Improvements in Handles for and in Securing. Handles to Knives, Forks, and Table Cutlery.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Mar., 1886.
Complete Left, 2nd Dec., 1886.
Complete Accepted, 5th Jan., 1887.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Handles for and in Securing. Handles to Knives,
Forks, and Table Cutlery.
I PATRICK FAGAN of Stanley Works Backfields Sheffield in the County of York
Horn Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to the manufacture of knife fork and table cutlery handles in
an improved manner, and in more firmly securing the handles of same so that the
complete knife fork or other article of table cutlery will be stronger, and more lasting
and reliable, than has hitherto been attained in table cutlery having metal handles.
The improved handle, according to this invention, is made of tin iron or brass plate,
but instead of being composed of two halves or pieces, as heretofore, and then
having to be soldered or fastened together, it is made of one hollow tubular piece,
needing only one soldering or fastening longitudinally.
In the holster end of the handle, close or near to the bolster of the knife fork or other
table article, a collar made of bone horn or suitable durable material is inserted and
firmly secured by solder or other fixing composition, and in the other end of the handle
a cap is inserted and firmly secured; this cap is made of bone horn or such like
material, turned or made of a suitable shape therefor, or, if required it can be made of
metal.
The tang of the knife fork or other table article is made long enough to be passed
through the handle from end to end it is passed through the collar and handle, and
before the cap is fixed in its place the hollow space left in the handle surrounding the
tang is filled in with solder or fixing cement or composition to keep the tang firmly in
its place, in order to make the handle quite solid and durable; and to further secure it
the extreme tip of the tang is passed through the cap and tapped on or rivetted to it.
P. FAGAN:
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
Sub-Agents.

page_text: Improvements in Handles for and in Securing Handles to Knives,
Forks, and Table Cutlery.
I PATRICK FAGAN of Stanley Works Backfields Sheffield in the County of York
Horn Merchant 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 in writing, that is to say :-
My Invention relates to the manufacture of knife fork and table cutlery handles, made
of metal, in an improved manner; and in more firmly securing the handle so that the
complete knife fork or other article of table cutlery will be found stronger, more durable
or lasting, and at the same time being lighter in weight, than the solid metal handles
hitherto made.
The improved handle according to my invention is made of sheet tin, or of sheet or
plate iron, or of brass sheet or plate, but instead of being made in two halves, or in two
or more pieces, as heretofore, and then requiring to be soldered or fastened together, it
is made all of one hollow tubular piece, and needs only one soldering or fastening
longitudinally.
In the bolster end of the handle, and close or near to the bolster of the knife fork or
other table cutlery article, a collar which is made of bone horn ivory or other suitable
durable material or substance is inserted, and is firmly secured either by solder or by
other suitable fixing or holding composition, and in the other end of the handle a cap is
inserted and firmly secured as hereinafter described; this cap is made of bone horn
ivory or such like substance or material, made of the required shape; or if required for
greater strength the cap is made of metal.
The tang of the knife fork or other table cutlery article is made sufficiently long to
be passed through the handle from end to end of it. The tang is first passed through
the collar and then through the handle, and before inserting and fixing the cap in its
place in the handle, the hollow space left in the handle surrounding the fang is filled in
with solder or with any suitable fixing cement or composition to keep the tang firmly
in its place thus making the handle, as a whole, quite solid and durable, and to further
secure the tang in the landle the extreme tip or end of the tang is passed through the
cap and it is securely tapped on or rivetted to it.
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 :-
.
1. Making the metal handle of a knife fork or other table cutlery article out of one
hollow or tubular piece, substantially as is hereinbefore described, instead of making
it in two halves or pieces as hitherto the practice in metal handles.
And, 2, Fastening or securing metal handles to knives forks and other table cutlery
articles, substantially in the manner herein before set forth, so as to cause the complete
knives forks or other table cutlery articles to be stronger more durable and inore
reliable, and at the same time lighter in weight, than heretofore.