IMPROVEMENTS IN LOCK FURNITURE.
Year: 1877

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Walter Henry Tucker, of 6, Southampton Street, Strand,
in the County of Middlesex, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN LOCK
FURNITURE.".
Sealed the 2nd November 1877, and dated the 8th May 1877.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Walter Henry Tucker at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 8th May 1877.
WALTER HENRY TUCKER, of 6, Southampton Street, Strand, in the County of
Middlesex. "IMPROVEMENTS IN LOCK FURNITURE."
My first improvement is intended to apply to furniture, wherein the handles,
either one or both, are fixed to the spindle by a pin, screw, or bolt, which passes
transversely from the handle into or through the spindle, so as to hold the two
together. This method, which is the oldest and the strongest yet devised for
retaining the connection between the handle and the spindle, has been hitherto
open to the objection that no sufficient means existed by which the adjustment
of such furniture to the varying thicknesses of doors could be effected. And the
purpose of my first improvement is to provide such a means of adjustment, which
I accomplish by the application to such furniture, between the handle and the rose,
of an adjustable washer, so constructed that one part of the said washer can be
screwed into or upon the other part in such a manner that the depth or thickness
of the said washer can be varied as required to accommodate the said furniture to
doors of different thicknesses.
In another method by which I effect the same purpose I use a washer or collar
which is wormed so as to screw into or upon the material or the mounting of the
handle itself or some part associated therewith, in such a way that the amount of
the projection of the said washer or collar below the general level of the base of
the handle can be regulated at will, so as to vary the length of the said handle, and
thereby adjust it to the different thicknesses of doors. I also effect the same
purpose by the use of a washer, so constructed as to screw into or upon the material

page_text: or the mounting of the rose, or some part associated therewith, in such a manner
that it can be raised or lowered in or upon the rose, and so be made to regulate the
distance of the handle from the door.
In another plan I produce the required adjustment by the use of a spindle which
is made in two or more pieces, so constructed as to screw into or upon each other,
in such a manner as to vary the length of the said spindle, and the consequent distance
between the handles.
I likewise effect the required adjustment for such furniture by the use of an
adjusting nut which is made to screw on to the spindle, and which nut I then
connect by a pin or otherwise to the said handle or to the spindle, so as to turn
with them whatever may be the distance between the base of the handle and the
nut, which distance would be regulated by the thickness of the door.
My next improvement is intended to apply to furniture wherein one of the
handles is as a rule permanently fixed to one end of the spindle. In conjunction
with this fixed handle an ordinary rose is used, but to the other side of the door I
fasten an under rose, from which rises a concentric ring, so wormed and constructed
that an upper or external rose can be screwed into or upon it. The said external
rose being so formed and disposed in relation to the movable handle, that when the
two roses are screwed together the handle at its base is retained between them. The
spindle is at this end wormed on its angles, so that a nut can be screwed,on to it
to such a point as to hold the under rose to the door, and the handle being made
with a square hole in it to fit the spindle, it will be found that when the furniture
is on the door it cannot be removed from it, until the two roses are unscrewed the
one from the other. To prevent their accidental severance I pass a pin or screw
from the upper into the under rose or into the door, or I apply to the said roses a
locking spring or bolt, so made and arranged that the roses cannot be separated
unless the said spring or bolt be released, which may be effected by the fingers or
some simple instrument, or by giving the movable handle such a sliding action on
the spindle, that, conjoined with a suitable formation and disposition of the handle
and the spring or bolt, the handle may be made to release them, so that the roses
may be separated from each other.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Walter Henry Tucker in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 5th
November 1877.
WALTER HENRY TUCKER, of G, Southampton Street, Strand, in the County of
Middlesex. "IMPROVEMENTS IN LOCK FURNITURE."
My first improvement is intended to apply to furniture, wherein the handles,
either one or both, are fixed to the spindle by a pin, screw, or bolt, which passes
transversely from the handle into or through the spindle, so as to hold the two
together. This method, which is the oldest and the strongest yet devised for
retaining the connection between the handle and the spindle, has been hitherto
open to the objection that no sufficient means existed by which the adjustment
of such furniture to the varying thicknesses of doors could be effected, and the
purpose of my first improvement is to provide such a means of adjustment, which
I accomplish by the application to one or both ends of such furniture between the
handle and the rose of an adjustable washer, so constructed that one part of the
said washer can be screwed into or upon the other part, in such a manner that the
depth or thickness of the said washer can be varied as required to accommodate
the said furniture to doors of different thicknesses.
The foregoing arrangement will be found represented in Figure 1 of the accom-
panying Sheet of Drawings, A, being one of the handles; B, its rose, which is

page_text: drawn in section so as to show the adjustable washer C in its place on the spindle,
and between the base of the handle and the seat of the rose, through which its
lower portion projects. The adjustable washer is also shown in plan and section
at C1, Figure 1; D is the spindle which may be fixed in any required manner to
the handle A 1, or be connected with it by a removable screw, such as the screw E
which secures the handle A to the other end of the spindle.
In another method by which I effect the same purpose, I use a washer or collar,
which is wormed so as to screw into or upon the material, or the mounting of the
handle itself or some part associated therewith, in such a way that the amount of
the projection of the said washer or collar below the general level of the base of the
handle or handles can be regulated at will, so as to vary the length of the said
handles, and thereby adjust them to the different thicknesses of doors. I also effect
the same purpose by the use of a washer, so constructed as to screw into or upon
the material or the mounting of the roses, or some part associated therewith, in such
a manner that the washer can be raised or lowered in or upon the rose, and so be
made to regulate the distance of the handle from the door.
In another plan I produce the required adjustment by the use of a spindle which
is made in two or more pieces, so constructed as to screw into or upon each other
in such a manner as to vary the length of the said spindle and the consequent
distance between the handles. This plan is illustrated at Figure 2 of the accom-
panying Sheet of Drawings, A being the removable handle, and B its rose, which
together with the adjusting end C of the spindle C 1, and a part of the said spindle
also, are drawn in section, so as to show the manner in which the compound spindle
can be varied in length; Al is the fixed handle which can be fixed to or made
removable from the spindle as desired; D is the transverse screw connecting the
handle A with the spindle end C.
I likewise effect the required adjustment for such furniture by the use of an
adjusting nut, which is made to screw to the required distance on to the spindle,
and which nut I then connect by a pin or otherwise to the handle or to the
spindle, so as to turn with them whatever may be the distance between the base
of the handle and the nut, which distance would be regulated by the thickness of
the door.
My next improvement is intended to apply to furniture, wherein one of the
handles is as a rule permanently fixed to one end of the spindle. In conjunction
with this fixed handle an ordinary rose is used, but to the other side of the door I
fusten an under rose from which rises a concentric ring, so wormed and constructed
that an upper or external rose can be screwed into or upon it, the said external rose
being so formed and disposed in relation to the movable handle that when the two
roses are screwed together the handle at its base is retained between them. The
spindle is at this end wormed on its angles, so that a nut can be screwed on to it
to such a point as to hold the under rose to the door, and the handle being made
with a square hole in it to fit the spindle it will be found that when the furniture
is on the door it cannot be removed from it, until the two roses are unscrewed the
one from the other. To prevent their accidental severance I pass a pin or screw
from the upper into the under rose or into the door, or I apply to the said roses a
locking spring or bolt, so made and arranged that the roses cannot be separated
unless the said spring or bolt be released, which may be effected by the fingers or
some simple instrument, or by giving the movable handle such a sliding action on
the spindle, that, conjoined with a suitable formation and disposition of the handle
and the spring or bolt, the handle may be made to release them, so that the roses
may be separated from each other.
Having now described the nature of my Invention, and the means and arrange-
ments by which I carry it into effect, I would wish it to be clearly understood that
whilst I claim the separate arrangements herein-before described, that I do not limit
myself to the precise details specified and illustrated, but that I claim the use and
application of the various methods and contrivances herein-before explained, and

page_text: of any merely colourable modification of the same as constituting this my Invention
for "Improvements in Lock Furniture."
In witness whereof, I, the said Walter Henry Tucker have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Fifth day of November, in the year of our Lord 1877.
WALTER HENRY TUCKER. (L.S.)