Improvements in or Connected with Coffin Handles.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Nov., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 30th July, 1889-Accepted, 28th Sept., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or Connected with Coffin Handles.
We, JAMES GORDON and JOHN MUNRO, trading together as Gordon & Munro,
of Horse Fair, Birmingham, Warwickshire, Coffin Furniture Manufacturers, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
This invention has reference to that class of coffin handles and handle fasteners in
which the handle proper is cast or otherwise formed with an upper horizontal pivot or
pivots on which the handle turns fitting into a central loop or fastener which secures
the handle to the coffin side. The loop or fastener is detachable from the handle.
One object of this invention is to provide improved means for preventing any side
play of the handle in the loop when fixed in position on the coffin and further object
is to provide a stop for the handle to prevent it turning up too far when in use.
The usual method of preventing side play of the handle in the loop is to cast collars
or projections on the handle which bear against the outside of the loop, but any slight
inequality in the castings causes this method to be ineffective.
According to one method of carrying out this invention we cast at the back of the
loop, which is usually made hollow, a boss or projecting part or parts against which
the inner ends of the pivots of the handle bear so as to prevent any side play of the
handle in the loop. When the said projecting part on the loop is in the form of a
boss we sometinies provide an india-rubber ring on the boss for the ends of the pivots
on the handle to bear against so as to more effectually prevent any rattling. Instead
of, or in addition to, the said boss or projecting parts on the inside of the loop or
fastener, a collar or collars or projections may be cast on the pivot part or parts of
the handle to engage against suitable parts of the inside of the loop or fastener to
prevent the handle moving sideways.
The said stop to prevent the handle turning up too far when in use is in the form
of a cam or cams cast on the pivot part or parts of the handle which, when the handle
has been turned up to its proper angle, comes or come into contact with the coffin side
or with the inside of the loop or fastener and prevents the handle turning farther.
Dated this 9th day of November 1888.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Annlicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or Connected with Coffin Handles.
We, JAMES GORDON, and JOHN MUNRO, trading together as Gordon and Munro, of
Horse Fair, Birmingham, Warwickshire, Coffin Furniture Manufacturers, 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 reference to that class of coffin handles and handle fasteners in
which the handle proper is cast or otherwise formed with an upper horizontal pivot or
pivots on which the handle turns fitting into a central loop or fastener which secures
the handle to the coffin side. The loop or fastener is detachable from the handle.
One object of this invention is to provide improved means for preventing any side
play of the handle in the loop when fixed in position on the coffin and a further object
is to provide a stop for the handle to prevent it turning up too far when in use.
The usual method of preventing side play of the handle in the loop is to cast collars
or projections on the handle which bear against the outside of the loop, but any slight
inequality in the castings causes this method to be ineffective.

page_text: According to one method of carrying out this invention we cast at the back of the
loop, which is usually made hollow, a boss or projecting part or parts against which
the inner ends of the pivots of the handle bear so as to prevent any side play of the
handle in the loop. When the said projecting part on the loop is in the form of a
boss we sometimes provide an india-rubber ring on the boss for the ends of the pivots
of the handle to bear against so as to more effectually prevent any rattling. Instead
of, or in addition to, the said boss or projecting parts on the inside of the loop or
fastener, a collar or collars or projections may be cast on the pivot part or parts of
the handle to engage against suitable parts of the inside of the loop or fastener to
prevent the handle moving sideways.
The said stop to prevent the handle turning up too far when in use is in the form
of a cam or cams cast on the pivot part or parts of the handle which, when the handle
has been turned up to its proper angle, comes or come into contact with the coffin
side or with the inside of the loop or fastener and prevents the handle turning
farther.
On the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 represents a back view of a coffin handle
and loop constructed according to this invention in which the loop is fixed in position
by a central screw as usual; Fig. 2 is a separate view of the loop, and Fig. 3 shews
part of the handle part separately; Fig. 4 is a sectional plan of the bandile and loop
fixed in position to a coffin side; Fig. 5 is a back view of a coffin handle and loop
constructed according to this invention the loop being fixed to the coffin side by the
usual tangs which pass therethrough and are clenched over; Fig. 6 is a separate view
of the said loop; and Fig. 7 is a separate view of part of the handle part, and Fig. 8
is a sectional plan of the loop and handle together fixed in position to a coffin side,
and Figs. 9 and 10 are sections of the loop and part of the handle shewing the stop
for preventing the handle turning up too far.
The same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts in all the
figures of the drawings.
Referring firstly more particularly to Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4, A is the coffin handle
and B is the loop in which the handle turns, this loop being fixed in position by the
usual centre screw c passing therethrough and into the coffin side d. a' a¹ are the
pivots of the handle which engage in side slots b b at opposite sides of the loop Bas
usual, e is the boss or projecting part which, according to our invention, we form on
the back of the loop B for the ends of the pivots a¹ a to bear against so as to prevent
the handle A moving sideways. Collars a are formed on the pivots a¹ to bear
against the coffin side (see Figs. 4 and 8) when the loop and handle are fixed thereto
and thus press the pivots a more firmly against the loop and prevent the handle
shaking. The ends of the pivots a¹ a¹ are by preference rounded and the boss e is
made taper so that the ends of the pivots a¹ a will fit against the boss e when the
handle is fixed in position, as shown by Fig. 4. An indiarubber ring may be placed
around the boss e for the ends of the pivots a' al to bear against if required.
In the example illustrated by Figs. 5, 6, 7 and 8, in which the pivot part a¹ of the
handle passes right through the loop, the projecting part e which we form on the
inside of the loop or fastener is in the form of a rib or web which is recessed
centrally where the pivot part al passes. a' a² are the collars or projections which
we cast on the pivot part of the handle to engage with the projecting parte of the
loop and prevent the handle moving sideways.
Instead of or in addition to the collars or lateral projections a³, collars or projec-
tions a may be provided upon the pivot or pivots a¹ to bear against the sides of the
loop B on the inside (see dotted lines in Fig. 5).
The stop or stops for preventing the handle turning beyond right angles are
marked a see Figs. 9 and 10. The stop in Fig. 9 is shaped so as to come into
contact with the coffin side when the handle is at right angles thereto and the stop in
Fig. 10 is similarly arranged to come into contact with the inside of the loop B.
These stops or cams may also serve as the collars or lateral projections such as a³ or a
for engaging with the inside of the loop to prevent the handle moving sideways.

page_text: The accompanying drawings illustrate what we consider to be the best way for carry-
ing our said invention into effect but it is to be understood that the shapes of the
handles and loops and the means of securing the loops to the coffin side form no part of
this invention, and that the invention is not limited to the precise details described and
illustrated as the same may be varied without departing from the nature of this
invention; for instance the boss in the example illustrated by Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4 may,
instead of being round, be square or of other shape and the central part of the rib or
projecting parte in the example illustrated by Figs. 5, 6, 7 and 8 may be brought up
flush with the back of the loop B and the central part as of the pivot a¹ dispensed
with so that the ends of the pivot would bear against the rib or projecting part e as in
the example illustrated by Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we claim is:-
1. The combination with a central loop or fastener having an internal projecting
part or projecting parts, of a coffin handle having two pivots (as in the example
illustrated by Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4) the ends of the said pivots bearing against the said
projecting part or parts of the loop or fastener and having collars or cams for bearing
against the coffin side to prevent the handle rattling, substantially as hereinbefore set
forth.
2. In coffin handles and loops or fasteners of the kind hereinbefore referred to,
forming an internal projecting part or parts on the loop or fastener and a lateral
projection or projections on the pivot or pivots of the handle, which bear against the
said internal projecting part or parts of the loop or fastener and against the coffin side,
to prevent the handle rattling, substantially as hereinbefore set forth.
3. A coffin handle having a pivot or having two pivots each formed substantially as
herein before described so as to bear against an internal part or parts on the loop or
fastener and against the coffin side, to prevent the handle rattling, substantially as
hereinbefore set forth.
4. The combination with a central loop or fastener having fixing tangs and an
internal rib or ribs e, of a coffin handle formed substantially as hereinbefore described
so as to bear against the rib or ribs e and against the coffin side, to prevent the handle
rattling, substantially as hereinbefore set forth.
5. The combination with a coffin handle of the kind herein referred to, of a cam or
cams cast on the pivot or pivots of the handle within the loop or fastener to bear
either against the coffin side or the inside of the loop or both, for stopping the handle
from turning up too far, substantially as hereinbefore set forth.
Dated this 29th day of July 1889
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicants.