US137001A - Improvement in snow-shovels - Google Patents

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Snow-Shovels.

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EDWARD HUNTER, OF NORVIGH, CONNECTICUT.

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Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 137,001, dated March 18, 1873.

To all whom 'it may concern Beit known that I, EDWARD HUNTER, of Norwich, in the county of New London and State ofOonnecticuhave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tips or Shoes for'Snow-Shovels; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ot' the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, which forms part of this specilication:

Figure l is a plan view. Fig. 2 is a crosssection, as indicated by the dotted line x a: of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a view ot' the wrought or malleable iron core detached from the sheetmetal plates.

Like letters in all figures of the drawing indicate like parts.

This invention relates to a tip or shoe to be put onto the edge of a snow-shovel to protect it from wear, and consists in the combination of a wrought or cast iron core with sheetmetal plates, constructed and applied to the shovel, as will be hereinafter more fully explained.

A is the core, having projections c on the back edge, and shoulders b b on the sides, to receive the sheet-metal-plates B B, which come squarely against the shoulders and iiush with the surfaces of the sides of the core. The projections a are provided with holes, by wh ich the core is securely fastened by rivets cto the plates. The core may have its back edge straight or solid across, but the projections are preferable as lessenin g the weight and cost of the tip. The tip, as thus constructed, is very easily attached to the shovel, the sides of which are tapered enough toward the edge to allowr the plates to slip on over it until the back edge of the core comes squarely against the edge of the shovel, when the plateswhich are provided with holes d near their back edges-are fastened with tacks, screws, or any suitable means that will accomplish it. The durability of a wooden snow-shovel is thus very much increased by the attaching ot a tip to its edge, and snow that has become compacted or frozen to the sidewalks can beV much more readily removed without injury to the shovel.

The advantages ot' this improved tip are, that the cutting into the edge of the shovel and the constructing ot' the tip with Wings or arms to attach it, as heretofore, is dispensed with, the tip not only protecting the edge fully from wear, but the sides also for a suitable distance above. A

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim therein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A tip or shoe for a wooden snow-shovel,

consisting ot' a wrought or cast iron core, in combination with sheet-metal plates, substantially as set fort-h.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto February, 1873.

EDWARD HUNTER. Witnesses:

E. H. TIFT, SOLOMON LUCAS.

set Ymy hand this 6th day ot'

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