IMPROVEMENTS IN FURNITURE FOR LOCKS
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edmund Gilyard, of Bradford, in the County of
York, Locksmith, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN FURNITURE
FOR LOCKS."
Sealed the 19th July 1872, and dated the 2nd February 1872.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edmund Gilyard at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
2nd February 1872.
I, EDMUND GILYARD, of Bradford, in the County of York, Locksmith,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
FURNITURE FOR Locks," to be as follows, that is to say :-
My Invention relates to the employment of a loose collar having a rim
cast round it to fit the neck of the knob, and having a boss projecting
out in the centre in which a female screw is cut to receive the knob
spindle; this knob spindle is screw-threaded at both ends, and by turning
the loose collar round the screw end of the spindle it draws the spindle.
into a box fixed in the back part of the knob, and consequently the:
spindle is drawn into the knob.

page_text: The knob is prevented from turning by means of the box fixed in the
back part of the knob, and to prevent the breaking of the knob by
pressure a leather, india-rubber, or gutta percha washer is placed
between the collar and the neck of the knob.
My Invention also relates to the employment of a rose socket made of 5
thin round metal, and having a boss cast on it in the centre; this boss is
made hollow to allow the knob spindle to pass through; this socket is
screwed on the door before the china, glass, wood, or metal rose is put on.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Edmund Gilyard in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 25th July 1872.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, EDMUND
GILYARD, of Bradford, in the County of York, Locksmith, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Second day of February, 'in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in the thirty-
fifth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Edmund Gilyard, Her special licence
that I, the said Edmund Gilyard, my executors, administrators, and 2
assigns, or such others as I, the said Edmund Gilyard, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no
others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term.
therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, 'use, 'exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention 'for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
FURNITURE FOR LOCKS," upon 'the condition (amongst others) that I, 'the
said Edmund Gilyard, my executors or administrators, by an instrument
in writing under or their, or one of their hands and seals, should
particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, a
and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the
same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar
months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Edmund Gilyard, 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 in writing, reference being had to the accompanying
Drawing, that is to say :-
My said Invention relates to the employment of a loose collar having
a rim cast round it to fit the neck of the knob, and having in boss
projecting out in the centre in which a female screw is cut to receive the
knob spindle; this knob spindle is screw-threaded at one end or at both
ends, and by turning the loose collar round the screw-threaded end of the
spindle it draws the spindle into a box fixed in the back part of the knob,
and consequently the spindle is drawn into the knob.
The knob is prevented from turning by means of the box fixed in the
back part of the 'knob, and 'to prevent 'the 'breaking of the knob by
pressure, a leather, india-rubber, or gutta percha washer is placed
between the collar and the neck of the knob.
. I also employ a rose socket made of thin round metal, and having a
boss cast on 'in' the centre; this boss is made hollow to allow the knob
spindle to pass through; this socket is screwed on the door before the
china, glass, wood, or metal rose is put on.
.
In order that my improvements may be fully understood. I will

page_text: knob is prevented from turning by means of the fixed square box D,
and a washer W, Figure 4, is placed between the collar E and the neck of
the knob K to prevent the breaking of the knob by pressure; L, Figure 4;
is the rose made of metal having a hollow boss cast in the centre to allow
the knob spindle to pass through.
Having thus described my Invention, and the best means I am
acquainted with for carrying the same into effect, I would have it under-
stood that I do not confine myself to the precise arrangements shown and
described as they may be varied without departing from the peculiar
character of the Invention%; but what I claim is the fixing of door
handles by means of a loose collar having a rim cast round it to fit the
neck of the knob, and having a boss cast on it in which a female screw is
cut to receive a screw-threaded knob spindle arranged and acting.
substantially in the manner herein-before described and represented
in the accompanying Drawing.
In witness whereof, I, the said Edmund Gilyard, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-fourth day of July, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.
Witness,
WALTER JAMES TURNER, C.E., .
Patent Agent,
Bradford.
EDMUND GILYARD. (L.S.)