BARLOT and similar Articles.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Nov., 1887
Specification Accepted, 16th Dec., 1887
[Communicated from abroad by WILLIAM WILTSHIRE CHILTON and Charles
VALENTINE FAILE, both of New York, United States of America, Manufacturers.]
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I WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE of the firm of Haseltine Lake & Co., Patent Agents
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, 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 relates to improvements in drawer pulls, and especially to what are
known as "drop-handle drawer-pulls."
In the accompanying drawing
Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view through the front of a drawer, illustrating the
first step in the application of the drawer pull thereto.
Figure 2 is a similar view of the same, shown finally secured in position.
Figure 3 is a front view of the device, partly in section, on the dotted line Y, Y, of
Figure 2.
Figure 4 is a sectional view on the dotted line Z, Z, of Figure 2.
Figure is a detached view of the wedge which is applied to the drawer pull from
the inner side of the drawer.
A designates the drawer front, having the usual aperture B, for the reception of
the shank or spindle of the drawer pull which consists essentially of the fingers C,
combined head and spindle D, ring or handle E and escutcheon F. The combined
head and spindle D has an annular shoulder G which rests against the escutcheon,
and beyond this the end of this element is rounded and provided with the slit H, and
constitutes the spindle for the device. The outer end of the combined head and
spindle D should be of ornamental configuration and of a suitable size to receive a
handle or ring E. The fingers Care stamped from sheet metal, and are approximately
square in cross-section and provided, adjacent to their outer end, with the laterally
extending projections I. The inner ends of the fingers are connected by a solid
portion of the metal from which they are stamped, and this solid portion, which is
lettered J, is inserted in the slit H, formed in the spindle D, and there secured by a

page_text: transverse rivet m, as illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawing. The edges of
the shank end J of the spring fingers project outward on each side of the inner end of
the combined head and spindle D and form shoulders or ribs, which pass through a
corresponding opening in the escutcheon, as shown in Figure 3 and serve to prevent
the latter from turning on the spindle.
In the application of the invention to a drawer front the escutcheon will be inserted
over the fingers C and moved against the shoulder G, whereupon the said fingers will
be inserted into the aperture B in the drawer front A until the escutcheon presses
firmly against the face of the said drawer front, after which the wedge n will be
inserted into the aperture B from the inner side of the drawer and forced inward
between the fingers C until the latter have been separated from each other and their
projections I pressed into the walls of the aperture, as illustrated in Figure 2, thus
effectually securing the drop handle to the drawer front and presenting a smooth
surface at the inner side of the drawer.
During the construction of the elements of the invention the fingers C will be
stamped out at an inclination toward each other, as shown in Figure 1, in order that
they may without difficulty be inserted into the aperture B, and then spread apart so
as to engage the walls of the aperture.
The lateral spreading apart of the fingers C by the wedge is in the line of their
width, this method affording sufficient strength for the purpose of the invention even
when small fingers are made use of I prefer to leave the wedge in the aperture B after
the fingers have been caused to engage the furniture, since its head presents a finished
surface within the drawer, and the fingers will then be less likely to lose their position
when outward strain is applied to the drop handle.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed as communicated to me
by my foreign correspondents I declare that what I claim is :-
First. The head and spindle, having the slit H in combination with the fingers C,
provided with projections I, and a shank fitting and rigidly secured in said slit, and
the wedge for separating the fingers after they have been applied to the drawer front;
substantially as set forth.
Second. The head and spindle having the shoulder G and slit H, and the fingers C,
secured in said slit and having projections I, whose side edges form ribs, combined
with the escutcheon having an aperture corresponding in outline with that of the inner
end of the spindle and ribs, and a wedge for spreading the fingers C, substantially as
set forth.
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HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicants.