IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CON- STRUCTION OF METALLIC HANDLES FOR CHESTS, BOXES AND THE LIKE to bo
Year: 1884

page_text: I JOHN LINDSAY, 654 Govan Road Govan near Glasgow, General Ironmonger
do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CON-
STRUCTION OF METALLIC HANDLES FOR CHESTS, BOXES AND THE LIKE to bo as
follows:-
My invention of improvements in the construction of metallic handles for chests
boxes &c, refers to those handles, attached to the ends of chests, boxes &c, which
hang down when not in use, but are raised to a position at or about right angles to
the end of the chest, or box, when in use.
Said invention relates to the method of securing the handle proper or folding
part to the plate and of forming a stop to keep the handle proper or folding part
at or about right angles to the plate when in use. For those purposes the plate is
slit downward for a certain distance, from its top sido, at two places, so as to form
three strips, a broad one in the centre and a narrow one at each side. The broad
strip, which requires to be a little longer than the narrow ones, is bent or curved
upward, so as to form a hollow rounded rib or elevation, close up to where it is slit,
leaving what remains of the strip again flush with the surface of the plate, as at
first. The handle proper or folding part is inserted into the hollow formed by
the rib or elevation, preferably before the bending is entirely finished; in this
it works when in use. A rod of metal is now taken, preferably round and of
sufficient length to cover the breadth of the three strips, which are bout or rolled
backward and upward over this rod till it (the rod) comes in contact with the
rib or elevation previously mentioned, the three strips thus entirely encircling
the rod.
By those means the handle proper or folding part is secured to the plate, and
when in use bears hard against the covered rod on its under side (where it is
encircled by the narrow strips) and is thus prevented from being raised further;
the covered rod forming a stop to its further progress, this rod being itself held
securely in its place by the way in which it is encircled with the three strips.
The hollow rib or elevation, in which the handle proper or folding part works, is
also prevented from opening out, by the way in which the end of the strip of which
it is composed is bent round the rod.
The handle is thus thoroughly secure, compact, neat and can be produced in a
variety of plain, and fancy shapes, at a moderate price.

page_text: DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 represents a handle completed according to my invention. Figure 2
represents the plate of the handle which is slit downward from the top side in two
places to a certain distance a. a forming a broad strip A in the centre and a narrow
strip B. B at each side thereof, the strip A being a little longer than the narrow
strips B. B Figure 3 represents the plate with the strip A. bent or curved upward
so as to form a hollow rounded rib or elevation D close up to a. a the distance it is
slit leaving the remainder of A again Bush with the surface of the plate as at first
Figure 4 gives a section of this rib, 6 being the hollow formed by the curve
upwards The handle proper or folding part C is inserted in this hollow b, and
works in it when in use. The rod (preferably round) Figure 5 is placed accross the
strips B. B & A, it being long enough to fully cover the breadth of them, and the
strips are bent or rolled upward over this rod and backward in the direction of D
till it (the rod) comes in contact with and presses hard against the rib D as shown
in the completed handle Figure 1. Figure 6 gives a section of strip A showing the
form to which it is thus bent, c representing the rod which is entirely oncircled
by A, b being the hollow in which the handle proper or folding part works, as
shown previously in Figure 4. Figure 7 gives a section showing how the narrow
strips B. B are bent, c again representing the rod which is encircled by B, d is the
under side, e is the part against which the handle proper or folding part C bears
when in use, the encircled rod forming a thorough stop to its further progress.
Dated this second day of October 1884.

page_text: I JOHN LINDSAY 654 Govan Road Govan near Glasgow, General Ironmonger
do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CON-
STRUCTION OF METALLIC HANDLES FOR CHESTS BOXES &C and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement :-
My Invention of Improvements in the construction of metallic handles for chests,
boxes, and the like, refers to those handles attached to the ends of chests boxes &c,
which hang down when not in use, but are raised to a position at or about right
angles to the end of the chest or box, when in use. Said invention relates to the
method of securing the handle proper or folding part to the plate and of forming a
stop to keep the handle proper or folding part at or about right angles to the plate
when in use. For those purposes the breadth of the plate is slit downward for a
certain distance from its top side at two places, so as to form three strips, a broad
one in the centre, and a narrow one at each side.
The broad strip, which requires to be a little longer than the narrow ones, is
bent or curved upward, so as to form a hollow rounded rib or elevation close up to
where it is slit, leaving what remains of the strip again flush with the surface of
the plate as at first. The handle proper or folding part is inserted in the hollow
formed by the rib or elevation, preferably before the bending operation is entirely
finished; in this it works when in use. A rod of metal is now taken, preferably
round, and of sufficient length to cover the breadth of the three strips, which are
bent or rolled backward, and upward over this rod, till it (the rod), comes in
contact with the rib, or elevation previously mentioned, the three strips thus
entirely encircling the rod.
The two narrow strips, instead of being bent in the same direction as the end of
the broad strip, may also be bent in the opposite direction, their ends finishing on
the under, instead of the upper side of the plate. By those means, the handle
proper or folding part is secured to the plate, and when in use bears hard against
the covered rod on its lower side, (where it is encircled by the narrow strips),
and is thus prevented from being raised further, the covered rod forming a stop to
its further progress, this rod being itself held securely in its place by the way in
which it is encircled with the three strips.
The hollow rib or elevation, in which the handle proper or folding part works, is
also prevented from opening out, by the way in which the end of the strip of which
it is composed is bent round the rod.
The handle is thus thoroughly secure, compact, neat and can be produced in a
variety of plain, and fancy shapes at a moderate price.

page_text: narrow strip B. B at each side thereof, the broad strip A being a little longer than
the narrow strips B. B. Figure 3 represents the plate of the handle with the
strip A bent or curved upward, so as to form a hollow rib or elevation, close up
to a. a (the distance it is slit), leaving .the remainder of A again flush with the
surface of the plate as at first. Figure 4 gives a section of this rib, 6 being the
hollow formed by the curve upward. The handle proper or folding part C, is
inserted in this hollow b, and works in it when in use. The rod (preferably round),
Figure 5, is placed across the strips B. B & A, it being long enough to fully cover
the breadth of them, and the strips are bont or rolled upward over this rod, and
backward, in the direction of the hollow rib till it (the rod) comes in contact with,
and presses hard against said rib, as shown in the completed handle Figure 1.
Figure 6 shows the way in which the broad strip A is thus curved or bent, b is the
space in which the handle proper works, as shown previously in Figure 4, while e
is the space for the rod. Figure 7 shows how the narrow strips B. B aro thus bent,
e is again the space for the rod. The narrow strips B. B instead of being bent
in the same direction as the end of the broad strip A, may also be bent in the
opposite direction. Figure 8 shows how they are bent in the opposite direction,
their ends finish on the under instead of the upper side of the plate. The handle
proper or folding part C when in use bears hard against the covered rod on its
lower side, where it is encircled by the narrow strips B B as shown in Figure 1.
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.
1st Slitting up part of the breadth of the plate, into three parts, for the double
purpose-1st of retaining the handle proper to the plate (and at the same time
forming a sheath for it to work in; and 2nd of forming a stop to keep said handle
at or about right angles to the plate, when in use, as herein before described.
2nd Bending the ends of strips or top of plate over a rod (preferably round) for
the double purpose-1st of securing the ends of said strips; and 2nd of stiffening
the stop, so as to make it more. permanently effectual as hereinbefore described.
I disclaim any novelty in shaping the handle proper, or enclosing same in a
sheath.
Dated this math J--
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