Improvements in the Manufacture of Table Knives, Forks, Handles, and the Fastening thereof.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Apr., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Jan., 1895-Accepted, 13th Apr., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Table Knives, Forks, Handles,
and the Fastening thereof.
I WILLIAM GOLIATH HUDSON of 74 Eldon Street Sheffield in the County of
York Cutler do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My improvement is such that the fastening of the handle to the tang of the
knife or fork is so arranged without the aid of rivets pins screws or the like to
obtain which I take an ordinary table knife or fork which is either cast rolled flied
or pressed from the steel or any suitable metal, the tang being grooved in the form
of a neck to hold the bolster whilst the remaining part of the tang is either pressed
or flied out in an oblong angular or any suitable shape to nearly the total length
of the tang leaving square angular or suitable shoulders on each end of the tang
preferably square. A taper or dovetail hole or slot is made on the outer side of
the tang end. The handle is so arranged by cutting grooving or any suitable
means so as to receive or fit exactly the tang and the part that is pressed or flied
out between the shoulders. A small hole is drilled or made in any suitable manner
in the head of the handle so as to receive the moulten metal which is poured in and
is held fast by the taper or dovetail hole or slot in the tang on the outside thereof,
the bolster end of the handle which has also a similar hole drilled or made in any
suitable manner to receive the moulten metal which forms the bolster and fastening,
thereby completely locking the handle to the tang and making it secure without
the aid of rivets, pins, screws, or the like, and considerably reduces the labour and
cost thereof.
Dated this 25th day of April 1894.
WILLIAM GOLIATH HUDSON.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Table Knives, Forks, Handles,
and the Fastening thereof.
I WILLIAM GOLIATH HUDSON of 74 Eldon Street Sheffield in the County of
York Cutler 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 the manufacture of table knives and forks and has for
its object to effect the securing of the handles to the tangs of these knives and
forks without the use of rivets, pins, screws or like devices.
The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying
drawings in which I have, by way of example shown it applied to a knife, the
description however as regards the tang shown and the manner of fitting it in the
handle may
if desired be alternatively read as though the tang formed part of a fork
instead of a knife as illustrated. In these drawings ;-
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a knife-blade and tang ready for fixing in the
handle

page_text: Fig. 2 is a view similar to, but partly broken away and drawn to a larger scale
than Fig. 1, of the knife blade showing the construction adopted when a cap is to
be fitted over its head or back end and that of the handle.
Fig. 3 is a side elevation partly broken away of the complete knife with the end
capped and
Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are respectively a longitudinal central section an end elevation
and a plan of the handle ready for receiving the blade.
Figs. 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 are all drawn to the same scale which is larger than that
to which Fig. 1 is drawn.
Like letters indicate like parts throughout the drawings.
In carrying my invention into practice I stamp or otherwise form the knife
blade A in one with the tang B the various recesses A' B' and B' being produced
preferably at the same operation; the recess B' which like the recess B₁ is formed
in the tang B is conveniently of dovetail form as shown.
In constructing the handle C for receiving the tang B shaped as above described
I take a solid block of the material of which said handle is to be constructed
and drill or otherwise form recesses C₁ C' in the bolster end and back end or
head thereof respectively these recesses extending a slight distance into the
handle as shown in Figs. 3, 4 and 6. Then with a saw or other device I cut
a longitudinal groove C' at the upper part of the handle C and vertical
grooves C joining C³ at the ends and bisecting the before mentioned recesses C¹ C
as shown, the two cheeks C of the handle then being connected together only by
the solid or undivided part Co.
The tang B and handle C are then secured together in the following manner
vis. The tang is inserted in the groove C² so that the part C of the handle is
received in and fills the tang recess B', the dovetail recess B' then coinciding with
the handle recess C. Molten metal is then poured around the bolster end of the
handle C to form the bolster D Fig. 3 and this fills up the blade or tang-recesses A
and handle recess C¹ thus securely locking this end of the tang B to the handle C
or vice versa. The head of the tang B may then be similarly locked to the
corresponding end of the handle C by pouring molten metal into the then
combined tang and handle recesses B C the dovetail shape of the recess B
preventing any subsequent displacement of the plug E Fig. 3 thus constituted.
The head of the tang B and handle C and the above named plug E may then
all be filed, ground or otherwise made flush and the bolster D finished by any of
the well known means, the knife being then complete.
When it is desired to provide a metal cap E¹ Fig. 3 for the head of the handle
I prefer to form it in one with the plug E, and to secure against this cap being
displaced form on the head of the tang B two dovetail projections B adapted to
extend beyond the head of the handle C so that when the molten metal is poured
to fill the recesses B C and form the cap E¹ it will surround these projections and
thus when set be securely locked to them.
From the foregoing it will readily be understood without further description
how the invention may be applied to forks as well as knives.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven.
tiou, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what 1
claim is ;-
1. A knife or fork whose tang for fixing in a handle is provided with recesses
such as A B B substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
2. A handle for fixing to the tang of a table knife or fork having combined
longitudinal and transverse grooves such as C C substantially as described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
3. A handle for fixing to the tang of a table kuife or fork having recesses such
as CC at its ends substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.

page_text: 4. The combination with a knife or fork whose tang is provided with recesses
such as A'B' B' and a handle having recesses and grooves such as C'C' and C* C*
respectively of a cast metal bolster such as D engaging with the recesses A' C
and a cast metal plug such as E engaging with the recesses B* C* substantially
as described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
5. The combination with a knife or fork whose tang is provided with a recess B*
and a handle having a recess such as C of projections such as B' formed in one
with the tang and a combined cast metal plug and cap such as E El engaging
with the recess and projections substantially as described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.
6. The combination with a knife or fork whose tang is provided with recesses
and projections such as A' B' B and B respectively a handle having recesses and
grooves such as C' C and C³ C' respectively and a cast metal bolster engaging
with the recesses A³ C' of a combined cast metal plug and cap such as E E
engaging with the recesses B' C and projections B substantially as described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 29th day of March 1895.
WILLIAM GOLIATH HUDSON.
Boult & Wade,
Agents for the Applicant.