Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Apr., 1887.
Complete Left, 15th June, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 19th July, 1887.
I ADAM SMITH of 55 Leek Road Smallthorne in the Parish of Norton in the Moors
in the County of Stafford Potters Mould-maker do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
A contrivance by which a knob of a door handle is securely and readily affixed to
the spindle as follows:
The shank end of the knob D shewn on the accompaning drawings is 1 inch
wide.
The hole F for the spindle to fit in is of an inch square.
Knob D has a groove G (of an inch wide and of an inch long) in the top of the
shank to let in prong A which prong clips the spindle which holds the knob D in its
place.
The spindls B has notches in it at each end of an inch wide.
The brass cap C is put on the shank end of the knob D to keep the prong A in its
place. The size of the brass cap C is of an inch wide by 11 inch in diameter.
The cap has a groove in it of an inch long and of an inch wide.
The rose E is 2 inches wide and of an inch deep. The rose E has a piece cut
out of an inch long to let in prong A.
groove G
The cap C is placed on the knob D with the aperture immediately over the
and the rose E is also slipped over the cap with the opening over groove G.
The spindle B is inserted in the hole F. The prong A is slipped into the groove G
and into notch in spindle B. The cap C is then turned to prevent the escape of
prong A.
Rose E. is also turned and fixed with screws to the door.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Means of Attaching Door Knobs to their Spindles.
I ADAM SMITH of 55 Leek Road Smallthorne in the parish of Norton in the Moors
in the County of Stafford Potter's Mould maker 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
The shank end of the knob D shown on the drawings left with the provisional
specification is 11 inch wide. The hole F for the spindle to fit in is of an inch
square. Knob 1) has a groove G of an inch wide and of an inch long in the top
of the shank to let in the prong or catch A which prong clips the spindle which holds
the knob D in its place.
The spindle B has notches in it at each end of an inch wide. The Brass cap C
is put on the shank end of the knob D to keep the prong A in its place. The size
of the cap Cis of an inch wide by 1 in diameter. The cap C has a groove in it
of an inch long and of an inch wide.
The Rose E is 21 inches wide and of an inch deep. The Rose E has a piece cut
out of an inch long to let in prong "A."
The cap C is placed in the knob D with the aperture immediately over the groove G
and the Rose E is also slipped over the cap with the opening immediately over the
groove G. The spindle B is inserted in the hole F, the prong A is slipped into
the groove G and into notch in spindle B. The cap C is then turned to prevent the
escape of prong A. Rose E is also turned and fixed with screws to the door.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of any said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is
(1) A new mode of affixing the handle to the spindle by the insertion of the prong
or catch A.
(2) A new method of keeping the prong or catch (of whatever kind) by which the
handle is affixed to the spindle in its place by means of the cap C and the Rose E.
Dated this 13th day of June 1887.