US796352A - Compound tool. - Google Patents

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No. 796,352. PATENTED AUG. 1, 1905-. v

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APPLICATION FILED AUG.1,1904.

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PATENT OFFICE.

JULIUS WARREN QUILLING, OF URSA, ILLINOIS.

COMPOUND TOOL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 1, 1905.

Application filed August l, 1904. Serial No. 219,040.

To a/ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, J ULIUs WARREN QUILL- ING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ursa, in theI county of Adams and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Compound Tools, of which the following is a specification.

Myinvention relates -to that class of articles designed to be used as a can-opener, tackpuller, and corkscrew, having both fixed and movable jaws for opening cans, pulling tacks, nails, &c., and also for extracting Stoppers from bottles, &c.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, cheap, and eiiicient device in a single unitary article for performing the various functions of the dilferent parts of the tool.

To these ends my invention consists in certain novel features of construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation showing the device used as a tack-puller. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the device reversed and used as a canopener. Fig. 3 is a section on line ma; of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a top plan view of complete device with corkscrew turned out to one side. Fig. 5 is a front elevation. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the pivoted tack-puller plate detached from the can-opener and reversed. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the rigid jaw of the can-opener detached.

1 indicates the can-opener, which is preferably cut and stamped from sheet metal and secured to the handle 2 by a rivet. Said canopener comprises the hook-shaped knife 3 and the jaw 4, said jaw having the lug 5 opposite the knife 3 bent to one side, as shown in Figs. 4 and 7. The jaw 4 has a prolongation 6, which is bent over in a curve in a plane across the plane of the body of the can-opener and having the con'vexed end ground or sharpened, forming a gouge-shaped end 7. Pivoted to the fixed jaw of the can-opener is the curved plate 8, which is also stamped from the metal with a flat hooked claw 9, which is adapted to oscillate toward and from the gouge end 7 of fixed jaw. On the opposite side of the pivot 10 the plate 8 is bent outwardly in a plane at an angle to the plane of the plate, so as to form a wide end 11 with a iiat bearingsurface. On the upper edge of pivoted plate 8, in front of its pivot, is formed a lug 12,

which is bent at an angle from the plane of said pivoted plate, the purpose of which will be hereinafter set forth. The upper edge of the pivoted plate is further provided with another lug 13 in the rear of its pivot at about the junction of the part 11 with the body of the pivoted plate. This lug 13 is also bent at angle from the plane of the body of the pivoted plate and is adapted to be oscillated against and away from the body of the rigid can-opener member in the rear of the pivot 10. The rigid can-opener member is riveted to an open metallic handle, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Within the opening 15 of said handle is pivoted a corkscrew 16, which is held in place when not in use by a lug 17, having a central groove 18, in which is sprung one of the coils of the corkscrew.

When it is desired to use the device as a can-opener, the device is held in the position shown in Fig. 2, the thumb being placed on the part 11, which will bring the lug 13 against part 4, thereby bringing the lug 12 directly opposite the lug 5 and in conjunction thered with form a V-shaped guide which will fit the edge of the can as the can-opener is operated and moved around or along the top of the can.

When the device is to be used as a tackpuller, its position is the reverse of that shown in Fig. 2, above mentioned, the Wide or curved gouge end 7 is readily inserted. beneath the head of the tack the curve of which it approximately fits without cutting the material into which the tack may have been driven, while the wide end 11 of the movable jaw affords a broad iiat surface upon which to fulcrum the device when pulling a tack, so that it will not sink into, cut, or mar the surface against which it has its bearing. The narrow hooked end or claw 9 of the oscillating jaw or plate also readily catches under the opposite side of the head of the tack and holds it so that it cannot slip from the gougeshaped end 7 of the xed jaw which has been passed under the tack-head in starting the tack.

The corkscrew will form a very desirable adjunct to the device and will be securely held within the handle when not in use.

It will be observed that the part 11 serves'as a finger-piece to hold the swinging plate out of the way of the can-opener blade when said blade is to be inserted into a can and that by virtue of the lug 13, forced against the rear part of part 4 by the finger pressing on part 11 so that the lugs 5 and l2 are brought into juxtaposition to form a guide for the ledge of the can, the part 11 also serves as a fingerbody portion having a forwardly-projecting hook-shaped knife member, a rigid forwardlyprojecting member opposite the knife member, an offset lug extending to one side of the aforesaid rigid member at its front end, a

curved plate pivoted to the rigid forwardly-- projecting member to the rear of the oiset lug, said pivoted plate having a lug offset to one'side forwardly of its pivotal point, said lug projecting in an opposite direction to that of the offset lug on the rigid projecting member, a stop-lug offset from the edge of the pivoted plate to the rear of its pivot and adapted to engage the body portion of the device, an extension at `the rear end of the pivoted plate provided with an offset lug on its edge to form a linger-piece, whereby the stop-lug on the pivoted plate may be forced and held against the body portion to bring the oppositely offset lugs on the pivoted plate and forwardly-projecting rigid member into side alinement.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination withl a hook-shaped can-opener blade member, and a forwardly-projecting rigid member" opposite the same, of a tackpuller plate pivoted to the said forwardlyprojecting rigid membenand oppositely oilset lugs projecting .from the pivoted plate and forwardly-projecting rigid member to form a guide for the edge of a can.

3. In a device of the character described, a handle having a fixed plate of sheet metal at its forward end provided with two forwardlyprojectingA members, one of which is hookshaped and sharpened on its inner edge, the other member being rigid and opposite the hook-shaped member, said rigid member having a prolongation bent in a curve to form a gouge, a thin metallic plate pivoted to the said rigid member, said pivoted plate having one-end hook-shaped and adapted to be moved toward and from the gouge end of the rigid member, and at its opposite end an extension y provided with an offset lug on its edge, said extension also having its end bent back to one side to form a fulcrum whereby the device is adapted to be used .as a tack-puller.

JULIUS WARREN QUILLING.

Witnesses:

THEoDoRE C. POLING, CHARLES D. POLING.

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