IMPROVEMENTS IN FIXING DOOR AND OTHER KNOBS
Year: 1859

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Gibbons, of No. 345, Oxford Street, in the
County of Middlesex, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN FIXING
DOOR AND OTHER KNOBS."
Sealed the 12th April 1859, and dated the 12th January 1859.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Gibbons at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
.....12th January 1859.
I, JOSEPH GIBBONS, of No. 345, Oxford Street, in the County of Middlesex,
do hereby declare the nature of the Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN FIXING
DOOR AND OTHER KNOBS," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in fixing door and other
knobs. For these purposes. the rose or instrument which is fixed to a door or
other surface is, by preference, made as heretofore with a projecting hollow
male screw, but in place of. the outer end of the male screw or projection
being closed by a fixed, cover or plate, forming part of the male screw or pro-
jection as heretofore, a; moveable; cover is employed, which is separated from
the projection on the fixed rose; and also separate from the female screw in the
moveable or covering rose. This covering and the fixed rose are made with
notches, slots, recesses, or parts which, when they come together and are in use,
connect the cover with the hollow male screw or other parts of the fixed rose,"

page_text: so that the cover will be prevented turning when the knob is turned, and such
connecting of the cover with the fixed rose or instrument on the door may be
such that the pull to open the door may be on the fixed rose without acting
on the covering rose. The socket to receive the square spindle of the lock is
formed with a male screw, and receives a screw nut in order to connect the
handle to the cover, as heretofore; or the socket may have a collar fastened
thereon without screws, as has before been practised. The covering rose has
an internal or female screw formed or fixed therein, as heretofore, when it is to
be fixed by screwing it to a male projecting hollow screw on the fixed rose;
but in some cases the covering rose is made to fix on the moveable cover before
mentioned by screwing or otherwise, the cover being for the time fixed or
locked to the fixed rose. In place of fixing the metal of the female screw in
the covering rose (when made of china or wood), as heretofore, so that it may
come through to the front, and be turned down, the ring of metal is formed
with projections which fit into recesses in the covering rose, and the metal is
fixed therein by the aid of cement; or in place thereof the ring of metal is
made with an external screw to fit a screw in the covering rose, and the metal
is fixed by cement, aided by a key or keys; and in order to fix the metal
socket in a knob of china or wood, the same is made with a screw to fit an
internal screw formed in the knob, and the metal is fixed on the knob by
cement, aided by a key.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Joseph Gibbons in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
12th July 1859.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOSEPH
GIBBONS, of No. 345, Oxford Street, in the County of Middlesex, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twelfth day of January, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, in the twenty-second year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Joseph Gibbons, Her special licence that I, the said Joseph Gibbons, my.
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Joseph
Gibbons, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during
the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise,

page_text: and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
FIXING DOOR AND OTHER KNOBS," upon the condition (amongst others) that
I, the said Joseph Gibbons, my executors or administrators, by an instrument
in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should.
particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and
in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be
filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Joseph Gibbons, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed,,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following state-
ment thereof, that is to say :-
.
This Invention has for its object improvements in fixing door and other
knobs. For these purposes the rose or instrument which is fixed to a door or.
other surface is, by preference, made as heretofore with a projecting hollow
male screw, but in place of the outer end of the male screw or projection being
closed by a fixed cover or plate, forming part of the male screw or projection,
as heretofore, a moveable cover is employed, which is separated from the
projection on the fixed rose, and also separate from the female screw in the
moveable or covering rose. This cover and the fixed rose are made with
notches, slots, recesses, or parts which, when they come together and are in
use, connect the cover with the hollow male screw or other parts of the fixed
rose, so that the cover will be prevented turning when the knob is turned, and
such connecting of the cover with the fixed rose or instrument on the door
may be such that the pull to open the door may be on the fixed rose without
acting on the covering rose. The socket to receive the square spindle of the
lock is formed with a male screw, and receives a screw nut in order to connect
the handle to the cover, as heretofore; or the socket may have a collar fastened
thereon without screws, as has before been practised. The covering rose has
an internal or female screw formed or fixed therein, as heretofore, when it is to
be fixed by screwing to a male projecting hollow screw on the fixed rose; but
in some cases the covering rose is made to fix on the moveable cover before
mentioned by screwing or otherwise, the cover being for the time fixed or
locked to the fixed rose. In place of fixing the metal of the female screw in
the covering rose (when made of china or wood), as heretofore, so that it may
come through to the front and be turned down, the ring of metal is formed
with projections, which fit into recesses in the covering rose, and the metal is
fixed therein by the aid of cement; or in place thereof the ring of metal is

page_text: made with an external screw to fit a screw in the covering rose, and the metal.
is fixed by cement, aided by a key or keys; and in order to fix the metal socket
in a knob of china or wood, the same is made with. a screw to fit an internal.
screw formed in the knob, and the metal is fixed on the knob by cement,
aided by a key.
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Having thus stated the nature of my Invention, I will proceed more fully
to describe the manner of performing the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figure 1 shows apparatus constructed and combined according to part of
a is.. the fixed rose or plate, having.
my Invention for fixing knobs to doors.
thereon a male hollow screw a'. The outer end of this male screw is not
closed by a fixed cover, as heretofore, but has applied thereto, a moveable
covering plate-b, there being notches and parts suitably arranged, as shown, or
otherwise formed to retain these parts together, and so as not to turn in respect
to each other; c is the covering or outer rose, which is made with. a female
d is the
screw to fit the male screw formed on the projection of the fixed rose;
spindle, which slides freely in the socket e, fixed to the knob f, and such
socket passes through the covering plate b, and is attached thereto by a
ring or collar g, which is fixed to the socket by a screw nut, as before
mentioned, or by solder or otherwise, and yet admit of the socket turning in
the covering plate.
Figure 2 shows an arrangement or combination of apparatus according to
part of my Invention. a is the fixed rose, having aicylindrical projection a',
and two projections a³; over the cylindrical projection is a covering plate b
provided with slots and an external male screw; the slots pass over and lock.
on the projections a', and the outer or covering. rose cby.its female screw.
fixes on the male screw. The socket e of the knob in which the spindle d
slides freely is attached to the covering plate b by a collar or ring 'g, which is
fixed to the socket by screw, solder, or other convenient means; by these
means the pull to open the door will be on the fixed rose without acting on
the covering or outer rose.
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Figure 3 shows an arrangement or combination of apparatus according to
part of my Invention. a is the fixed rose, having a raised projection a', which
is partly covered in by an internal flange a³, through which a projection bon
the covering plate 6 passes, and such covering plate is made fast to the fixed
rose a by means of a collar 62, screwed, soldered, or otherwise fixed to the
projection 6', yet so as to allow such projection to turn. The interior of
the projection b¹ is formed with a female screw, in which the screw external of
b

page_text: the socket e, which is fixed to the knob, enters; the covering or external rose.c
is fixed by its female screw to the male screw on the fixed rose, as heretofore.
Figure 4 shows an arrangement or combination of apparatus according to
part of my Invention, a is the fixed rose, having slots at a', a*. The covering:
plate b is formed with projections 62, which pass through the slots a', and are
locked therein by a spring catch h, which; when it; is desired to remove the
knob, can be pressed on at the point h' from the outside. The socket which
receives the spindle is fixed to the covering plate 6. by a collar or ring, which
is fixed by solder or otherwise, and yet admit of the socket turning in the
covering plate.
Figure 5 shows an arrangement or combination of apparatus according to
my Invention for fixing knobs to doors. a is the fixed, rose, on the projection a¹.
of which are formed two projections a, a, on which a ring or covering plate 6 is
placed, having notches to fix it to the projections a, a, and to prevent its turning
in respect to the fixed rose a. The socket.e, in which the end of the spindle
enters, is attached to the covering plate by means of a collar or ring, which
is soldered or otherwise fixed to the socket, and yet allow of the socket turning
in the covering plate 6. The fixed rose is made with a male screw, and the
covering or outer rose with a female screw, as heretofore.
Figure 6 shows an arrangement or combination of apparatus according to
my Invention for fixing knobs to: doors. a is the fixed rose, having a male
screw a¹ formed thereon as heretofore, and it has a slot formed through,
order that the covering plate b, which in this arrangement is formed with two
horns or projections suitable for passing through the slot in the male screw a¹,
and for passing on either side of the socket e, which is fixed to the handle, and
such socket is formed with a groove around it, into which the horns of the
covering plate enter. The covering plate is retained in position by the outer
or covering rose fixing on the fixed rose by the male and female screws formed.
on those parts.
Figure 7 shows an arrangement or combination of apparatus according to
part of my Invention for fixing knobs to doors. a is the fixed rose, having
thereon projecting catches a¹ which pass through slots formed in the outer or
covering rose b. The socket in which the end of the spindle is in this
arrangement attached to the outer or covering rose c by a collar or ring, which
is soldered or otherwise.fixed to the socket, and yet so as to allow of the socket
turning in the outer rose c. The parts are locked together by a spring
catch i.
Figure 8-shows an arrangement or combination of apparatus according to
part of my Invention for fixing knobs to doors. a is the fixed rose, the raised

page_text: cylindrical projection a of which has on it projections a³, and the covering
plate 6 has on its under side a flange 6¹ with notches in it, and the parts are so
arranged that when the covering plate has been placed in position and turned
round, a screw or pin is introduced, so as to pass through a and b, and the
parts will thereby be held together. The socket into which the end of the
spindle passes is fixed to the covering plate 6 by a collar or ring, which is
soldered or otherwise fixed thereto, allowing the socket to turn in the covering
plate.
Figure 9 shows the mode of affixing a knob to a follower when using either
of the modes above described for fixing the other knob.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner of
performing the same, I would have it understood that I make no claim to any
of the mechanical parts separately; but what I claim are the combinations
shown respectively at Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 of the Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Joseph Gibbons, have hereunto set my
hand and seal; this Twelfth day of July, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.
JOSEPH GIBBONS. (L.S.)