Improvements in Drop Handles, such as are Used for Cans or Ohurns Employed in the Conveyance of Milk, Travelling Trunks, and the like.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Mar.,
1895
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Dec., 1895-Accepted, 4th Jan.,
1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Drop Handles, such as are Used for Cans or
Ohurns Employed in the Conveyance of Milk, Travelling Trunks,
and the like.
We, ROBERT STROUD, of Niphon Works, Wolverhampton in the County of
Stafford, Iron and Tin Plate Worker and Japanner, and BENJAMIN CAUSER,
Foreman in the employment of the said Robert Stroud, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object to construct a drop handle, for any purpose
aforesaid, in which no riveting is required apart from the means by which the
handle is fixed to the article with which it is to be used, and which will be stronger
for its weight compared with such handles as usually constructed.
In the older form of drop handle employed for the purposes aforesaid, the ends
of the bow passed through staples riveted to the plate, and such ends were formed
with projections which pressed against the plate when the bow was raised up, and
formed stops to the position into which the bow could be raised. The whole strain
upon the handle was thus thrown upon the riveting of the staples which were
consequently liable to give way. In the newer form of drop handle the plate,
and a sheath in lieu of staples, are formed together in one piece of sheet or plate
metal, by pressing the sheath outwards from the plate in a manner which leaves
it open at the back. The lower part of the plate is formed of a size which enables
it to be passed through the bow, and the ends of the bow are moved from behind
into the sheath, and are kept in place within the sheath by the face of the article
against which the handle is fixed. A projection, forming part of the metal of the
plate, is carried sideways beyond each end of the sheath, and forms a stop to the
upward position of the bow. This form of handle has the advantage of avoiding
any riveting, apart from that required to fix the handle to the article with which
it is intended to be used, but the bearings against the projectious from the sheath
are small in area and are liable to yield under the heavy strain to which they are
subjected and thus interfere with the convenient use of the handle.
The object of this invention is effected by a combination of the principles of
construction on which the older and newer forms of drop handle have been made,
that is to say the plate is made according to the newer form of construction above
described, but the sheath is divided off into staples, by removing the middle portion
of the sheath, or preferably by cutting an opening through the plate previously to
bending it into shape, so that in lieu of a central portion to the sheath there is a slot
through the plate which is continuous with the open backs of the two ends of the
sheath (or rather what would have been the sheath had the bent out parts been
continuous with one another) which form the staples. The sideway projections
pass on beyond each staple, similarly as they pass beyond the ends of the sheath
in the newer form of handle. The ends of the bow are turned inwards, and are
each formed with a projection of the kind used with the older form of handle, and
these projections stand out beyond the inner ends of the staples, respectively.
When the bow is raised, the two projections on its ends bear against the plate,
and two portions of the bow bear against the underside of the two sideway
projections from the staples, and the leverage under which the bow is made to

page_text: press against the sideway projections is thus only about half what it would be in
the newer form of handle above described. The handle is thus very strong in use
compared with its weight, and, as in the case of the newer form of handle above
described, requires no rivets apart from any required to affix it to the article with
which it is to be used.
Dated this 1st day of ML 100%
'
Improvements in Drop Handles, such as are Used for Oans or
Churns Employed in the Conveyance of Milk, Travelling Trunks,
and the like.
We, ROBERT STROUD, of Niphon Works, Wolverhampton in the County of
Stafford, Iron and Tin-plate Worker and Japanner, and BENJAMIN CAUSER,
Foreman in the employment of the said Robert Stroud, 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 has for its object to construct a drop handle, for any purpose
aforesaid, in which no riveting is required apart from the means by which the
handle is fixed to the article with which it is to be used, and which will be stronger
for its weight compared with such handles as usually constructed.
In the older form of drop handle employed for the purposes aforesaid, the ends
of the bow passed through staples riveted to the plate, and such ends were formed
with projections which pressed against the plate when the bow was raised up, and
formed stops to the position into which the bow could be raised. The whole strain
upon the handle was thus thrown upon the riveting of the staples which were
consequently liable to give way. In the newer form of drop handle the plate,
and a sheath in lieu of staples, are formed together in one piece of sheet or plate
metal, by pressing the sheath outwards from the plate in a manner which leaves
it open at the back. The lower part of the plate is formed of a size which enables
it to be passed through the bow, and the ends of the bow are moved from behind
into the sheath, and are kept in place within the sheath by the face of the article
against which the handle is fixed. A projection, forming part of the metal of the
plate, is carried sideways beyond each end of the sheath, and forms a stop to the
upward position of the bow. This form of handle has the advantage of avoiding
any riveting, apart from that required to fix the handle to the article with which
it is intended to be used, but the bearings against the projections from the sheath
are small in area and are liable to yield under the heavy strain to which they are
subjected and thus interfere with the convenient use of the handle.
The object of this invention is effected by a combination of the principles of
a construction on which the older and newer forms of drop handle have been made..
In order that the invention may be readily understood, we will proceed to describe
the same with reference to the drawings herewith, which illustrate, by way of
example, the application of the invention to the construction of a haudle for use
with such an article as a milk can or churn used in the conveyance of milk.
Figure 1 is a front view of the handle; Figure 2 a plan thereof; Figure 3
a side elevation thereof; Figure 4 a vertical section thereof, taken ou lino a of
Figure 1; and Figure 5 a back elevation thereof. In all the views but Figure 5
a small portion of the wall of the can is shewn to which the handle is riveted.

page_text: The plate A is made according to the newer form of construction above described,
but the sheath is divided off into staples a, by removing the middle portion of the
sheath, or preferably by cutting an opening B through the plate previously to.
bending it into shape, so that in lieu of a central portion to the sheath' there is a
slot B through the plate which is continuous with the open backs of the two ends
of the sheath (or rather what would have been the sheath had the bent out parts
been continuous with one another) which form the staples a. The lower portion b
of the plate A is formed, as in the newer construction above described, to be
capable of passing through the bow C of the handle to allow the bow and plate
to be put together; and sideway projections c pass on beyond the upper portion of
the outer side of each staple a, similarly as they pass beyond the ends of the sheath
in the newer form of handle. The ends d of the bow C are turned inwards, and
are each formed with a projection e of the kind used with the older form of handle,
and these projections stand out from the ends of the bow in position, respectively,
beyond the inner ends of the staples a. When the bow is raised into the position
indicated by broken lines Figure 3, the two projections e on its ends bear against
the plate A, and the portions of the bow which are immediately beyond the outer
ends of the staples a bear against the underside of the sideway projections e which
stand forward, at the parts against which the bow bears, some distance in front of
the plate A, as in the newer form of handle above described; and as the upward
pressure of the bow is thus borne partly by the portions of the plate against which
the projections e press and partly by the sideway projections the pressure of the
projections e against the plate is much less than it would bo in the older form of
handle above described and the pressure of the bow against the sideway projections c
much less than it would be in the newer form of handle above described. The
handle is thus very strong in use compared with its weight, and, as in the case of
the newer form of handle above described, requires no rivets apart from any
required to affix it to the article with which it is to be used. The plate A is fixed
to the wall D of the can by rivets f.
According to a modification of the invention, the sideway projections & may be
dispensed with. In such case, however, the pressure at the points where the pro-
jections & bear against the plate A is the same as in the older form of handle above
described, but such projectious are very strong and the riveting of the staples to
the plate is still avoided as in the newer form of handle above described. If the
sideway projections are dispensed with, either the upper or lower portion of the
plate may be made of the width to allow of it being passed through the bow, and
the plate may be made the same width throughout.
The application of the invention to drop handles for other purposes, besides for
use with milk cans or churns employed in the conveyance of milk, will now be
obvious without need for further illustration or description.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
Lion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. A drop handle, such as is used for a can or churn employed in the conveyance
of milk, or for a travelling trunk, or the like, which consists of a plate, for fixture
to the article with which the handle is to be used, which has an opening, such as B,
therethrough, and an open-backed staple, such as a, at each end of such opening,
and of a bow having bent-in ends, such as d, to pass through such staples and
project beyond the inner ends thereof, with projections, such as e, on the portions
of such ends of the bow which project beyond the inner ends of the staples,
substantially as described.
2. A drop handle, such as is used for a can or churn employed in the conveyance
of milk, or for a travelling trunk, or the like, which consists of a plate, for fixture
to the article with which the handle is to be used, which has an opening there-
through and an open-backed staple at each end of such opening with a sideway

page_text: projection from the upper portion of the outer end thereof, and of a bow having
bent-in ends with projections thereon, all substantially as described and shewn by
the drawings herewith.
Dated this 29th day of November 1895.
STEPHEN WATKINS,
Wolverhampton, Agent for the Applicants.