Improvements in Attaching and Adjusting Door and other Knobs to Spindles.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Attaching and Adjusting Door and other Knobs to
Spindles.
EGLEN TAYLOR, Edward Street Works, Birmingham, Manufacturer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
An arrangement or combination of parts hereinafter described for attaching and
adjusting door and other knobs to spindles.
The novel features of this invention consist in forming the metal mounts or
knob collars with a square recess in the spindle hole, in combination with an
improved form of neck screw made with a flat flange or foot on its base.
An improved spindle with " grooves cut across its diameter, of a suitable depth
to suit the foot of the special neck screw.
An improved attachment by means of the flanged neck screw to a plain square
spindle screwed on its edges.
I will now describe the parts of my invention as applied to a pair of wood door
knobs mounted according to my improved methods in what is well known to the
trade as Wilke's mounting.
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Both knobs are adjustable, and are fitted with an internal metal bush or collar,
preferably of cast iron or brass, (Fig. 1) made with an external screw thread around
their periphery, and a flange or boss at one end, to fit against the end of the wood
neck of the knob, internally the bushes are made with a square hole through their
entire length to fit the spindle, but at the flanged end (Fig. 2) inside, the spindle
hole, a square recess is formed at the top, sufficiently wide and deep to take the foot
of the special neck screw, without interfering with the spindle way when the neck
screw is screwed into the neck of the knob, the bushes are then screwed and
cemented into the knobs, and permanently fixed therein. A hole is also bored and
tapped through the neck of the knob to the centre of the recess in the spindle hole,
(A Fig. 1, & B Fig. 2) in which the neck screw is to be screwed.
The neck screw (Fig. 3) is made of iron or brass, with a flange or foot at its base
about " diameter, similar to a cheese head screw, but reversed in use, being used
head downwards and nicked at the opposite end.
The spindle (Fig. 4) is made of either iron or brass, and is square, but at suitable
distances, grooves or slots about 1" diameter and a suitable depth, are cut across its
diameter, in such a manner as to secure a proper adjustment, by varying the
position of the slots spaced on different sides of the spindle.
In order to fix and adjust a pair of wood door knobs according to my improved
Wilkes mounting, I first attach one of the knobs with the neck screw screwed in
its neck to one end of the spindle, by screwing the neck screw down upon the
spindle until the flanged foot is pressed into one of the slotted grooves cut on
the spindle, then I place one of the roses on the spindle, pass the spindle through
the door, put on the remaining rose, adjust the remaining knob, and the attach-
ment is completed.

page_text: In applying my improvements to other ordinary mountings, such as those
universally known to the trade as Duces and Maces, I make the metal collar with
a similar recess to that herein before described, but with a round hole through its
centre instead of a square one, which is tapped to suit a plain square spindle, with
a screw thread cut on its edges instead of the screwed and grooved spindle usually
supplied to both these mountings.
The knobs in these cases are screwed upon the spindle, but the attachment is
effected in a similar manner to that herein before described, by means of the special
neck screw, which when screwed down to the flat of the spindle, holds it firmly in
position.
My invention is also applicable to lock furniture made of china, metal, glass
or other material, but the details of fitting the same may vary according to
requirements.
Improvements in Attaching and Adjusting Door and other Knobs to
Spindles.
EGLEN TAYLOR, Edward Street Works, Birmingham, Manufacturer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
An arrangement or combination of parts hereinafter described for attaching and
adjusting door and other knobs to spindles according to my improved methods.
I will now describe my improvements as applied to a set of wood lock furniture
known to the trade as Wilkes' mounting.
Both knobs are adjustable, and fitted with round metal bushes or collars, pre-
ferably of iron, (Fig. 1) made with an external screw thread round their periphery,
and a flange or boss at one end, to fit against the neck of the knob, internally the
bushes are made with a quare hole to fit the spindle, and a square recess (C Fig. 2)
inside the spindle hole at the flanged end of the collar, (Fig. 2), sufficiently large
to receive the foot of a special neck screw, a suitable hole is also bored and tapped
through the flanged collar, to the centre of the recess in the spindle hole, (A Fig. 1
& B Fig. 2) in which the neck screw is to be screwed, the metal bushes are then
screwed and cemented into the wood knobs, and permanently fixed thereto. The
neck screw (Fig. 3) is iron or brass, and made with a flanged foot at its base,
about " diameter, like a cheese head screw but nicked at the reverse end. The
spindle (Fig. 4) may be either iron or brass, and is made square, with slots or cross
grooves cut at varying distances, wide enough apart to take the flanged foot of the
neckscrew, which can be adjusted according to circumstances, or an ordinary
Wilkes spindle may be used, by making the foot of the neckscrew convex instead
of flat, (Fig. 5) to suit the holes drilled in the spindle.
In applying my improvements to other mountings known as Mace's or Duce's,
I mount the knobs in a similar manner to that hereinbefore described, but instead
of forming the metal collar with a square spindle hole, it is made with a round
hole, (Fig. 6) which is tapped to screw on to a plain square spindle screwed on its
edges, (Fig. 7), instead of the screwed and grooved spindle generally used for these
mountings, and the flanged foot of the special neck screw when screwed down into

page_text: its place, bears directly on one of the flat sides of the spindle. Fig. 8 shews a
section of a knob mounted, with the neck screw in position.
In order to fix and adjust a set of Wilkes' furniture according to my improved
methods, I first take one of the mounted knobs-with its neck screw already screwed
into the recess in its neck, and attach it to the spindle by screwing the neck screw
down into one of the cross grooves cut in the spindle, then I put one of the wood
roses on the spindle, and push the spindle through the lock on the door, I then
slide on the remaining rose, and adjust the second knob by screwing down the
neckscrew into one of the regulating spaces or cross grooves cut in the spindle,
as before, when both knobs will be firmly attached to the spindle.
To fix and adjust a set of Maces or Duces furniture, I take one knob,-which is
usually permanently attached to the spindle,-with its rose on the spindle, and
push the spindle through the door, then I slide on the remaining rose, and screw
the remaining knob, with its neck screw previously screwed into the rccess in its
neck upon the spindle, until in position, then I screw down the neckscrew until
the flat flanged foot bears tightly on one of the flat sides of the spindle, which
secures the knob in its place and the furniture is fixed.
My invention is also applicable to lock furniture made of china, metal, glass, or
other material, but the details of fitting may vary, according to requirements.
The ordinary Wilkes, Maces, and Duces spindles herein before referred to, and
the neck screw with the convex foot, as applied to ordinary Wilkes furniture, are
not new, and form no part of my invention, but all the other parts of the mountings
are new, and are the improvements hereinbefore mentioned and described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
1st. The metal collar or neck of knob, with an internal recess in spindle hole
to take the flanged neck screw.
2nd. A neck screw with a flat flanged foot, in combination with the recessed
metal collar or neck of knob.
3rd. The application of a neck screw with a flat flanged foot, used in direct
contact with the spindle.
Dated th: 91 don of W 1000