Improvements in the Manufacture of Coffin Handles and other like Handles or Grips.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Jan., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 14th Oct., 1893-Accepted, 18th Nov., 1873
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Coffin Handles and other like
Handles or Grips.
I, SAMUEL TIMINGS, of 23 Great Hampton Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire,
Brassfounder, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of the hereindescribed improvements in the manufacture
of coffin handles cabinet handles door handles and other like handles and grips.
By my invention I am enabled to lessen the cost of producing the said handles and
grips by making them from sheet brass or other suitable ductile sheet metal instead
of making the said handles partly or wholly of cast metal as at present.
I will first describe my invention as applied to the manufacture of those coffin
handles which consist of a grip furnished with side arms which engage in the eyes
or handle loops.
In making the said handle arms I form by dies or tools in a stamp or press a
raised sheet metal blank of rather more than twice the length of the said required
arm and having a side projection at each end. This blank is by preference
strengthened by being raised to a trough shape in cross section the side projecting
parts being semicircular. The blank is then bent centrally and folded
together round the grip, the two side projections which are semicircular in cross
section fitting together and forming the pin to take into the eye or handle loop.
The arm is thus made of two thicknesses of metal which are secured together as by
closing the edge of one thickness over the edges of the other or by small tongues on
one thickness which are folded down on to and embrace the other thickness.
In making the handle grips, which for the side arms are usually of tubular form,
I raise in a die or dies a trough section blank having the pattern and shape of the
required grip and its ends with a wide flange along each side. By means of other
dies or tools (after the edges of the flanges have been clipped if necessary) I bend
over the flanges so as to meet together and thus form the complete tubular section
grip which may be strengthened by containing a metal bar. In the handle grip
there are recesses in which the said arms fit.
Or I may make the tubular grip as two raised blanks corresponding with the
halves of the grip as if the grip were divided longitudinally, and then secure these
two blanks together by folding their edges together or by other means.
This method of forming the grip in halves applies also to those handle grips
which are usually cast solid with their side pins.
In a further modification of my invention I stamp the sheet metal blanks for the
arms so as to correspond with the arms and the ends or knobs of the tubular grip
thus making the knobs of the grip in a piece with the arms. The tubular grip
can then conveniently be made of a piece of tube as usual.
Dated this 13th day of January 1893.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Coffin Handles and other like
Handles or Grips.
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I, SAMUEL TIMINGS, of 23, Great Hampton Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire,
Brassfounder, do bereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement :-
This invention consists of the herein described improvements in the manufacture
of coffin handles cabinet handles door handles and other like handles and grips.
By my invention I am enabled to lessen the cost of producing the said handles and
grips by making them from sheet brass or other suitable ductile sheet metal instead
of making the said handles partly or wholly of cast metal as at present.
I will first describe my invention as applied to the manufacture of those coffin
handles or other like handles which consist of a grip furnished with side arms
which engage in the eyes or handle loops and I will refer to Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
and 8 of the accompanying drawings in which the sanie letters of reference indicate
the same or corresponding parts in all the figures.
Fig. 1 represents a handle arm made from sheet metal in accordance with this
invention and Fig. 2 shews the same arm partly formed and Fig. 3 shews the flat
sheet metal blank from which the handle arm Figs. 1 and is made;
Fig. 4 is a sectional plan of the handle arm attached to the grip part and Fig. 5
shews the grip part separately;
Fig. 6 is a slightly modified form of the said handle arm and Fig. 7 shews the
said modified form partly made and Fig. 8 represents the flat sheet metal blank
from which the handle arm Figs. 6 and 7 is made.
In making the said handle arms I form by dies or tools in a stamp or press a
raised sheet metal blank of rather more than twice the length of the required arm
and having a side projection at each end. Such a metal blank A' A' but in the flat
state is shewn by Fig. the side projections at each end being marked respect-
ively a a². This blank A' A' is by preference strengthened by being raised to a
trough shape in cross section as shewn in Figs. 12 and 4 the side projecting
parts a¹ a being then semi-circular in cross section. The blank A' A' is then bent
centrally and folded together round the grip B the two side projections a' a³ which
are semi-circular in cross section fitting together and forming a side pin to take into
the eye or handle loop. The blank bent centrally and partly folded together to
form the handle arm is shewn by Fig. 2 and the finished handle arm separate from
the grip is shewn by Fig. 1 by which it will be seen that the arm is thus made of
two thicknesses one thickness A' forming the front and the other thickness A'
forming the back of the arm which are secured together as by closing the edge of
one thickness over the edges of the other or by small tongues such as a a* on one
thickness say on the front of the arm which as shewn in Fig. 1 are folded down on
to and embrace the other thickness A or back of the arm. In order to keep the.
said handle arms thus made in position on the grip B there are or may be two or
more or less small projecting pins such as o¹ formed on one thickness of the
handle arm which as shewn in Fig. 4 engage in corresponding holes 6' formed in
the grip. Instead of the back portion A of the handle grip being continued right
up to the side projecting pin a¹ as in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 this back portion A* may as
shewn in Figs. 6 and 7 and by. the sheet metal blank Fig. 8 extend only far enough
up so as to embrace the grip B and to be clipped by the small tongues a³ a* on the
front A¹ of the arm.
It will be evident that without departing from the nature of this part of my
invention instead of the sheet metal blank forming the handle arm being raised
into a trough section as above described the sheet metal blank may be of other

page_text: section or left flat or be ornamented in any desired manner. The sheet metal
handle arms formed as above described can be used with ordinary tubular handles
in the same way that cast handle arms are used or they can be used with ebony or
other handles or with my improved handle grips which I will now describe by
referring to Figs. 9, 10, 11 and 12.
Fig. 9 represents in part sectional elevation a sheet metal handle grip formed
according to this part of my invention. Fig. 10 shews a portion of the blank from
which the handle grip is made and Figs. 11 and 12 shew ordinary rounding tools
and the handle in position during the process of rounding but it is to be understood
that these rounding tools and the process of raising the blank into a trough shape
as shewn by Fig. 11 and then bending it over into a tubular form as shewn
in Fig. 12 form no part of this invention.
According to this part of my invention instead of making the ends separate from
the tubular handle grip I make the ends and tubular handle grip in a piece from
sheet metal blank this blank having for instance as shewn by Fig. 10 the pattern
and shape of the required grip B and its ends B¹ B. The end portions of the
blank which form the ends B1 B2 of the handle grip are divided longitudinally into
two or more sections as shewn in Fig. 10 of the proper shape that when the sheet
metal blank is bent and closed into a tubular form as hereinafter described these
sections such as 3 will close together and form the knob like the end of the handle.
In the particular handle grip shewn by Fig. 9 the portion of the blank for forming
the knob is divided into six sections but it will be evident that there may be
either more or less than six sections and these are made of various shapes according
to the shape of the finished knob or end B'. In forming the blank Fig. 10 into the
tubular handle grip Fig. 9 the blank is first formed by the dies C¹ C' into a trough
section as shewn in Fig. 11; then by means of rounding tools such as shewn. by
Fig. 12 the upwardly projecting flanged portions of the trough section blank are
closed down so as to meet together and thus form the complete tubular section
grip B which if desired may be strengthened by containing a metal bar. In the
handle grip thus formed there may if desired be recesses such as 6 Fig. 13 for the
handle arm to fit in.
Or instead of making the tubular grip with its knobs from one sheet metal blank
as above described with reference to Figs. 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 I may make the
tubular grip with its ends from two raised blanks corresponding with the halves of
the grip as if the grip were divided longitudinally from end to end and then
securing these two blanks together by folding their edges together or by other
means.
This method of forming the sheet metal handle grip and its ends is illustrated
by Figs. 14, 15, 16 and 17 of which Fig. 16 shews in cross section the two raised
blanks separate from each other; Fig. 15 shews them placed together ready for
the edges of one blank to be closed down as shewn in Fig. 14 over the longi-
tudinal edges of the other blank and thus secure the two blanks together a mandril
being inserted in the tubular grip if necessary whilst the edges are being closed
together. When the mandril is used it will be evident that the small divisions 6*
for forming the knob have to be left standing out as shewn in Fig. 17 to admit the
mandril whilst the edges are being folded together and then this mandril is
afterwards withdrawn and the tongues or divisions 63 closed down by suitable tools
to form the knob or end B' to the shape shewn by Fig. 13.
In a further modification of my invention which is illustrated by Figs. 18, 19,
20, 21 and 22 I stamp the sheet metal blanks for the arms of a shape to correspond
with the arms and the ends or knobs of the tubular grip thus making the knobs of
the grip in a piece with the arms. The tubular grip can then conveniently be
made of a piece of tube as usual. A combined handle arm and end or knob made
from sheet metal in accordance with this part of my invention is shewn in side
elevation by Fig. 18 and in end elevation by Fig. 19 and in longitudinal section by
Fig. 20; the blank for forming the same being shewn in the flat by Fig. 21:
Fig. 22 is a part sectional elevation of a handle made of two of these combined

page_text: handle arms and knobs and an ordinary plain piece of tube for the grip. By an
examination of Fig. 21 it will be seen that the sheet metal blank is made of a
shape to correspond with the two halves A' A' of the arm and with the halves of
the knob or end B¹ these portions which form the knob or end being respectively
marked a³. In forming this blank Fig. 21 into the combined handle arm and
knob shewn by Figs. 18, 19 and 20 the said blank is treated similarly to that shewn
by Figs. 1, 2 and 3 the raising and closing dies or tools being made of a shape to
correspond with the required arm and its end as will be readily understood.
The method of forming the grip in halves as above described with reference to
Figs. 14, 15 and 16 applies also to those handle grips which are usually cast solid
with their side pins. A handle of this kind formed from two sheet metal
blanks E E in accordance with this part of my invention is illustrated by Figs. 23
and 24, and Fig. 25 shews separately the internal metal bar F for strengthening
the same.
This bar F extends from one side pin a to the other side pin a' and
bears against the inside of the bow part of the handle at a so as to take the
strain when the handle is in use and prevent the thin sheet metal of which the
handle is formed giving way.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what I
claim is :-
1. Making a side arm for coffin handles cabinet handles door handles and other
like handles from a raised sheet metal blank formed so as to encircle the handle
grip and engage with the handle loops substantially as herein before described and
illustrated by Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4 and by Figs. 6, 7 and 8 of the accompanying
drawings.
2. In a coffin handle, cabinet handle, door handle or other like handle and in
combination with the grip thereof two side arms each made from a raised sheet
metal blank in the manner substantially as hereinbefore described and shewn and
encircling and fixed to the grip as set forth.
3. Making a tubular metal grip for coffin handles, cabinet handles, door handles
and other like handles in a piece with its knob like ends from a raised sheet metal
blank shaped so as to form the grip and its kuobs or ends substantially as herein-
before described with reference to Figs. 9, 10, 11 and 12 of the accompanying
drawings.
4. In a coffin handle cabinet handle, door handle or other like handle and in
combination with the two handle arms thereof the improved tubular metal grip
raised from a sheet metal blank in a piece with its knob like ends, substantially as
herein before set forth.
5. Making a side arm for a coffin handle cabinet handle door handle or other like
bandle in a piece with one of the ends or knobs of the grip from a raised sheet
metal blank shaped so as to form the arm and the said knob or end of the grip and
so as to encircle the handle grip and engage with the handle loops, all substantially
as hereinbefore described and illustrated by Figs. 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22 of the
accompanying drawings.
6. Making a tubular metal grip for coffin handles cabinet handles door handles
and other like handles in a piece with its knob like ends from two raised sheet
metal blanks connected together and shaped so as to form the grip and its knobs
or ends all substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to Figs. 14, 15
and 16 of the accompanying drawings.
7. The improved coffin handle cabinet handle door handle or other like handle
hereinbefore described and illustrated by Fig. 22 of the accompanying drawings
formed of a tubular grip and two side arms each side arm made in a piece with one
of the ends or knobs from a raised sheet metal blank shaped so as to form the arm
and the said knob or end of the grip and so as to encircle the handle grip and engage
with the handle loops substantially as set forth.
8. The improved coffin handle cabinet handle door haudle or other like handle

page_text: hereinbefere described with reference to Figs. 23, 24 and 25 of the accompanying
drawings consisting of two trough section sheet metal blanks such as E E³ of a
shape to form the handle and its side pins which engage in the handle loops the
said two blanks being connected together in the manner substantially as set forth
and enclosing a bow shaped strengthening bar such as F extending from one side
pin to the other side pin of the handle substantially as set forth and shewn.
Dated this 13th day of October 1893.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.