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Patented April 26, 1904.
UNITED
STATES
PATENT OFFICE.
AUBREY O. HIGHSMITH, OF CANTON, TEXAS.
COMPOUND TOOL.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 758,070, dated April 26, 1904.
Application filed June 13, 1903. Serial No, 161,347. (No model.)To all whom it .nmay concern:
Be it known that I, AUBREY 0. lHIGnsMTH,
a citizen of the United States, residing at Can-
ton, in the county of Van Zandt and State of
5 Texas, have invented a new and useful Com-
pound Tool, of which the following is a speci-
fication.
This invention relates to compound tools
for use more particularly in building and re-
f o pairing wire fences and the like, and has for
its object to simplify and improve devices of
this character and to produce an implement
by which the various steps of the work may
be expeditiously accomplished; and the inven-
15 tion consists in certain novel features of con-
struction as hereinafter shown and described,
and specified in the claims.
In the drawings illustrative of the inven-
tion, in which corresponding parts are denoted
20 by like designating characters, Figure 1 is a
longitudinal sectional elevation. Fig. 2 is a
side elevation of the head portion of the de-
vice, illustrating its use in driving the hold-
ing-staples. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig.
25 2, illustrating the use of the device as a wire-
cutter. Fig. 4 is a transverse section on the
line 4 4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a horizontal sec-
tion on the line 5 5 of Fig. 1 with the plunger
removed. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the
30 implement denuded of its magazine and gage,
illustrating its condition .when employed as a
staple-puller. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of
the flattened clamp-screw. Fig. 8 represents
a transverse section of the staple-holder.
35 The improved implement consists of a han-
dle or stock 10, having a hammer-head at one
end, the latter provided with the usual claw
11 and driving-face 12, extending in opposite
directions from the handle member, as shown.
40 Extending longitudinally through the han-
dle member and likewise transversely through
the "head" member is an aperture 13, and in-
tersecting this longitudinal aperture is a trans-
verse aperture 14, located just in the rear of
45 the portion 12 of the head, as shown. Op-
erating in the aperture 13 is a plunger 15, hav-
ing a head 16 at its outer or "drive " end and
a recess 17 in its inner or operating end. The
aperture 13 is widened longitudinally and
50 transversely of the hammer-head, as at 18, tothe width of the staple which is to be driven,
as shown in Fig. 5, so that the staples passing
lengthwise through the feed-aperture 14 into
the widened portion 18 will be reversed in po-
sition and be thrust point foremost from the 55
implement by the plunger 15 and guided and
supported while being thus acted upon by the
walls of the aperture, as hereinafter shown.
Disposed in the outer end of the head mem-
ber transversely of and transecting the por- Co
tion 18 of the aperture 13 is a recess 19, the
side walls of which are inclined both out-
wardly and longitudinally to the plane of the
head member, whereby spaced "points " or
claws 20 are formed at the outer terminals of 65
the walls of the recess to assist in removing
staples and wires, as hereinafter shown.
Extending upwardly from the aperture 14
and corresponding therewith is a magazine or
staple-holder consisting of an outer shell 21, 70
engaging the outer margin of the aperture 14
by a shoulder 22 in the latter and with a band
23 passing around the striking end 12 of the
hammer, as shown. Within the magazine 21
is disposed a partition 24, extending from the 75
side next the portion 12 and ending near the
opposite side, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4, so
that a plurality of the staples 25 will be sup-
ported within the magazine, as shown. The
partition 24 is extended below the lower line 8o
of the magazine into the aperture 14, as shown
at 26, to serve as a guide to the staples and
insure their being properly conducted into
the path of the plunger. The extension 26 is
bent slightly to one side to retard one leg 85
each of the staples as they consecutively pass
downward, and thus cause them to be reversed
,in position and pass from the implement in
proper position to engage the line - wires.
The enlargement 18 will be gradually merged 90
from the circular portion 13 into the vertical
portion at the outlet of the aperture, so that
the staples will freely turn one-fourth of a
revolution and assume the proper position by
gravity, as will be obvious. 95
Formed in the head portion at the juncture
of the "claw " 11 and the handle member 10
is a transverse recess 27, forming one jaw
member of a wire-severing device, and dis-
posed transversely through the handle mem- TooKo. 78a,070.
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Highsmith, Aubrey O. Compound Tool, patent, April 26, 1904; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth514973/m1/2/: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.