Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Apr., 1886.
Complete Left, 17th Dec., 1886.
Complete Accepted, 18th Jan., 1887.
DESEDV
I, JAMES GORDON, of 30, Leopold Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire, Coffin
Furniture Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My Invention has reference to those coffin handles which are attached by knobs or
loops each such knob or loop being secured to the coffin side either by means of a
screwed shank passing therethrough and having a nut screwed thercon inside the
coffin or by means of a screw which is screwed from the inside of the coffin to the
knob or loop on the outside thereof.
The object of my Invention is to so construct the said handle attachments that they
will suit coffin sides of different thicknesses without (in the case of those having
screwed shanks) the unsightly projection of the screwed shank through the nut inside
the coffin.
I will first describe my Invention as applied to those said knobs or loops which are
provided with screwed shanks and nuts. According to this part of my Invention I
make the screwed part of such nuts much thicker than heretofore by forming a central
screwed boss on that side of the nut which is next the coffin side, preferably about
equal in length to the thickness of the thinnest coffin side to which it is required to be
attached. When the said nut is screwed on to the shank of the knob or loop to attach
the handle to the thinnest coffin side, the end of the said boss will be flush or almost
flush with the outside of the coffin and the end of the shank will be flush or almost
flush with the face of the nut inside the coffin. The screwed shank is thus only about
the same length as would be required for its end to be flush with an ordinary nut
when attached to the thinnest coffin side, but by means of the said boss on the nut the
latter can be unscrewed to suit a much thicker coffin side without being detached from
the shank.
In applying my Invention to those said knobs or loops which are secured to the
coffin by a screw from the inside thereof I make the screwed part of such knob or loop
much thicker than heretofore by forming a boss on that side of the knob or loop which
is next the coffin side similar to the boss above described as being formed with the nut
for shanked knobs or loops, and I make the screw of a length suitable preferably for the
thinnest coffin side; the boss will thus allow of the screw being unscrewed to suit a
much thicker coffin side without being detached from the knob or loop.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
128, Colinore Row, Birmingham,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: I, JAMES GORDON, of 30, Leopold Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire, Coffin
Furniture Manufacturer, 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 reference to those coffin landles which are attached by knobs or
loops each such knob or loop being secured to the coffin side either by means of a
screwed shank passing there through and having a nut screwed thereon inside the
coffin or by means of a screw which is screwed from the inside of the coffin into the
knob or loop on the outside thereof.
The object of my Invention is to so construct the said handle attachments that they
will suit coffin sides of different thicknesses without (in the case of those having
screwed shanks) the unsightly projection of the screwed shank through the nut inside
the coffin.
I will first describe my Invention as applied to those said knobs or loops which are
provided with screwed shanks and nuts. According to this part of my Invention I
make the screwed part of such nuts much thicker than heretofore by forming a central
screwed boss on that side of the nut which is next the coffin side, preferably about
equal in length to the thickness of the thinnest coffin side to which it is required to
be attached."
On the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 represents in front elevation and Fig. 2 in
sectional plan a coffin handle fixed to a thin coffin side according to this part of my
Invention and Fig. 3 represents in part sectional plan part of the said handle affixed
to a thicker coffin side; Figs. 4 and 5 represent respectively one of the nuts and one
of the knobs or loops of the same separately and Fig. 6 represents part of the same
handle the knob or loop having a boss to suit an embossed handle plate.
Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several Figures.
a is the coffin handle, is the handle plate and e, e, are the two knobs or loops by
which the handle is affixed to the coffin side d. The knobs or loops c, c, have each a
screwed shank e on which is screwed a nut having at one side a boss preferably
almost equal in length to the thickness of the thinnest coffin side (see Figs. 2 and 4)
to which it is required to be attached. When the nut is screwed on to the shank e
of the knob or loop e to attach the handle a to the thinnest coffin side d, the end of the
Loss will be flush or almost flush with the outside of the coffin (see Fig. 2) and the
end of the shank e will be flush or almost flush with the face of the nut inside the
coffin. The screwed shanke (see Fig. 5) may be made of any suitable length but it
is preferably only about the same length as would be required for its end to be flush
with an ordinary nut when attached to the thinnest coffin side, then by means of the
boss on the nut f the latter can be unscrewed to suit a much thicker coffin side d
(see Fig. 3) without being detached from the shank e, and whether the coffin side be
thick or thin the end of the shank will not project beyond the face of the nut inside the
coffin. My Invention can of course be similarly applied to those knobs or loops e
(see Fig. 6) which have a boss c² for passing through an embossed or raised handle
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page_text: Figs. 7 to 10, both inclusive, illustrate the application of my Invention to those said
knobs or loops which are secured to the coffin by a screw from the inside thereof,
Fig. 7 being a part sectional plan of part of a coffin handle fixed to a thin coffin side
by a screw from the inside of the coffin each knob or loop being provided with a
screwed boss according to my Invention; Fig. 8 is a plan partly in section of part of
the handle illustrated by Fig. 7 but fixed to a much thicker coffin side, and Figs. 9
and 10 are respectively separate views of the screw and the knob or loop of the handle
represented by Figs. 7 and 8.
According to this part of my Invention I make the screwed parts of the knobs or
loops much thicker than heretofore by forming on each a boss on that side which
is next the coffin side similar to the boss above described and illustrated by Figs. 1
to 6, as being formed with the nut for shanked knobs or loops, and I prefer to make the
screws g of a length suitable for a thin coffin side (see Figs. 7 and 9); the bosses c¹
will thus allow of the screws g being unscrewed to suit a much thicker coffin side (see
Fig. 8) without being detached from the knobs or loops c³.
By the "sides" of a coffin I of course include the so called "ends" as well as the
iwo longer sides.
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:
1st. The improvements in the means of attaching handles to coffins consisting in the
application and use on the screwed shank of each knob or loop of a nut having on one
side a screwed boss which penetrates the coffin side for the purpose and substantially
as hereinbefore described and illustrated by Figs. 1 to 6, both inclusive, of the accom-
panying drawings.
2nd. The combination with the loop or knob c or c¹ and its screwed shank e of the
nut fitting thereon and provided on one side with the boss f¹ for the purpose and
substantially as described and illustrated.
3rd. The improvements in the means of attaching handles to coffins consisting in
providing a screwed boss on each of the handle knobs or loops, which bosses penetrate
the coffin side and into each of which a screw is screwed from the inside of the coffin
for the purpose and substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by Figs. 7,
8, 9 and 10 of the accompanying drawings.
4th. The combination with the knob or loop e³, having a screw g for fixing it to a
coffin side, of the screwed boss et formed with the knob or loop e³ which penetrates the
coffin side for the purpose and substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.