US291424A - Handsaw - Google Patents

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HANDSAW.

Patentedan. 1, 1884.

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CORNELIUS TENNEY, OF BROOKLYN, NEVYORK.

HANDSAW.

SPECIFIC'I'ION forming part of Letters Patent No. 291,424, dated January 1, 18%?4,

Application filed November 9, 1853.

To all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, CORNELIUS TnNNiY, a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Handsaws; and I do `declare the following to be a full, clear, and

exact description of the invention, such `as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,

and to the letters and figures of reference' markedithereon, which form a part of this specification.

` In the manufacture of saw-handles, among 'the objects sought, one is to effect a rigid and strong connection between the handle. and blade, to prevent the breaking of the handle ing to the size and character of the hole in the handle which receives the hand, said handle being slitted almost its entire length to receive or admit the said extension sufficiently far into it to bring the opening therein into eoincidence with the hole in the handle, after which, of course, `the latter was riveted to the blade in the ordinary manner. 4The objections to this method of bracing the handle are the ad= ditional trouble and time required to make the opening in the blade and the eXtra depth of slit in the handle, and the securing of the end of the blade in rear of the hand-hole into the handle. Another difficulty arising from this method of bracing the handle is the liability of the metal edges of the opening of the blade extension `to protrude around theedges of the coincident opening of the handle, which may arise under various circumstances, and injure the hand or render the hand uncomfortable. i

To obviate these inconveniences and drawbacks is the object of my invention; and it therefore consists of a brace of the construe (No model.)4

tion hereinafter described and claimed, whereby a handle, either of ordinary construction `or which may be of reduced size and connected to the blade in the ordinary way, can be firmly and strongly braced at its point of connection to the blade.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side view of a saw-handle and aportion of the blade, all of the usual construction, with my improvement applied tl1ereto5and Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the brace.

In carrying out this invention the rear end or edge of the blade A, at its lower corner, may be extended somewhat rearwardly, as at a, after which the handle B, which may be of either ordinary construction, or which may be reduced to a minimum size, as shown, is then provided with a shallow slit extending only to the dotted lines a of Fig. 1. This permits of the making of a very light handle, and consequently one only requiring a minimum amount of material for its manufacture.

C is a brace, made of strong :met-al, one end of which is formed with an eye, c, adapted to t against the under side of the handle B, near the lower horn thereof, and to which it is secured by a screw or other suitable fastening. From the eye c, tbe remaining portion of the brace, in its relative position to the handle, extends obliquel y downward and forward, and embraces the lower rear edge, a, of the blade,

said brace being provided with a slot, c, to re-` ceive the said edge, to which it is secured by a rivet, d, passed through the brace and sawblade This arrangement effects a firm and strong connection between the blade and handle, (secured to the latter in the ordinary manner, as shown,) strengthens the blade, and reenforces the weak portion of the handle, pre= venting the liability of its breaking at that point, while it obviates the elongation ofthe rear end of the blade and the extraordinary length of slit or slot heretofore made in the handle to receive the blade, said slot or slit almost severing the handle in two.

I am aware that it is not broadly new in haudsaws to secure tothe lower edge of a hany dle a brace having a groove to receive the tail of the blade, the inner ends of the arms ofthe brace having a bridge which rests upon the 1 havingforwardly-projecting slotted arxns r1n- 1o edge of the blade. ly riveted orbolted to the blade, as and for Having thus fully described my invention, the purpose set forth. what I Claim, and desire to secure by Letters In testimony whereof I ax my signature in 5'Patent, ispresence of two Witnesses.

In a handsaw, the combination of a blade CORNELIUS TENNEY. and handle, eonstru eted substantially as shown W'ituesses:

and described7 with a brace secured to the DANIEL C. MMANUS, handle about opposite the hand-opening, and l ERWIN D. BUCKMAN.

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