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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.
WILLIAM H. STEDHAM AND JOHN N. MILLER, OF ROYSE CITY, TEXAS.
PUNCH.
No. 850,803. Specification of Letters Patent. 2atentect April 16, 1907.
Application filed December 13, 1906 Serial No 347,661.
To all whom it may concern: sage 3 in the outer end of the anvil portion 2.
Be it known that we, WILLIAM H. STED- The aperture 10 is of less diameter than the
HAM and JOHN N. MILLER, citizens of the aperture 9 and is adapted to receive the re-
United States, residing at Royse City, in the duced inner end 12 of the punch 13, the for- 6o
5 county of Rockwall and State of Texas, have ward end of which is slidably mounted with
invented certain new and useful Improve- the aperture 9 in the portion 6 of the frame.
ments in Punches; and we do declare the fol- The portion 12 is futher reduced at its end
lowing to be a full, clear, and exact descrip- to form a rivet-engaging point 14, adapted to
tion of the invention, such as will enable oth- work through the passage 3 in the end of the 65
10 ers skilled in the art to which it appertains to anvil to force the broken rivet through said
make and use the same. passage and into the transverse passage 4 of
This invention relates to improvements in the anvil, from whence it may be discharged
punches. from the punch.
The object of the-invention is to provide a In the portion 13 of the punch adjacent to 70
15 punch which is particularly adapted for use the reduced end 12 is arranged a transversely-
in removing broken rivets from buggy-bow disposed stop-pin 15, between which and the
sockets. inner side of the laterally-bent portion 6 of
A further-object is to provide a punch of the bracket 5 is arranged a coil-spring 16.
this character which will be simple, strong, The tension of the spring 16 is exerted to 75
20 and durable in construction and which may hold the punch in engagement with the
be applied and operated by one person to re- broken rivet,, while the outer end of the
move broken rivets or for other work. punch is struck to force said broken part of
With the above and other objects in view the rivet out of the buggy-bow socket or
the invention consists of certain novel fea- other work to which the punch is applied, 8o
25 tures of construction, combination,, and ar- thereby enabling the punch to be conven-
rangement of parts, as will be hereinafter de- iently operated by one person.
scribed and claimed. While the punch is herein described as
In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is being.particularly adapted for use in remov-
a side view of a punch constructed in accord- ing broken rivets from buggy-bow sockets, 85
30 ance with the invention; and Fig. 2 is a simi- it is obvious that the same may be employed
lar view taken at right angles to Fig. 1, parts for many other purposes and that the anvil
of the same being shown in setion. portion 2 when applied to the work will serve
Referring more particularly to the draw- as a brace or support for the same while being
ings, 1 denotes the punch, which consists of operated on by the punch. The passages 3 90
35 an anvil portion 2, here shown in the form of and 4 formed in said anvil portion serve to
a cylindrical bar, but which, however, may permit the discharge of the punched-out riv-
be of any suitable shape or design. In the ets or material.
outer end of the anvil portion 2 is formed a From the foregoing description, taken in
centrally-disposed passage, 3, which commu- connection with the accompanying draw- 95
40 nicates at its inner end with a transversely- ings, the construction and operation of the
disposed passage 4, formed through the an- invention will be readily understood without
vil portion adjacent to its outer end, as requiring a more extended explanation.
shown. Various changes in the form, proportion,
Secured to one side of the anvil portion 2 and the minor details of construction may be 100
45 at its outer end is a forwardly-extending resorted to without departing from the prin-
bracket 5, the outer end of which is bent lat- ciple or sacrificing any of the advantages of
erally, as shown at 6, and inwardly. toward this invention as defined by the appended
the anvil, as shown at 7. The end of said in- claims.
wardly-bent portion is then bent at right an- Having thus described our invention, o05
5o gles to engage the inner side of the bracket, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by
as shown at 8, thereby forming a rectangular Letters Patent, is-
bearing-frame for the punch. In the later- 1. A punch of the character described
ally-bent portions 6 and 8 of the frame are comprising an anvil portion having formed
formed alined apertures 9 and 10, in which in its outer end a longitudinally-disposed 1 to
55 the punch is slidably mounted. The aper- passage and a transversely-disposed passage
tures 9 and 10 are in alinement with the pas- I communicating with the end of said longi-L i C7
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Stedham, William H. & Miller, John N. Punch., patent, April 16, 1907; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth508281/m1/2/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.