(No Model.) G. KLINEFETTER & J. W. NASH, PRUNING TOO No. 527,116, Patented 00t, 9, 1894,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GIDEON KLINEFETTER AND JONATHAN W. NASH, OF NORTON VILLE, KANSAS. PR UNING-TOOL.

SFECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 527,116, dated October 9, 1894. Application filed July 3, 1894, Serial No. 516,471. (No model.) To all whom it may concern: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a prun Be it known that we, GIDEON KLINEFETTER ing implement embodying our improvements. and JONATHAN WHIFFLE NASH, citizens of Fig. 2, is a longitudinal section of the same. the United States, residing at Nortonville, in Reference now being had to the details of the county of Jefferson and State of Kansas, the drawings by letter, A designates a pole have invented certain new and useful Im which may be constructed of either Wood or provements in Pruning-Tools; and we do de metal, but preferably of wood and is of about clare the following to be a full, clear, and ex the diameter of an ordinary rake handle. 55 act description of the invention, such as will This pole. A has secured to its upper end a O enable others skilled in the art to which it ap chisel blade B in all respects similar in form pertains to make and use the same, reference to the chisels which are in common use. At being had to the accompanying drawings, and a point near its lower end the pole has se to the letters of reference marked thereon, curely attached thereto a heavy collar or me which form a part of this specification. tallic ring C. This invention relates to certain new and D is a heavy casting having a central open useful improvements in that class of prun ing to permit of its being sleeved upon the ing implements which are designed for prun pole A, and at its lower end the said casting ing branches growing at a considerable dis is fashioned into a suitable handle which tance from the ground, without necessitat may be readily grasped by the hand of the op ing the use of a ladder, and the invention has erator. for its object to improve upon the construc F is a shear blade which is provided with tion of this class of appliances and to provide the usual cutting edge F. This shear blade in connection with a chisel blade carried by is pivoted to the face of the chisel blade, the a suitable supporting device or pole, of means pivotal point being near the lower end of the 7 o 25 whereby the chisel edge may be forced sud chisel blade, and a lateral arm or lever G is denly against the branch to be severed. rovided, to the outer end of which is at A further object of the present invention tached one end of a short chain H the oppo consists in pivoting to the face of the chisel site end of said chain being attached to one 75 blade a shear or cutting blade for use in sev end of a rod I the opposite end of which is ering smaller branches or twigs and in con attached to the sliding weighted handle D. necting the long arm of said shearing blade The operation of the device will be read with the sliding weighted handle, whereby by ily understood. When a large branch is to a downward movement of the said handle the be cut, the cutting edge of the chisel is placed blade of the shear will be closed. in contact with the limb. A sudden upward 35 To these ends and to such others as the in movement of the weighted handle will serve vention may pertain, the same consists in the to impart a sudden blow to the chisel which peculiar construction and in the novel com will result in severing the limb. It will be bination, arrangement, and adaptation of seen that a reverse movement of the weighted parts all as more fully hereinafter described, handle, will serve to close the cutting shear, shown in the accompanying drawings, and thus providing a means for severing smaller then specifically defined in the appended limbs and twigs. claim. Having thus described our invention, what The invention is clearly illustrated in the we claim to be new, and desire to secure by accompanying drawings, which, with the let Letters Patent, is ters of reference marked thereon, form a The herein described pruning implement, part of this specification, and in which draw comprising the handle, a chisel-blade secured ings to one end of said handle, a shear blade piv

2 527,116 oted to the face of the chisel blade and pro- In testimony whereof we affix our signatures vided with a lateral arm, a collar secured to in presence of two witnesses. the handle, a sliding weighted sleeve mounted rry on the handle, a rod connected at one end to SRENNINFEER, 5 said sleeve and a chain connecting the other end of said rod with the lateral arm of the Witnesses: shear blade, all substantially as shown and D. E. SUMMERs, described. I. M. NEWELL.