Improvements in the Method of Securing the Handles to Table: Outlery and other similar Articles.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 20th May, 1886.
Complete Left, 21st Feb., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 22nd Mar., 1887.
Improvements in the Method of Securing the Handles to Table:
Outlery and other similar Articles.
I, THOMAS CROOKES, of Atlantic Works, Upper St. Philips Road, Sheffield, in the
County of York, cutlery manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my said
invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF SECURING THE HANDLES TO
to be as follows:-
TABLE CUTLERY AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES
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This invention relates to improvements in the method of securing the handles to
table cutlery and the like articles.
The object of this invention is to avoid spoiling the appearance of the handles of
iable cutlery by the insertion of a tang and at the same time to increase the strength
and durability of the said handles.
In carrying my invention into effect I construct a solid handle of wood, ivory, horn,
metal, or their equivalents with a recess and a projection at the bolster end which is
tapped to screw into, the bolster of the blade the said bolster or shoulder being also
tapped with a corresponding screw thread to receive the said projection thus dispensing
with the tang and the boring of the handle.
When the projection on the handle is screwed into the bolster or shoulder of the
blade, I punch the bolster into the small recess in the handle thereby obviating the
risk of the handle becoming unscrewed.
Or a small screw, pin, or rivet, may be driven through the bolster or shoulder of
the blade into that portion of the handle which screws into the bolster.
Dated this 19th day of May 1886.
GARLICK & MCGOWAN,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in the Method of Securing the Handles to Table
"
Cutlery and other similar Articles.
I, THOMAS CROOKES, of Atlantic Works; Upper St. Philips Road, Sheffield, in the
County of York, cutlery manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my said
invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF SECURING THE HANDLES TO TABLE
CUTLERY AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES" and in what manner the same is to be
performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
This invention relates to improvements in the method of securing the handles to
table cutlery and the like articles and consists of a solid handle with a projection at
the bolster end which is tapped to screw into the bolster of the blade, the said bolster
being tapped with a corresponding screw thread to recieve the said projection.
At the end of the projection I cut a groove into which fits a pin or rivet passed
through the bolster which prevents the handle unscrewing or becoming loose.
A cavity is drilled into the bolster of the blade corresponding in size to the
projection on the handle.
The blades being constructed without the tang fitting into the handle, and the
handle being solid renders them less liable to split and to their appearance being
spoiled.
To minimise the risk of the handle breaking off at the bolster the projection in
addition to the screw may be stepped, and the bolster of handle constructed accordingly
as explained in Fig. 2 of the accompanying drawings.
The materials to be used and the general details of construction of this invention
will be the same as those employed in the manufacture of ordinary table cutlery.
The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention.
Fig. 1 is a section of a knife blade and solid handle shewing the bolster A and the
projecting piece B tapped with corresponding screw threads, the projecting piece
screwing into the bolster, which is held in position by a pin or rivet passing through
the bolster and the groove C which is cut at the end of the projecting piece B.
Fig. 2 is a section of a knife blade and solid handle the projecting piece B having
in addition a stepped piece D the bolster A being constructed to receive it.
Fig. 3 is shewing the solid handle as secured to the bolster of a blade or other table
cutlery.
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page_text: 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
Firstly improvements in securing the handles to table cutlery and similar articles
by screwing them into the bolsters.
Secondly By making the handles solid with a projection with screw thread, fitting
into a cavity with corresponding screw thread on the bolsters.
Thirdly in the construction of attaching handles to table cutlery as firstly and
secondly claimed specified and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
GARLICK & MCGOWAN,
Agents for the Applicant.