US2229571A

US2229571A - Door handle ferrule inserter

Info

Publication number: US2229571A
Application number: US312333A
Authority: US
Inventors: Johnson Elmer
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1940-01-04
Filing date: 1940-01-04
Publication date: 1941-01-21
Anticipated expiration: 1958-01-21

Description

Jan. 21, 1941. E. JOHNSON DOOR HANDLE FERRULE INSERTER Filed Jan. 4, 1940 WM. M ZZ, m Ev. ,2 mi

Patented Jan. 21, 1941 UNITED stares iETENT' FFICE 2,229,571 DOOR HANDLE FERRULE INSERTER Elmer Johnson, Shelbyville, Ind. Application January 4, 1940, Serial No. 312,333

Claims.

Handles for doors at the sides of automobiles and also to oarryalls and rumble seats at the rear are passed through holes in the material, usually sheet metal, from which the doors are made, and

5 these holes are lined with ferrules, limited in their insertion from the outside by a preformed bead or ilange. Direct contact of the ferrule and bead with the sheet metal is avoided by the introduction of lining of rubber or the like to prevent rattling, and the assembly is retained in the door by forming tongues out of the wall of a suitably extended end of the ferrule and by bending the tongues out and back into contact with the metal sheet of the door.

These ferrules, by reason of the location of handles in exposed positions-outside of the car, are frequently so damaged as to require replacement, and the object of this invention, primarily, is to provide a hand tool by which the tongues in the new ferrule may be readily formed and bent against the lnner side of the door to irmly clamp the ferrule to the door.

A further object is to provide a tongue forming and crimping lever having a form'ng jaw adapted to cut and bend the tongues starting from the inner end .of the ferrule, or pierce the walls of the ferrule inwardly of the end outwardly of the ferrule and against the door, depending upon the length of the ferrule or distance between its outside bead and member to be contacted by the tongues.

As the distance varies in cars of different manuiacture, another object of my invention is to 35 provide an adjustable shoulder to contact the outside bead on the ferrule at the right distance from the forming jaw to cause the jaw to function properly in forming the tongues and clamping them to tightly attach the ferrule to the door.

I accomplish the above and other objects which will hereinafter appear, by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a top plan View of my handle :ferrule inserter;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of same;

Fig. 3 is an end View looking at the forming jaw end of the tool;

Fig. 4 is a side elevation similar to Fig. 2, of the tool applied to a ferrule covered with a dou- 0 ble beaded rubber to prevent rattling. The door plate, ferrule and adjacent end of the tool handle being in section;

Fig. 5 is a view in elevation on the inside .of the door of a clamped ferrule such as is being 5 clamped in Fig. 4;

ferrule I2 makes a tight lit I with and through the sleeve I I. The ferrule has a preformed bead I3 on its outer end bent out of the material of the ferrule, which contacts the adjacent end of the rubber sleeve II and its bead.

The inner end of the ferrule projects sufciently beyond the inner end of the sleeve to be formed into enough tongues I4 to clamp the ferrule to the sheet 9 and flange I il through the inner bead on sleeve II.

The forming and clamping of the tongues I 4 25 Figs. l, 2 and 3, forming the subject matter of this patent. This tool comprises a handle I5, here shown as round in cross section, and knurled is screwed adjustably toward or from the shoulder Il. The shoulder limits the movement of the collar in the direction of the head.

Formed in the head the threaded portion and for a suitable distance along the rest of the handle is a slot 1, 3 and 4, extending diametrically secured by a pivot pin 2|. lever extends suciently to insure ample power for operating the opposite ja -end 22 of the lever. 50

The jaw-end 22 of the lever 20 curves upwardly from pivot 2i. Its end is b'eveled at 23, from the curve to a chisel edge-2li at its inner curve and both

sides

25 and 26 of the jaw are beveled toward and to the bevel 23.

The long arm .of the The edge 24 and the 55 2 Y oblique edges of the

bevels

25 and 26 at the inner curve of the jaw form cutters for making the tongues out of the ferrule by pressing the long arm of the lever 20 toward the handle l5.

In the operation of my invention after the ferrule is assembled as shown and above described, the collar or nut I8 is so adjusted by means of the threads that it will bear against the outer rib on ferrule l2 when the cutting jaw 22 is in right insertion to out a tongue in the projecting end of the ferrule and clamp it into position. This proper adjustment of the collar is readily learned by trial. The entire ferrule extension need not be tongued as shown in Fig. 5.

In the form shown in Figs. 6 and 7 the door sheet 9 has no flange such as ill in Fig. 4 and the ferrule extending further has the tongues punched through the wall of the ferrule in from its end and bent into direct contact with the door sheet.

While I have herein shown and described my invention in the best form as now known to me, it is obvious that structural changes may be employed without departing rrom the spirit of the invention and I, therefore, do not desire to be limited to that precise form beyond the limitations as may be imposed by the following claims.

I claim:

l. In a tool for fastening a door handle ferrule to a door, a handle having a cylindrical head for insertion in the ferrule, means for varying the adapted to iit loosely in distance of the insertion, and a lever operated jaw carried by the handle formed to out a tongue from the ferrule and bend the tongue to clamp the ferrule to the door by the manipulation of the lever.

2. In a tool for fastening a door handle ferrule to a door, a handle having a cylindrical head the ferrule, adjustable from the ferrule and means to vary the insertion, and a lever pivoted to the handle having a jaw formed to cut a tongue from the ferrule and bend the tongue to clamp the ferrule to the door by the manipulation of the lever.

3. In a tool for fastening a door handle ferrule to a door, a handle having a head adapted to t loosely in the ferrule, a collar mounted on the handle and.l adjustable longitudinally of the handle to regulate and vary the insertion of the head in the ierrule, and a lever operated jawk carried by the handle formed to out a tongue from the ferrule and bend the tongue to clamp the ferrule to the door by the manipulation of the lever.

4. In a tool for fastening a door handle ferrule to a door, a handle having a head adapted to fit loosely in the ierrule and having screw threads adjacent the head, a collar screwing on the threads of the handle toregulate the insertion of `the head in the ferrule, and a lever pivoted to the handle having a jaw formed to cut a tongue bend the tongue to clamp the ferrule to the door by the manipulation of the lever.

5. In a tool for fastening a door handle ferrule to a door, a knurled handle having a head adapted to t loosely in the ferrule and having screw threads adjacent the head, said head and handle having a slot, a collar screwing on the threads of the handle to regulate the insertion of the head in the ferrule, and a lever bent to enter the slot and pivoted therein, said lever having a jaw formed on its short end terminating with a metal cutting chisel and oblique side corners to cut a tongue from the ferrule and bend the tongue to clamp the ferrule to the door by the manipulation of the lever.

ELMER JOHNSON.