SECURING THE HANDLES OF TABLE CUTLERY
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 28th June, 1886.
Complete Left, 28th Mar., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 29th Apr., 1887.
RESERV
We WILLIAM BARKER HATFIELD of Livingstone Road, Manager, and CHARLES
WINGFIELD of Abbeydale Road, Cutler, both of Sheffield in the County of York, do
hereby declare the nature of our said invention for SECURING THE HANDLES OF
TABLE CUTLERY to be as follows:-
Our invention of an improved method of securing the handles of knifes and other
articles of Table cutlery, has for its object to allow a much stronger tang to be used
than is usual, and also to provide a simple method of securing the handle to the tang.
In carrying out our invention we make the tang (of a table knife for example) of a
larger size or diameter than usual and preferably round, about half an inch or so next
to the bolster being of a slightly larger diameter than the lower portion which is
provided with a screw thread.
Under the bolster, in the face which abuts against the end of the handle, and
preferably nearest the cutting edge of the blade, we drill a small hole, and in the
handle which is prepared with a suitable hole to receive and engage with the screwed
part of the tang, we cut out a small recess, preferably a little undercut at the end
furthest from the bolster, and so that when the handle is tightly screwed on to the
tang the said recess is opposite to the small hole in the bolster.
A short piece of comparatively soft metal or wire is then placed in the recess, and
by a few strokes of a hammer, or by pressure, it is elongated so as to cause one end to
pass into the hole in the bolster, and the other end under the undercut portion of the
handle, so that the two parts are securely held in position and prevented from
becoming unscrewed.
the auth
Tn 1000
ROBT. F. DRURY,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: We, WILLIAM BARKER HATFIELD of Livingstone Road, Manager, and CHARLES
WINGFIELD of Abbeydale Road Cutler, both of Sheffield in the County of York 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
The object of this invention is to enable a much stronger tang to be used than is
usual, and also to provide a simple method of securing the handle to the tang of the
blade, without the use of cement.
In carrying out our invention we make the tang of a Table Knife (for example) of
a larger diameter than usual, and by preference of two diameters, the larger part next
to the bolster being plain, and the other or smaller part being provided with a screw
thread.
The accompanying sheet of drawings will illustrate our invention, similar letters of
reference indicate similar parts in any of the figures in which they may occur.
Fig. 1, represents a Table Knife in section, showing the screwed Tang screwed into
the handle, before the final operation.
Fig. 2, the same handle, part in section and completed.
Fig. 3, the underside of the bolster.
Fig. 4, the top of the handle.
Under the bolster A, in the face which abuts upon the end of the Handle B, and
preferably nearest the cutting edge of the blade C, we drill a small hole D, and in the
handle, (which is prepared with a suitable hole to receive the tang E, being of two
diameters, the upper part to receive the large end of the tang, and the lower part
to allow the screwed part of the tang to "bite" or hold when screwed down) we
cut a slot F, being an open recess made undercut at the end furthest from the
bolster, and arranged so that when the handle is screwed tightly onto the tang and
fits firmly against the bolster, the said hole and the said slot or recess are in juxta
position.
We now take a short piece of suitable metal or wire, sufficiently soft for the purpose
and curve it as shown in Fig. 1-where it is marked G, and place it with the ends in
the recess as shown, and then either by the stroke of a hammer or other application of
force it is straightened and elongated, one end passing into the hole formed in the
bolster and the other end into the undercut end of the slot or recess, and completely
filling up the recess, and thus preventing the two parts from becoming unscrewed.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our invention, and
in what manner the same is to be carried into execution, we declare that what we
claim, is :-
1-The method of securing the handles of Cutlery and similar articles, to the tangs
thereof, substantially in the manner herein before described and illustrated.
2-In securing the handles of articles of Cutlery upon screwed tangs, the use of a
metal bit, pin, or key, (such as G,) taking into a hole or recess in the handle, and a
corresponding hole or recess in the bolster (such as shown and marked D and F) for
the purpose specified and substantially as described.