US1167044A - Casket-handle. - Google Patents

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1. e, anooxs. CASKET HANDLE. APPLICATION "LEO SEPT- 3: HH-

Patenmd Jan. 4, 1916.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

ustus E. nnooxs, or EAST HAVEN, comvno'rrcu'r, as srenon TO SARGEN'T & COMPANY, or nEwHAvEN, CONNECTICUT, A conrona'rxon or CONNECTICUT.

CASKET-HANDLE.

Tooll whom it may concern:

- Be it known that I, JULIUS E. BROOKS,

a citizen of'thev United States, residing inthe town of East Haven, county of New Haven, and State of Connecticut, have invented certain. new and useful Improvements in Casket-Handles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to casket handles, and more particularly to casket-handles embodying a bar Which is supported from the wall of thecasket'by a plurality of arms pivoted to one or more attaching plates, or so-called socket p1ates..-

The invention also has particular refer enceto handles of-this type in which the handle bar, which is passed through openings in the supporting arms, is of polygonal cross-section, in which case the openings in the arms are also of polygonal form.

' Heretofo-re it has been common practice to secure the bar to the arm by means of a screw, which isp'assed through the apertured end of the arm into contact with one face of the bar. The placing of these screws in position is a somewhat tedious matter, and, moreover, when only one screw is used for each supporting arm, as is usually the case, the arm and the bar may readily become twisted with respect to each other, so that they do not have a proper perpendicular relation.

One of the primary objects of-the pres ent invention is to provide improved means for securing a polygonal bar in a correspondingly formed opening of a supporting arm, whereby the operation of assembling is considerably facilitated.

Another; object ofthe invention is to provide a securingdevice which will permanently .h'old' thearm and the bar in the proper relationto, each other, and will prevent the twistingfof'saidparts.relative to v v g ,1 v 4 of the-part llina direction transversely to each other.

It is also aimed to provide a de vice for fastening the bar in the arm, which is of a very; inexpensive character, which can be very readily applied, and which secures the parts together in a very substantial and satisfactory manner. I i

To? these and other ends, the invention Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 30, 1914. Serial No. 864,276.

Patented Jan. 4, 1916.

elevation of the same, showing one form of fastening device associated wit one supporting arm, and another form ol fastening device associated with another supporting arm; Fig. 3 is an enlarged bottom view of the arm at the left of Fig. 2, showing a portion of the handle bar; Fig. 4 is an enlarged section on line 44 of Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a section on line 5-5 of Fig. 3; 6 is an enlarged section on line 6-6 of Fig. 2; Fig. 7 is an enlarged section on line 7-7 of Fig. 2; and Fig. .8 is a detail perspective view of a still further modified form of fastening device.

In the drawing, I have shown my improvements as applied to a casket. handle, comprising a bar 10 of polygonal cross-section, with the usual ornamental ti s 11, whichbar is supported from the wal of the casket by socket plates 12 to which the supporting arms, or hangers, for the bar 10 are pivoted in the usual manner. In the form shown, the bar 10 is of square cross-section, and each supporting arm 13 is provided at its lower end with a hollow square portion 14 embracing the bar. The opening 15 in the lower portion 1% of each arm corresponds in general configuration to the cross-section of the bar, but is somewhat larger than the bar, so that the' latter may be freely passed into the opening 15 in assembling the handle. In the form shown, the bar 10 is ornamented by grooving, or fluting, the wall thereof, said bar being constituted by a sheet metal tube.

In the form shown in Figs. 3, l and 5, the

fastening device takes the form of a staple 16 which is driven through one ofthe ,walls connecting portion of thestaple will not be visible at the front of-t'he handle.v More- 9. a arbar,,so,l0.ng as they provide bearings at difover, by. preference, the pointed ends 18" of the two legs 18 of the staple will extend approximately into contact with the inner surface of the front .wallof the socket 14, as shown in Fig. 4. Thus, when the handle is in use on a 'casket, the fastenin device will be substantially invisible. The egs1 8 ofthe staple form spaced parallel bearing members which bear on the handle member along transverse parallel lines. -This is a very important feature, because by providing these parallel spaced bearing members, the pressure on the bar isvuniformly distributed relative to the arm so. that the arm and bar are effectively held in their proper perpem dicular relation. By providin parallel bearing members which extend sn stantial ly across one face of the bar, and which are 1 tightl locked in the supporting arm, twisting o the bar and arm relative to each other is entirely obviated. The bearing members are preferably located'at substantlally equal distances from thecente'r of the arm,-where ossible, butthis it not essentialin all cases. n the example illustrated, it? isex edient to" have tfhe bearm membersmnppposite sides 3 respectively oft e.,center .of t,hearm,because I the socket portionoflthe agm. rovided with an interior reinforcing.- iece l. of hard 1 so metal at'thecenter, and obv ously thebean ing memhers ean b'e more-easily driven through the at the side portions thereof which are of soft metal. In theparticular ,account of greater facility of assemb 21, which has along bearing arrn22, and a.

form now under discussion, the staple "16 is 3 5 .so' driven into the socket portion of 'the arm as to straddle the hard metal reinforcing piece 19, as shown in Fig. 2.

{Inthe example illustrated fastening device comprises two'separate pins in Fig. '7, the

20. These pins 7 provide separate bearing members which extend across and in contact -.=;-with the bar, and are interposed between one surface of the bar and the opposing surface of the socket in the. arm. In the end a'spects of the invention, it is immaterial whether the transverse parallel bearing members are interconnected, as shown in Fig.

6, or are separate from each other, as shown.

in Fig. 7, but practically it is preferable to employ a staple, such as shown in F1 6, on-

i In Fig. 8 I have shown a fastening device short bearing arm 23. This -ro'vides in .efiect astaple having arms ,or ranchesof I unequal length. ;It is .not necessary in, all

cases that-both bearing members extend comple'tely across the bar, and, in some instances, both bearing members can be shorter than the w'idthof. the corresponding face of. the

ferentpoints in the length of the bar.

-line, a polygonal bar in sai tofore em loyed. and that by reason of the extended aring surface of the fastening devi and its-location relative to the sup p 3 arm and the bar, the twisting or cantmg of the arm on the bar is entirely prevented.

The fastening member is forced in sotightly against the wan of the bar and the opposing wall of'the socket in the arm that t acts like a wedge for frictionally clampmg the arm on the bar with great firmness. In the form shown, the upper wall of the socket in the arm is. drawn into especially tight engagement with the bar, and at the lower part of the arm the bearing members always be driven through -the rear wallof the socket, for it is adapted to cotiperate;

with any wall of the socket and an adjacent wall of the bar.

Without limiting tion shown, I claim: I 1." In a casket-handle, the combination of a member having a sccket'of' olygonal outline, a polygonal bar exten' ing intol--said socket, and a fastening device driven through myself to the construcgaging theibar at different points; substantially as described;

.2. In a'lc'asket handle, the combinationof an arm having a s 'ocketof poly onal outline, a pol' go'nal bar insaidsocket, and a fastening evij'ce interposed between one 'wall ofthe socket and theo p'osing wall ofthe bar and havingportions caring onithe bar at diflerent'pomts inth'e len'gthof the Hitter; substantially as described. Q n

8. In a casketihandle, the combination of an arm having a socket ofdpoly can one soc et, and a fastening device interposed between onewa ll of the socket and the op osing wall of the bar and havin portions 'ari'ng on the, bar

one wall of said socket and interposed beat different points in the length of the latter, i

said fastening device being directed transversely to the bar; substantiallyas described.

4. In a casket handle, the combination of a supporting arm having a polygonal socket.

said socket constructed of soft metal with a central reinforce embedded therein, a sheet metal bar or tube of polygonal crosssection extending through the socket of the arm, and a staple for securing the bar to the arm. driven through one wall of the polygonal socket with. its leg portions disposed on opposit-e sides of said cent al reinforcing piece,

said staple extending substantially across said socket, opening and engaging the bar at different points in the length of the latter; substantially as described.

5. In a casket handle, the combination of a member having a polygonal socket, a polygonal bar entering said socket, and a staple driven through one Wall of the socket and having its arms or branches extending across and frictionally engaged with one wall of 10 the bar; substantially as described.

In witness 'll 'unf, I have hereunto set my hand on the 28th day of September, 1914.

JULIUS E. BROOKS. v

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