Window Casements, Shutters, and Drawers.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Nov., 1887
Complete Left, 5th Jan., 1888
Complete Accepted; 10th Feb., 1888.
Window Casements, Shutters, and Drawers.
We ROBERT HALL of 50 Bolton Road Ramsbottom joiner, and JOHN TINLINE of
Parker Street Saw-Mills, Bury, Contractor, both in the County of Lancaster, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the handles of doors and window casements which are
opened by means of a square spindle acting upon a latch or catch and also for drawer
knobs and similar appliances, the object being to adjust the said handles to suit any
thickness or construction of door or casement. Each knob or handle is driven or
forced onto a bush of metal or other suitable material which is provided at its outer
end with an external flange which prevents the said knob from being accidentally
pulled off when the door or casement is opened. The bush is also provided with
suitable external projecting vanes or is otherwise formed externally so that the knob
will not turn thereon.
The opening through the said bush is circular at its outer end for a suitable distanco
and at its inner end the said opening is squared to receive the spindle. The latter is
tapped at each end (in the case of the handles of doors to be opened from either side)
with a screw thread into which engages a screw passing through the circular part of
the bush. The said screw is provided with a suitable head for turning the same and
with an annular groove or neck near its outer end into which engages a pin or pins,
or projections from the inside of the said bush so that the screw is free to revolve but
cannot move endwise therein.
It will be evident that by turning one or both of these screws the spindle will be
caused to enter further into the knob or recede therefrom and thus the handle can be
adjusted to any thickness or construction of door or drawer with the greatest
facility.
The screw head above described may be visible or may be concealed by a piece of
wood or other material let into the door or otherwise covering the said screw.
Dated this 21st day of November 1887.
GEORGE DAVIES,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester,
Agent for the Applicants.

page_text: Window Casements, Shutters, and Drawers.
We ROBERT HALL of 50 Bolton Road Ramsbottom Joiner, and JOHN TINLINE of
Parker Street Saw Mills, Bury Contractor, both in the County of Lancaster 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:
This invention relates principally to the handles of doors and window casements
which are opened by means of a square spindle acting upon a latch or catch, but it
is also equally applicable to knobs for shutters and drawers which are not required
to turn round and have no latch or catch attached to them; the object of the inven-
tion being to adjust the said knobs to the thickness or construction of the door,
casement, shutter or drawer.
The nature of our said invention and the manner in which the same is to be carried
into practical effect will be readily understood on reference to the drawings annexed
to this Specification and the following explanation thereof.
On the drawings Fig. 1. is a vertical section through two knobs constructed and
fitted according to our invention, the spindle and adjusting screw being shown in
elevation. Fig. 2. is a section of the bush and Fig. 3. is an end view of the same. Fig. 4
is an elevation of the adjusting screw, and Fig. 5 is a face view of one of the knobs.
Fig. 6 is a section illustrating the application of a single knob to a cupboard door or
asement and Fig. 7. is a similar view illustrating the application of the same to a
drawer shutter or other similar appliance where the knob is not required to turn
round. Figs. 6ª and 7ª are detached views hereinafter more particularly referred to.
Each knob or handle a is driven or forced onto a bush b of metal or other suitable
material (Figs. 2 and 3) which is provided at its outer end with an external flange c
which prevents the said knob a from being accidentally pulled off when the door or
casement is opened.
The bush is also provided with external projecting vanes d or it is otherwise so
forined externally that the knob a will not turn thereon.
The opening through the said bush b, is circular at its outer end for a suitable distance,
and at its inner end the said opening is squared to receive the square spindle e (see Fig. 3).
The latter is tapped at each end (in the case of the handles of doors to be opened from
either side-see Fig. 1) with a screw thread into which engages an adjusting screw f
(Fig. 4) passing through the circular part of the bush b.
The said screw fis provided with a suitable head for turning the same and with an
annular groove or neck g near its outer end into which engages a
other projections from the inside of the said bush b, so that the screw is free to revolve
pin or pins h or
but cannot move endwise therein.

page_text: It will be evident that by turning one or both of these screws the spindle e will
be caused to enter further into the knob a or recede therefrom, and thus the knob or
handle can be adjusted to any thickness or construction of door or drawer with the
greatest facility.
The screw head above described may be visible and flush with the knob (as shown
at the left hand of Fig. 1.) or it may be recessed into the knob (as shown on the right
hand) and concealed by a piece of wood or other material i, let into the knob or other-
wise covering the said screw.
In cases (see Fig. 6) where only a single knob or handle is used in conjunction with
a latch as for cupboard doors casements &c., the latch (see face view Fig. 6) is
rivetted onto the squared end of the spindle and in cases (see! Fig. 7) where the knob
is not required to turn, such as for drawer or shutter knobs, the square spindle is
rivetted onto a head or washer 1 (see face view, Fig. 7*).
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we claim is :-
The improved means for fastening and adjusting knobs or handles of doors case-
ments shutters and drawers consisting of the combination with the square spindle e
tapped with a screw thread, of a bush b provided with a flange c means for preventing
the knob or handle from turning thereon, and internal pins or projections / together
with the adjusting screw with its groove or neck g all constructed and arranged
substantially as and for the purposes herein-before set forth and illustrated by the
drawings annexed.
Dated thi ALL
1000
GEORGE DAVIES,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester,
Agent for the Applicants.