US869706A

US869706A - Combination tool or utensil.

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Publication number: US869706A
Authority: US
Inventors: John R Hamilton
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1907-06-06
Filing date: 1907-06-06
Publication date: 1907-10-29
Anticipated expiration: 1924-10-29

Description

PATENTED OCT. 29. 1907.

' J. R. HAMILTON. GOMBINATION TOOL OR UTENSIL.

APPLIOATIOH PILBD JUNB 6.1907.

%i hi cases JOHN R. HAMILTON, OF ST. JOHN, NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA.

COMBINATION TOOL OR UTENSIL.

Specification of Letters Patenta.

Patented Oct. 29, 1907.

Application filed June G 1907. Serial No. 377.612. I

To all whom it may concern: t

Be it known that I, JOHN R. HAMILTON, of St. John, in the Province of New Brunswick, Domnion of Canada, .have invented a certain new and useful Conbination Tool or Utensil; of which the following is a specification.

Primarily, my device is a combination key ring and v dition as not materially to augment its bulkiness, a rule,

a pencil sharpener, a nail file, a nail cleaner, a tack puller, a screw driver, and an envelop opener.

In the accompanyng drawing, ,which constitutes a part of this application, I illustrate my device in preferred form of enbodiinent and upon a slightly enlarged scale for the sake of clearness.

In the drawing, Figure I is a side elevation of my combination utensil in preferred form of embodiment looking towards the flat side thereof. Fig. II is a view similar to Fig. I, but slightly in perspective, looking towards that side of 'the utensil that is opposite to the one shown in Fig. I. Fig. III is a View corresponding to Fig. I but showing the device in fiat form previous to its being creased or bent into the finished article, as shown in Fig. I. Fig. IV is the reverse view of the utensil as shown in Fig. III. Fig. V is a section on the line V-'-V of Fig. I. Fig. VI is a fragmentary view corresponding to Fig. I and illustrating a modification thereof in which an apertured shani( is substituted for the key ring. e

Referring to the numerals on the drawings, 1 indicates a key ring, which is preferably, in the initial process of manufacture, made of temperable steel, and which is provided upon one side with an integral plate 2, whose edge 3 is preferably in line with a diameter of the ring 1 and whose edge 4 is preferably in line with a tangent to said ring. The ring 1 and the plate 2, in the .finished article, may be finished in any preferred style, such, for example, as in nickel plate, blue finish or plain. -The plate 2 is preferably provided next to its edge 4 with a graduated scale Ineasure, which may be, say, three inches long. As illustrated, graduations for 21 inches are shown, the full measure 'of three inches being indicated upon the ring 1 in line with the edge 4. If preferred, the plate 2 need not be cu-t away on the side of the edge 4, but may continue to the ring, as shown by dotted line 5 in Figs. I and III. The ring is divided transversely, as indicated at 6, for 'the reception of the keys, or the ring may' be of the split ring form, as indicated at 7 in Fig. Il of the drawings. At its end, opposite to the ring 1, the plate 2 terminates in a screw driver point 9, which also coperates with the wing 10 of the device to perform an additional function, as hereinafter specified. The wing 10 is, in the process of manufacture, preferably made integral with the plate 2, and having the planes of its opposite faces coincident with those of the plate 2. lt is also preferably provided with a file face ll on the outside (compare Figs. II and III) and a file face 12'on the insideisee Fig. IV).

In manufacture, the plate 2 and the wing 10 being integral and made of a flat piece of metal are afterwards bent with permanent flection towards each other, as indicated in Fig. V, along a line corresponding to the edge 3 until the opposing faces of the wing and the plate are separated by an angle of about 35 (legrees. The file teeth on opposite sides of the wing 10 and upon the face 14 that in the finished article opposes the face 12, and all other markings or cuttings, are preferably formed in the metal of the article before it is tenpered, and preferably before the bend along the edge 3 is formed. After that, the metal may be tempered to render it hard and serviceable for use.

The file teeth on the

opposing faces

12 and 14 preferably meet at an angle, as shown in Fig. IV, for the reason that the

files

12 and 14 constitute a pencil sharpenor, and by reason of the inclination of the file teeth thereon, the point of the pencil when laid between those faces and reciprocatedor rotated is drawn towards the bottom of the angle, thereby faclitating the shaping of the point of thepencil.

v It was specified above that the screw' driver point 9 performs an additional function. That function will now be explainedi The end of the wing 10, opposite the ring 1, terminates in a fork or bifurcation 15, which, in the finished article,'lies in close proximity to'the plate 2. The wing 10 is, however, shorter than the plate 2 and in consequence the point 9 of the latter extends beyond the fork 15 and affords a fulcrum, by which, when the fork is inserted under the head of a tack, the tack may be readily pulled. The outer prong 16 of the fork 15 is preferably shaped to constitute it a nail cleaner. The edge 17 of the screw driver point 9, adjacent to the fork 15, is sharpened or chamfered from its extremity to the angle 18, where it meets the adjacent prong of the fork 15 thereby forming a convenient may lie alongide of the plate and the wing, or between.

them, just as if the wing and plate were themselves members strung upon the ring. If preferred, however the ring may be modified to a small shank 19, as indicated in Fig. VI, which is periorated by a. key ring aperture 20, into which an ordinary key ring may be in; 5 serted. i

The Construction, purposes, and operation of my device having been already described in the foregoing specificaton, further reference to them at this point is deemed to be unnecessary.

What I claim is:

1. The combination with a ring, of an integral'plate extending therefrom, one edge of the pinte beingin line with a diameter of the ring, and the other in line with a tangent thei-eto, the tangential edge of the plate constituting with the ring a straight edge or rule.

2. The combinationwith a ring, of an integral plate extending therfrom, one edge of the plate being in line with a' diameter of the ring, and the other in line with a tangent thereto, the piate adjacent to the tangential edge being provided with a measure scale, indicated both upon the plate and upon the ring.

3. In a device of the kind described, the combination` with a ring and a plate integral therewith, of a wing secured by permanent fiection at an angie to the plate, the

opposing faces of`the wing and the plate being provided with inciined file teeth. 4. In a device of the kind described, thcombination of a ring, plate, and wing secnred by a permanent flection at an angie to the plate, the opposing faces of the wing and the plate being provided with inclined file teeth, and the onter face of the wing being provided with file teeth.

5. The combination with a key ring provided with an eiongated piate integral therewith, of a wing shorter than the plate secu'edthereto by permanent fiection, and a fork upon the wing underlying the projecti'ng end of the plate, whereby said projecting end may act as a fuirum-for the fork, suhstantially for the purpose specified.

6. The combination with an elongated plate, a win'g-` shorter than the plate Secured thereto by permanent fiection, of a fork upon the wing underlying the projecting end of the plate, whereby said projecting end may act as a; fuicrum to the fork, the projecting end being provided with a sharpened edge extending from its extremity to its junetion with the wing.

7. The combinntion with a ring and"piate projecting `from one side thereof, of :n edge upon the piate in line with a tangent to the ring, said plate being provided with a measured rule inscribed thereon adjacentto the tangen-- tiai edge.

8. The combinaton of a pair of plates united by permanent fiection, one longer than 'the other, the longer one te'rminating in a screw driver and the shorter in a fork one of whose pair of prongs constitutes a nail cieaner, and, in conjunqtion with the other prong and with the screw driver point', a tack puller.

t 9. The conbination of a pair of plates united by perma nent flection, one plate being provided on the outside with a smooth face and the other likewise with a file face, terminating, respectively, at the bend between the piates, whereby a wedge shaped file is forn-ed having one surface smooth and the other adapted to cut.

In testinony Avhereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence' of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN R. HAMILTON.

` witnesses:

-A, C. CUERIL, JACK II. A. L. FAIRWEATHER.