IMPROVEMENTS IN KNOBS OR HANDLES FOR LOCKS, LATCHES, FASTENINGS FOR DOORS, AND OTHER PURPOSES, AND IN THE MODE OF SECURING KNOBS OR HANDLES UPON SPINDLES
Year: 1881

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Burrow Shorland at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 17th November 1881.
WILLIAM BURROW SHORLAND, of Barton-on-Irwell, and Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster. "IMPROVEMENTS IN KNOBS OR HANDLES FOR LOCKS,
LATCHES, FASTENINGS FOR DOORS, AND OTHER PURPOSES, AND IN THE MODE OF
SECURING KNOBS OR HANDLES UPON SPINDLES."
My improvements relate to knobs or handles used for various purposes, and to
such as are secured upon spindles passing into or through or connected with the
door or part to which they are to be attached, and the object of my Invention is
to make such knobs and handles so that they can be strongly and firmly secured
to the spindle to which they are to be attached, and so that they will stand wear
and tear, and while being ornamental can be constructed at little cost, and my
Invention consists in forming the bush shank or neck part of the knob or handle
which is to fit upon and be secured to the spindle of strong metal, such as iron or
steel, which is screwed or otherwise secured in a knob or handle of wood or other
suitable material of any desired shape.
This bush, shank, or neck is covered wholly or partly by brass, copper, or other
metal or alloy, which will take a polish and will be ornamental, and this
ornamental covering metal is or may be cast on the iron or steel bush, shank, or
neck, or it is made in separate parts and placed thereon.
In some cases the bush, shank, or neck, or the ornamental metal upon it is or
may be coated or plated with copper, silver, or other metal, by the electro or other
well known process.
Sometimes the knob or handle part according to my Invention is formed of
brass, and this is cast or otherwise secured to the iron or steel bush or shank.
In some cases the knob or handle is made of porcelaim, and is secured to the
compound bush, shank, or neck of iron or steel, and ornamental metal, as above
explained, or in any other convenient manner.
"
With some forms of my improved knobs or handles my Invention consists in
" which has
using a wood "rose," which I partly cover with a metal disc or "rose
bent arms to enter the wood of the "
wood "rose," which forms the ornamental cover of the
spindle.
rose or the wood
of the door behind the
hole in the door for the

page_text: My improved knobs are secured upon the spindle by a screw which passes
through a hole in the strong metal bush, shank, or neck, and then screws into a
screw tapped hole at the opposite side of the bush or shank, and in some cases it
screws into the brass or ornamental covering metal cast upon or placed round the
strong bush or shank.
With my improved knobs or handles for some purposes I combine my improved
adjustable spindles as described in the Specification of Letters Patent granted to
myself, numbered 2570-1880, and in some cases I arrange the screw to pass
through a fork in both parts of the compound spindle, and to screw into the bush
or shank instead of screwing into a tapped hole in one part of the spindle as
described in the Specification of my aforesaid Letters Patent.
In some cases I make the interior of the hole in the bush of the knob or handle
on one side for the forked spindle serrated or roughened to take hold of
corresponding serrations on the spindle when the knob or handle is screwed
upon it.
In some cases instead of using compound forked spindles in two parts, I only
use a spindle formed in one piece, which is forked and may be plain or serrated
and secured in the knob or handle by a screw as above explained, or by a screw
with a cone upon it to expand the forked end of the spindle in the hole in the
bush or shank.