IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF TURNSCREWS APPLICABLE ALSO TO THE HANDLES OF OTHER ARTICLES
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Apr., 1886.
Complete Left, 8th Feb., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 8th Mar., 1887
to the Handles of other Articles.
I, SAM HILL of Holly Street Sheffield, county of York, Manufacturer do hereby
declare the nature of my said invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF
TURNSCREWS APPLICABLE ALSO TO THE HANDLES OF OTHER ARTICLES to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to an improvement in the construction or manufacture of
turnscrews and similar tools or articles having handles, and also to handles, such as
Bicycle Handles, having ferrules.
In carrying out my invention in the manufacture of small Turnscrews, I make the
handle of horn roughly shaped, and with a hole to receive the tang of the turnscrew
which is made uneven or jagged. The ferrule is made rather smaller in diameter at
the back end, and the various parts, the horn, the ferrule and the blade are all placed in
position in a suitable pressing mould, and submitted to the usual pressing process, the
result being that all the parts are firmly secured together, in an economical manner,
and the appearance of the article is improved.
The improvement as applied to handles of Bicycles, and similar handles, is for the
purpose of securing the ferrules so that they cannot possibly become loose.
This is accomplished in a similar manner to that before described, the ferrules being
made taper to the back, or they may be made with indentations, or annular grooves or
rings and fitted loosely upon the end of a block or tip of horn, placed in a suitable
mould and pressed in the manner usual amongst horn pressers, causing the horn to
completely fill the ferrule.
The handles may be plain or ornamental.
RUBI. F. DRURI,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in the Manufacture of Turnscrews, Applicable also
to the Handles of other Articles.
I, SAM HILL of Holly Street, Sheffield, County of York, Manufacturer do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My invention relates to an improvement in the construction or manufacture of
Turnscrews, and other tools or articles having handles and also to handles provided
with ferrules, such for example as Bicycle Handles, the material being horn or other
similar compressible and plastic material.
And in order that my invention may be clearly understood, I have annexed a sheet
of Drawings illustrating its application to a Turnscrew, and to the handle of a Bicycle.
Fig. 1, represents a Turnscrew in section.
Fig. 2, represents a Bicycle handle in section.
In carrying out my invention in the manufacture of small turnscrews, such as
shown in Fig. 1, for example, I make the handle A, of horn by preference, but other
similar compressible material may be used if desired, and I shape it roughly to the
outline of the intended finished form, with a longitudinal hole to receive the tang B,
of the blade C, the said tang being roughened or jagged.
The ferrule D, is made of smaller diameter at the back end, as shown in the
drawing, and the various parts mentioned namely the block of horn, the blade and the
ferrule, are then placed in their desired relative positions in a suitably constructed
pressing mould, and submitted to the usual pressing process, such as is in common use
in the manufacture of horn umbrella handles; the result being that the ferrule is filled
with horn, and that the body of the handle is pressed closely round and upon the
jagged or irregular or roughened tang of the blade.
The parts are thus firmly united and secured together in an economical manner,
and by the use of an ornamental mould, the appearance, as well as the "grip" of the
handle is improved; the ferrule also, which in such articles of ordinary construction
soon becomes loose, is by my arrangement secured permanently to the handle.
The improvement as applied to the horn handles of bicycles, and similar handles is
for the purpose of securing, the ferrules, so that they cannot possibly become loose.
This object is accomplished in a manner similar to that previously described, the
ferrule D being made taper, or otherwise formed so that when the horn is made soft
and plastic it may be forced by pressure into and fill the interior of the ferrule, and
thus render it impossible to become loose.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
1 In the manufacture of Turnscrews and other similar articles having ferrules, the
mode of securing the ferrules to the handles, substantially as hereinbefore described,
and illustrated.
2-In securing ferrules to handles of horn and of other analogous material, making
the interior of the ferrules of a tapered, or recessed, or otherwise suitable shape, to
admit of the end of the handle being compressed (when in a soft condition) into it,
so that when the handle is set or hard it cannot be separated, substantially as
described.
ROBT. F. DRURY,
Agent for the Applicant.