Patent for John Wilkinson Jones' and William Owens' improved spade and fork handle - provisional specification"

13 November 1907

SEE 42.33,35,53 ( for diagram)

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No. 13,540A.D. 1907

Date of Application, 12^th^{June, 1907}

^{Complete Specification Left, 18}^th^{Sept., 1907 - Accepted, 27}^th^{Feb., 1908}

^{PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION}

^{AN IMPROVED HANDLE FOR SPADES SHOVELS FORKS, PICKS AND THE LIKE}

^{We John Wilkinson Jones [Painter] Washington House Buckley Nr. Chester and William Owens Collier}^Meg^'^{s Lane}^{Buckley do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-}

^{The invention consists of weldless steel tubular handle for spades, shovels, forks, picks etc., it is riveted at bottom end with one, two, three or more rivets and secured to either straps or sockets. The casp or crutch is of tubular steel reinforced & brazed, its chief object being coolness, lightness & strength.}

^{Dated this 22}^nd^{day of June 1907.}

^{JOHN WILKINSON JONES}

^{WILLIAM OWENS}

^{COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.}

^{AN IMPROVED HANDLE FOR SPADES, SHOVELS, FORKS, PICKS AND THE LIKE}

^{We, John Wilkinson Jones [Painter] Washington House Buckley Nr. Chester and William Owens [Collier]}^Meg^'^{s Lane}^{Buckley do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-}

^{This invention relates to improvements on that type of handles and crutches for spades, shovels, or the like, which are made of metallic tubing.}

^{Our invention relates to certain constructional features in the method of attaching the crutch or casp to the handle.}

^{The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which, Figs.1 and 2 show modifications of the invention.}

^{The handle 1 attached to the socket 2 of the spade in any suitable manner, but preferably by riveting, is provided with an outer loop 3, Fig. 1., in which the casp or crutch 4 is fitted and brazed. The neck of the loop 3 is reinforced in any suitable manner as indicated at 5. Both the handle 1 and casp 4 are tubular so as to be light and cool when in use, and if desired, wooden end plugs 6 may be inserted to strengthen the ends of the casp.}

^{In the modification shown in Fig. 2, a metallic strap or yoke 7 of smaller diameter encircles the ends of the casp at 8 and the handle top at 9, a reinforcement 5 of usual construction being again provided at the junction of the strap or yoke and the handle.}

^{The handles are constructed throughout of weldless steel.}

^{Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we claim is:-}

^1.^{The improved handle for spades or the like substantially as described and shown in Fig. 1. of the accompanying drawings.}

^2.^{The improved handle for spades or the like substantially as described and shown in Fig. 2. of the accompanying drawings.}^{Dated this 13}^th^{day of November 1907}

^a.^{For the applicants,}

^b.^{A.J.DAVIES. Patent Agent, 37 Moorfiields, Liverpool}

^{Redhill: Printed for His Majesty's Stationary Office, by Love & Malcomson, Ltd - 1908.}

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Patent for John Wilkinson Jones' and William Owens' improved spade and fork handle - provisional specification"

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