IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS FOR ADJUSTABLY ATTACHING KNOBS OR HANDLES TO LOCK AND OTHER SPINDLES AND TO VARIOUS ARTICLES
Year: 1879

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Eglen Taylor, of Burslem, in the County of Stafford,
for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS FOR ADJUSTABLY ATTACHING
KNOBS OR HANDLES TO LOCK AND OTHER SPINDLES AND TO VARIOUS
ARTICLES."
Scaled the 4th July 1879, and dated the 19th April 1.879.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Eglen Taylor atthe Office
"IMPROVEMENTS IN
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 19th April 1879.
EGLEN TAYLOR, of Burslem, in the County of Stafford.
MEANS FOR ADJUSTABLY ATTACHING KNOBS OR HANDLES TO LOCKAND OTHER
SPINDLES AND TO VARIOUS ARTICLES."
The Invention has for its object improvements in means for adjustably attaching
knobs or handles to lock and other spindles.
For this purpose I form the spindle square and tap or cut a screw thread on the
angles thereof for any desired distance from one or both ends thereof, as is well
understood.
I form the knob or handle with a recess provided with a female screw in the
neck thereof, and with a square hole fitting the spindle at the end of such recess; or
instead of forming a female screw thread inside the neck of the knob or handle I
sometimes fit to the aforesaid knob or handle a fast metal collar provided with a
projecting cylindrical rim, inside which is formed the female screw thread above
referred to.
I form the rose with a square or other suitably shaped hole in the centre to fit a
corresponding square or other shaped neck formed on a male screw fitting the
female screw in the knob or handle so as to cause the rose and male screw when
fitted together to rotate simultaneously; or instead of fitting them together, as above
described, they may be otherwise fitted or connected together so as to compel them
to rotate in unison, or the rose may be dispensed with and the male screw in such
case formed with a ring or flange by which it may be turned. The male screw is
formed with a round hole in the centre loosely fitting the spindle.
In fitting and fixing a knob or handle to a spindle I first pass on to the spindle a
washer with a circular hole in the centre thereof loosely fitting the spindle. I then

page_text: place the rose and male screw on the spindle against the first mentioned washer
after this I place another washer formed with a square hole fitting the spindle
against the male screw. I then screw on to the spindle a loose nut, which is
screwed up against the last mentioned washer until it is properly adjusted in
position, but so as to permit the rose with the male screw to be rotated.
Lastly, I pass the knob or handle on to the spindle until the female screw therein
abuts against the male screw of the rose. I then rotate the rose with the male
As a modification
screw until the latter is firmly screwed into the knob or handle.
of the above, I, as before described, first apply a washer to the spindle against the
door, but I then screw on the loose'nut to obtain the required adjustment. This
nut is formed with a groove around its periphery, and the knob which is formed as
before described with a square hole therein to fit the spindle, and a recess to receive
the loose nut is also formed with a screw around its neck and with an opening in
the neck to come opposite the groove in the loose nut. When the handle is pushed
on to the spindle a forked key is passed into the opening in the neck of the knob
and into the groove in the loose nut, thereby fastening the knob to the loose nut;
then in order to prevent the forked key from dropping out of its position a rose,
which is formed with an internal screw thread, is screwed on to the screw on the
neck of the knob, thereby securely enclosing the forked key. By these means I am
enabled to obtain any required adjustment of the knob or handle on its spindle and
to fix the same firmly in position without the use of set screws passing transversely
through the neck of the knob or handle to secure the same to the spindle and
without screwing the rose to the door.
My Invention is also applicable to the fixing of trivet, scoop, and beer engine
handles, and to other like.purposes.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Eglen Taylor in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 17th October
1879.
EGLEN TAYLOR, of Burslem, in the County of Stafford.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN
MEANS FOR ADJUSTABLY ATTACHING KNOBS OR HANDLES TO LOCK AND OTHER
SPINDLES AND TO VARIOUS ARTICLES."
The Invention has for its object improvements in means for adjustably attaching
knobs or handles to lock and other spindles.
For this purpose I form the spindle square, and tap or cut a screw thread on the
angles thereof for any desired distance from one or both ends thereof, as is well
understood.
I form the knob or handle with a recess provided with a female screw in the neck
thereof, and with a square hole fitting the spindle at the end of such recess; or
instead of forming a female screw thread inside the neck of the knob or handle I
sometimes fit to the aforesaid knob or handle a fast metal collar provided with a
projecting cylindrical rim, inside which is formed the female screw thread above
referred to. I form the rose with a square or other suitably shaped hole in
the centre to fit a corresponding square or other shaped neck formed on a
male screw, fitting the female screw in the knob or handle, so as to cause the
rose and male screw when fitted together to rotate simultaneously; or instead
of fitting them together, as above described, they may be otherwise fitted or con-
nected together so as to compel them to rotate in unison, or the rose may be dis-
pensed with and the male screw in such case formed with a ring or flange by which
it may be turned.
The male screw is formed with a round hole in the centre loosely fitting the
spindle.
In fitting and fixing a knob or handle I first pass on to the spindle a washer
with a circular hole in the centre thereof loosely fitting the spindle. I then place
the rose and male screw on the spindle against the first mentioned washer; after
this I place another washer formed with a square hole fitting the spindle against
the malo screw. I then screw on to the spindle a loose nut, which is screwed up
against the last mentioned washer until it is properly adjusted in position, but so
as to permit the rose with the male screw to be rotated. Lastly, I pass the knob or
handle on to the spindle until the female screw therein abuts against the male
screw of the rose. I then rotate the rose with the male screw until the latter is
firmly screwed into the knob or handle.
As a modification of the above, I, as before described, first apply a washer to the
spindle against the door, but I then screw on the loose nut to obtain the required
adjustment. This nut is formed with a groove around its periphery, and the knob,
which is formed as before described, with a square hole therein to fit the spindle
and a recess to receive the loose nut, is also formed with a screw around its neck
and with an opening in the neck to come opposite the groove in the loose nut. When
the handle is pushed on to the spindle a forked key is passed into the opening in
the neck of the knob and into the groove in the loose nut, thereby fastening the
knob to the loose nut. Then in order to prevent the forked key from dropping out
of its position a rose which is formed with an internal screw thread is screwed on to
the screw on the neck of the knob, thereby securely enclosing the forked key.
And in order that my said Invention may be more clearly understood and
readily carried into effect, I will proceed, aided by the accompanying Drawings,
more fully to describe the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.

page_text: the same, and Figures 3 and 4 are respectively a side and end view of part thereof
separately.
Figures 5 and 6 are respectively an end view and a section representing a modi-
fication in the construction of some of the parts in which the female screw in the
neck of the knob is formed in a metal collar fixed thereto.
Figure 7 represents a modification of some of the parts represented in the previous
Figures, in which the male screw on to which the knob or handle is screwed is
provided with a ring or flange fixed thereto by which it may be turned.
Figure 8 is a section and Figure 9 is an end view representing another modifi-
cation in which the neck of the knob is provided with a male screw instead of a
female screw.
.
Figure 10 is a section, Figure 11 is an end view, and Figures 12 and 13 are
respectively a side and end view of part of another arrangement in which the knob
or handle is held in position by a key acting in connection with an adjusting nut ;
and Figure 14 is a section, Figure 15 is an end view, and Figures 16 and 17 are
detail views of a slight modification of the arrangement represented in Figures 10
to 13.
In Figures 1 to 9 a represents a lock spindle, which I form square, and tap or
cut a screw thread on the angles thereof for any desired distance, from one or both
ends thereof, as is well understood.
b is the knob or handle which I form according to the arrangement represented
at Figures 1 and 2, with a recess provided with a female screw b¹ in the neck
thereof, and with a square hole b² fitting the spindle a at the end of each recess.
Or instead of forming a female screw thread b¹ inside the neck of the knob or
handle in the material of which it is composed I, sometimes, as represented at
Figures 5 and 6, fit to the aforesaid knob or handle a fast metal collar b³ provided
with a projecting cylindrical rim, inside which is formed the female screw thread b¹.
c is the rose which I form with a square or other suitably shaped hole c' in the
centre to fit a corresponding square or other shaped neck d³ formed on a male
screw d fitting the female screw b' in the knob or handle b, so as to cause the rose c
and male screw d, when fitted together, to rotate simultaneously, or instead of
fitting them together, as above described, they may be otherwise fitted or connected
together so as to compel them to rotate in unison. Or the rose c may be dispensed
with, or it may be provided simply with a round hole to fit loosely the spindle a,
and the male screw d may be formed, as represented at Figure 7, with a ring or
flange d, by which it may be turned.
The male screw d is formed with a round hole in the centre thereof loosely fitting
the spindle a.
In fitting and fixing a knob or handle 6 to a spindle a according to the arrange-
ments represented at Figures 1 to 7, I first pass on to the spindle a washer e with a
circular hole in the centre thereof loosely fitting the spindle; I then place the
rose c and male screw d on the spindle against the washer e; after this I place
another washer f formed with a square hole fitting the spindle a against the male
screw d; I then screw on to the spindle a a loose nut g which is screwed up against
the washer until it is properly adjusted in position, but so as to permit the rose c
with the male screw d to be rotated. Lastly, I pass the knob or handle b on to the
spindle a until the female screw b' abuts against the male screw d of the rose; I
then rotate the rose c or the ring d³ with the male screw d until the latter is firmly
screwed into the knob or handle.
The modification represented at Figures 8 and 9 is adjusted and fixed in a similar
manner to the former except that a male screw b¹* on the neck of the knob b is
substituted for the female screw b¹, and a female screw d* in the ring or rose d² is
substituted for the male.screw d.
In the modification represented at Figures 10 to 13 I, as before described, first
apply a washer e to the spindle a against the door, but I then screw on the loose
nut g to obtain the required adjustment. This nut g is formed with a groove gl
around its periphery, thereby forming two flanges or rings g thereon, as before

page_text: described. The knob or handle is formed with a square hole 62 therein to fit the
spindle a and a recess b¹ to receive the loose nut g, and it is also formed with a
screw 6* around its neck, and with an opening 63 in the neck to come opposite the
groove in the loose nut g. When the handle b is pushed on to the spindle a a
forked key h is passed into the opening 64 in the neck of the knob or handle, and
into the groove g' in the loose nut g, thereby fastening the knob or handle b to the
loose nut g; then in order to prevent the forked key h from dropping out of its
position a rose c, which is formed with an internal screw thread, is screwed on to
the screw bi on the neck of the knob or handle b, thereby securely enclosing the
forked key h, and thereby retaining the parts in their correct position.
The arrangement represented at Figures 14 to 17 is very similar to that described
with respect to Figures 10 to 13, except that the loose aut g is formed with only
one flange or ring g around the same, and the neck of the knob b and the hole in
the rose c are made without screw threads, whilst the rose c is retained in position
by being screwed to the door.
By these means I am enabled to obtain any required adjustment of the knob or
handle on its spindle, and to fix the same firmly in position without the use of set
screws passing transversely through the neck of the knob or handle to secure the
same to the spindle a, and (except in the arrangement shown at Figures 14 to 17)
without screwing the rose to the door.
My Invention is also applicable to the fixing of trivet, scoop, and beer-engine
handles and to other like purposes; but as such will be readily understood I have
not thought it necessary to give a Drawing of the same.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and the modes in which
I carry the same into effect, I would have it understood that I do not claim the
various parts referred to separately considered; but what I do claim is the peculiar
arrangements and combinations of parts, substantially as and for the purpose herein
shewn and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Eglen Taylor, have hereunto set my hand and
seal, this Fourteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and seventy nine.
EGLEN TAYLOR. (L.S.)