An Improvement in Coffin Handles.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 28th July, 1893-Accepted, 16th Sept., 1893
An Improvement in Coffin Handles.
I, JAMES GORDON, of Horse Fair, in the City of Birmingham, Coffin Furniture
Manufacturer, 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 coffin handles of that kind in which the handle
grip is made with two projecting hinge pins which when the handle is fixed to the
coffin side engage in side holes in a pair of hollow handle loops such handle loops
being usually of spherical shape. With coffin handle loops of this kind the said
hinge pins and the handle grip have been made straight and when the handle is
fixed to the coffin side the hinge pins are liable to be pulled out of the handle loops
which defect I overcome as I will now describe by referring to the accompanying
drawing on which:-
Fig. 1 is a coffin handle with its hinge pins made in accordance with this
invention and attached to two handle loops of the kind herein referred to;
Fig. 2 shews one end of the handle grip separately;
Fig. 3 shews another form of handle grip and loops with my invention applied and
Fig. 4 shews another form of handle grip and loops with my invention applied.
The same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts in all the
figures.
A is the handle grip and B1 B2 are the two handle loops which are of the well
known hollow spherical kind with a hole bat one side for the hinge pins of the
handle to enter. According to this invention I make the hinge pins C of a bent
form as shewn and of such a length as to allow of the hinge pin being inserted in
the hole of the handle loops and the latter passed up close to the end of the
handle as shewn. By making the hinge pins of the bent shape above described
and represented on my drawing the bent ends of the hinge pins will engage
with the interior of the hollow handle loops and prevent the hinge pins being
pulled out of the handle loops when the handle is fixed to the coffin side.
The said hinge pins are by preference cast in a piece with the handle grip as is
usual. My invention is applicable to all kinds of handle grips which are used with
the hollow loops of the kind herein referred to whether such handle grips have
their hinge pins C projecting outwardly as shewn in Figs. 1, 2 and 4 or inwardly
as shewn in Fig. 3.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed declare that what I
claim is
1. In combination with a pair of hollow coffin handle loops of the kind herein
referred to the employment of a handle grip having the ends of its hinge pins turned
or bent so as to engage with the interior of the handle loops and thus prevent the
handle grip becoming disengaged therefrom when the handle is fixed to the coffin,
substantially as hereinbefore set forth and illustrated by the accompanying
drawing.
2. A coffin handle grip having the ends of its hinge pins turned or bent so as to
engage with the interior of hollow handle loops of the kind herein referred to and
prevent the handle grip becoming disengaged from the said handle loops when the

page_text: handle is fixed to the coffin, substantially as hereinbefore set forth and illustrated
by the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 27th day of July 1893.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY.
Agent for the Applicant.