US27790A - Securing handles of cutlery - Google Patents

Description

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

R. H. FISHER, OF BEVERLY, NEW JERSEY.

SECURING HANDLES OF CUTLERY.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 27,790, dated April 10, 1860.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, R. H. FISHER, of Beverly, in the county of Burlington and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Mode of Securing Handles to Cutlery and to other Implements or Tools; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specication, in which- Figures l and 2, are longitudinal central sections of a table-fork handle showing my invention, the two planes of sections crossing each other at right angles. Fig. 3, is a longitudinal section of a table-knife handle, also showing my invention. Fig. fl, a transverse section of the fork-handle taken in the line Fig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severeal figures.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct my invention I will proceed to describe it.

A Figs. l and 2 represents a table fork, B its tang and C the handle which may be of wood, horn, ivory or of any of the materials used for the purpose. The tang B is made of fiat form that is to say, broader in one direction than the other the whole or a portion of its length, and of the usual length and it may be slightly taper. The outer end of the tang B is provided with a barb a the form of which is shown clearly in Fig. I.

The tang B is fitted longitudinally in a hole ZJ made in the handle C the bolster c fitting against the end of the handle as usual and transversely through the handle C, ya hole Z is made, said hole intersecting the lower part of the hole b as shown clearly in Fig. l.

To secure the handle C, to the tang B,

the latter are placed in the holes b, the bol- .while the metal in the transverse hole (l prevents the mass of metal in the handle from turning, and also from being withdrawn therefrom, the handles therefore are firmly secured to the trap.

I do not confine myself to the barb a at the outer-end of the tang B for equivalents may be used for the purpose, a hole for instance may be drilled through the tang for the melted metal to pass through, although the barb would perhaps be preferable. The knife shown in Fig. 8 it will be seen has its handle attached to it in precisely the same way as that of the fork.

I do not claim broadly the providing of the tang with projections whereby to secure the tang within the handle but:

Having thus described my invention what I claim, as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

The within described method of attaching handles to cutlery and other implements. to wit: having a flat tang B, with a' barb ci, fitted within a hole b, the mouth of which is sealed by the bolster c, and then introducing melted metal within the handle, through the hole d, so as to surround and hold the tang, all as set forth.

R. H. FISHER.

Witnesses:

JOHN W. FENIHORE, JAMES H. APPLETON.

Images