US890102A - Sheet-metal handle. - Google Patents

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PATENTED JUNE 9, 1908.

P. D. SKAHEN.

SHEET METAL HANDLE.

APPLIOATION FILED FEB-6,1908.

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SHEE T-ME 'IAL HAND LE Application filed February 6, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PATRICK D. SKAHEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Syracuse, New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sheet-Metal Handles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to handles for chests and other articles, of that class in which there is a bail or hand-grasp jointed to a supporting plate, and consists in constructing the parts of the structure as fully set forth hereinafter and as illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a face view of a handle embodying my invention; Fig. 2 a perspective view of the supporting plate; Fig. 3 a perspective view of the hand-grasp; Fig. 4 a transverse section on the line kl Fig. 1; Fig. 5 a back view of part of the handgrasp Fig. 6 a perspective view of said portion looking from the back; Fig. 7 a partial section on the line 7-7 Fig. 1.

The handle consists of the supporting plate A and the hand-grasp B. The plate A is formed by stamping or otherwise from a single plate of metal which is bent downward at the edges to form edge flanges a and with a central elevated bridge section b, as well as elevated end sections 0, c, and intervening depressed flat sections 6, 6, one above and the other below the bridge section, the latter and the elevated end sections imparting stiffness and rigidity to the structure, especially along the transverse line where the strains coming upon the handgrasp are received. The hand-grasp is substantially of a U-shape with a cross bar f and two substantially parallel side arms g, g, each of the latter having an inwardly projecting cylindrical trunnion it. As shown in Fig. 1 the supporting plate is narrower at the lower than at the upper portion and this narrow portion of the supporting plate, when the parts are assembled, conforms substantially with and lies within the handgrasp B, and the trunnions h extend across bearing edges 3 of the side flanges of the supporting plate, as shown in Fig. 4. The wider part of the supporting plate has bearing edges x which are above and outside of and at right angles to the edges y, as best shown in Fig. 2, and are so arranged that whenthe hand-grasp is turned outward, as shown in Fig. 7, its trunnions will have a Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented .i'une e, 1908.

Serial No. 414,583.

downward bearing and thrust upon the edges y, while the faces of the side arms beyond the said trunnions will have an upward bearing against the edges as so that the strain of the weight of the chest or other article to which the device is attachedwill come upon these bearing edges, the supporting plate by its elevated bridge and end sections and flanged portions being so strengthened and braced that this pressure will be effectively resisted, and the cylindrical trunnions of the handgrasp being of such diameter as to support the strains coining upon this portion of the article.

Preferably the hand-grasp is made of a single piece of metal shaped and bent so as to provide side flanges i, i, for the arms, and a hollow or tubular cross-bar, and hollow cylindrical trunnions. Thus the blank from which the hand-grasp is made would. have substantially the outline indicated in dotted lines, Fig. 5, and the edge portions and projecting portions would be bent inward to bring the parts of the blank to the positions of those shown in full lines in said figure, thereby securing great strength and rigidity without excessive weight. As thus constructed both parts of the structure may be each bent up from a single blank to the de sired shape, and expeditiously and cheaply manufactured.

I claim as my invention:

1. The combination in a handle for receptacles, of a supporting plate and a pendent hand-grasp, the latter consisting of sheet metal bent to form inwardly projecting trunnions, and the plate having at each side two bearing edges ac, y on different planes and lines at right angles to each other, one for contact with the side arm of the handle when the latter is raised and the other for supporting the trunnion.

2. The combination in a handle for boxes, of a hand-grasp having a cross-bar, side arms and inwardly extending trunnions, a supporting plate having a central transverse bridge section extending at the ends to form elevated end sections, and a flat section intermediate the end sections extending to the lower edge and with side flanges bent to form bearing edges 90, y, at right angles on different planes and serving as bearings for the trun nions on the side arms, as set forth.

3. The combination in a handle, of a supporting plate and a hand-grasp consisting of one piece of metal bent to form side arms arms with edge flanges, and inwardly proand a cross-bar, each side arm having edge jecting hollow trunnions. 10 flanges, and shaped and bent at the outer end In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature toform a hollow inwardly projecting trunin presence of two witnesses.

5 nion. PATRICK D. SKAHEN.

4. The within-described hand-grasp for Witnesses: v handles consisting of a single piece of metal 7 FRANK E. WADE,

shaped and bent to form a cross-bar, side I W. A. MACKENZIE, Jr.

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