the fixed jaw on the top thereof and the movable jaw operating beneath the connecting portion at the inner end of the arm, the said handl arm having a guidewa-y for the said movable jaw to slide in toward and from the fixed jaw, the said movable jaw having rack teeth at the under side, a lever fulcrumed on the said arm and having a handle opposite the said firstnamed handle, the said lever having a toothed segment in mesh with the said rack teeth, and a spring interposed between the said handles.

8. A hand tool for attaching a tip to a string, comprising a handle having an angular arm of channel-shaped cross section and having closed connecting portions located on different substantially parallel planes to provide a guideway therebetween, a stationary jaw secured to the connecting portion at the free end of th arm, a movable jaw having an extension slidable in the guideway beneath the other connection portion, and a handle pivoted to the firstnamed handle and operatively connected with the movable aw for shifting the same, said jaws having coacting recesses. j

4:. In a tool of the class described, an angular handle having an arm portion substantially at right angles thereto and of U-shaped cross section, said arm having spaced parallel connecting portions located one inwardly of the other, a jaw fixed to one portion and having a recess at its inner end, a jaw movable between said portions and having a recess and an overhanging portion to cooperate with the fixed jaw, a handle pivoted to the first-named handle for reciprocating the movable jaw, the second-named handle having a return bend directed toward the first-named handle, means for normally separating the handles and an adjustable stop member in the free end of the second-named handle to engage the firstnamed handle and limit the movement of the second-named handle toward the firstnamed handle and regulate the cooperative engagement of the jaws.

AL XANDER YOUDELMAN.

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