IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BAILS OR HANDLES FOR ARTICLES OR VESSELS OF HOLLOW WARE
Year: 1867

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to David Jones, of Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF BAILS OR HANDLES FOR ARTICLES OR VESSELS OF HOLLOW
WARE."
Sealed the 17th December 1867, and dated the 20th June 1867.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said David Jones at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
20th June 1867.
I, DAVID JONES, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturer,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE MANUFACTURE OF BAILS OR HANDLES FOR ARTICLES OR VESSELS OF HOLLOW
WARE, to be as follows, that is to say: -
This Invention consists in forming the bails or handles of articles, of hollow.
ware in such manner that a substantial bulk or swell is produced for the grasp.
of the hand. This may be effected in one way by cutting out a pair of blanks
to an outline which when stamped in a suitable die or press will form the
two halves of a curved swell or handle; a piece of rod iron or wire of suitable
length and thickness to form the bail is then placed between or passed through

page_text: the two stamped halves of the handle or swell, the ends of which are of such
size and stamped so as to fit the circumference of the rod or wire, a small
washer passing over each of these ends is held in position by turning up the
edges of the swell or handle; the bail thus far made is then bent into
suitable form or taken to a cranking tool, and the rod or wire is cranked or
bent on either side of the handle portion, which effectually secures the latter in
position. By another method a rod or wire to form the bail may be passed
through a section or portion of a tube, either end of the same being plugged,
the tube constituting the handle part and the ordinary bending up of the ends
of the rod into hooks completing the bails. The process of galvanizing, when
the bails are thus far completed, will give a finish to them, and tend to
strengthen and unite the parts more firmly together. Or by another process
I form the swell or handle in cast iron either in one piece or divided.
longitudinally or transversely, the meeting edges when in two parts being
concealed by casting a bead or fillet on one part to overlap the corresponding
edge of the other part; the bail having been bent or cranked on one side of
the centre the swell or handle may be slipped on and secured by the bending
er cranking of the other side of the bail, and further secured by galvanizing or
by a rivet or rivets if requisite.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said David Jones in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
18th December 1867.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, DAVID
JONES, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturer, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twentieth day of June, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seveh, in the thirty-first year of
Her reign did, for Herself, Her beirs and successors, give and grant me,
the said David Jones, Her special licence that. I, the said David Jones,
my executors, 'administrators, and assigns, or such others. as I, the said
David Jones, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS.

page_text: IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BAILS OR HANDLES FOR ARTICLES OR VESSELS OF HOLLOW
WARE," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said David Jones,
by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal, should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same was to be performed, 'and cause the same to be filed in the Great
Seal Patent Office, within six calendar months next and immediately after.
the date of the said Letters Patent. "
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said David Jones, do hereby declare tlie
nature of my Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following state-
ment, reference being had to the Drawings hereunto annexed, and to the
letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say:-
This Invention consists in forming the bails or handles of articles of hollow
ware in such manner that a substantial bulk or swell is produced for the
grasp of the band. This may be effected in one way by cutting out a pair of
blanks to an outline which when stamped in a suitable die or press will form
the two halves of a curved swell or handle; a piece of rod iron or wire of
suitable length and thickness to form the bail is then placed between or passed
through the two stamped halves of the handle or swell, the ends of which are
of such size and stamped so as to fit the circumference of the rod or wire. A.
small washer passing over each of these ends is held in position by turning up
the edges of the swell or handle or by soldering the parts; the bail thus far
made is then bent into suitable form or taken to a cranking tool, and the rod
or wire is cranked or bent on either side of the handle portion, which effectually
secures the latter in position. By another method a rod or wire to form the
bail may be passed through a section or portion of a tube, either end of the
same being plugged, the tube constituting the handle part, and the ordinary
bending up of the ends of the rod into hooks completing the bails. The
process of galvanizing, when the bails are thus far completed, will give a
finish to them and tend to strengthen and unite the parts more firmly together.
Or by another process I form the swell or handle in cast iron either in one.
piece or divided longitudinally or transversely, the meeting edges when in
two parts being concealed by casting a bead or fillet on one part to overlap.
the corresponding edge of the other part; the bail having been bent or cranked
on one side of the centre the swell or handle may be slipped on and secured
by the bending or cranking of the other side of the bail, and further secured
by galvanizing or by a rivet or rivets if requisite...
I will now proceed to describe my Invention more fully in detail by aid of
the Drawings hereunto annexed.
c.

page_text: Figure 1 shews a blank cut out of sheet metal, which when stamped in a
suitable die or press and the flange taken off will present the outline seen at
Figure 2 in front and end views, and form the one half of a curved swell or
handle to be produced. A piece of rod iron or wire of suitable length and
thickness to form the bail, and as for instance as seen at Figure 3, is then
placed between two of the stamped forms, as shewn at Figure 2, and the ends
of these handle portions are of such size as to fit the circumference of the rod
or wire.
Figure 4 represents the form of washer or connecting ring which is
employed to pass over each of the ends of the handle or swell, and which are
held in position by the turning up of the edges of the ends of the swell or.
handle, or may be soldered thereupon; the bail thus far made is then bent
into suitable form or taken to a cranking tool, and the rod or wire cranked or
bent on either side of the handle, effectually securing the latter in position; or
if preferred the rod or wire is first cranked into suitable form, and the handle,
secured thereupon by a subsequent process.
Figure 5 shews in front and end elevations a bail or handle produced in
manner described, and applicable to buckets or similar articles of hollow ware..
The improved manufacture of the handle portion can however be readily
applied to many other descriptions of vessels of capacity, Figure 6 shewing
the handle of a kettle and Figure 7 that of a coal vase or tub, both of which
are furnished with this improved swell or handle, which I also apply for the
handles of bowls, scoups, saucepans, or like articles of hollow ware merely
requiring rigid handles without bails.
By another method I form the swell or handle by cutting out a blank
Figure 8, and bending it into a circular form in section, as shewn at Figure 9,
thus forming a section of a tube, or I take a section of a solid tube if found
.desirable.
Figure 10 is a blank which is stamped into the form of Figure 11 and
furnished with a hole in the centre for the passage of the wire or rod; one of
these blanks is then attached or spun upon each end of the tube, producing
the form seen at Figure 12, in front and end views, thus constituting a
plugging for the ends, although I propose in some cases, to employ other
descriptions of filling in or covering for such ends as may be found convenient;
a section of rod iron or wire such as already alluded to at Figure 3 is then
passed through the handle or tube, after which it is cranked or suitably bent
on either side, and the ordinary bending up of the ends of the rod into hooks
will complete the formation of the bail and produce the form of Figure 13,
shewing a handle thus made in front and end elevations.
The process

page_text: of galvanizing when the bails are thus far completed will give a finish
to them, and tend to strengthen and unite the parts more firmly together.
By another process I form the swell or handle in cast iron, either in one
piece or divided longitudinally or transversely, the meeting edges when in two
parts being concealed by casting a bead or fillet on one part to overlap the
corresponding edge of the other part, the bail having been bent or cranked on
one side of the centre the swell or handle may be slipped on and secured by
the bending or cranking of the other side of the bail, and further secured by
galvanizing, or by a rivet or rivets if requisite.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and the manner in
which the same is to be carried into effect, I claim the improved methods of
forming the bails or handles for articles or vessels of hollow ware, as herein
more fully set forth and specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said David Jones, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Seventeenth day of December, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.
DAVID JONES. (L.S.)