IMPROVEMENTS IN KNOBS AND SPINDLES FOR DOOR LOCKS AND FASTENINGS
Year: 1870

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alfred Beale Rocke, of 180, Upper Thames
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Street, in the City of London, Merchant, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN KNOBS AND SPINDLES FOR DOOR LOCKS AND
FASTENINGS."
SIMILAR
Sealed the 15th July 1870, and dated the 17th January 1870.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Alfred Beale Rocke at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
17th January 1870..
I, ALFRED BEALE ROCKE, of 180, Upper Thames Street, in the City.
of London, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for, "IMPROVEMENTS IN KNOBS AND SPINDLES FOR DOOR LOCKS AND SIMILAR
FASTENINGS," to be as follows:-
It has heretofore been the practice to fit the square end of the spindle
of door locks into a corresponding opening in the knob or handle, and
then securing them together by passing a screw pin into the neck of
the knob laterally to take into a hole suuk in one face of the spindle.

page_text: This has always proved a troublesome system of fastening one to the
other from the frequency of the screw pin getting loose when touched
by the hand and from the difficulty of adjusting the distances of the holes
in the spindle to suit the varying thickness of doors to which they are
to be applied. Now by my Invention those difficulties are entirely
The knobs and spindle can be fitted to any thickness of
door, and when once fitted there is very little chance of either becoming
loose.
overcome.
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The Invention consists in cutting a screw thread on one end of the
spindle, and in fitting an internal threaded cap or socket nut over the
same. When the spindle is passed through the lock one of its knobs
bears against the escutcheon plate or ring, and the free end projects
beyond the other side of the door. Over this free end I pass the second
knob, which is made with a hole to fit the spindle, and then screw the
threaded cap or socket nut on to the end of the spindle until the second
knob bears against its escutcheon plate or ring with sufficient pressure
to prevent any rattling of the parts, and yet allow an amount of freedom
in turning.
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Sometimes both ends of the spindles are screw threaded; in that
case I secure both of the knobs by means of socket.nuts.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Alfred Beale Rocke in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 16th July 1870.
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TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ALFRED 2
BEALE ROCKE, of 180, Upper Thames Street, in the City of London,
Merchant, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by. Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Seventeenth day of January, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy, in the 3
thirty-third year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Alfred Beale Rocke, Her special
licence that I, the said Alfred Beale Rocke, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Alfred Beale Rocke,
.
ملف

page_text: my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
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
"IMPROVEMENTS IN KNOBS AND SPINDLES FOR DOOR LOCKS AND SIMILAR FASTEN-
INGS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Alfred
Beale Rocke; 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 I, the said Alfred Beale Rocke,, 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, reference being had to the Drawings.
hereunto.annexed; that is to say :—
It has heretofore been the practice to fit the square end of the spindle
of door locks into a corresponding opening in the knob or handle, and
then to secure them together by passing a screw pin. into the neck of
the knob latérally to take into' a hole' sunk in one face of the spindle.
This has always proved a troublesome system of fastening one' to the
other from the frequency of the screw pin getting loose when touched
by the hand and from the difficulty of adjusting the distances of the
holes in the spindle to suit the varying thickness of doors to which
the handles are: to be applied: Now by my.Invention those difficulties›
are entirely overcome. The knob and spindle can be fitted to any
thickness of door, and when once fitted there is very little chance of
either becoming loose.
. The Invention consists; in cutting a screw thread on one end of the
spindle, and in fitting an internal threaded cap or socket nut over the
same. When the spindle is passed through the lock one of its knobs
bears against the escutcheon plate or ring, and the free end projects
beyond the other side of the door. Over this free end I pass the second-
knob, which is made with a hole to fit the spindle, and then screw the
threaded cap or socket nut on to the end of the spindle until the second
knob bears against its escutcheon plate or ring with sufficient pressuré

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freedom in turning.
Sometimes both ends of the spindles are screw threaded. In that
case I secure both of the knobs by means of socket nuts.
The Invention will be well understood by referring to the Figures on
the accompanying Sheet of Drawing.
Figure 1 shews my Invention as described in the first part of this
Specification,
a is the spindle which passes through the lock, the knob 6 of which
is fixed on the spindle by cement or in some other convenient manner,
while the knob c is loose and can be removed therefrom by simply
drawing it off after unscrewing the socket nut d. The end e of the
spindle is threaded for the socket nut d to travel on. The nut is provided
with a head which is nicked on its head, as shewn in Figure 2, to
enable it to be turned by a screwdriver when it is necessary to loosen
it or to tighten it up. This, however, will only be required when the
lock has to be repaired, as from its construction and position it can
never shift under fair treatment. The hole in the knob is square,
octagonal, or of other shape to correspond and fit the square, octagonal,
or other shaped spindle for which it is intended.
In some cases it will be advisable to thread both ends of the spindle,
and in that case a socket would be employed for each knob, as represented
in Figure 3. It will be seen that the head of the socket rests upon
the face of the knob and gives it a very ornamental appearance; it is
entirely out of the way of the hand in turning the knob to open or to
close the door, and therefore does not become turned or acted upon by
the fingers, as all other modes of fastenings do.
In addition there are no springs or pins used in connection with
this Invention, so that it meets the great want which has been
often expressed with regard to knobs and fasteners of room door locks
in general.
And having now described the nature of my said Invention, and
in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim,-
Firstly. The improvements in knobs and spindles for door locks and
other fasteners herein-before described and represented in the annexed
Drawings.
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page_text: Secondly. I claim the employment of a threaded socket nut on the
end of the spindle for retaining the knob in place in the manner
described and shewn in Figures 1 and 2 of the annexed Drawings.
And, thirdly. I claim the modification shewn in Figure 3, as herein-
before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Alfred Beale Rocke, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Fifteenth day of July One thousand
eight hundred and seventy.