Improved Catch for Cupboard and other Doors.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application. 13th Nov., 1889
Complete Specification Left. 13th Aug., 1890-Accepted, 4th Oct., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Catch for Cupboard and other Doors.
CHARLES HICKTON Lace Maker JOSEPH CLEVELY, Lace Maker both of Cossal
County of Nottingham do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention consists in the simple construction of a catch for doors and the same
is carried out in the following manner: To a suitable plate of metal we pivot at right
angles to same an arm or piece of metal having near its outward end and on its
underside a projecting piece which serves as the catch and is to engage with a suitable
catch piece or socket. This said arm or pieco of metal is suitably connected to the
bandle bar so that when it is required to release the catch from the catch piece or
socket, the handle is merely pulled and the metal arm or piece is raised from out the
This arm piece is weighted or
catch piece or socket, and the door is free to open.
made heavier at its outward end so as after being raised from out of the catch pieco
or socket, it will fall back to its original position or angle.
Thus by this invention the door is opened by merely a pull of the handle instead of
the more cumbersome way of turning or pushing the handle in order to open the door.
& November 1889
E. EATON,
Agent for Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Catch for Cupboard and other Doors.
We, CHARLES HIOKTON, Lace Maker, and Joseph Clevely, Lace Maker, both of
Ilkeston Junction, 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 consists in the simple construction of a catch for doors, and the same
is carried out in the following manner reference being made to the annexed drawing
in which Figure 1. is a side elevation of a cupboard with my invention attached
thereto. g is the cupboard door to which is attached the plate h. To this plate the
catch piece d is pivoted at c. This catch pieco dis connected to the handle a by
means of the rod & working in a slot i in the catch piece d. e is a piece of metal
secured to the shelf of the cupboard, and forms a socket for the catch piece d.
It will be seen that when the door is closed the catch piece d will travel up the
incline on the pieco e drop down and thus secure the door. When it is required to
open the door the handle a is simply pulled, which through the action of the rod b
lifts the catch piece d and thus releases the door. It will be understood that this
fastener can be applied to any door if desired. The catch piece d is so weighted as
to cause it to fall down when the door is open or closed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
(1) The improved device, consisting of the combination of a catch piece d with a
socket e, rod b and handle a substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 13th day of August 1890.
T BATON