Handles and for other Purposes.
Year: 1886

page_text: Handles and for other Purposes.
I, EPHRAIM PHILLIPS, of 54, Bissell Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in the improvements in the manufacture of screw-eyes and
plate-eyes for use as forming parts of handles and for other purposes as herein
described.
I will first describe my Invention as applied to the manufacture of a screw-eye
which I make as follows:-I form an eye from wire of half-round cross-section or of
rectangular, triangular or other suitable cross-section, its ends being bent parallel to
each other to form a short divided stalk. I take a screwed shank of suitable size
preferably notched or indented at its unscrewed end, which end I insert between the
two parts of the divided stalk of the eye. By means of dies worked in a press or by
other means I then fix the screwed shank and the eye together by reducing the out-
side size of the stalk and pressing or forcing its inside into the notches or recesses in
the screwed shank. I take a circular sheet metal collar of suitable diameter having a
central hole to fit the reduced stalk and on its underside a recess around the hole.
The said collar is then threaded on to the stalk of the eye with its recessed side
towards the screwed shank and there secured by rivetting over the ends of the stalk
by tools worked in a press or by other means. By recessing the underside of the
collar around the hole as above described the end of the divided stalk which projects
through the collar will not prevent the rim of the collar taking a bearing all round on
a flat surface.
When the eye as above described is required to form part of some kinds of single
handles such for instance as handles formed of wire bent into a triangle I prefer to
attach such handle and the eye together by bending the eye around the handle before
the eye and shank are connected together. The collar may instead of being circular
as above described be square, oblong or of other shape.

page_text: In making a plate-eye for a single handle or for other purposes I proceed as above
described with reference to a screw-eye except that the screwed shank is omitted and
the stalk rivetted directly to the collar which collar forms the plate and is provided
with fixing screw holes as may be required.
Two eyes can be fixed on one plate (for instance for a double handle) similarly as
above described with reference to a plate or collar having one eye.
When using the screw-eye as above described for a cupboard-turn I provide a
square shoulder on the screwed shank on to which the catch of the cupboard-turn is
fixed; or the screwed shank may be omitted and the stalk made long enough to pass
through the door and to take the catch inside.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
128, Colmore Row, Birmingham,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: I, EPHRAIM PHILLIPS, of 54, Bissell Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire, Manu-
facturer, 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 :-
My Invention consists in the improvements in the manufacture of screw-eyes and
plate-eyes for use as forming parts of handles and for other purposes as herein
described.
I will first describe my Invention as applied to the manufacture of a screw-eye
which I make as follows:-I form an eye from wire of half-round cross-section or of
rectangular, triangular or other suitable cross-section, its ends being bent parallel to each
other to form a short divided stalk. I take a screwed shank of suitable size preferably
notched or indented at its unscrewed end, which end I insert between the two parts
of the divided stalk of the eye. By means of dies worked in a press or by other means
I then fixed the screwed shank and the eye together by reducing the outside size of
the stalk and pressing or forcing its inside into the notches or recesses in the screwed
shank. I take a circular sheet metal collar of suitable diameter having a central hole
to fit the reduced stalk and on its underside a recess around the hole. The said collar
is then threaded on to the stalk of the eye with its recessed side towards the screwed
shank and there secured by rivetting over the ends of the stalk by tools worked in a
press or by other means. By recessing the underside of the collar around the hole
as above described the end of the divided stalk which projects through the collar will
not prevent the rim of the collar taking a bearing all round on a flat surface.
On the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 represents in elevation, Fig. 2 in plan and
Fig. 3 in sectional elevation a screw-eye constructed according to my Invention, Fig. 4
shews the eye part and Fig. 5 the collar part of the same separately; Figs. 6, 7
and 8 illustrate how the parts are fixed together as hereinafter more fully described.
In making the said screw-eye 1 form an eye a from wire of half-round cross-
section (or it may be of rectangular, triangular, or other suitable cross-section) its
ends a¹ forming a short divided stalk. Between the open ends of the stalk I place
the notched or indented end of a screwed shank 6 (see Fig. 6) and then by means of
a pair of half-round dies worked in a press or by other means I reduce the outside
size of the stalk a¹ which presses its inside into the notches or recesses in the screwed
shank 6 (see Fig. 7) thus fixing the eye a and the shank b together. A sheet metal
collar c is then threaded on to the stalk a¹ (see Fig. 8) and the ends of the stalk are
rivetted over (see Fig. 3) and the collar thereby secured. The collar c is preferably
recessed underneath at c¹ so as to prevent the rivetted ends a¹ projecting beyond its
underside.
When the eye as above described is required to form part of some kinds of single
handles such for instance as handles formed of wire bent into a triangle I prefer to
attach such handle and the eye together by bending the eye around the handle before

page_text: the eye and shank are connected together. The collar may instead of being circular
as above described be square, oblong or of other shape. Fig. 9 is a front elevation
partly in section and Fig. 10 is a sectional side elevation of a single handle of which
the screw-eye represented by Figs. 1, 2 and 3 forms a part: the handle d and the
eye a are preferably attached together by bending the eye around the handle before
the eye and the shank b are connected together.
In making a plate eye for a single handle or for other purposes I proceed as above
described with reference to a screw-eye except that the screwed shank is omitted and
the stalk rivetted directly to the collar which collar forms the plate and is provided
with fixing screw holes as may be required. This is illustrated by Figs. 11 and 12 of
which Fig. 11 represents a plate eye in sectional side elevation and part sectional
plan and Fig. 12 shews the eye part of the same separately. In the plate eye it will
be seen that the shank is omitted and that the stalk a¹ of the eye a is rivetted directly
to the collar c which collar forms the fixing plate.
Two eyes a can be fixed on one plate (for instance for a double handle as illustrated
by Fig. 13) similarly as above described with reference to a plate or collar having one
eye and illustrated by Figs. 11 and 12.
When using the screw-eye as above described as a cupboard-turn I provide a square
shoulder on the screwed shank on to which the catch of a cupboard-turn is fixed; or
the screwed shank may be omitted and the stalk made long enough to pass through
the door and to take the catch inside. In the cupboard-turn illustrated by Fig. 14 a
square shank e is employed which is fixed to the collar c and the eye part a in a
similar manner to that employed in fixing the screwed shank 6 above described, but
in the cupboard-turn shewn by Fig. 15 the shank e is omitted and a shank formed
by making the stalk a¹ long enough to pass through the door and to take the catch f
inside.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is:
1st. The improvements in the manufacture of screw-eyes for handles and for other
purposes hereinbefore described and illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
and 14 of the accompanying drawings, that is to say, making the said screw-eyes of
three parts, viz.: a wire loop a and a shank b, connected together substantially
as described and represented, and embraced and secured by a collar c substantially as
described and illustrated.
2nd. Plate eyes for handles and for other purposes constructed substantially as
described and illustrated by Figs. 11, 12, and 13 of the accompanying drawings the
eye parts being made of wire as described and represented and the plate having
recessed parts c¹ at the back for the purpose and substantially as described and
illustrated.
3rd. Screw-eyes for cupboard turns constructed substantially as described and
illustrated by Fig. 15 of the accompanying drawings the shank and the eye being
formed of a single piece of wire secured by a collar as described and illustrated.
Dated this 20th day of April 1887.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.