US1664081A - Combination tool - Google Patents

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, March 27,, 1928. 1,664,081

R. L. MEANS COMBINATION TOOL original Filed Dec, 17, 1923 TTTTTT EY Patented Mar. 27, 1928.

. (,UNITEDSTATES PATE or 1 REUBEN LEE MEANS, or VALENTINE, 'rnxasfl COMBINATION moon. I

, Application filed December 17, 1923, Serial mama? R ises; august 25,1921

My present invention has reference to a, combination tool. I The object of the inventionis the prov1.

sion of a tool which may be employed for 6 a great number of purposes by mechanics and others and which essentially includes'a pair of pivotally connected handles that merge into jaws whose confronting faces are provided with series of laterally extending 10 grooves of different sizes which .are designed for the reception ofnai ls and whichfprovide a holding means therefor when the jaws are brought together so'that the nails may be partly driven without the liability of bend- 16 ing thereof, and thereafter entirely driven home when released from between the jaws by the force of contact of the jaw end of the tool thereagainst.

A furtherobject is the production of a 20 combination toolcomprising a pair of pivotally connected handles which merge lnto jaws, one edge of each jaw being straight, and the other being arranged at an angle from its inner to its outer end, both jaws having their confronting faces provided with lateral grooves for the recept on of nails, whereby said nails are held in the initial driving thereof, one of said aws being formed with additional grooves and 10 with arched passages communicating therewith, said grooves and passages deslgned for the reception of staples which are effectively held between the jaws in the initlal driving thereof, while one of said jaws has its outer and pointed end formed with a prong whereby driven staples may be extracted.

A still further object is the production of a combination tool that shall be in the nature extractor, a wire cutter, a wire bender, a nail extractor, and a chisel or screw-driver.

The drawing which accompanies and forms part of this application illustrates a satisfactory reduction of my improvement to practice, and wherein:

Fig. 1 is a perspectiveview of the 1mproved tool; I

Fig. 2 is a side elevation looking toward the jaw end thereof; and

Fig. 3 is a. plan view, the aw end of one of the handles being broken away so that the upper jaw is removed.

My improved tool is constructed wholly of steel, hardened iron, or other suitable metal, and includes a pair of oppositely of a nail holder, a staple holder, a staple arched handles 2respectively. "These handles are connected by a pivot 3. One

notched, as indicated by the numerals 4 and 5v respectively, the said jnotches beingnormally out of'alinement and providingwire cutters. I I

The handles 1 and 2, at a slight distance fromthe pivot 3, merge into jaws 6 and 7 respectively.v ,The jaws: are substantially V- shaped'in pla-n, or more strictly speaking, one edge of the jaws isstraight and in alinement with the handles-land 2, while the innerportions of, the jaws are widened to their opposite edges and the last-mentioned edges are beveled inwardly to the outer ends edge offeachhandle, opposite the pivot, is, Y

of the said jaws. .The jaws, upon theirf l inner faces I areprovided with series of spaced semicircular transversely arranged grooves 8. The sizes of the grooves vary, and these grooves are designed to receive therebetween nails, and when the handles are swung to bring the jaws 6 and 7 against each other, the nails will be gripped therebetween so that the said nails may be initially driven. Thereafter, the handles are moved to release the nails from the jaws, and the jaws are again brought together. The jaws 6 and 7 serve as hammers and ma be forcibly brought against the nails to rive the same entirely home.

In addition to the semi-cylindrical transverse grooves 8, the jaw 7 has its inner face provided with other transverse grooves 9. These grooves 9 are disposed between the pairs of grooves 8, so that they are intersected by certain of the said grooves 8. The opposed pairs of grooves 9 communicate with each other through arched depressions 9. The grooves 9 and the communicating depressions 9' are designed forthe reception of staples and the jaw 6 when moved against the jaw 7, will tightly hold the said staples which serves as a chisel or as a screw-driver.

Inward of the end 11, the handle 1 is preferably enlarged and is formed with a longi- 'tudinal slot 12. 'Theinner wall of thisslot a is sharpened, as at '13. The slot is designed to have a wire passed therethrough which is to be stretched and coiled; :In "the latter instance only one endof the wire is inserted through the; slot and is gripped by the pointed or sharpened wall 13, and the tool is turned so that the wire is revolved therearound. The walls of the slot will also grip the wire topermi't of the tightening of the strands thereof. "Thus it will 'he noted that dle 2 provides the same with a fulcrum point which materially assists in the extraction of the nail.

From the foregoing description, when taken in connection with the drawing, it will be noted that my improved tool, while of a comparatively simple and cheaply constructed nature, isxstrong and durable and is susceptible of successful employment fora number of purposes.

Having described the invention, 1 claim A tool for "holding nails or staples where- 'by such nails or staples may be given an initial driving movement into a surface and thereafter fully driven home, comprising a :pairof pivotally connected handles, each of which having one of its ends merging into a "flat jaw and which jaws are brought int-o contacting engagement when the handles are forced toward each other, each of said jaws having its confrontingface provided with alining laterally arranged semicircular grooves which vary in area throughout the length of the {jaws and which are designed to clamp 'therebetween nails of diiferentf cross-sectionaldiameters to hold thenails'inthe initial driving thereof, one of saidjaws being formed with other laterally disposed grooves which are not in alinement with the grooves in the cooperating jaws, and said last-mentioned jaw having arched passages communicating with the last-mentioned grooves, whereby the shan'ks-and the rounded connecting ends of staples maybe received in the said grooves for driving of said staples.

In testimony whereof I a'fiix mysignature.

' V REUBEN LEE MEANS.

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