Improvements in Knives and Forks.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Dec., 1894-Accepted, 13th July, 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Knives and Forks.
I JOSEF KLEEFISCH, Manufacturer, of 26, Appelhofplatz, Cologne, Province of
Rhineland and Kingdom of Prussia, 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:-
For knives and forks of which the blade and the handle are separately manu-
factured and joined together later on, a simple reliable and durable fastening of the
blades in the hollow handles is of the greatest importance, and people have sought
for a long time to discover a means of attachment answering all demands.
My invention which is now to be described, is expected to do away with all the
drawbacks hitherto unsurmounted with regard to the fastening of blades in
handles.
The invention is represented on annexed drawing as applied to a table-knife;
Fig. 1 showing the blade with the tongue,
Fig. 2 the hollow handle and
Fig. 3 the upper view of the opening in the handle with the U-shaped plate
securing the blade from falling out, and
Fig. 4 the view from above on the blade when in the handle.
The essential feature in my fastening, as it is represented in Figs. 1 to 4, is the
hold fast lying in the upper opening of the hollow handle H in connection with
the lateral shoulders a a on the tongue A, whereby it is possible to introduce the
tongue in such a manner through the oblong slit in the little plate of the handle
that the shoulders pass through until they arrive under the little plate and by
turning are made to lie at right angles against h, so that it is impossible for the
tongue to come out of the handle or be drawn out of it without its being turned.
If by means of any substance such as cement, which is poured in in a fluid state and
then hardens, or by any mechanical means it is now made impossible for the tongue
to be turned in the handle, a manner of securing the blade has been obtained than,
which we cannot imagine one more simple or more reliable or more durable.
It goes without saying that instead of the little plate of the handle, one or more
cross-pieces or shoulders may be arranged in the handle, and in the same manner
pins or notches on the tongue instead of the shoulders a a.
The tongue may also be provided with two lateral pins a₁ as shown by the con-
struction in Figure 5, instead of the shoulders a. The tongue is then prevented
from moving out of its position by the same means as already described.
This means of securing the blade consisting of the shoulders or pins on the tongue
and the holdfasts in the handle or their substitutes may be arranged at one or more
parts of the tongue or the handle.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
Fastening of the different parts of knives and forks such as plates and the like
in their hollow handles, distinguished by one or more shoulders a a (or pins a₁ α₁) in
the tongues and corresponding holdfasts h in the handles in such a manner that the
tongue can be introduced alongside of or between the holdfasts into the handle and

page_text: then brought under the holdfasts by being pto one side or turned, any future
displacement or turning being prevented by suitable means such as cement."
Dated this Twenty-seventh day of November 1894.
For JOSEF KLEEFISCH,
Bernh. Brockhues.