IMPROVEMENTS IN ADJUSTING DOOR KNOBS ON AND ATTACHING THEM TO SPINDLES to be as follows:
Year: 1885

page_text: We ROWLAND HODGES of N° 12 Frederick Street Birmingham in the County of
Warwick Brassfounder and FRANCIS JONATHAN HARLOW LILLEY of -N° 22 Shake-
spear Road Birmingham aforesaid Brassworker do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN ADJUSTING DOOR KNOBS ON AND
ATTACHING THEM TO SPINDLES to be as follows:-
"
According to this invention we combine the rose with the door knob so that
the rose and knob virtually form one article instead of separate articles as usual
and we also form in one piece with or connect to the rose the part by which the
adjusting of the knob on the screwed spindle is effected. The adjusting and fixing
of the knob are by this invention effected by the use of a single part which is not
detachable from the knob.
rose.
In carrying this invention into effect we use a spindle screwed on its angles as
usual and a knob having a plain square hole in its neck for the spindle to take
into and we provide the middle of the rose used with the said knob and spindle
with a screw box screwed with a screw thread of a size proper to screw upon the
screwed spindle the said screw box forming part of or being connected to the said
When the screw box is made separately from the rose it is placed in a recess
in the middle of the rose and fixed in its place by a flange at the back of the rose
being turned over the marginal part of the outer face of the screw box so as to fix
it to the rose the said screw box and the rose thus forming virtually one article.
In addition to the flange at the back of the rose for fixing the screw box to the
rose it has also a flange at the front. By closing the front flange of the rose over
a collar at the front of the neck of the knob the combined rose and screw box is
connected to the knob but is capable of turning upon the said knob.
In adjusting the knob on and attaching it to the spindle the screw box at the
middle of the connected rose of the knob is presented to the end of the screwed
spindle protruding from the door and the said rose is rotated upon the neck of the
knob in a direction proper to advance the rose upon the spindle. As the rose

page_text: advances upon the screwed spindle it draws or pulls after it the knob which
slides upon the spindle and when the rose has been fully screwed home so as to
bear against the door the said rose is fixed to the door by screws as usual.
The adjustment of the knob on the spindle and its attachment thereto after
adjustment are thus effected by the use of the rotating and connected rose.
Dat th
Jan M.- 100K
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Adjusting Door Knobs on and Attaching
them to Spindles.
We ROWLAND HODGES of N° 12 Frederick Street, Birmingham in the County of
Warwick, Brassfounder and FRANCIS JONATHAN HARLOW LILLEY of N° 22 Shake-
spear Road, Birmingham, aforesaid Brassworker, do hereby declare the nature of
our Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN ADJUSTING DOOR KNOBS ON AND ATTACHING
THEM TO SPINDLES and in what manner the same is to be performed to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
"3
According to this Invention we combine the rose with the door knob so that
the rose and knob virtually form one article instead of separate articles as usual
and we also form in one piece with or connect to the rose the part by which the
adjusting of the knob on the screwed spindle is effected. The adjusting and fixing
of the knob are by this invention effected by the use of a single part which is not
detachable from the knob.
rose.
In carrying this invention into effect we use a spindle screwed on its angles as
usual and a knob having a plain square hole in its neck for the spindle to take
into and we provide the middle of the rose, used with the said knob and spindle,
with a screw box screwed with a screw thread of a size proper to screw upon the
screwed spindle, the said screw box forming part of or being connected to the said
When the screw box is made separately from the rose it is placed in a recess
in the middle of the rose and fixed in its place by a flange at the back of the rose
being turned over the marginal part of the outer face of the screw box so as to fix
it to the rose, the said screw box and the rose thus forining virtually one article.
In addition to the flange at the back of the rose for fixing the screw box to the
rose it has also a flange at the front. By closing the front flange of the rose over
a collar at the front of the neck of the knob the combined rose and screw box is
connected to the knob but is capable of turning upon the said knob.

page_text: In adjusting the knob on and attaching it to the spindle, the screw box at the
middle of the connected rose of the knob is presented to the end of the screwed
spindle protruding from the door and the said rose is rotated upon the neck of the
knob in a direction proper to advance the rose upon the spindle. As the rose
advances upon the screwed spindle it draws or pulls after it the knob which slides
upon the spindle and when the rose has been fully screwed home so as to bear
against the door the said rose is fixed to the door by screws as usual.
The adjustment of the knob on the spindle and its attachment thereto after
adjustment are thus effected by the use of the rotating and connected rose.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawing represents in side elevation, partly in
section, a pair of door knobs the moveable knob of which is adjusted on and fixed
to the spindle according to this invention; Figure 2 represents the spindle having
the fixed knob on one end ready to receive the moveable knob and Figure 3
represents a side elevation of the moveable knob detached, the said knob having
a connected rose combined with a screw box according to this invention; Figure 4
represents in side elevation and Figure 5 in back elevation the moveable knob
without the rose; Figure 6 represents in section and Figure 7 in front elevation
the rose ready to receive the screw box before it is attached to the moveable knob;
Figure 8 represents in section the combined rose and screw box connected to the
collar of the moveable knob and Figure 9 represents a back elevation of the same;
Figure 10 represents in section, Figure 11 in front elevation and Figure 12 in side
elevation, the screw box separately.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several Figures of
the Drawing.
a is the spindle screwed on its angles as usual; b is the fixed knob on one end
of the spindle and c is the moveable knob the neck of which is furnished with a
plain square bole d to take upon the square spindle a; e is the connected rose
and is the screw box fixed to and forming part of the rose e, the said screw.
box being screwed with a screw thread of a size proper to screw upon the
screwed angles of the spindle a. The rose is furnished with a recess or box e² in
which the screw box fis placed and the said rose is also furnished with a flange g
at front and a second flange h at back.
In order to fix the screw box f to the rose e the said screw box is placed in the
recess e² and the back flange h. is turned over the marginal part of the outer face
of the screw box in the manner seen in Figures 1 and 8. The screw box is thereby
fixed to the rose and the screw box and rose virtually form one article. The
combined rose and screw box is connected to the moveable knob c by closing the
front flange g on the rose over the collar at the end of the neck of the knob in
the manner seen in Figures 1 and 8. The combined rose and screw box thus
connected to the knob c is capable of turning upon the said knob after the manner
of ordinary connected roses.
The moveable knob c provided with the connected rose e and screw box f is
adjusted on and attached to the spindle a in the following manner. The spindle a
with the fixed knob on one end being passed through the lock or latch and door
as represented in Figure 2, the screw box f of the connected rose e is presented. to
the end of the screwed spindle a and the said rose is rotated upon the neck of the
knob in a direction proper to advance the screw box f of the said rose upon the
spindle. As the rose e advances upon the screwed spindle a it draws or pulls after
it the knob c which slides upon the spindle and when the rose by means of its
screw box has been fully screwed home against the door k the said rose is fixed to
the said door by the screws 1, 7 as represented in Figure 1. In this way the
adjustment of the moveable knob c on the spindle a and the attachment of the
said knob after adjustment are effected by the use of the rotating and connected
rose ef. In order to detach the combined rose and knob from the door and
spindle the screws 1, 1 are withdrawn from the fixed rose when by a back rotation
of the rose on the spindle the knob may be detached from the spindle.
"

page_text: Instead of using a separate screw box f and connecting it to the rose in the
manner described, the screw box may be made in one piece with the rose by
the casting process and the hollow or concave screw afterwards tapped in the axis
of the rose.
One or both of the door knobs may be adjusted on and fixed to the spindle
according to this invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and the manner in which the same is to be performed we declare that
what we claim is
Adjusting door knobs on and attaching them to screwed spindles by means of
a connected rose with which is combined a fixed screw box for screwing upon the
screwed spindle, the said screw box forming part of or being connected to the said
rose, so that the adjusting and fixing of the knob are effected by the use of a single
part which is not detachable from the knob substantially as hereinbefore described
and illustrated in the accompanying Drawing.