US1581929A - Handle for cutlery - Google Patents

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April 20 1926. 1,581,929

A. LAFAVE ET AL HANDLE FOR CUTLER! Filed June 16. 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet l I "l (ltbowwq April 20 A. LAFA'VEIIET AL HANDLE FOR GUTLERY Filed June 16,. 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 attmmzq Patented Apr. 20, 1926.

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ADREAN IJAFAVE AND anotrnus LAFAVE, or TUPPER LAKE, new YORK.

HANDLE FOR GUTLERY.

Application filed June To all whom it may concern:

UADoLrnUs LAFAVE, citizens of the United States, residing at Tuppcr Lake, in the county of Franklin and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Handles for Cutlery; and we 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 make and use the same.

The invention relates to handles for outlery and has particular reference to a handle for a combined knife and saw.

The invention has for its object the provision of an improved construction of handle for cutting implements by which the handle may be arranged as a knife handle or the handle may be adjusted so that the hand hold is at substantially a right angle to the edge of the blade when the tool is to be used as a saw, a brace being pivotally secured to the handle and to the blade.

The construction and operation of the device as well as its advantages willv be described in detail hereinafter and the details of construction will be found illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a side View of the improved tool when in position to be used as a knife;

Fig. 2 a top edge View;

Fig. 3 a longitudinal sectional. view of the handle end of the tool taken on a plane in.- dicated by the line 3-3. of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4- is a view of the point end of the blade made in section on a plane indicated by the line t-4= of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view on plane indicated by the line 5-5 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 6 is a similar view on a plane indicated by the line 66 of Fig. 3;

Figs. 7 and. 8 are transverse sectional views on planes indicated by the lines 7-7 and 88 of Fig. 3; and

Fig. 9 is a view similar to Fig. 3 showing the handle arranged when the implement is to be used as a saw.

In the drawings similar reference characters will be used to designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

The combined knife and saw comprises a blade 1 having a shank 2 and a recess 3 in the back of the blade to receive a saw blade 4. 5 indicate plates secured on each side of the blade a j e t o i s outer or point 16, 1925. Serial No. 37,471.

end and overlapping the end of therecess it i 1.

ing inclined at the same angle for the pur- 9 indicates a nut threaded onto a threaded extension 10' and engaging against pose hereinafter described.

of the saw blade 4 the edges of the plates 8 and functioning to tighten the blade 4 clined slots 7 directingthe blade .4 downwardly against the upper edge of the blade 1 forming the bottom wall of the recess 3. As shown in Figs. 5 and 6 the edge of the blade 1 forming the bottom'wa-ll of the rein the recess 3, the incess 3 is beveled on both sides as shown at 11 and the inner edge of the saw blade 4 is provided with a groove 12 to engage said beveled edge 11, this structure serving to prevent buckling of the saw blade intermediate of its ends when in position in the Y recess.

The shank 2 is provided with a longitudinal slot 13 and the end of the slot 18 adjacent to the outer end of the shank has an ofi set portion 14. The handle, that is made of any suitable material such as wood, fiber, 7 and the hke, is made of two segments deslgnated 15, one each of the segments being arranged on each side of the shank 2, and 16 indicates a rivet or pin engaging the two segments 15 and slidably mounted in slot 13.

A link 17 is pivotally mounted between the plates 8 by means of a pin or rivet 18, while the outer end of the link 17 is formed with a head 19 that is pivotally secured between the segments 15 of the handle by means of pin or rivet 20. As shown in the drawings the link 17 is shaped to engage the edge .of the shank 2 closely, when the handle segments 15 are in the position shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 8, and the outer edge of the link conforms'to the conformation of the handle segments, and also the head 19 conforms to the outer, edge of the handle segments and has a straight edge 21 that abuts the straight outer edge of the shank 2 when the handle is in the folded position of Figs. 1, 2, and 3., I Furt11er1nore,the end of the link 17 carrying the g rivet 18 is formed as a segment of a circle having for its center thecenter of the rivet, and the end of the blade 1 is recessed to conform to the shape of the link, and also has an inclined edge 22 to permit movement of the link 17 into the position shown in Fig. 9.

\Vhen it is desired to use the instrument as a saw the handle may be arranged as shown in Fig. 5) by swinging the outer end of the handle upwardly and moving the inner end outwardly by sliding the rivet or pin 16 along the slot 13 and then upwardly in to the angular extension 1 L, thus providing a grip similar in construction to the grip of a handsaw. The shank 2 is recessed as shown at 23 to provide ample room for the operators fingers in gripping the handle segments 15.

What is claimed is 1. A handle for cutlery comprising a blade provided with a shank having an elongated slot therein, a handle mounted to slide on said shank, and a pin on said handle engaging in the slot in the shank.

2. A handle for cutlery comprising a blade, a shank extending from said blade and provided with an elongated slothaving an angular extension, a handle comprising segments arranged on the two sides of the shank, a pin connecting the two segments and engaging in the slot aforesaid, and a brace pivotally engaging the two segments and the blade.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signa tures.

ADREAN LAFAVE.

ADOLPHUS LAFAV E.

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