US1456383A - Combination hammer - Google Patents

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May 22, 1923. 1,456,383

F. J. KOCH COMBINATION HAMMER Filed April '7, 1922 Patented May 22, 1923.

UNITED STATES FRANK J'. KOCH, OF HERSHEY, NEBRASKA.

COMBINATION HAMMER.

Application filed April 7, 1922. Serial No. 550,407.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK J. K0011, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hershey, in the county of Lincoln and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination Hammers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to mak and use the same.

The invention has for its object the provision of a tool which embodies all the essential elements necessary for the construction of wire fencing, such as a hammer, a claw, wire cutters, pliers, staple extractor, and wire stretcher and splicer, the tool being of simple construction and effective for any of the uses stated.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent and suggest themselves as the nature of the invention is understood.

lVhile the drawings illustrate an embodiment of the invention, it is to be understood that in adapting the same to meet different conditions and requirements, various changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the nature of the invention.

Referring to the accompanying drawings forming a part of the application,

Figure 1 is a side view of a tool embodyin the invention,

lFig. 2 is a detail section on the line 2--2 of Fig. 1, loking in the direction of the arrows,

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the forward end portion of the member provided with the hammer head, and

Fig. 4 is a detail perspective View of the forward end portion of the member provided with the plier jaw.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and desig nated in the several views of the drawings by like reference characters.

The tool comprises two handle members 1 and 2, which are pivotally connected at their forward ends as indicated at 3. The pivotal ends of the members 1 and 2 are halved to comeflush at opposite sides and enable the members 1 and 2 to lie in the same plane. The member 1 is pro-vided at its forward end with a hammer head land a claw 5. A

circular recess 6 is formed in a side of the head provided at the forward end of the member 1 and snugly receives a circular enlargement 7 at the forward end of the member 2. A nib 8 is'formed on the head at one side of the recess 6 and a companion nib 9 is formed on a side of the circular enlargement 7. The nibs 8 and 9 constitute elements of a staple puller and their extremities are disposed to clear each other and are made rounding to prevent any shearing action when gripping the staple in the act of pulling the same. Notches 10 are formed in edge portions of the head and the circular enlargement 7 and constitute wire cutters in a manner well understood. When the handles 1 and 2 are partly separated at their outer or rear ends, the notches 10 register and are in line with the inner wall of the claw 5 which constitutes a guide to direct the wire or other part to be out into the registering notches 10. When the outer ends of the members 1 and 2 are pressed together, the notches 10 are thrown out of line and the wire, nail, or the like located therein is severed in a manner well understood.

The circular enlargement 7at the forward end of the member 2 is provided with an oifstanding projection 11 which constitutes a plier jaw and a stop to limit the separation of the rear ends of the handle members 1 and 2, whereby to bring the notches 10 in register. The forward or gripping face of the jaw 11 is roughened to prevent slipping of the wire or other article gripped between said jaw and the inner or rear face of the hammer head 4 which constitutes the companion jaw. The closing of the nibs 8 and 9 is likewise. limited by the jaw 11 closing against the rear side 12 of the hammer head. When .it is required to use the tool as a stretcher for drawing together the broken ends of a fence wire, one of such ends is en gaged with the claw 5 and the other end is gripped between the elements 11. and 12. The tool is now given a one-half turn whereby to reverse the position of the parts 5 and 4: with the result that the broken ends of the wire are drawn together and overlapped and the same may he s liced by twisting the loose end portions of t e broken ends about the main wire, thereby completing the splice in a manner well understood. The staple, nail, or th like may be driven by the hammer head, and a nail may be extracted by use of the claw 5 in the usual way. When it is required to extract a staple which is 19 said head constituting a hammer and a claw,

and a complemental handle member having a circular enlargement at one end snugly fitting the circular recess in the head of the first-mentioned handle member and having an offstandin projection constituting a stop 15 and a jaw ant adapted to coact with the rear portion of the hammer head.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK J. KOCH.

lVitnesses A. A. LEIsTER, J. E. lVARE.

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