US967703A - Implement-handle fastening. - Google Patents

Description

s. T. ,BAGNALL Y IMPLEMENT HANDLE FASTENING.

PPLIUTION FILEDlOT. 3U. 190B. 967, 703. l Patented Aug. 16,1910.

SIDNEY 'll'. BAGNALL, 0F ROCHESTER', NWYOR.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led October` 30, 1908. Serial No. @60,311.

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This invention relates to implement handle fastenings, the object in view being to provide an effective, safe and reliable fas tenmg means for securing the head of a hammer, hatchet, ax or the like, to the helve, whereby the head is securely fastened to the handle and whereby a new handle may be readily substituted for an old one by any person of ordinary skill.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a handle fastening which shall be simple durable and efficient, and which may be nuinnfactured and sold ata comparatively low cost. v

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the-,combination and arrangement o'f parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure l is a sectional View illustrating the application of my improved handle fastening. llig. 2 is a detail perspective view of one endV of the handle. Fig.- 3 is a detail perspective View of one of theclips. vFig. Il is a detail perspective view of the other clip, `and Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view'of the wedge.

` Referring to the drawing b reference numerals, 1 designates the hea and 2 the handle of a hammer. The inner portion of the handle 2 is provided with opposite plane sides 3 which incline inwardly in the direction of and extend tothe inner end of the handle. At right angles with relation to the sides 3 portions of the handle-Q are removed to provide a reduced extension 4 which is located in. the handle socket of the head 1. The provision of theextension el forms shoulders 5 .which are disposed at right angles with relation to the sides 3 and which engage the inner edge of the hammer head 1, said shoulders limiting the insertion of the inner end of the hammer into the `handle socket. The head 1 is Vsecured to thehandle 2 by a pair of clips 6 and 7 which are respectively secured to the plane sides 3 of the t to prevent handle by a bolt 8. The. bolt 8 passes through an opening 9 formed in the clip 7, through an opening 10 formed in thehandle 2, and has threaded engagement with a socket 11 formed in the clip (i. Portions of the clips 6 and 7 are located inthe handle socket of the head 1, and such portions are reduced to provide lips 12 which are located at the outer ends of the clips and which engage the outer side of the head 1, and to provide shoulders 13 which are located about cenrateatea ang. ie, iam.

trally between the ends of the clips and which engage the inner side of the hammer head, the lips and shoulders forming an interlock ing connection between the clips and the head: The inner or opposing sides of 4the clips 6 and 7 are inclined inwardly in the direction of the head and the clips are maintained in interlocking engagement with the head 1Y by means of an outwardly tapering wedge le.; The wedge 1li is located between the clips v6 and 7 and forms no partei the handleQ, and it can only be applied and removed from the inner side of the head 1. 1n View thereof and in view of the fact that the extension 4 engages its inner end, it is impossible for the wedge to become accidentally displaced. As the wedge 14C cannot become accidentally displaced and as the handle 2 is secured to and between the clips G and 7 by the bolt 8, the engagement be* tween-the handle andthe head 1 is such as the head from becoming accidentally detached from the handle and is strong, durable and etlicient. When the shoulders 5 engage the inner side yof the head L the open1ng`10 is in registration with the opening 9 in the clip 7 and the socket 11 in the clip 6, whereby to Jfacilitate the securing of the handle to the clips. forms no part of the handle 2, the handle may be removedv without removing the wedge, the Wedge maintaining the clips 6 and 7 in interlocking engagement with the head 1. One end wall of the handle socket of the head 1 is inclined upwardly and laterally to provide recesses 15, and the clip 6 is l`lincreased in thickness adjacent its lip 12, at

16, to occupy said recess.

lln ractice the clips 6 and 7 are applied to the ammer head 1, after which the Wedge 14: is applied, the wedge securing the clips inapplied position. The handle is then applied between rthe clips,

the extension 4t ofv 'As the wedge. 11tica ,t

the handle fitting in thesocket of the hammer head. The handle is Secured in applied position by means of the bolt 8.

It should be apparent from the above description, taken `in connect-ion with the accompanying drawing, that I provide a handle fastening-Which is silnple, durable and eiiicient, one Which Will permit the ,handle to be readily and quickly applied and one Which may be manusold at a comparativelylow invention as applied to a hammer, Iwish it to be expressly understood that the same maybe used With equally good results on a hatchet, ax, or the like.

Changes in the form, proportions and minor details of construction may be made Within the scope of the claims without departing from the spirit or sacricing any of the advantages of the invention. i

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed as new is l, In an implement handle fastening, an implement having a handle-receiving passage formed therein and extending throughout the implement, implement-retainmg clips secured to the handle and formed to provide shoulders for engaging the'implement to hold the same against longitudmal' movement, the said clips beingconstructed so that the opening in the implement is of Wedge-form With its reduced port-lon outerl most, and a Wedge fitting implement and having its inner end abutting the outer end of the handle.

2. In a fastening of the character described, the combination of a hammer-head having one end Wall of its handle-socket provided with a recess," of clips reduced to )rovide lips at their outer ends and shoul ers intermediate their ends, the said lips and the said shoulders respectively engaging the hammer-head at the ends of the handle-receiving socket to hold the said hammer-head against longitudinal movement, the said clips being extended through the said handle-recelving socket and the said clips being of tapered construction so that the said handle-receiving socket is of Wed eform, the reduced end of the socket being disposed outermost, a Wedge extending longitudinally in the handle-receivin socket and impinging a ainst the inner sur aces of the clips, a hand e extending into the socket of the hammer-head and having its outer extremity bearing directly against the enlarged end of the ,head, and a fastening device extending through the clips and through the handle. y

In testimon 'whereof I affix my signature in presence o t-Wo witnesses.

SIDNEY T. BAGN ALL.

lVitnesses FRANK DOEHLER, CHAS. J. KUHLMAN.

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