Plasterer's hawk

‘Application filed July 11,

To all whom, it' nidy concern:

Be it known -that’ I, -Jesse C. Wilmams, a citizen of the United States, and a (resident of Marshalltown, in the county of-Marshall 5 and State of Iowa, have invented a certain new and useful Plasterer’s Hawk, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a plasterer’s hawk of simple, durable and in)0 expensive construction in which- the body portion may be formed of a- single piece of sheet metal arid the handle detachably connected therewith in such a manner tliat the handle and body may -be readily removed 15 for convenience in 'shipping, handling and storing, and also readily, quickly and easily connected with each other, and when connected will be firmly and immovably united; and

Further to provide a device of this kind in which all of the -parts’ are permanently connected either to the handle member or the body member so that the smaller connecting members cannot· become lost or misplaced in shipping or storing.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of the device, whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more so fully set forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 shows a perspective view of my improved plasterer’s hawk with the handle 35 and the body portion assembled.

Figure 2 shows a perspective view of the socket holding plate detached.

Figure 3 shows a perspective view of the socket for clamping the plate and handle 40 together; and . Figure 4 shows a vertical, central, sectional view of the complete device assembled.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, I have used the reference numeral 10 to in45 dicate the body portion or plate of my improved plasterer’s hawk, which is preferably made of a single piece of sheet metal such as aluminum of proper size and thickness.

For connecting the body portion to the 50 handle, I have provided a socket holding plate indicated generally by the numeral 11. This plate is also preferably formed of a piece of sheet metal, and its central portion is formed with a circular depression at 12, ⁵⁵ and in the center of the circular depression is a rectangular opening 13. Around the

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edges of the plate are left openings 14. ^: This plate is permanently connected to the body -portion 10 of the hawk by rivets 15, the ends of the rivets being ground'flush with the 60 upper face of the hawk body.

For connecting the handle ’ with the plate I provide a socket member comprising a base 16 with a rectangular raised portion 17 formed on one side of it, and a Cylindrical 65 socket jmember 19 at the center of the portion 17. The socket member is ’internally screw threaded. The thickness of the base 16 corresponds with the depth of the depression 12'in the plate 11, and the part 17 70 is of such-size as to freely¹ enter andfit into the rectangular opening 13. This member is, of course, placed in position‘within the depression of the socket holding plate before the latter is riveted‘to the hawk body. 75

The handle Is preferably formed of a body portion 20 which may 'be made of wood, a nd has a circular bpening extending through it to receive du- bolt 21. The head of the bolt 22 reinforces and protects the outer end of 80 the wooden handle and the bolt is prevented j.i’om rotation within the wooden handle by means of the teeth 23 formed on the bolt near its head, which teeth are forced into the handle. _8g

At the opposite end of the handle there is an enlarged cylindrical opening at 24 designed to receive the cylindrical socket 18. The screw threaded end of the bolt is designed to enter the screw threaded interior oo of the socket 18.

In assembling the device the socket, which may be cast complete in one piece, is placed loosely within the socket holding plate, and the latter is riveted to the hawk body. This 05 may be accomplished readily and quickly and with slight expense, because it is not necessary that the socket member accurately fit in the socket holding plate. It is only necessary that the heads of the rivets which 100 project through the socket holding plate be ground off smooth with the surface of the plate.

The handle is cheap and inexpensive because it consists only of the wood handle and 105 the bolt. However, the bolt is permanently fixed to the handle and hence there are only two parts to the device, to wit: the body portion and the handle portion. The handle may be readily and easily removed for ship- 110 ping, packing or storing.

In order to assemble the device, it is only

Q . 1,483,452 necessary to place the screw threaded end of the bolt into the screw threaded socket and then turn the handle until the end of the handle engages the socket holding plate, then 5 by tightening the handle the edges of the socket enter the plate surrounding the screw threaded opening 13 and firmly clamps the base of the socket holding plate and the adjacent end of the handle. In this manner, any io lost motion that there might be between the socket and the socket holding plate is taken up and the parts are firmly united, but the handle may be removed without the use of tools, by simply unscrewing it.