Improvements in Door Knockers.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Nov., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 8th July, 1896-Accepted, 22nd Aug., 1896
1, ALFRED JONES of Oozells Street North Birmingham in the County of
Warwick Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be
as follows:-
My invention has for its object improvements in door knockers which are made
so as to cause the alarm to be less outside than inside the house which is really the
desideratum in such articles.
My new knocker may be made so as to appear outside the door much the same
as the present knockers and may be finished in any desired pattern as a pendant or
handle or it may outside simply consist of a projecting cross piece fixed for the
fingers. The knocker proper is fixed upon the inside of the door and may turn
either upwards or downwards or in any other direction. Communicating with the
outside handle and the inside knocker is a lever or bar which may be hung in cars
on a plate fixed upon the door either outside or inside and the inside knocker may
be moved along this lever so as to suit the thickness of any door which after
fixing to the thickness of any door may be secured to the lever by a set screw or
other mode. A knocker plate or alarm of any suitable kind may be fixed on any
internal portion of the door. In fixing to the door it is only necessary to cut a'
sufficient hole to take the lever through and to allow the lifting movement of the
same, though I may in some cases let the ears of the plate for carrying the lever
also into the door.
Dated this 25th day of November 1895.
GEORGE BARKER,
77 Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.
Improvements in Door Knockers.
I, ALFRED JONES of Oozells Street North Birmingham in the County of
Warwick Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :—
My invention has for its object improvements in door knockers which are made
so as to cause the alarm to be less outside than inside the house which is really
desideratum in such articles.
My new knocker may be made so as to appear outside the door much the same
as the present knockers and may be finished in any desired pattern as a pendant or
handle or it may outside simple consist of a projecting cross piece for the fingers.
The knocker proper is fixed upon the inside of the door and may turn either
upwards or downwards or in any other direction. Communicating with the outside
handle and the inside knocker is a lever or bar which may be hung in ears on a
plate fixed upon the door either outside or inside and the inside knocker may be
moved along the lever so as to suit the thickness of any door which after fixing to
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page_text: the thickness of the door may be secured to the lever by a set screw or other mode.
A knocker plate or alarm of any suitable kind may be fixed on any internal
portion of the door. In fixing to the door it is only necessary to cut a sufficient
hole to take the lever through and to allow the lifting movement of the same
though I may in some cases let the ears of the plate for carrying the lever also
into the door.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried
into practical effect I have appended hereunto a drawing by the help of which
I will proceed to more fully explain the same though it must be understood
that I do not confine myself to the particular pattern design or configuration
herein shown as the invention will be the same in principle irrespective of general
outline.
The drawing shows the section of any door to which it is desired to affix my
new knocker and is marked with the letter D. Through the door a slot hole A is
made in which my knocker is hung. The front plate P has one or two snugs or
projections p² which enter the hole in the door D and to which the lever or bar k¹
is hung upon the pivot p³. This pivotted lever k¹ passes through the door and the
knocker K is secured in any desired position upon it by the screw k² so that the
point is in a suitable position to strike the striking projection S while
the handle H hangs vertically or nearly so resting upon the rubber pad R which
is secured in the plate P. The action is very simple for as the handle H is lifted
and brought down sharply the knocker K strikes the striker S inside the door thus
making the most of the noise produced inside the house instead of outside as is the
case with the present knockers. These knockers may be made from any metal and
either cast or forged or partly one and partly the other.
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
The improvements in door knockers having an external handle H with an
internal knocker K hung and operating substantially as herein set forth and as
shown upon the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 7th day of July 1896.
GEORGE BARKER,
77 Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.