Improvements in and connected with Coffin Handles, Cabinet Handles, and other like Handles.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Mar.. 1893
Complete Specification Left, 9th Dec., 1893-Accepted, 27th Jan., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Coffin Handles, Cabinet
Handles, and other like Handles.
I, SAMUEL TIMINGS, of 23, Great Hampton Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire,
Brassfounder, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to coffin handles, cabinet handles and other like
handles and to the formation of the handle loops to which the handles proper are
jointed and fixed to the coffin side, drawer front, door or other part with which the
handle is used.
In carrying out my invention I make each of the handle loops as follows:-I take
an elongated sheet metal blank by preference rounded at the ends and pierced with
a hole in the centre and two other holes one near each end of the blank. By
suitable tools worked in a press or by other means I bend this blank into somewhat
the shape (when viewed sideways) of the letter U with a flat base thus forming a
handle loop consisting of two pierced ears a short distance apart standing up from
a base which latter is formed by the central portion of the blank the said hole in
which is tapped for the fixing screw as hereinafter described. Two of the handle
loops thus formed are jointed to the side arms or ends of the handle by the handle
being inserted between the ears and there secured by the usual joint pin passing
through the ears and end of the bandle or there may be outwardly projecting pins
cast or otherwise formed with or fixed to the arms or joint ends of the handle to
engage in the said holes in the ears of the handle loops; in this latter case the ears
are left far enough apart to allow of the joint ends of the arm or handle and its
projecting side pins being inserted between the ears and then the ears are closed
towards each other so as to engage with the said side pins and thus be secured to
the handle; or the arms or joint ends of the handle may be each made forked so as
to embrace the said handle loops and be there secured by ordinary joint pins or
inwardly projecting pins or pegs formed on or attached to the handles or handle
arms to engage in the holes in the ears.
When in use the handle loops above described pass through corresponding
holes in the handle plate the bases of the handle loops abutting against the
outside of the coffin side or against the drawer front or other part to which the
handle is to be fixed and each of the handle loops is thus fixed in place by a screw
passing from the inside through the side of the coffin or front of the drawer or door
or other part into the said tapped hole in the base of the handle loop. As there is
considerable space from the base of the handle loop to the handle ends these fixing
screws can be made long and screwed either further into or out of the base of the
handle loop and thus suit the thinner coffin sides or drawer fronts or doors without
the screws having to be cut. There is a shoulder on each of the ears of the handle
loops to take against the front of the handle plate and thus keep the latter in
place.
Those parts of the said ears of the handle loops which project through the front
of the handle plate may be covered by a brass or other cap which is forced on to
the same so that the handle loops when in place will appear to be solid.
Instead of the said handle loops being made from sheet metal as above described
they may be cast to the form above described namely with two ears for the handle
to engage with and a base for the fixing screw.
Dated this 8th day of March 1893.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Coffin Handles, Cabinet
Handles, and other like Handles.
I, SAMUEL TIMINGS, of 23, Great Hampton Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire,
Brassfounder, 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 first part of this invention consists of the hereindescribed improved
formation of handle loops to which coffin handles cabinet handles and other like
drop handles are jointed and which are adapted for fixing to the coffin side, drawer
front, door or other part with which the said handle is used. The second part of
this invention consists of the herein described improved formation of the ends of
the said handles where they are jointed to the handle loops.
1 will describe my invention by referring to the accompanying drawings on
which
Fig. 1 represents a blank for forming a handle loop in accordance with this
invention the complete handle loop being shewn in side and front elevation by
Fig. 2 Fig. 3 shews two of my improved handle loops jointed in the usual manner to
an ordinary coffin handle and secured to a coffin side by two screws and Fig. 3*
shews an alternative form of screw which I sometimes use with the said handle
loops. It is to be understood that both these screws are of the well known form
and I make no claim in respect of them.
Fig. 4 represents my improved handle loop made from the blank shewn by Fig. 1
the ears of the handle loop being open ready for attachment to the end of the
handle by being closed upon the same as shewn by Fig. 5;
Fig. 6 shews how my improved handle loops are used with coffin handles and
other handles of the kind herein referred to in which the ends of the handle are
jointed outside the handle loop.
Figs. 7 and 8 illustrate my improved formation of the jointed ends of the handles
to secure them to the handle loops;
Fig. 10 shews a handle constructed as shewn by Figs. 7 and 8 attached to a
coffin side by two of my improved handle loops which for the sake of appearance
are covered by a sheet brass or other sheet metal cap of the kind shewn separately
by Fig. 10 and Fig. 11 shews one of the said handle loops with its brass cap
separately.
The same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts in all the
figures of the drawings.
In carrying out my invention I make each of the handle loops as follows :—I
take an elongated sheet metal blank of about the form shewn by Fig. 1 (made either
with or without the shoulders marked a²) by preference rounded at the ends and
pierced with a hole a² in the centre and two other holes as a one near each end of
the blank. By suitable tools worked in a press or by other means 1 bend this
blank as shewn in Fig. 2 into somewhat the shape (when viewed sideways) of the
letter with a flat base a³ thus forming a handle loop A consisting of two pierced
ears a a² a short distance apart standing up from the base a which latter is formed
by the central portion of the blank the said hole a² in which is tapped to receive
the fixing screw as hereinafter described. Two of the handle loops A thus formed
are jointed to the side arms or ends 61 62 of the handle B by the handle being
inserted between the ears a6 a7 as shewn in Fig. 3 and there secured by the usual
joint pin c passing through the ears and ends of the handle; or as in other
handles there may be outwardly projecting pins d' d* cast or otherwise formed with
or fixed to the arms 662 or joint ends of the bandle to engage in the said holes a³ a*
in the ears as a of the handle loops as shewn in Fig. 5; in this case the ears a' a' are as

page_text: shewn by Fig. 4 left far enough apart to allow of the joint ends of the arm or
handle B and its projecting side pins d'd being inserted between the ears aⓇ a' and
thus the ears are closed towards each other so as to engage with the said side-
pins d' d² and thus be secured to the handle as shewn in Fig. 5. Or as shewn by
Fig. 6 the arms or joint ends 6' 62 of the handle may be each made forked so as to
embrace the handle loops A and be there secured by ordinary joint pins c.
Or according to the second part of this invention there may be inwardly
projecting pins or pegs d' d formed on the forked ends of the handle or handle
arms and left wide enough apart for the handle loop to be inserted between them.
then when the forked ends have been closed together the pegs or pins d¹ d² will
engage in the holes in the ears of the loop and thus be jointed thereto as shewn in
Figs. 8 and 9.
When in use with the handle plates, the handle loops A above described pass.
through corresponding holes e¹ e2 in the handle plate E as shewn in Fig. 3 and in
Fig. 9 the handle loop A abutting as shewn against the outside of the coffin side F
or against the drawer front or other part to which the handle is fixed and each of
the handle loops A is thus fixed in place by an ordinary screw such as G passing
from the inside through the side F of the coffin or front of the drawer or door or
other part into the said tapped hole a² in the base of the handle loop A. The screw G
may either be a headed screw as shewn in Figs. 3 and 9 or a screw such as shewn in
Fig. 3 provided with a nut. As there is some considerable space from the base a³
of the handle loop to the extremity of the handle ends ² see Fig. 3 these fixing
screws G can be made long and screwed either further into or out of the base a³ of
the handle loop and thus suit the thinner coffin sides or drawer fronts or doors.
without the screws G having to be cut. When the handle loops A are used with
handle plates E there is a shoulder a' (see Fig. 2) on each of the ears as a of the
loops to take against the front of the handle plate E and thus keep the latter in
place.
Those parts of the ears a6 a7 of the handle loops A which project through the
front of the handle plate E as shewn in Fig. 3 may be covered with a brass or
other metal cap such as H Figs. 10 and 11 which is forced on to the same so as to
hide the space between the ears as a' and the handle loops will then when in place
as shewn by Fig. 9 appear to be solid. When the handle loops A are provided
with the said metal caps H the shoulders a¹ of the handle loops may be omitted as
the base of the cap H will then form the shoulder to bear against the handle
plate E as shewn in Fig. 9.
Instead of the said handle loops A being made from sheet metal as above
described they may be cast to the form above described and shewn by Fig. 2
namely with the two ears a a' for the handle to engage with and a base a adapted
to receive the fixing screw the said cars a' a' being made either with or without the
shoulders a'.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. Making drop handle loops of the improved form hereinbefore described and
illustrated by the accompanying drawings namely with a base adapted to receive
the fixing screw and supporting two ears for jointing to the handle ends or arms as
hereinbefore set forth.
2. In drop handle loops of the improved kind denoted under claim one, making
the side ears of the said handle loops with shoulders such as a' to bear against the
front of the handle plate as hereinbefore set forth.
3. The combination with a coffin handle cabinet handle or other like drop handle
of two handle loops of the herein described improved form jointed to the handle
ends or handle arms in any of the several ways substantially as hereinbefore set
forth and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
4. The combination with a drop handle loop of the improved kind denoted under

page_text: claim one,
of a covering cap such as H applied to the handle loop and covering
those parts of the handle loop which project through the handle plate substantially
as hereinbefore set forth and illustrated in Figs. 9, 10 and 11 of the accompanying
drawings.
5. The combination with a coffin handle cabinet handle or other like drop handle
of two handle loops of the improved form herein described jointed to the handle
ends or handle arms in any of the several ways substantially as hereinbefore
set forth and illustrated by the accompanying drawings the said handle loops
having metal covering caps such as H covering those portions of the loops which
project through the handle plate substantially as hereinbefore set forth.
6. Making coffin handles cabinet handles and other like drop handles with
opened forked ends such as shewn by Fig. 7 each formed with two inwardly
projecting pins such as d' d² and securing the said handles to their handle loops by
closing the said forked parts so that the pins d' d' engage in the pin holes of the
handle loops as hereinbefore described with reference to Figs. 7 and 8 of the
accompanying drawings.
Dated this 8th day of December 1893.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.