IMPROVEMENTS IN ATTACHING AND SECURING THE HANDLES OF TABLE CUTLERY
Year: 1884

page_text: I WILLIAM THOMAS WHEATLEY of New George Street, Sheffield in the County
of York, Cutlery Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN ATTACHING AND SECURING THE HANDLES OF TABLE CUTLERY"
to be as follows:-
My invention of improvements in attaching and securing the handles of Table
Cutlery, relates more particularly to a composition or cement to be used for that
purpose, which I prefer to use in combination with specially prepared tangs, the
object being to attach the handles firmly to the tangs of the blades, and so that
they shall be unaffected by immersion in hot water.
The Composition or Cement, is composed of a mixture of the following ingredients
the quantity of each ingredient being reduced in nearly equal proportion, and in
the order in which they are given, viz Roll Sulphur, Calcined Gypsum, Carbonate
of Lime, Colophony, and powdered Lead Carbonate. To increase the adhesion of
the parts, I prefer to leave the surface of the hole in the handle rough, or to groove
or furrow the sides by means of suitable tools-I also roughen the tang of the
blade by compressing it between suitable tools, or by other similar means, for the
purpose of rendering its withdrawal from the cement more difficult. If desirable
the tang may be formed with a projection to engage with a corresponding recess
in the handle, and the remaining vacant space be filled with the before described
ceinent.

page_text: I WILLIAM THOMAS WHEATLEY of New George Street, Sheffield in the County
of York Cutlery Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN ATTACHING AND SECURING THE HANDLES OF TABLE CUTLERY
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement that is to say :-
My Invention of improvements in attaching and securing the handles of Table
Cutlery to the tangs of the various impliments, refers more particularly to the
composition of a cement which I use for the above described purpose, and which
possesses advantages over other cements, for this especial purpose.
In carrying out my invention, in securing handles upon table cutlery, I prefer
to prepare the tangs of such articles of cutlery in such a manner as to increase the
adhesion of the parts, and therefore I roughen the tangs by compressing them in a
pair of jagged or roughened tools, so as to leave an uneven surface; or a projecting
part may be formed to fit into a recess in the handle, and the hole in the handle
inuy be left rough, or it may be grooved or furrowed by suitable tools..
I finally secure the parts together by the use of my improved cement, which is a
mixture of the following ingredients; the quantity of each ingredient being
reduced in nearly equal proportion, in the order in which they are given below,
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Roll sulphur.
Calcined Gypsum.
Carbonate of Line.
Colophony.
Powdered Lead Carbonate.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
The use of Cement composed of the above mentioned ingredients, in the securing
of handles to articles of Table Cutlery