US1342467A - Implement-handle - Google Patents

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UNITED STAT P T I F Q'E.

IMrLEMEN'r-HANDL Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan 8, 1920.

Application filed May 13, 1919. Serial o. 296,818.

' Handles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to handles or handholds for agricultural implements, tools, utensils or the like and consists of an improved method of retaining grip members upon a handle frame. The object of the invention is to provide flange-like means preventing the separation of the grips from the handle and to avoid, as much as possible,

reliance upon rivets, screws, etc., for maintaining the assembly.

I have illustrated my invention as applied to the D of an implement handle stem such as a shovel or pickax and 'in the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of the handle grip or D showing a small portion of the handle stem to the opposite end of which the shovel or other tool is attached; Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1 and Fig. 3 is an end view of the D.

The D is formed of metal either cast or forged and its base 1 is provided with asocket 2 to receive the end of thehandle stem 3 and be secured thereto by rivets orother fastenings 4. Integral with base 1 are the divergingcurved sides 5 spaced apart at their outer ends and there connected and braced by a flat transverse .rib 6, the D thus terminating in a substantially I shaped section as best shown in Fig. 3. On opposite sides ofrib 6 arehalf round strips 7 of wood or other non-conducting material extending betweensides 5 and secured to rib 6 by screws orrivets 8.

Sides 5 are undercut near their outer end as indicated at 9 in Fig. 3. The ends ofstrips 7 are shaped to fit this undercut and also the relative taper ofsides 5. As a result of the tapered and undercut D surfaces and the corresponding shaping of the ends ofstrips 7 the latter can only be inserted from the top of the D and when assembled therewith are held against downward, longitudinal or transverse movement, leaving only a possible upward movement for thefastenings 8 to resist. Such construction prevents twisting or other undesirable movement ofstrips 7 and safeguards the latter against splitting and undue wear.

In the usual handle, grip members are attached by rivetsand most of'the twisting or sliding tendencies of the grips must 'be withstood by the rivets. The rivets are of small diameter, bend easily and their small area wears away the sides of the holes in the grip members which allows undesirable free play of the latter. The grips often separate from the base by slipping over the rivet heads after wear or shrinkage. These disadvantages are removed in my construction which has'a wide range of usefulness and is not limitedto the type of handle illustrated.

1. In a handle, a frame having a plane surface and flanges forming dihedral angles opposed to each other and having converging edges, said surface and flanges being adapted to receive a grip member and retain same against movement in all directions except one.

2. In a handle, a frame with surfaces forming opposed, dihedral angles and-pro-' vided with a grip member held by said sur- 1 faces against movement in a plane traversing said surfaces; said angles having their respective edges converged to hold said grip members against movement along same in one direction.

3. A hand hold including spaced sides, a brace uniting said sides; said sides converging toward eachother and recessed to form acute angles with said brace, and grip members secured to said brace and fitting between said converging sides and in said acute angles.

4. In a handle, a grip member having its ends converging across the width of the member and beveled across the thickness of the member, a frame to which said member is secured and which is provided with flanges converging and recessed to. fit the converging and beveled ends of sa1d member.

5. In an implement handle, a base adapted 1 to be attached'to a handle stem, spaced sides extending divergingly from said base and from each other, a brace uniting said sides; said sides forming acute angles with said brace, and grip members secured to said brace and having ends fitting between said converging sides and in said angles.

6. In a hand hold, a socket adapted to transverse flanges at opposite ends of said member, converging in thedirection of the receive an implement end of the handle stem, integral spaced sides extending from said socket, anintegral brace spaced from said socket and uniting said sides, said sides being recessed to form acute angles with said brace and converging toward each other, and grip members secured to said brace and fitting between said converging sides and in said acute angles.

7 In a handle, a longitudinal member,

and a grip member adjacent said longitudi- 15 nal member and having its ends converged to engage said flanges and each end beveled to fit in the angle between one of said flanges and said member.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto 20 subscribed my hand this 1919. V

' e JOSEPH v; SMITH.

6th day of May,

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