US30146A

US30146A - livingston

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Publication number: US30146A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1860-09-25
Anticipated expiration: 1877-09-25

Description

UNITED STATES PATET OFFICE.

W. H. LIVINGSTON, OF NEW YORK, N.

FASTENING AXES TO HANDLES.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 30,146, dated September 25, 1860.

.To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, W. H. LIVINGSTON, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Mode of Securing Axes and other Tools and Implements to Their Handles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which-' Fioure l is a side view of an ax with its handIe or helve secured in it according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a side sectional view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the two figures.

The object of this invention is to attach the implement to the handle in such a way that it may be readily detached when necessary, and also readily secured thereto, and a firm connection obtained; the invention admitting of the implement being adjusted on its handle by any person of ordinary ability, and with the aid only of a simple wrench.

The ordinary mode of attaching axes and similar tools to their handles, to wit: by wedging the end of the handle in the eye, forms a very insecure connection, for on the least shrinking of the wood the handle be comes loose and is liable to iiy off when the implement is used; besides, the old mode does not admit of t-he handle being removed readily from the implement in case a new handle is required, nor can the handle, in case of its becoming loose in the eye, be tightened with facility. By my invention it is believed that these diiiiculties are obviated.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct my invention I will proceed to describe it.

A represents an ax, which may be of usual construction, and B is a handle of wood and of the usual form with the exception of the part a, which is fitted within the eye b, of the ax. This part a, is of rather more taper form than usual, and said part has a metal strap C, passing over it and extending down at its front and back sides as shown clearly in Fig. 3. This strap C, has a projection b,

at each side of it, said projections extending from the inner surfaces of the sides of the strap. These projections may be of semicircular form, and they fit in recesses in the handle, and eilectually prevent the longitudinal removal or' the strap from the handle. In addition to the projections wood screws may be used to permanently connect the strap to the part a, of the handle, said screws passing through the strap and into the front and back sides of the handle as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 2.

D, D are met-al wedges which are driven into the upper end of eye one at the front and the other at the back side of the handle. The front wedge D, may have a jog or recess c, made in its outer end to receive a small projection (l, at the under side of a cap E, which is fitted over the outer end of the eye b, and has a screw F, passing through it, said screw passing through the outer part of the strap C, into the end of the handle B.

By screwing up the screw F, by means of a wrench the handle will be firmly secured in the eye, the wedges D, D, firmly binding the part a, of the handle in the eye, so as to prevent any lateral working of the former in the latter and the cap E, screw F, and strap C eli'ectually prevent any longitudinal working or movement of the handle in the eye. The projection d, fitting in the jog or recess c, prevents the cap E, from turning when the screw F, is being turned. The whole arrangement is extremely simple and ei'iicient, and will not add materially to the cost of the implement.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let` ters Patent, is b The arrangement of the wedges D, D, cap E, and screw F, with the strap O, helve B and ax A., as and for the purposes herein shown and described.

WM. I-I. LIVINGSTON.

"Witnesses:

M. M. LIVINGSTON, B. GIRoUsE.