AN IMPROVED KNOCKER TO BE ATTACHED TO DOORS, SHUTTERS, OR OTHER PARTS OF PREMISES TO WHICH THE SAME MAY BE APPLICABLE, AND APPLICABLE. ALSO FOR THE RECEPTION OF LETTERS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS
Year: 1862

page_text: of Nottingham, Machine Builder, Jonathan Belshaw, of Radford, in the
County of Nottingham, Lace Maker, and Marcus Soar, of the said Town
and County of the Town of Nottingham, Lace Maker, for the Invention
of "AN IMPROVED KNOCKER TO BE ATTACHED TO DOORS, SHUTTERS, OR OTHER
PARTS OF PREMISES TO WHICH THE SAME MAY BE APPLICABLE, AND APPLICABLE.
ALSO FOR THE RECEPTION OF LETTERS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS."
Sealed the 8th July 1862, and dated the 13th January 1862.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Soar, Jonathan
Belshaw, and Marcus Soar at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with their Petition, on the 13th January 1862.
We, THOMAS SOAR, of the Town and County of the Town of Nottingham,
Machine Builder, JONATHAN BELSHAW, of Radford, in the County of Not-
tingham, Lace Maker, and MARCUS SOAR, of the said Town and County of
the Town of Nottingham, Lace Maker, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "AN IMPROVED KNOCKER TO BE ATTACHED TO DOORS, SHUTTERS,
OR OTHER PARTS OF PREMISES TO WHICH THE SAME MAY BE APPLICABLE, AND APPLI-
CABLE ALSO FOR THE RECEPTION OF LETTERS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS," to be as
follows:-
Our Invention consists of a plain or ornamental plate of cast iron, or other
metal or material, the upper end of which is made in the form of a label or
scroll, upon which a name or number may be engraved or otherwise delineated.
Below the label or scroll is a stud or studs, which form part of the hinge of

page_text: the knocker, and which is secured to it by a pin or rivet. The back of the
knocker forms a plug and cover, which closes a slit in the plate lying below
the stud. Below this slit is a projection near the bottom or lower end of the
plate, upon which the knocker falls, and, where required, a hole may be
drilled through the projection, and a wire passed through it, having one end
tapped and screwed into the lower end of the knocker, in which case when
the knocker is raised for the purpose of inserting a letter or other document
it will, besides knocking the door, also ring a bell, the other end of the wire
being connected to another wire or lever for that purpose, or by other suitable
contrivance. A receptacle for the letters or other documents may be composed
of wood or other suitable material.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Thomas Soar, Jonathan Belshaw, and Marcus Soar in the
Great Seal Patent Office on the 12th July 1862.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, THOMAS
SOAR, of the Town and County of the Town of Nottingham, Machine Builder,
JONATHAN BELSHAW, of Radford, in the County of Nottingham, Lace Maker,
and MARCUS SOAR, of the said Town and County of the Town of Nottingham,
Lace Maker, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Thirteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, in the twenty-fifth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto us, the
said Thomas Soar, Jonathan Belshaw, and Marcus Soar, Her special licence
that we, the said Thomas Soar, Jonathan Belshaw, and Marcus Soar, our
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as we, the said Thomas
Soar, Jonathan Belshaw, and Marcus Soar, our 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
"AN IMPROVED KNOCKER TO BE ATTACHED TO DOORS, SHUTTERS, OR OTHER PARTS OF
PREMISES TO WHICH THE SAME MAY BE APPLICABLE, AND APPLICABLE ALSO FOR THE
RECEPTION OF LETTERS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS," upon the condition (amongst
others) that we, the said Thomas Soar, Jonathan Belshaw, and Marcus Soar,
our executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under our or

page_text: their hands and seals, or under the hand and seal of one of us or them, 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 we, the said Thomas Soar, Jonathan Belshaw, and
Marcus Soar, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement thereof, reference being had to the
accompanying Drawings, and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that
is to say:
Our Invention consists of an arrangement and combination of apparatus,
in which is employed a plain or ornamental plate of cast iron, or other metal
or material, the upper end of which is made in the form of a label or scroll,
upon which a name or number may be engraved or otherwise delineated.
Below the label or scroll is a stud or studs, which forms or form part of the
hinge of the knocker, and which is secured to it by a pin or rivet. The back
of the knocker forms a plug and cover, which closes a slit in the plate lying
below the stud. Below this slit is a projection near the bottom or lower end
of the plate, upon which the knocker falls, and, where required, a hole may
be drilled through the projection, and a wire passed through it, having one
end tapped and screwed into the lower end of the knocker, in which case,
when the knocker is raised for the purpose of inserting a letter or other
document, it will, besides knocking the door, also ring a bell, the other end
of the wire being connected to another wire or lever for that purpose, or the
knocker may be caused to ring the bell by some other ordinary contrivance.
A receptacle for the letters or other documents may be added, the same being
composed of wood or suitable material.
Having thus set forth the nature of the said Invention, we now proceed
more particularly to describe the manner of performing the same with
reference to the accompanying Drawings.
In Sheet 1, Figure 1 is a front view of our improved knocker, shewing tho
plate, which is perforated for the reception of letters and other documents,
and Fig. 2 is a section (also shewing in section a portion of the door or other
framing to which the plate is screwed).
A represents the plain or ornamental plate, the upper end B of which is
made in the form of a label or scroll, upon which a name or number may be
engraved or otherwise delineated. Below the label or scroll are studs or a
stud C, which forms part of the hinge of the knocker, which is secured to it

page_text: by a pin or rivet D. The back of the knocker forms a plug and cover E,
which closes a slit F in the plate, lying below the stud; below the slit is a
projection G, upon which the knocker falls. H represents a portion of a door
frame, to which the knocker is attached by two screws I, or, for greater
security, the holes in the plate through which the screws pass may be tapped
to receive the ends of screws projecting through the frame from the back.
The knocker plate in this example has the word "Letters" upon it on each
side of the plug and cover E, though, of course, other words, characters, or
marks may be placed thereon. Through the projection G a hole may be
drilled or a slit formed, and a wire passed through it, having one end tapped
and screwed into the lower end of the knocker, in which case, when the
knocker is raised for the purpose of inserting a letter or other document it
will, besides knocking the door, also ring a bell; the other end of the wire is
connected to another wire or lever for that purpose, or the knocker may be
made to ring a bell by some other ordinary contrivance.
Having now described the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same may be performed, we declare that we claim the arrangement and
combination of apparatus herein-before described, constituting an improved
knocker to be attached to doors, shutters, and other parts of premises to which
the same may be applicable, and applicable also to the reception of letters
and other documents.
In witness whereof, we, the said Jonathan Belshaw and Marcus Soar,
for ourselves and on behalf of the said Thomas Soar, have hereunto set
our hands and seals, this Ninth day of July, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.
Witness,
GEO. JON. ROBINSON,
Patent Office,
Nottingham.
JONATHAN BELSHAW. (L.S.)
MARCUS SOAR.
(L.S.)