IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS EMPLOYED IN ATTACHING KNOBS TO THE SPINDLES OF MORTISE AND OTHER SIMILAR LOCKS OR FASTENINGS.
Year: 1866

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Beadon, of Creechbarrow, near Taunton, in
the County of Somerset, Captain in the Royal Navy, for the Invention
of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS EMPLOYED IN ATTACHING KNOBS TO THE SPINDLES
OF MORTISE AND OTHER SIMILAR LOCKS OR FASTENINGS.
Sealed the 6th October 1866, and dated the 19th April 1866.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Beadon at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 19th April
. 1866.
I, GEORGE BEADON, of Creechbarrow, near Taunton, in the County of
Somerset, Captain in the Royal Navy, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS EMPLOYED IN ATTACHING KNOBS
TO THE SPINDLES OF MORTISE AND OTHER SIMILAR LOCKS OR FASTENINGS," to be as
follows:-
The Invention has for its object improvements in means employed in
attaching knobs to the spindles of mortise and other similar locks or fasten-
ings. For this purpose the moveable knob is formed with a hole in it as
usual, through which the end of the spindle is passed, and the face of the
knob is formed so as to be capable of removal from the knob, and of being
securely replaced if desired. The end of the spindle is secured in the knob

page_text: by means of nuts and screws thereon, or by cotters and washers, after which
the hole in the face of the knob may be closed or otherwise, as desired. By
these means the knob is capable of ready adjustment on the spindle to suit
different thicknesses of doors.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said George Beadon in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 19th
October 1866.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
BEADON, of Creechbarrow, near Taunton, in the County of Somerset, Captain
in the Royal Navy, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Nineteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, in the twenty-ninth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said George Beadon, Her special licence that I, the said George Beadon,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
George Beadon, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times there-
after 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 "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN MEANS EMPLOYED IN ATTACHING KNOBS TO THE SPINDLES OF MORTISE
AND OTHER SIMILAR LOCKS OR FASTENINGS," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said George Beadon, my executors or administrators, by an
instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention,
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.
NOW KNOW YE, that 1, the said George Beadon, 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 thereof, that is to say :-
The Invention has for its object improvements in means employed in
attaching knobs to the spindles of mortice and other similar locks or fasten-
ings. For this purpose the moveable knob is. formed with a hole, in it as

page_text: usual, through which the end of the spindle is passed, and the face of the
knob is formed so as to be capable of removal from the knob and of being
securely réplaced if desired. The end of the spindle is secured in the knob
by means of nuts and screws thereon or by cotters and washers, after which
the hole in the face of the knob may be closed or otherwise, as desired. By
these means the knob is capable of ready adjustment on the spindle to suit
different thicknesses of doors.
And in order that my Invention may be more fully understood and readily
carried into effect 'I will proceed to describe the means I have found to answer.
in performing the same."
I. DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is an edge view of a portion of a door with a mortise lock applied
thereto, the two knobs being shewn in section in order that the arrangements
for connecting them to the spindle may be more clearly shewn.
a, á, is the spindle of the lock, to which the knobs b, b', 'are attached.
According to my Invention the knobs 6, 6', are provided with apertures in
their faces, which are capable of being readily opened or closed when desired
by means of the screw caps 62, as shewn; that end of the spindle a upon
which the knob 6' is fixed is provided with one or more holes, through which
a split key or pin a¹ is passed, the space between which key or pin and the
bushing or neck of the knob being filled with discs or washers a³, as shewn;
by these means a ready adjustment of the knob to different thicknesses' of
doors is obtained. The knob on the opposite end of the spindle may be fixed
to the spindle by rivetting or otherwise in the usual manner; or it may be
fixed thereto, as shewn in the Drawing, where a spring a³ acts between the
bushing or neck of the knob and a washer at on the spindle a, which is kept
in position by a split key or pin a³, as shewn. The caps 6' instead of being
provided with screws to secure them to the knobs may be secured. thereto by
friction or other suitable means, so as to be readily applied to or removed
from the knob, as desired.
"
Figure 2 shews the edge of a door with a rim lock applied thereto, and
shewing two other arrangements, according to my Invention, for securing the
knob to the spindle, with capability of adjustment to different thicknesses of
doors; in this case a, a, is the spindle, and 6 a hollow metal knob, having an
aperture in the face thereof, which is capable of being opened or closed, as
described with respect to Figure 1, by means of a screw cap 6¹, as shewn ;
the spindle is provided with a right-handed thread a¹ and a left-handed thread
a²; the nut as works upon the screw a², and presses against the bushing or

page_text: neck of the knob, as shewn, whilst the nut a works upon the screw a¹ and
acts to jam against the nut a³, and thereby securely hold both nuts in position;
or, instead of forming the spindle with a right and a left-handed screw thread,
as described, a single thread may be cut thereon, and two nuts acting to jam
against each other may be employed, as will be readily understood; c is a
knob of earthenware or other solid material provided with a bushing c³, the
spindle at this end being provided with a left-handed screw thread a' and a
right-handed screw thread a', as shewn; the bushing or neck c¹ of the knob
being formed with a female screw working upon the screw a', whilst the cap c³
covering the opening in the face of the knob is provided with a tube c', in the
interior of which is fixed a nut c', as shown, to work upon the screw thread
a. This arrangement is particularly applicable to transparent knobs, the
.tube c³ acting to hide the screws and nuts on the end of the spindle.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the means I have
found to answer in carrying the same into effect, I would have it understood
that I do not confine myself to the precise details herein shown and described,
as such may be varied without departing from the nature of my Invention;
but what I do claim is, the employment of a knob having an opening in
its, face, which may be readily opened or closed, as described, in combination
with a spindle, on which the knob is adjusted by suitable means in the interior
thereof, whereby a ready means of adjustment to different thicknesses of doors
is obtained, and the knob is securely fixed to the spindle, substantially as
herein shown and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Beadon, have hereunto set my
hand; and seal, this Fifteenth day of October in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.
Witness,.
J. H.IBEALE,
East St., Taunton,.
Photographer.
GEORGE BEADON. (L.S.)