Improved Means of Fixing Wooden and other Solid Handles and Hollow Metallic Handles to Utensils and Implements.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 18th June, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 20th Sept., 1895-Accepted, 26th Oct., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means of Fixing Wooden and other Solid Handles and
Hollow Metallic Handles to Utensils and Implements.
We, JOHN WILLIAM SANKEY, FREDERICK ERNEST SANKEY, and GEORGE
HERBERT SANKEY, trading together in co-partnership as Joseph Sankey and Sons,
of Albert Street Works, Bilston in the County of Stafford, Ironplate Workers
and Stampers, and JOHN TITLEY, of Princess Street, Bilston, aforesaid, Cooper,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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in fixing wooden handles to utensils and implements, it has heretofore been
usual, either to drive them on to a pointed tang, which tends to split the wood, or
to drive them into a socket, within which they are liable to become loose; and the
tangs and sockets are frequently somewhat expensive in manufacture. In the case
of fixing hollow metallic handles to utensils and implements, it has heretofore been
usual, either to weld such handles to metal tangs, or to insert them within sockets
within which they are secured by rivets or otherwise. Forming the tangs and
welding them within the handles is expensive, as is also forming sockets to receive
the handles.
Now, this invention has for its main object means whereby a simple appliance
which may be pressed or stamped in sheet or thin plate metal is substituted for the
tang and flap, or socket and Hap, usually employed in fixing a wooden or hollow
metallic handle to a utensil or implement.
Such an appliance consists, according to this invention, of a piece of sheet or
thin plate metal, formed at one end as a flap having the usual holes therethrough
to receive the rivets or screws by which it is fixed to the utensil or implement, and
the remainder formed as a tongue of metal for fixture to the handle. The handle
is formed with a slit up its inner end, or, if hollow, with two slits formed up from
its inner end on opposite sides. The tongue of the appliance is passed up the slit
or slits and fixed by means of a rivet or screw (or two or more of such) passed
through the substance of the handle and through the tongue. It is preferred, to
ensure greater rigidity of fixture, that the end of the tongue shall butt against the
inner end or ends of the slit or slits.
It is preferred, in order to strengthen the appliance, to form it with a hollow
longitudinal rib or corrugation which is produced by pressing or stamping in the
metal along the middle thereof, for any required distance, into a hollow of one of
the tools; and when an appliance which is to be used with a wooden handle is thus
formed, a hole is bored the required distance up the axis of the handle to receive
the rib or corrugation.
When the appliance is to be used with a hollow metallic handle, it is preferred
to form it with such a rib or corrugation both for the purpose of strengthening it
and of facilitating, and rendering more secure, its fixture within the handle. In
such case, the rib or corrugation should extend the whole width of the inside of
the handle, to assist in preventing the appliance slipping sideways; and the rib or
corrugation may be made to fit, or approximately so, around one side of the
interior of the handle.
The appliance may, more especially when for use with a hollow metallic bandle,
be formed with two or more longitudinal ribs or corrugations, if desired.

page_text: An appliance of the character described as made, according to this invention, of
sheet or thin plate metal, for use with a wooden handle, may be used with other
similarly-shaped solid handle, such, for instance as one of earthenware.
In some cases, in lieu of forming an appliance as above described with a flap and
tongue, a sheet or thin-plate metal tongue may be formed with the utensil or
implement or with a portion thereof other than a flap, and be connected with the
handle in the same manner as when formed with a flap.
Dated this 17th day of June 1895
STEPHEN WATKINS,
Wolverhampton, Agent for the Applicants.
Improved Means of Fixing Wooden and other Solid Handles and
Hollow Metallic Handles to Utensils and Implements.
We, JOHN WILLIAM SANKEY, FREDERICK ERNEST SANKEY, and GEORGE
HERBERT SANKEY, trading together in co-partnership as Joseph Sankey and Sons,
of Albert Street Works, Bilston in the County of Stafford, Ironplate Workers
and Stampers, and JOHN TITLEY, of Princess Street, Bilston, aforesaid, Cooper,
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 :-
In fixing wooden handles to utensils and implements, it has heretofore been
usual, either to drive them on to a pointed tang which tends to split the wood, or
to drive them into a socket, within which they are liable to become loose; and the
tangs or sockets are frequently somewhat expensive in manufacture. Hollow
metallic handles have heretofore frequently been fixed to utensils and implements,
by welding such handles to metal tangs, or by inserting them within sockets within
which they are secured by rivets or otherwise. Forming the tangs and welding
them within the handles is expensive, as is also forming sockets to receive the
handles.
Now, this invention has for its main object means whereby a simple appliance
which may be pressed or stamped in sheet or thin plate metal is substituted for the
tang and flap, or socket and flap, usually or frequently employed in fixing a wooden
or hollow metallic handle to a utensil or implement.
Such an appliance consists, according to this invention, of a piece of sheet or
thin plate metal, formed at one end as a flap having the usual holes therethrough
to receive the rivets or screws by which it is fixed to the utensil or implement, and
the remainder formed as a tongue of metal for fixture to the handle. The handle
is formed with a slit up its inner end, or, if hollow, with two slits formed up from
its inner end on opposite sides. The tongue of the appliance is passed up the slit
or slits and fixed by means of a rivet or screw (or two or more of such) passed
through the substance of the handle and through the tongue.
It is preferred, in order to strengthen the appliance, to form it with a hollow
longitudinal rib or corrugation which is produced by pressing or stamping in the
metal along the middle thereof, for any required distance, into a hollow of one of
the tools; and when the appliance is thus formed, and is used with a solid handle,
a suitable hole is of course bored the required distance up the axis of the handle to
receive the rib or corrugation.
An appliance, such as above described, for use with a wooden handle, is
illustrated in longitudinal section by Figure 1 of the drawings herewith; in side
elevation by Figure 2; in plan by Figure 3; and in end view by Figure 4. Side
and inner end views, respectively, of a handle prepared to receive such appliance

page_text: are shewn by Figures 5 and 6. A plan view of the handle with the appliance
fixed therein, and a section taken on line x x of such view, are shewn, respectively,
by Figures 7 and 8.
The appliance A is formed of a single piece of sheet or thin plate metal, with a
part a at one end thereof shaped as a flap and having the usual holes b there-
through for the rivets or screws by which it is fixed to the utensil or implement. The
remaining portion c of the appliance is formed as a tongue of metal for fixture to
the handle. It is preferred, as above described, to form the appliance with a
hollow rib or corrugation d to strengthen it, and this rib may be formed to die out
into the surface of the flap a, as shewn. A slit e is cut up the inner end of the
handle B to receive the tongue c of the appliance; and, when the appliance is
formed with a hollow rib d, a hole fis bored for the distance of the slit e, up the
axis of the handle to receive the rib d. The transverse section shewn by Figure 8
clearly shews the tongue c to be within the slit of the handle, with the hollow rib d
within the hole f of the handle. The appliance is securely prevented from coming
out of the handle by means of a screw g which passes from one side of the handle
through a hole h formed in the tongue of the appliance and is screwed into the
substance of the handle, or by means of a rivet in lieu of the screw.
preferred, to ensure greater rigidity of fixture, that the end of the tongue c of the
appliance shall butt against the inner end of the slit. The flap a must, of course,
be formed at the required inclination with the remainder of the appliance to ensure
the desired inclination of the handle in relation to the utensil or implement to
which it is fixed.
It is
Figures 9 and 10 illustrate modifications of the appliance made in sheet or thin
plate metal for adapting it for use with hollow metallic handles. Each figure
shews a section through the metallic handle B and the tongue c of the appliance
which is within the handle. In each case the edges of the tongue are within
corresponding slits formed in the sides of the handle. In Figure 9 however, the
tongue c is formed with a hollow corrugation d which fits around one side of the
interior of the handle. This corrugation, in addition to strengthening the appliance,
facilitates its fixture to the handle and prevents it slipping sideways therein. It is
not, however, necessary for it to fit in this manner, as such corrugation will answer
its purpose if its width simply corresponds with the inside diameter of the handle.
And in Figure 10 the tongue c is formed with two corrugations & which together
extend the whole width of the inside of the handle.
Figure 11 illustrates in plan view, and Figure 12 in end elevation, a modification
of the appliance made in sheet or thin plate metal adapted for use with a wooden
handle having a ferrule at its inner end; and Figures 13 and 14 illustrate,
respectively, an inner end view of such handle and ferrule, and a corresponding
view with the ferrule removed. The ferrule k of the handle B is formed with a
slit through which the tongue c of the appliance A is passed. As the appliance
is shewn to be formed with a hollow rib or corrugation d, the slit is shaped
accordingly. A hole is bored up the axis of the handle B and receives the
hollow rib d, and grooves or slits e are formed in the sides of the hole fto receive
the edges of the tongue c. In order to facilitate the formation of the grooves e,
the portions of the tongue c which project at each side of the rib d are stopped
considerably short of the end of the rib d, as shewn by Figure 11, and thus
the grooves e have to be formed only a short distance inwards from the inner
end of the handle.
An appliance of the character described as made according to this invention
of sheet or thin plate metal, for use with a wooden handle, may be used with
other similarly-shaped solid handle, such, for instance, as one of earthenware.
In some cases, in lieu of forming an appliance as above described with a flap
and tongue, a sheet or thin plate-metal tongue may be formed with the utensil
or implement, or with a portion thereof other than a flap, and be connected with a
handle in the same manner as when formed with a flap. Such a modification is
llustrated by Figure 15, in which C is a sectional view of a portion of the body of

page_text: a utensil made in sheet or thin plate-metal, and c is a tongue formed therewith for
connection with a handle in the manuer of this invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:-
1. The improved means of fixing a wooden or other solid handle, or hollow
metallic handle, to a utensil or implement, which consist in the use of a slit or
slits or grooves formed in the handle and an appliance formed in sheet or thin
plate metal with a flap for fixture to the utensil or implement and a tongue to
fit within the slit or slits or grooves formed in the handle, or (alternatively) in
the use of such slit or slits or grooves formed in the handle and an appliance
formed in sheet or thin plate metal with the utensil or implement, or with a portion
thereof other than a flap, and adapted to fit within the slit or slits or grooves
formed in the handle, substantially as described.
2. The improved means of fixing a wooden or other solid handle, or hollow
metallic handle, to a utensil or implement, which consist in the use of a slit or
slits or grooves formed in the handle and an appliance formed in sheet or
thin plate metal with a flap for fixture to the utensil or implement and a
tongue to fit within the slit or slits or grooves formed in the handle, or
(alternatively) in the use of such slit or slits or grooves formed in the handle
and an appliance formed in sheet or thin plate-metal with the utensil or implement,
or with a portion thereof other thau a flap, and adapted to fit within the slit
or slits or grooves formed in the handle, such appliance, according to either
modification being formed with a hollow rib or corrugation, or with hollow ribs
or corrugations, substantially as described.
3. The improved means of fixing wooden and other solid handles, and hollow
metallic handles, to utensils and implements, substantially as described and shewn
by the drawings herewith.
Dated this 18th day of September 1895.
STEPHEN WATKINS,
Wolverhampton, Agent for the Applicants.