US1100574A - Rake. - Google Patents

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H. T. KINGSBURY. RAKE.

APPLICATION IILEDJULY 11,1912.

1,100,574. Patented June 16, 1914 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY T. KINGSBURY, OF KEENE, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

RAKE.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HARRY T. KINGsBURY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Keene, in the county of Cheshire, State of New Hampshire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rakes, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to the figures of reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to improvements in rakes, and particularly to wooden rakes of the lawn, hay or toy type.

The invention consists particularly in the manner of connecting and securing the bows or braces to the handle and head of the rake, whereby greater strength is secured.

The invention, therefore, consists primarily of a rake, the bows or braces of which are formed with lugs, which when the bows are set in proper position, take into or look into the wood of the handle, the ends of the bows being passed into the head, and clenched or headed on the outside thereof.

The invention is illustrated in accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view, partly in section, of a rake constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a detail view of the bow; and Fig. 3 is a view illustrating the manner of securing the teeth in place. Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view through the bow and handle.

In these drawings, 1 represents the head of the rake having the teeth 2, and into which the handle 3 is mortised. The teeth are held in place by wire pins 41, which are driven directly from the coil of wire into the wood and cut off.

The wire bow or brace 5 is formed as shown, each end being pointed as at 6, and at its central portion are raised lugs 7 herein shown as two on each face, forming teeth. The bow is inserted through the hole 8 in the handle with the projection 7 Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 17, 1912.

Patented June 16, 1914.

Serial No. 710,048.

parallel with the grain of the wood, a turn is then given the bow, which causes the projection or teeth to firmly bite into the wood and lock the bow in place. The pointed ends of the bow are then inserted through holes 9 in the head, which are pricked through with a taper drill, and the ends of the bow headed as shown. The number of bows or braces used depends, of course, on the character and size of the rake. It will be seen that by this construction a very strong article is produced at a minimum of cost of material and labor.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure, by Letters Patent, is

1. In a rake, the combination with a head and a handle, of a bow secured to the head and having a lug on that portion thereof which passes through the handle of less width than the handle, whereby when said bow is inserted in the handle and turned, said lug will be embedded in the handle and hold said handle from slipping on the bow.

.2. In a rake, the combination of a head and a handle, of a bow secured to the head and extending through an opening in the handle, said bow having a lug thereon extending at an angle to the plane of the bow and of less width than the thickness of the handle, whereby said bow may be inserted through the handle with the lug extending in the direction of the grain of the handle and then said how turned to engage the head, which turning of the bow causes said lug to be embedded in the handle and hold the handle from slipping on the bow.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature 1n the presence of two witnesses.

HARRY T. KINGSBURY.

Witnesses:

WV. L. MASON, JOHN E. ALLEN.

Copies of this patent may he obtained. for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, .D. G.

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