Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 21st May, 1886.
Complete Left, 18th Feb., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 22nd Mar., 1887.
I CHARLES PRIESTLAND Machinist and Tool Maker of New John Street West
Birmingham in the county of Warwick do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
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This invention consists in the following arrangement and adaptation of parts
constituting a complete knob.
I take a piece of sheet metal (preferably brass) and form or cut out a wheel shaped
blank henceforward called the shell blank.
I next provide a similar wheel shaped blank, made out of a cheaper metal, which
may be iron, lead, or any other suitable metal or material; this blank will be hence-
forward called the shell blank lining, and its arms will in some cases be shorter than
the arms of the shell blank.
I press or stamp the shell blank into the form of a knob, the radial arms are during
the process of stamping or pressing brought into close contact to form a tube shaped
neck cover.
I provide a cast neck or a neck made of other solid material, and formed to enter
the neck cover, provided in the shell blank.
The solid blank is placed in the neck cover and pressed or stamped between suitable
dies, so as to bring the metal constituting the neck cover in close contact with the
neck.
I provide a screw cover consisting of a piece of metal or other suitable material,
formed ferule shaped, to fit and revolve on the neck cover.
I provide a screw hole in the neck cover and also a screw hole in the neck.
I provide a screw hole in the screw cover, tapped to fit the adjusting screw.
I provide a neck collar.
In some cases I press or stamp the shell-blank and the shell blank lining, together,
into the desired knob shape; in other cases I press or stamp the shell blank out of
material of a sufficient thickness to use without a lining.
In putting the complete knob together ready for use I take the shell blank, (either
with a
lining or without a lining) formed into a knob shape, and pressed or stamped

page_text: on to the solid, neck; I then pass the screw cover, over the neck cover so that it will
revolve on the said neck cover. I next take the loose collar and place it on the neck
cover, by preference level with the extreme end of the neck and neck cover.
I then place the knob and its attachments into suitable dies, and press or stamp the
collar into close contact with the neck cover; I then rotate the screw cover on the
nock cover until the screw hole in the neck cover, becomes lineable with the screw hole
in the neck I next rotate a suitable adjusting screw through the tapped hole in the
screw cover thence through the tapped hole in the neck cover and neck passing the
head of the adjusting screw, clear through the screw cover, so that the screw cover can
be rotated so as to cover the head of the screw.
The knob is then complete ready for use with various kinds of locks or to attach to
bedsteads, or to use for any other purpose where knobs are utilized; In attaching the
knob to the spindle of a lock I proceed in the following manner
I provide ordinary countersunk holes, (or its equivalent, a groove) in the receiving
spindle or projection: I place the square, round, or other shaped hole provided in
the neck of knob, on the corresponding shaped projection or spindle; I then move the
screw hole in the screw cover lineable with the screw hole in the neck, and rotate the
adjusting screw in the neck, until the point of the said screw enters the countersink
or groove provided in the spindle or projection to receive it, taking care to have my
screws of such a length, that when the point is firmly pressed against the countersink
or groove, the head of screw will not touch the screw cover: I then rotate the screw
cover over the head of the screw, and thus effectually prevent the point of the screw
from rising off the countersink or groove and also prevent the jagged head of the
adjusting screw coming in contact with the hand of operator.
In order to enable the person using my improved knob to obtain a sure hand-grip
I sometimes pierce the blank forming the shell, with various ornamental openings, at
other times (conversely) I raise the shell blank in an embossed manner for a like
purpose of obtaining a secure grip.
The screw cover and loose collar can be used in conjunction with my Patent Knob
No. 3004 year 1884 in addition to using them with the shell blank, as hereinbefore
described.
ALFRED WILLIAM TURNER,
Patent Agent,
Cobden Hotel Chambers, Cobden Buildings,
Corporation Street, Birmingham,
For the Applicant.

page_text: I CHARLES PRIESTLAND of New John Street West Hockley Birmingham in the
County of Warwick, Machinist, and Tool maker 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:-
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This invention consists in the following arrangement and adaptation of parts
constituting a complete knob.
I take a piece of sheet metal (preferably brass) and from it cut out a wheel shaped
blank, henceforward called the shell blank.
I next provide a similar wheel shaped blank, made out of a cheaper metal, which
may be iron, lead or any other suitable inctal or material: this blank will be hence-
forward called the shell blank lining, and its arms will in some cases be shorter than
the arms of the shell blank.
I press or stamp the shell blank into the form of a knob, the radial arms are, during
the process of stamping or pressing, brought into close contact to form a tube shaped
neck cover.
I provide a cast neck or a neck made of other solid material and formed to enter
the neck-cover provided in the shell blank.
The solid blank is placed in the neck cover and pressed or stamped between suitable
dies, so as to bring the metal constituting the neck cover in close contact with the
neck.
I provide a screw cover consisting of a piece of metal or other suitable material,
formed ferule shaped, to fit and revolve on the neck cover.
I provide a screw hole in the neck cover and also a screw hole in the neck.
I provide a screw hole in the screw cover, tapped to fit the adjusting screw.
I provide a neck collar.
In some cases I press or stamp the shell blank and the shell blank lining, together,
into the desired knob shape; in other cases I press or stamp the shell blank out of
material of a sufficient thickness to use without a lining.
In putting the complete knob together ready for use I take the shell blank (either
with a lining or without a lining) formed into a knob shape and pressed or stamped
on to the solid neck. I then pass the screw cover over the neck, so that it will revolve
on the said neck cover. I next take the loose collar and place it on the neck cover,
by preference level with the extreme end of the neck and neck cover.
I then place the knob and its attachments into suitable dies, and press or stamp the
collar into close contact with the neck cover, I then rotate the screw cover on the neck

page_text: cover, until the screw hole in the neck cover, becomes lineable with the screw hole in
the neck I next rotate a suitable adjusting screw through the tapped hole in the
screw cover thence through the tapped hole in the neck cover and neck passing the
head of the adjusting screw, clear through the screw cover, so that the screw cover can
be rotated so as to cover the head of the screw.
The knob is then complete, ready for use with various kinds of locks or to attach to
bedsteads, or to use for any other purpose where knobs are utilized; in attaching the
knob to the spindle of a lock I proceed in the following manner :-
I provide ordinary countersunk holes (or its equivalent a groove) in the receiving
spindle or projection: I place the square, round, or other shaped hole, provided in
ile neck of knob, on the corresponding shaped projection of spindle; I then move the
screw hole in the screw cover lineable with the screw hole in the neck, and rotate the
adjusting screw in the neck, until the point of the said screw enters the countersink
or groove, provided in the spindle or projection to receive it, taking care to have my
screws of such a length, that when the point is firmly pressed against the countersink
or groove, the head of screw will not touch the screw cover: I then rotate the screw
cover over the head of the screw, and thus effectually prevent the point of the screw
from rising off the countersink groove and also prevent the jagged head of the
adjusting screw coming in contact with the hand of operator.
In order to enable the person using my improved knob to obtain a sure hand-grip
I sometimes pierce the blank forming the shell, with various ornamental openings,
at other times (conversely) I raise the shell blank in an embossed manner for a
like purpose of obtaining a secure grip.
I will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying drawings the
manner in which I form my knob out of the blank.
Figure 1 represents the wheel shaped shell blank.
Figure 2 represents figure 1 pressed or otherwise formed into the shape represented.
Figure 3 represents figure 2 formed into a knob.
Figure represents the neck A of knob.
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Figure 5 represents the screw cover formed ferule shaped..
Figure 6 represents a blank out of which the screw cover is formed.
Figure 7 represents the blank figure 6 pressed or otherwise formed into the screw
cover.
Figure 8 represents the loose collar.
Figure 9 represents a section of the loose collar.
In carrying out my invention I first of all provide the wheel shaped blanks as
represented at figure 1. These blanks are afterwards pressed stamped or otherwise
formed in the shape represented at figure 2. The metal, after reaching this shape is
next stamped pressed or otherwise formed in the shape represented at figure 3.
It will be observed on reference to figure 3 that the solid neck is introduced inside
the neck cover.
I next proceed to place the screw cover or ferule shaped piece as shewn at figure 7
over the neck cover in the manner represented in section at figure 5 thus securing the
neck into the neck cover, for the ferule shaped piece figure 7 would be stamped or
otherwise compressed on to the knob as represented at figure 5, thus consolidating the
neck A, the neck cover B, and the ferule shaped piece together as represented at
figure 5 and thereby forming a complete knob. The knob would be complete for some
purposes when made in the manner represented at figure 3. The knob would also be
complete for some purposes when the ferule shaped piece C was fixed with its bottom
edge D level with the bottom edge of the shell at E. In other cases I prefer that the
ferrule shaped piece should terminate as represented at F. In such cases I take the
ring as represented at figures 8 and 9 and compress it on to the neck cover, thus filling
the space between D and E.
It will be observed that in the foregoing explanation commencing immediately
under figure 9 I have not referred to the part of the provisional specification (repeated
in the commencement of tliis final specification) describing the revolving of the ferule

page_text: shaped piece over the head of the screw, because I do not wish to claim that portion
of the arrangement.
My invention consists in effect in making and producing knobs out of the wheel
shaped blank, and thereby reducing the cost of producing the knobs.
In some cases I provide a second wheel shaped blank made out of a cheaper
metal as referred to in the provisional under the name of the shell blank lining.
In such cases the shell blank lining would be pressed or stamped so that its
external configuration would coincide with the internal configuration G.
When using the shell blank lining I can form the shell blank out of very thin
metal, and although I do not attach very great importance to this part of the
process, nevertheless I claim it as part of the invention.
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 making of knobs in the manner illustrated and described.
2nd. The making of knobs by compressing together the parts represented in
section at figure 5 so as to consolidate them into one immovable piece.
ALFRED WILLIAM TURNER,
Cobden Buildings, Corporation Street, Birmingham,
Agent for the Applicant.