Certain Improvements in Coffin Handles.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Certain Improvements in Coffin Handles.
I, JAMES GORDON, of 13, 14, 15, and 16, Horse Fair, in the City of Birmingham,
Coffin Furniture Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to those coffin handles which have usually been
made of two arms or sides to joint at their upper ends to the handle loops, and a
tubular grip fixed between the lower ends of the handle arms or sides by means
of a cross pin passing through the tubular grip and having its ends screwed into
the lower parts of the said arms. When the said arms are made of cast iron it is
comparatively expensive to tap the holes in the lower ends of the arms in which
the ends of the pin are screwed and moreover it sometimes happens that the screw
thread thus formed is not reliable and the handle is liable to come to pieces.
These defects I overcome by my invention which is carried out as follows:-
Instead of the ends of the pin which passes through the tubular grip being
screwed into the holes in the bosses of the arms as heretofore, I cast these holes
in the arms plain and I form each of the arms with a recess at or near the bottom
of the arm adapted to receive a nut into which the end of the said pin is screwed.
Thus the handle consists of the two side arms, the tubular grip, the pin passing
through the grip and bosses of the arms, and the two nuts screwed on to the ends of
the pin and fitting in recesses in the arms.
In fixing together the parts of the handle above described, one of the nuts is
placed in the said recess in one of the arms and the wire pin is screwed into the
nut; the tubular grip is then threaded upon the pin so as to take on to or against
the boss of the first arm, the second arm with a nut in its recess is then placed in
position against the other end of the pin and turned so that the latter is screwed
into the nut. The recesses in the arms are so shaped that the nuts cannot turn
therein so that it is only necessary to hold the nuts in place with the fingers until
the ends of the pin are screwed a short distance therein and then when the two
arms of the handle are screwed tightly up against the tubular grip the handle
is finished.
Dated this 16th
11007
I, JAMES GORDON, of 13, 14, 15, and 16, Horse Fair, in the City of Birmingham,
Coffin Furniture Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
[Price 8d.1

page_text: 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 those coffin handles which have usually been
made of two arms or sides to joint at their upper ends to the handle loops, and a
tubular grip fixed between the lower ends of the handle arms or sides by means
of a cross pin passing through the tubular grip and having its ends screwed into
the lower parts of the said arm. When the said arms are made of cast iron it
is comparatively expensive to tap the holes in the lower ends of the arms in which
the ends of the pin are screwed and moreover it sometimes happens that the screw
thread thus formed is not reliable and the handle is liable to come to pieces.
This defect I overcome by my invention which is carried out as I will describe
by referring to the accompanying drawing on which Fig. 1 is a front elevation
of a coffin handle constructed according to my invention; Fig. 2 is a back eleva-
tion of the said handle partly in section; Fig. 3 is a back clevation of one of the
said arms of the said handle; Fig. 4 is a sectional side view of the said arm; and
Fig. 5 is a sectional plan of the said arm on line X X of Fig. 3.
The same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts in all
the figures.
A is the pin which passes through the tubular grip C and secures the same to
the two arms or sides B1 B2 of the handle which at their upper ends b¹ are arranged
to turn in the handle loops.
In carrying out this invention, instead of the screwed ends a¹ a² of the pin A
being screwed into tapped holes in the bosses 2 on the arms B₁ B2 as heretofore
to secure the grip C and arms B₁ B2 together, I cast a plain hole in each of
the bosses 62 of the arms B1 B2 and I form in the back of each of the arms B B²
a recess b³ at the face of the boss 62 and at or near the bottom of the arm this
recess 63 being adapted to receive a nut into which the end of the pin A is screwed.
These two nuts are respectively marked E E³ the nut E fitting in the recess 63
of the arm B¹, and the other nut E fitting in a recess 63 of the arm 12. Thus
the handle consists of the two side arms B1 B2, the tubular grip C, the pin A pass-
ing through the grip C, and through the bosses 62 of the arms B1 B2 and the two
nuts EE which are screwed on to the ends of the pin A and fit in the recess 63
of the same.
In fixing together the parts of the handle above described, one of the nuts say
that marked E is placed in the recess 63 of the arm B₁ and the wire pin A is
screwed into the nut E. The tubular grip C is then threaded on to the pin A so
as to take on to and fit against the boss 62 of the first arm B¹. The second arm B²
with the nut E2 fitting in the recess 63 is then placed in position against the other
end a² of the pin A which passes through the hole of the arm B2, which with
the nut E2 are turned so that the pin A is screwed into the nut E³. The recesses 63
in the arms B1 B2 are so shaped that the nuts cannot turn therein so that it is only
necessary to hold the nuts and then when the two arms of the handle are screwed
tightly up against the tubular grip C the handle is finished thus making a cheaper
and stronger handle than when made in the ordinary way with the ends of the
pin A screwed into tapped holes in the bosses 62 of the arms B¹ B³.
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:-
:-
1. In a coffin handle, the combination of a tubular grip, two cast metal side
arms each made with a perforated boss to fit against the ends of the said tubular
grip and with a recess 6³ at the back to receive a nut at the face of said boss, a
pin A screw threaded at each end and passing through said tubular grip and
bosses of the arms, and two nuts fitting in said recesses of the arms and screwed
on to the ends of the pin to hold the said parts of the handle together, substantially
as described.
2. A.cast metal side arm for a coffin handle made with a boss b2 at its lower end

page_text: in which is a plain hole for the pin and a recess 63 at the side of said boss to
receive a nut on the end of the pin which secures the side arms and the tubular
grip together, substantially as described.
Dated this 16th day of December 1897.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.