IMPROVEMENTS IN MOUNT- ING KNOBS, AND IN CONSTRUCTING AND MOUNTING ROSES FOR LOCKS, LATCHES, AND OTHER SUCH LIKE FASTENINGS
Year: 1857

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Andrew Brundish, of Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MOUNT-
ING KNOBS, AND IN CONSTRUCTING AND MOUNTING ROSES FOR LOCKS, LATCHES,
AND OTHER SUCH LIKE FASTENINGS."
Sealed the 19th June 1857, and dated the 5th January 1857.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Andrew Brundish at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
5th January 1857.
I, ANDREW BRUNDISHI, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manu-
facturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN MOUNTING KNOBS, AND IN CONSTRUCTING AND MOUNTING ROSES FOR LOCKS,
LATCHES, AND OTHER SUCH LIKE FASTENINGS," to be as follows:-
My said Invention consists of the method, herein-after explained, of mount-
ing knobs, and constructing and mounting roses of china, glass, or other
material of which the same are or may be made, the said knobs and roses
being used in connection with locks, latches, and other such like fastenings.
In constructing a rose, I make the same of an annular figure, the inner edge
being inclined or having a hollow conical figure. The said rose is placed
against the door or other surface so that the widest diameter of the hole in its
middle is outwards. Into the said rose a hollow cup of metal or other material
is dropped, the said cup fitting the hole in the rose. By fixing the said cup

page_text: to the door or surface by screws or otherwise, the said rose is held firmly in its
place. Before the said cup is screwed in its place, a loose collar is passed from
behind through a hole in the middle of the said cup, the said loose collar
having a square hole in its axis, through which the lock or latch spindle passes;
the exterior of the said collar is cylindrical and is made into a screw. A flange
on one end of the said collar prevents it from passing through the hole in the
before-mentioned cup, so that the cup, when fixed to the door or surface, holds
both the rose and collar in their places, but allows them freedom of motion.
The knob is mounted with an internal screw, which engages with the screw
on the collar, and the said knob only requires to be applied to the said collar
and screwed up to effect the connection of the knob with the lock or latch
spindle.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Andrew Brundish in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
25th June 1857.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ANDREW
BRUNDISH, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturer, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Fifth day of January, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, in the twentieth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Andrew Brundish, Her special licence that I, the said Andrew Brundish
ry executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Andrew
Brundish, 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 MOUNTING
KNOBS, AND IN CONSTRUCTING AND MOUNTING ROSES FOR LOCKS, LATCHES, AND OTHER
SUCH LIKE FASTENINGS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
Andrew Brundish, 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

page_text: Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the
said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Andrew Brundish, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof, that is to say:
My said Invention consists of the method, herein-after particularly described
and illustrated in the accompanying Drawing, of mounting knobs, and con-
structing and mounting roses of glass, china, or other material of which the
said knobs and roses are or may be made, the said knobs and roses being used
more especially in connection with locks, latches, and other such like fastenings.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawing represents in horizontal section a
door, with door lock, spindle, and knobs, the door knob and rose on one side of
the said door being constructed and mounted according to my Invention.
Figure 2 represents in elevation and section a rose constructed according to
my Invention; the said rose is marked a in Figure 1. The said rose a consists
of a ring of any suitable material, the inner surface of the ring being inclined,
and having a nearly hollow conical figure, as represented. The said rose a is
placed against the door b, or other surface, in the manner represented in
Figure 1, that is to say, the greatest diameter of the hole in the rose is out-
wards. Into the rose a a hollow cup of metal c, shown separately in elevation
and section in Figure 3, is dropped; the said cup c is fixed to the door 6 by
screws d, d, or otherwise, by which said screws or other fastening the cup c
and rose a are held securely in their places. Before the cup c is screwed in
its place; a loose collar f, shown separately in end view and elevation in Figure 4,
is passed through a hole in the middle of the cup c; the flange or shoulder f³,
on the end of the said loose collar f, bearing against the shoulder c¹ of the
cup c.
The loose collar c has a square hole in its axis (see Figure 4), through
which the lock or latch spindle g passes. The exterior of the loose collar fis
cylindrical, and is made into a screw. When the cup c is attached to the
door, as represented in Figure 1, it holds not only the rose a, but also the loose
collar fin its place, while permitting both the said rose a and loose collar f to
have a rotatory motion. The knob h, shown separately in section in Figuro 5,
is mounted with an internal screw i, which engages with the screw on the
loose collar f, and the knob h only requires to be applied to the said collar and
screwed up to effect the connection of the knob with the lock or latch spindle g.
A screw may be passed through the neck of the knob into the loose collar f,
in order to fix the knob securely in its place. The knob h and the rose a aro
thus securely attached to the door b, without permanent connection with the

page_text: spindle g, the length of which spindle may vary to suit doors of different thick-
The spindle may be withdrawn from the knob and connected there-
with in working order without the knob being removed from the door or in
any way interfered with, save by mere insertion of the spindle.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and the manner of
carrying the same into effect, I wish it to be understood that I do not limit
myself to the precise details herein described and represented, as the same
may be varied without departing from the nature of my said Invention; but
I claim as my Invention the method of mounting knobs, and constructing and
mounting roses, herein-before described, and illustrated in the accompanying
Drawing.
In witness whereof, I, the said Andrew Brundish, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-third day of June, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven.
Witness,
GEORGE SHAW.
ANDREW BRUNDISH. (L.S.)