Combination-square.

Application filed August 8,1906. Serial No. 329,717,

To all whom it may concern·

NT? ^kn°^{Wn tbat} Andrew Benedict ?esidffi?S?Ott ^Cltizen.^{of tbe}, United States, resitting at Ottumwa, m the ennntu· /.-p w ⁵ £w°??d us?fi^⁰T^{l0Wa,haVeillVentey}dc^e^fr new and useful Improvements in Combine tion-Squares, of wlich the folbwin“ is _a' specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings s

TWang and hying oi of ²⁰ To attain the desired objects, my inven se°curedⁿThe^Sre⁰/o^{a straig}^-edge and a blade £ j thereto, said blade having· slots to™Ud^eTgf”^ ^{at d,ftrent}²⁵ Δ ¥^{y b}U^elltion also consists of atrv-sauare crastnStifn^CertH^m °ΐ⁰¹' ⁿ°^{Vel fe}atures of construction and combination of parts sub stantially as disclosed herein. ^P square ^Γ6 Fi?^S2^ai^Plan U^w ?^{f my} improved l£ 2^1 of m_g^a T ¹ ™^{w there}»' ™

-^{he n}”meral 1, designates the handle or straight-edee of th/ _i5 zy tS?/³·sis “ack υηοίρ ί? ^Of/^bect metal is doubled ck upon itself and between its narallel sides,, is inserted the blade 2 of the sauare aud rivets or other suitable fastenings 3 are :o geth!r ^he^S?H^{the P}Ul ^tOu ^{eCUre the}“ ^ίο’ h!n? + U · ^^{ges of tbe} handle strip are adStSht h^g+^{ht angleS t0 form} Ganges 4, adapted to abut against an object and form ^tbc straight-edge for the square. °™

- „ j ^{e blad}θ ^{15 m} the form of a right trianvle λ and one of its edges 5, which fo/the sake of convenience, I will designate as the upp!r edS’ andH)P^{a an},^gle straigU d&e, and the^other or lower edge 6 forms an = ⁴f,. ^degre^es with the straight-edge

Radiating from the lower cornet of the blade and extending nearly to the upper edge thereTheXis⁵⁶” n ° gradually widening slots 7 he slots are broken about midway by a con nectmg portion 8, which lends rigidity to the blade. At the broad ends of the slots and ςς ^^ations °V^{he ,sides thereof}, nrffited fl ’ ^and F°^{n these} hnes are imprinted figures indicating the angle or the onV/in^fl ,^Racbatm^g a point 10, serfi nf ^eu^ge blade, are another 6o series of gradually widening slots 11, which slotTand ^{n§ht ang}u^{eS the} Amt-mentioned slots, and are numbered or lettered to correspond. Radiating from the upper inner triaSu ^pr°P^erlysP^eakmg> the apex of the 6_Stnangie, are a series of widening slots 12 timisUrf^beproJ^ldedwith lines andindica^thei-^{r en<}j^{s as} .Previously described

Another series of similar slots 13, radiate may °ⁿ·^ ^{blade and} these slots 70

Sn Th! P^r°?^ded ™^th_i indications, as St r! right-angled edge of the blade may be ruled off as at 15, and at pre-determined points, slots 16, may be provided for th! smrn re°ⁿ °^{f &amp;} T^g instrument so that 75 tne square may also be used as a marking gage as well as a square.

I have shown the blade provided with a &lt; TX ^numbeI ot slotsUt differSl seAhaJrtirfELi⁸⁸⁴ to the So ters¹fomfΓ tP^arti™^la;V useful to carpen1S LU?V£^ttmg ?^{f rafters}’ ^beams an/the ΐη ί θ^Γ&lt;ι different bevels are required For raft!?to h?°i^?^g9^t]^^{rise and} i.^ength,of the 85 fhpmfr ^be A²U²’ the square is applied to fflg ίηίΚ^Cferl/^{lg t0 the c}°reespond«η ί™? 12x12 , on the square, the prooer angle for the cut is readily determined _anfl marked upon the rafter. Either cut for the ?dS!m^Ot !h^{Werend the piece may be} marked ⁹wthout changing the position of thn square as for each senes of slots, there is a com? ^PF?n^mg+l^enf^{S f}°^r -^be npposite/incline.

cn?? ^the frregmng description taken in ος deSt that T 1? ^{h dra}wings, it will be evihXimwV ^acc°mphshed all the objects ouH v ntfiT¹’// ^haF Preyed a thoroughly useful and desirable instrument