Stormont - Fine Edge Tools, 1926 Catalogue and advertising

Stormont Fine Edge Tools

Stormont brand tools were made at 124 Fitzwilliam St Sheffield, England.

These resources were kindly supplied by Alan Stormont great grandson of Geo V Stormont, the founder of the company.

1) Advertising blotter

2) Front cover of catalogue

 3) Introductory letter page
Note Established 1899
Owners names - Geo V & H Stormont
Catalogue date - February 1926

 

4) Page 2 - blank page

5) Page 3 Chisels

 6) page 4 Gouge chisels

 7) Page 5 Handled Chisels & Paring chisels

 8) Page 6 Handled gouges

 9) Page 7 Turning & Mortice chisels

 10) Page 8 Machine mortice chisels & Socket chisels & gouges

 11) Page 9 Socket firmer chisels

 12) Page 10 Plane Irons

 13) Page 11 Drawing Knives

 14) Page 12 Coopers drawing knives

Gimlet showing elements of construction

Gimlet
Total length 4&3/8in (110mm)
Handle length 2&1/4in (55mm)

 Copper washer on end of shank

 

 Square tapered shaft into handle



Screw tip - widest part of shaft 3/16in (4.5mm)

 



 

Tools marked Dunlop - Tyre Levers & pocket utility knife

Various tools are labelled with manufacturer's names

1) Tyre lever

 



Marks "Dunlop" on one side, and "Made in England  273" on the other

2) Tyre Lever - larger

3) Pocket knife
Marked "Dunlop" on both sides

 

The knife was made by E Blyde & Co Ltd Sheffield England

Dunlop Tyre Pressure Guages - 2 styles

Tyre pressure gauge. I have found 2 styles of markings on the gauges

The difference are:
- in the letter font for "Dunlop",
- the Dunlop symbol (D in a > ie D>) is not present on the first,
- 2 of the 3 patent numbers are missing on the second and
- coded No 6 on the first and G/6 on the second,

I have included the patent abstracts and a link to the full patent description, at the end.

1) The markings on the first are
"Dunlop,
Pressure Gauge,
No 6   6-50lbs,
Patent No, 515877, 568330, 724036
REG Des. No 829740
Made in England" on barrel

 

2)
Makers marks on the second
"Dunlop,
Pressure Gauge,
(D>) G/6   6-50lbs,
Brit Pat No, 724036
REG Des No 829740
Made in England"
on barrel

Have found the details for the patent numbers quoted on the gauges. The earliest patent was 1938, then 1943 and the most recent 1953. As both gauges have the 1953 patent both would have been made post 1953. No evidence found of which was the earlier version. Both have the same registered design number. This number was not available on line through the National Archive in England.

Abstracts from Espacenet (worldwide.espacenet.com)

1) Abstract of  Patent No 515877  (A)

                      

515,877. Helical springs. TURNER, H., and BROWN, T. July 7, 1938, No. 20094. [Class 108 (iii)] An adjustable anchorage for helical spring 12 includes a web 15 or projection adapted to engage between adjacent coils of the spring and locking means for preventing relative rotation of the spring and web which are capable of being rendered effective at will. As shown, a segmental web 15 is carried by a flanged sleeve 13 and is adapted .to be screwed into the spring 12. A flanged sleeve 18 is slotted to engage the bent end 16 of the spring. The sleeves are clamped together. The web may be helical and may be carried by a member -dispersed internally of the spring. The invention is shown applied to a tyre pressure-gauge.
For full patent description use this link  Patent Number 515877

 

Abstract of  GB568330  (A)   

568,330. Pneumatic - tyre pressure gauges. TURNER, H., and BROWN, T. June 5, 1943, No. 9030. [Class 106 (ii)] In a tyre-pressure gauge of the kind in which the air pressure moves a piston 15 in a cylinder 10 against the action of a spring 16 to protrude a graduated indicating member 20, the indicator is retained in the protruded position by friction caused by balls 23 slidable in a guide 22 in the indicator and pressed against the cylinder wall by the pressure of a spring 24 acting through a third ball 25. In a modification, the spring may be placed directly between the balls. Alternatively, one ball only may be provided, pressed radially outwards by a spring. In another form, Fig. 5, the friction is caused by a pair of segments 31 housed in a groove 30 in the indicator 20 and pressed into contact with the cylinder walls 10 by a spring 28. Specification 515,877, [Group XXXII], is referred to.

For full patent description use this link Patent Number 568330
 

Abstract of  GB724036  (A)                                                                    

                      

724,036. Pressure gauges. PNEUMATIC COMPONENTS, Ltd. Sept. 3, 1953 [Sept. 15, 1952], No. 23082/52. Class 106 (2). A soft rubber washer 14 is held in place in a coupling head of a tyre-pressure gauge by a screwed unseating pin 16 having a flange 11 that bears against a hard washer 12 housed in an internal groove in the soft rubber washer 14.
For full patent description use this link Patent Number 724036

Terry Tools

Terry Tools - Made in England

Terry were a manufacturer of accessories of all types of cycles and motor cycles.

There is a copy of a Terry catalogue at Terry Catalogue

Here are samples of Terry products



1) Terry Steel Tyre levers

This is the catalogue information



What did they actually look like

No 735 Spring steel Tyre levers, set of 3, cycle & motor cycle



Actual sizes
Cycle -                                       Motorcycle -
length 4&1/2in                           5&1/2in
Upstand 1&1/4in                        1&1/2in
thickness 3/32in                          5/32in

The motor cycle had "Terry"while the cycle had "Terry's"

It was consistant for the set - Motor cycle

Found another pair of motorcycle levers (same measurements) but had a different style of name stamp [Terry's Made in England] in a box

Cycle

2) Terry Magneto spanner BA series

BA is short for British Association screw threads which were small screw threads. Wikipedia has a good description see link BA threads

Here is the catologue information



The actual tool looks like this

Spanner set is clearly marked "Terry"s RgNo673876 Spanners"

Each spanner is marked with BA size the smallest being 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, the largest.
The 6, 7, 8, are marked on the reverse side to the 1-5

The larger three , 6 (smallest of the three), 7 and 8 (largest)

The only other mark is "Made in England"

It also come with screwdriver

and feeler gauge



Found this one in the remants of its original box
Label reads No 905 Magneto Spanner
Left side                Middle                     Right  side
???the                  (symbol)                    Includes 01?
??eaved               (hand holding coil)    Feeler Guage
??gneto                Ilam Brand                    and
??ner set                                                 Screwdriver

Label Reads
?????Terry & Sons Ltd
??ed???ch

Label
????y's
10
picture of spanners

 Label Reads
????? in England by
????bert ?????
Reds????

3) Terry Tappet spanner

These came in 0BA 1BA and 2BA 3BA

This one is 4BA & 6BA

 4) Terry Whitworth spanners

There was no picture of these in the cycle/motorcycle catalogue.

May be a motor car spanner. Sizes are 7/16 whit, 3/8 whit, 5/16 whit and 1/4 whit.

Other marks were "Terry's Reco No526515 spanners, Tempered steel". This was stamped on the top and back spanner suggesting the set was only these four spanners.

Overall length 5inches (130mm). The pivot bolt does not look original

5) Overhead Valve spring compressor

Here is the catologue information

Here is the actual tool

Note no holes in the handle.

Length 9in frame

Screw length 6&1/2in

Maximum opening 7&1/2in

Note square cut thread mentioned in catologue

Registered Number mentioned in catologue