Improvements in Handrails for Staircases and the like purposes.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Aug., 1893
Complete Specification Left. 1st May, 1894-Accépted, 16th June, 1894-
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Handrails for Staircases and the like purposes.
I, DANIEL TAYLOR of 34 Burnt Oak Terrace, New Brompton, Chatham in the
County of Kent, Painter, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
My invention has for its object a handrail the length of which may be varied to
suit the length of the staircase to which it is desired to apply it.
Thus cottagers, who usually have to provide handrails at their own expense,.
can utilize one of this description should they remove from one dwelling to.
another.
My improved handrail I form of a rod of circular section of wood, metal or
other material about 10 feet in length and 2 inches in diameter and divided into
two equal lengths. These two parts I connect together by a metal tube in the
opposite ends of which one end of each of the two parts of the rod slide tele--
scopically so that the length of the rail thus formed may be varied to suit the
length of the staircase to which it is desired to apply it.
The holder I propose using to secure my improved rail in position is formed of
a large screw staple with flat tubular socket in which the rail is fixed by a screw
passing through said socket into the rail or in any other suitable manner.
1000
CASTLE SMITH,
"Invention" Office, 54, Fleet Street, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Handrails for Staircases and the like purposes.
I, DANIEL TAYLOR, of 34 Burnt Oak Terrace, New Brompton, Chatham, in
the County of Kent, Painter, 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 :-
My invention has for its object a handrail the length of which may be varied to-
suit the length of the staircase to which it is desired to apply it.
It is frequently customary for tenants of small dwellings or cottagers to provide
hand-rails for the staircase thereof at their own expense. To avoid this outlay
they can utilize one of this description taking it away with them whenever they
may remove from one dwelling to another.
My improved hand-rail I form of a rod of circular or other section of wood,
metal or other material, about 10 feet in length and two inches in diameter and
divided into two equal lengths. These two parts I connect together by a metal
tube in the opposite ends of which one end of each of the two parts of the rod.
slide telescopically, so that the length of the rail thus formed, may be varied to
suit the length of the staircase to which it is desired to apply it.
The holder I propose using to secure my improved tail in position, is formed
of a large screw staple with flat tubular socket in which the ail is fixed by a.
screw passing through said socket on to the rail or in any other suitable manner.
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page_text: And in order that my invention may be more fully understood and carried into
practice I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accom-
panying drawings of which Fig. 1 is a side view of a hand-rail constructed
according to my invention; Fig. 2 an enlarged portion thereof, partly in section ;
and Figs. 3 and 4 modified forms thereof.
My improved handrail consists of a rod of circular or other suitable section, of
wood, metal or other material divided into two equal lengths a a arranged to slide
telescopically (Fig. 2) in the opposite ends of a tube b so that the rail thus formed
may be adjusted in length to suit the requirements of the staircase to which it is
desired to apply it.
When so adjusted the handrail thus formed may be secured in position by
holders formed of a screw staple c (Fig. 2) with a flat tubular socket d in which
the end or other portion of the rail is fixed by a set screw e or any other holder
may be used for this purpose.
Instead of using a single tube and two bars as above described in the construction
of my improved rail it will be obvious that two tubes ffand a single bar g (Fig. 3)
or a single bar h and a single tube k (Fig. 4) may be used for the purpose, and in
either case the parts of the rail may be secured in any adjusted position by means
of set screws l'or the like.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
or
Hand or stair rails constructed in two more parts arranged to slide
telescopically into one another substantially as and for the purpose described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this ɔɩɩu Ɑay of 4pin 100
CASTLE SMITH,
"Invention" Office, 54, Fleet Street, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.