US399649A

US399649A - Combined tool

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Publication number: US399649A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1889-03-19
Anticipated expiration: 1906-03-19

Description

G. H. BROOKS.

GOMBINED TOOL.

(No Model.)

No. 399,649. Patented Mar. 19, 1889.

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GEORGE HENRY BROOKS, OF MORGANFIELD, KENTUCKY.

COMBINED TOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 399,649, dated March 19, 1889. Application filed October 17, 1888- Serial 110288.322. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE HENRY BRooKs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Morganfield, in the county of Union and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Tools; 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 marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to combination-tools, and has for its object to construct a hammer of such form that angles, as in the corners of frames and like structures, can be reached in driving the brad or nail home without injuring the sides or corners of the frame, and also to provide it with an awl-point, so that an opening can be made for the brad or nail previous to driving the same, and liability to split the wood be thus prevented.

The invention is particularly well adapted for use by frame-dealers and photographers who have frequent occasion to drive brads and nails at points where the greatest care has to be exercised with hammers of ordinary construction to prevent them from injuring the frame.

T0 the accomplishment of the above objects the invention consists in the construction of parts, as hereinafter particularly described, and then pointed out in the claims, reference being had to the acconiipanying drawings, forming apart hereof.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the tool. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same, looking down from the top. Fig. 3 a bottom view of the head.

In the drawings, the letter A designates the head of the hammer, which will be made, preferably, of steel, and have its sides B inclined inwardly from its rear C toward its front D, the rear O thus forming the base of a triangular-shaped body. It will also be observed that the head at one end extends farther out along its front edge or face than at other points, as shown at a. The purpose of that is to enable the hammer to reach into corners without the upper portion of the head coming into contact with the frame or other body when the hammer is used in a fiat instead of an upright position. hen used in an upright position, the inclined sides will allow the corner or angle to be entered without the sides striking the frame. The inclined sides, also, when the hammer is used in a flat position, bring the handle in an inclined position above a horizontal plane, so that while the hammer-head will lie flat the handle will be above the horizontal, and thus the hammer can be manipulated with greater freedom and ease. The end of the hammer opposite to the driving end is made to taper, as shown, and is formed into an awl-point, E, so that when there is liability of the wood split-ting it may be first punctured by the awl and the hammer-head be then reversed to drive home the brad or nail, and thus the splitting of the wood be effectually guarded against. It will also be observed that the hammer-head is the heaviest near the handle, and somewhat tapers downward to the driving end from about the point where the awlpoint end tapers.

The handle F is formed at its outer end with a screw-driver point, G, so that the tool combines a screw-driver, an awl, and a hammer of a particular construction.

\Vhile the tool will be found of special advantage to photographers and frame-dealers, still it is apparent that it is not confined to such uses.

The form of the head of the tool permits it to be used without liability of breaking the glass in picture and other frames and without injury to the frame, so common in hammers of other constructions, and in which the operator on frames is frequently striking his fingers and the light back board to the frame, which results in breaking the glass.

Ilaving described my invention and set forth its merits, what I claim is 1. In the within -described tool, the hammer-head A, formed with sides inclined inwardly from its rear toward its front, and at the end opposite the driving end with the awlpoint E, substantially as described.

2. In the within-described tool, the 11ammer-head A, formed with sides inclined inwardly from its rear toward its front, and havat the end opposite to the driving end, sub- IO ing the front a of said head extended forward stantially as and for the purposes set forth. of the upper portion of the head, substantially In testimony whereof I affix my signature in as and for the purposes set forth. presence of two witnesses. 3. The Within-described tool having the hammer-head A formed with sides inclined GEORGE HILNRY O inwardly from its rear toward its front, with Witnesses: the portion on extended forward of the upper N. H. WILLIAMS, portion of the head, and with the awl-point E JAMES J. GOODRICH.