An Improved Means of Fastening the Handles of Knives, Forks, and the like Table Articles.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Dec., 1896-Accepted, 23rd Jan., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Means of Fastening the Handles of Knives, Forks,
and the like Table Articles.
I, FRITZ KAEFERLE of 10 Jakobistrasse, Hanover in the Empire of Germany,
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 :-
All articles of cutlery, such as knives, forks, spoons and other table requisites,
more particularly such as had their handles made of more valuable and very
valuable metal have almost exclusively had their handles secured to the tang of
the respective article by means of cement, more particularly shellac. This mode
of fastening suffers, however, through the drawback that the handles gradually
become loose when heated, and a new cementing is rendered necessary.
In
the case of table cutlery, having handles connected with the tang by means
of screws or flanging or by means of studs, a loosening of the two parts almost
invariably takes place as soon as they are exposed to differences of temperature,
and this, as is well known, can never be avoided. All these modes of fastening are
incomplete, and leave much to be desired.
This invention has for its object to overcome these drawbacks, and this is
attained by providing the handle of the article in question and also the knife blade
or the like, each with a flange, both of which flanges are then connected together
by means of several small rivets. Such a connection for table knives or the like
is so durable that a separation of the two parts can no longer take place, even when
they are strongly strained and exposed to great changes of temperature.
Two forms of construction of the improved form of fastening are shown in the
accompanying drawings, in which :-
Figure 1 is a front elevation and
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Figure 1 a transverse section of a knife on this improved arrangement;
Figure 2 is an elevation of a fork;
Figure 3 is a side elevation of a knife with a metal ferrule and a wooden
handle.
The metal handles a of these articles have each a suitably shaped flange a¹.
The knife or fork b belonging thereto has also a flange b, which has the same form
as the flange a. Both flanges a¹ and 6', which are provided with some small holes,
are held together by several small rivets c. The hollow handle a may be filled out
preliminarily with sand or the like, in which materials the tang 6* is then inserted.
Of course, the connection between the two parts a and b is equally good if the
knife or the like is made without a tang, as shown in Figure 2. The tang b* may
be formed either directly in one piece with the article, as is shown in Figure 3,
or it may also be screwed into the article, as shown in Figure 1 in dotted lines.
The knife shown in Figure 3 has a handle d of wood or other suitable material
and a metallic socket or ferrule e. In order to form the connection between the
handle and the blade or the like, the socket e is also provided with a flange a',
which is naturally formed like that of the knife blade, fork or the like belonging
thereto, and both parts are fastened together by means of rivets c.
The improved means of fastening knives, forks or the like herein before described
to their respective handles is absolutely secure and durable, so that a long felt

page_text: drawback is removed thereby. In addition, the whole arrangement is cheaper
than those previously employed.
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 :-
An improved means of fastening the handles of knives, forks and the like table
articles, having handles either entirely of metal (a) or partly of metal in the form
of a ferrule (e) with a continuation (d) of wood or other suitable material, which
consists of flanges (a and b) provided respectively on the handle and on the blade
or the like, and adapted to be connected by means of several rivets (c), in order to
form an inseparable whole substantially as hereinbefore set forth.
Dated this 17th day of December 1896.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6 Lord Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicant.