US591953A - Scoop - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

M. R. & E. E. DAVENPORT.

SCOOP. v No. 591,953. Patented Oct. 19,1897.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFEIcE.

MERWIN DAVENPORT AND ELMER E. DAVENPORT, OF BARABOO, WISCONSIN.

S C O O P SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 591,953, dated October 19, 1897.

Application filed June 8, 1897. Serial No. 639,856. (No model.)

To (LZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, MERWIN R. DAVEN- PORT and ELMER E. DAVENPORT, citzens of the United States, residing at Baraboo, in the county of Sauk and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Scoops, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to an improved mode of constructing sheet-metal scoops.

The objects of our improvement are to obtain from a single sheet of metal a scoop having a reinforced bottom and back end of superposed parts of said sheet, features which add greatly to the strength and lasting qualities of the scoop. Another object is to obtain a scoop having its front end V-shaped and thus provide a narrow spout, whereby liquids can be poured therefromjn a fine stream, and to have the front end of said spout substantially on the same level as the top of the rear portion of the scoop, to hold safely the largest amount of fluid or of other goods therein; and these features combined with a triangular flat bottom to give stability to the scoop. The inner end of the handle is also made to straddle the top of the doubled back to strengthen the union of the parts. We attain these objects by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in

' which- Figure 1 is a front perspective view of a scoop constructed in accordance with our invention. Fig. 2 is a rear perspective view of the same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal central vertical section of the same. Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical section on line a a: of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a top view of the sheet-metal blank cut in the proper shape to form the body of the scoop, the dotted lines indicating also where the blank is to be bent.

In said drawings the body of the scoop consists of the sides A and A ending rearwardly in the back pieces 13 and E the division being on the lines 6 and b The division-line a, between the front portion of the sides A A is where the metal is bent at an acute angle to form a narrow V-shaped spout that extends about half the length of the scoop to the point a whence the metal is split preferably on its axis-line c, to constitute the two superposed parts 0 and O of the bottom of the scoop. Said bottom parts are bent or pressed from the sides A A upon lines d, divergent from the point a to the inner end of the lines 1) 6 The parts 0 C are cut rearwardly longer than the proposed bottom of the scoop, the proper length of the bottom terminating on lines d d to provide tongues D D to be bent up from the lines 61 against the lower portions of the back pieces B B and be soldered thereto, and thereby provide also a reinforcement against wear.

To form the scoop from the blank shown in Fig. 5, the metal is bent on line a a V- shaped, as shown in Fig. 4', the back pieces B B are bent toward the side pieces on lines b 19 the bottom pieces 0 C are also bent from the side pieces on lines cl, and the tongues D D are bent up from said bottom pieces. The sides are then turned up and the rear end of the lines cl pressed toward the axis-line, causing the parts 0 C to be superposed, and the back pieces B B to be also superposed. The inner edge I) of the back piece B is then soldered along the line b of the piece B while the edge 19 of said part B is soldered along the line b of the back piece B. The tongues D D lapping beyond the edges 19 b of the back pieces, are then soldered thereto to complete the scoop.

The handle F is either cylindrical or oval, and slightly tapering, and is provided with a flaring socket E, which is soldered to the handle and to the back piece B; ,but to render the connection of the handle with the back pieces as strong as possible, the handle has extended forward a tongue f, integral therewith, that is bent downward to straddle the upper edges of the back pieces B B and is riveted or soldered thereto. Said upper edges are also soldered together to complete their union.

The scoop can be made of any desired metal or of veneer, celluloid, pasteboard, or parchment-paper.

Having now fully described our invention, we claim- 1. A scoop having its body constructed out of a single piece of sheet metal cut and bent and pressed to have its spout V-shaped and inclined, its bottom rectangular, and its back of two superposed thicknesses substantially lar of two superposed thicknesses, and itsback of two superposed thicknesses, substan tially as described.

3. A scoop having its body, consisting of a single piece of sheet material out and bent to have its spout V-shaped, its back of two superposed thicknesses, and its bottom of two superposed thicknesses having tongues overlapping the bottom of the back parts substantially as described.

4:. A scoop having its body consisting of a single piece of sheet metal cut and bent to have its spout V-shaped, its bottom triangular and its back of two superposed thicknesses, in combination with a handle having a tongue bent down and straddling the upper edges of said back parts substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

MERWIN R. DAVENPORT. ELMER E. DAVENPORT.

Witnesses:

H. GROTOPHORST, IDA A. DAVENPORT.

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