Year: 1897

page_text: We, WILLIAM HENRY PHILLIPS and WILLIAM JOHN CROSS, of 73, Upper Sutton
Street, Aston, near Birmingham, in the County of Warwick; Coffin Furniture
Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
Whereas there are certain handles used in the coffin furniture trade which
are attached to the coffin by means of sockets, called knobs or ball loops, which
have a screw, or wire shanks, which are passed through the wood of the coffin by
means of a perforation or hole, and are then clenched or otherwise fastened on
the inside of the coffin.
The objection to this plan is; that unless carefully fixed, they are not secure,
they rattle and jar, and offensive smells find their way through the perforations
in the sides of the coffin; also these handles with their accompanying plates,
have to be attached to the coffin before it is finished, and by this method they are
not held firm and flat against the sides of the coffin as they should be.
Now the purpose of this invention is to secure the handles and at the same
time fix the handle plates flat against the side of the coffin: to prevent the
through perforation of the coffin; and the consequent emission of noxious
fumes & to enable these handles and plates to be fixed on the coffin when it is
quite finished.
We do this by means of a specially constructed socket; in cast wrought
or stamped metal, which has a suitable pommel, into which a pro-
jection on the arm of the handle fits, and to which it can be, if
desired, firmly secured by rivetting or some similar method; on either side
of the pommel are metal flanges with holes, through which, as well as through
the handle plate, screws are passed, and so the plates and sockets with handle
attached, are firmly secured to the sides of the coffin by screws or nails, without
the need of perforating into the interior of the coffin."
Dated this 2nd dow of June 1807

page_text: Manufacturers, 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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Whereas there are certain handles, used in the coffin furniture trade, which
are attached to the coffin by means of sockets, called knobs or ball loops, which
have a screw or wire shanks, which are passed through the wood of the coffin by
means of a perforation or hole and are then clenched or otherwise fastened on
the inside of the coffin..
The objection to this plan is that unless carefully fixed, they are not secure
they rattle and jar, and offensive smells find their way through the perforations
in the sides of the coffin; also these handles with their accompanying plates,
have to be attached to the coffin before it is finished, and by this method they are
not held firm and flat against the sides of the coffin as they should be.
Now the purpose of this invention is to secure the handles and at the same
time fix the handle plates, flat against the side of the coffin; to prevent the
through perforation of the coffin; and the consequent emission of noxious
fumes & to enable these handles and plates to be fixed on the coffin when it is
quite finished.
We do this by means of a specially constructed socket; with flanges in cast
wrought or stamped metal which has a suitable pommel A into which a pro-
jection B on the arm of the handle fits, and to which it can be if desired, firmly
secured by rivetting or some similar method; on either side of the pommel are
metal flanges C, with holes, through which as well as through the handle plate D,
screws are passed, and so the plates and sockets with handle attached, are firmly
secured to the sides of the coffin by screws or nails, without the need of perforating
into the interior of the coffin.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is: -
1. Improvements in coffin handles consisting of the parts arranged and com-
bined as hereinbefore described and for the purpose specified.
.
Dated this 1st day of March 1898.
WILLIAM HENRY PHILLIPS,
WILLIAM JOHN CROSS,
Per J. J. Raggett,
Agent.