IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF METALLIC HANDLES. FOR TEA POTS AND COFFEE POTS." THE MANUFACTURE OF METALLIC HANDLES. FOR POTS AND CS
Year: 1871

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LETTERS PATENT to William Newell, of Birmingham, in the County
of Warwick, Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE MANUFACTURE OF METALLIC HANDLES. FOR TEA POTS AND COFFEE POTS."
THE MANUFACTURE OF METALLIC HANDLES. FOR TEA POTS AND COFFEE POTS."
Sealed the 16th February. 1872, and dated the 23rd September 1871. ..
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Newell at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
23rd September 1871.
I, WILLIAM NEWELL, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF METALLIC HANDLES FOR TEA POTS AND
COFFEE POTS," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists of the improvements herein-after described in .
manufacturing tubular or hollow metallic handles for tea pots and coffee
pots, by which improvements the manufacture of the said handles is
much simplified and economized. -
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page_text: In carrying my Invention into effect I proceed as follows:-I cut
from tin plate at a press blanks of the required form; by means of a
pair of dies worked in a stamp I raise from the said blanks half handles,
that is, I form trough-shaped pieces, having the figure of the longitudinal
halves of the handles to be manufactured, the said longitudinal half
handles being semi-tubular in cross section. The edges of the half
handles are next clipped for the purpose of removing the superfluous tin
plate. The half handles are next operated upon by drawing through
tools, by which the extreme edge of the metal is turned inwards. This
turning in of the edge of the half handles is effected on one of the half
handles to a greater extent than on the other, so that when the two half
handles are presented to each other the edge of the one will just enter
within so as to be embraced by the edge of the other. The two half
handles thus engaged together are permanently secured to one another
and the handle completed by running solder along the junction of the
half handles.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said William Newell in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 15th March 1872.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
NEWELL, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturer,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-third day of September, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, in the
thirty-fifth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said William Newell, Her special licence
that I, the said William Newell, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said William Newell, 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
THE MANUFACTURE OF METALLIC HANDLES FOR TEA POTS AND COFFEE POTS," upon
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page_text: the condition (amongst others) that I, the said William Newell, 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 Office within six calendar months next and imme-
diately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Newell, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement, that is to say :-
My Invention consists of the improvements herein-after described in
manufacturing tubular or hollow metallic handles for tea pots and coffee
pots, by which improvements the manufacture of the said handles is
much simplified and economized.
In carrying my Invention into effect I proceed as follows:-I cut
from tin plate at a press blanks of the required form; by means of a pair
of dies or a die and force worked in a stamp, I raise from the said blanks
half handles, that is, I form trough-shaped pieces, having the figure of
the longitudinal halves of the handles to be manufactured, the said
longitudinal half handles being semi-tubular in cross section. The edges
of the half handles are next clipped, for the purpose of removing the
superfluous tin plate. The half handles are next operated upon by
drawing through tools, by which the extreme edge of the metal is turned
inwards. This turning in of the edge of the half handles is effected on
one of the half handles to a greater extent than on the other, so that
when the two half handles are presented to each other the edge of the
one will just enter within so as to be embraced by the edge of the other.
The two half handles thus engaged together are permanently secured to
one another and the handle completed by running solder along the
junction of the half handles.
Having explained the nature of my Invention, I will proceed to
describe, with reference to the accompanying Drawing, the manner in
which the same is to be performed.
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For convenience of description I will first describe the manufacture of
one of the half handles, and then point out in what respect the other
half handle differs from the first.

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Figure 1 represents in plan and edge view a blank cut from tin plate,
from which blank one of the half handles is to be made. The said
blank, Figure 1, is cut from the tin plate by means of a press and press
tools. I take the blank, Figure 1, and by means of a pair of raising or
shaping dies worked in a stamp I raise it into a half handle, having the
figure represented in plan and section in Figure 2 of the Drawing: By
an examination of the said Figure 2 it will be seen that the shaped blank
has the figure of the longitudinal half of a handle, and is semi-tubular
in cross section.
I next operate upon the partially shaped half handle, Figure 2, by
means of a pair of dies, so as to form at the inner and outer edges of the
said half handle a shoulder or beading a, as represented in Figure 3, the
said half handle being at the same time and by the same dies ornamented
in any desired manner. In order to remove the superfluous metal b
from the partially shaped half handle, Figure 3, the said half handle is
clipped, the clipping operation being effected by a pair of tools.
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The half handle, after the superfluous metal has been removed is
represented in Figure 4. The extreme edge of the half handle after the
clipping process remains in the plane in which the superfluous metal b
was situated, and in order to remove this sharp edge the partially made
half handle is passed through what are known as drawing through tools,
whereby the extreme edge is turned inwards and brought into a plane at
right angles to the plane of the original blank. The drawing through
process is so conducted on the clipped half handle, Figure 4, that it does
not act upon or obliterate the shoulder or beading a. One of the half
handles is thus complete; the other half handle is made in a similar
manner, excepting that it is not provided with the shoulder or beading a,
Figures 3 and 4.
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Figure 5 represents in back elevation and cross section drawn.to.a
larger scale, Figure. 6 in side elevation, and Figure 7 in front elevation,
a tubular or hollow metallic handle made according to my Invention
from two half handles of the kinds described, that is to say, the said
handle consists of two longitudinal half handles c, d, joined together
edge within edge, the beading of the half handle c being marked a, and
the turned-in edge of the other half handle d being marked e. By an
examination of Figure 5 it will be seen that when the two half handles
c, d, are presented to each other edge to edge, the edge e of the half
handle d enters within and is embraced by the-edge or beading a. of the

page_text: other half handle c, the said edge or beading a being raised out of the
plane of the edge e of the half handle d to permit of the engagement of
the said edge e under it, as best seen in the enlarged cross section of
Figure 5. The two half handles c, d, engaged together in the manner
represented are permanently secured together and the handle completed
by running solder along the junction of the half handles. The cutting
out, shaping, clipping, and drawing through dies and tools which I
employ in carrying my Invention into effect are similar to those.
ordinarily employed for like purposes, and are worked in a similar
manner.
Having now described the nature of my Invention, and the manner in
which the same is to be performed, I wish it to be understood that I do
not limit myself to the precise details herein described and illustrated,
as the same may be varied without departing from the nature of my
Invention; but I claim as my Invention, the improvements in the
manufacture of metallic handles for tea pots and coffee pots herein-
before described and illustrated in the accompanying Drawing, that is to
say, making tubular or hollow handles for tea pots and coffee pots by
engaging and soldering together edge within edge two longitudinal half
handles, the said half handles being made from tin plate by the process
or combination of processes described and illustrated.
In witness whereof I, the said William Newell, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Thirteenth day of March, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.
Witness,
GEORGE SHAW.
WILLIAM NEWELL. (L.S.)