Certain Improvements in the Construction of Wooden Handles for Children's Carriages.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Nov., 1894-Accepted, 15th Dec., 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Certain Improvements in the Construction of Wooden Handles for
Children's Carriages.
I, GEORGE JOHN SMITH, of High Street, Old Hill, Staffordshire, Wood
Turner, do hereby 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 has reference to the wooden handles of children's carriages.
Heretofore it has been customary for these wooden handles to be made in three
pieces, namely, a long middle piece which fits in between the ends of the projecting
iron side brackets or arms of the carriage and two ends or knobs which are fixed
outside the said brackets or arms and there secured on to the middle piece of the
handle by metal dowel screws which pass through holes in the ends of the said
brackets or arms and are screwed into the ends of the middle piece and into the
knobs. This method of construction is faulty as by the metal screws being screwed
into the end grain of the wood they do not hold and the handle soon comes to
pieces.
By my invention I so construct the said wooden handles that the parts of the
same will be effectually secured together.
I will describe my invention by referring to the accompanying drawing on
which,
Fig. 1 is a sectional plan of one of the said wooden handles constructed according
to this invention ;
Fig. 2 shows one of the parts of the same separately;
Fig. 3 is a sectional plan of a modification of my invention, and
Fig. 4 shows separately one of the parts of the handle shown by Fig. 3, and
Figs. 5 and 6 illustrate a further modification of my invention.
The same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts in all the
figures.
A is the middle piece of the handle and B, B, are respectively the two knobs or
end pieces of the same. In carrying out my invention I dispense with the usual
metal dowel screws and instead thereof, according to one arrangement of this
invention as shewn by Figs. 1 and 2, I employ dowel screws D, D made of tough
and hard wood which pass through the ends of the brackets or arms E' E' and are
screwed into the ends of the middle portion A and the ends B, B of the handles.
One of these hard wood screws is shewn separately by Fig. 2 where it will be seen
to consist of a piece of wood which is turned and screw threaded at each end
leaving a plain portion d' in the centre. This plain part d' is made long enough to
pass through the metal bracket or arm E' or E³ and preferably to enter some little
distance into the middle part A of the wooden handle and into the corresponding
knob part B of the same, the holes in the ends of the middle portion A and in the
knobs B, B, being bored out so as to fit the central part d' of the dowel and
prevent the dowel breaking where the screw threads terminate. By using these
wooden dowel screws D as above described I am enabled to make much coarser
and therefore stronger screw threads in the middle portion A and in the knobs B, B,
and as the friction between the wooden dowel screw D and the inside of the parts
of the handle is much greater than when the dowel screw is made of metal, the
arts are not liable to become loose.
I prefer to use a separate wooden dowel screw D as above described and shewu
by Figs. 1 and 2 as am thereby enabled to make this screw of some hard and
ough wood such as box wood, lignum vitæ, or ash, but instead of using the separate
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page_text: dowel screws as above described 1 may make the screw in a piece with the knob B
as shewn, for instance by Figs. 3 and 4, that is to say, in this case the knob B is
turned in a piece with a shank 6' of a size to fit in the hole e' in the brackets or
arms E E and also to fit in the end of the middle part A of the handle, this
shank 6 being screw threaded and arranged to screw into the screw threaded holes
in the ends of the middle part A.
Or I may make the middle part A, of the handle with a small shank a¹ at each
end as shewn by Figs. 5 and 6 which shank is adapted to pass through the holes in
the brackets or arms D'D' and to screw into the central screw threaded hole in
the two knobs B, B.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :
(1.) In a wooden handle for children's carriages the combination of a wooden
middle portion, two wooden knobs or ends and two wooden screw dowels adapted to
pass through the holes in the metal brackets or arms of the carriage and screwed
respectively into the middle portion and into the two knobs or ends for the
purpose and substantially as herein described and illustrated by Fig. 1 of the
accompanying drawing.
(2.) In a wooden handle for children's carriages the combination of a wooden
middle portion and two wooden knobs or ends made integral with screwed shanks b¹
adapted to pass through the holes in the metal brackets or arms of the carriage and
screwed into the middle portion of the handle for the purpose and substantially as
herein before described and illustrated by Fig. 3 of the accompanying drawing.
(3.) In a wooden handle for children's carriages the combination of two wooden
knobs or ends and a wooden middle portion made integral with screwed shanks a
adapted to pass through holes in the metal brackets or arms of the carriage and
screwed into the two knobs respectively for the purpose and substantially as
hereinbefore described and illustrated by Fig. 5 in the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 10th day of November 1894.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.