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Lever handles

Roses, Backplates

Door knobs, knob handles,knob backplates

Window handles

Letter plates

Door stops, other accessories

Brass Lever handles and accessories

Name designs

Security fittings

Stainless steel with gold hue

Pull handles

Fittings for entrance doors

Lever handles and door knobsfor framed doors

Fittings for glass doors

Panic fittings

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10 Design ThesesWhen Dieter Rams entered ourlives 16 years ago as a partici-pant in FSB’s Design Workshop,he taught us his 10 designtheses, which are now partand parcel of any good desi-gner’s thinking:

1) Good design needs to beinnovative. It must not reiterateexisting product forms.

2) Good design needs to makea product usable; that’s whatproducts are bought for, afterall, to be used.

3) Good design needs to havean aesthetic dimension, sincethe fascination this engendersis an integral constituent of aproduct’s usability.

4) Good design needs toenhance a product’s ability toexplain itself. It has to renderthe product compellingly elo-quent.

5) Good design is unobtrusive.However, in this, it differs fromdecorative works of art.

6) Good design has got to behonest. It does not attempt tomake the product appear tobe something it is not.

7) Good design needs to beenduring, since fashion isfickle and encourages a throw-away approach.

8) Good design extends toevery last detail. Anything elsewould be disrespectful towardsthe consumer, the productand its function.

9) Good design has to be envi-ronmentally benign and mustnot be a visual pollutant either.

10) The tenth, last and mostcentral tenet of our great men-tor, to conclude, states thatgood design is a minimum ofdesign. Getting back to what ispure and straightforward.

Under the slogan "Multiplicitynot Simplicity”, we are onceagain attempting to meet DieterRams’ exacting demands inthe 02|03 edition of our Manual,issued in the 121st year of ourcompany’s history, and provethat good design does notneed to be boring and mono-tonous. As ever, it will be themarket that determines howcompelling our proof is.

For more on the genesis of de-sign theses:- general summary in 'Door

Handles, Workshop in Brakel',Cologne 1987, ISBN 3-88375-072-7, pp. 55–57

- discussion of fundamentalsin ‘Vom Mythos des Funk-tionalismus’ ('On the myth offunctionalism'), Cologne 1997,ISBN 3-88375-270-3

- a proposition by Dieter Ramsin 'Less but better' Hamburg 1995, ISBN 3-9803485-1-2

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Franz Schneider Brakel GmbH + Co Nieheimer Strasse 38 D-33034 Brakel

Phone +49 (0) 52 72 60 80Fax +49 (0) 52 72 60 83 00 www.fsb.de · [email protected]

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Overview

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1. Neck of handle2. Rose or backplate cover3. Sliding bearing4. Compensating bearing5. Backplate or rose baseplate6. Retaining ring7. Washer

Project fittings

Lever sets on heavily-useddoors are subject to greaterstress than their domesticcounterparts. Designers in thebuilders hardware industry have for this reason long beenworking on how best to con-tain the forces exerted whendoors are opened and closed.FSB opted for a techniquetried and tested in automobileconstruction and mechanicalengineering. Here, stress andthrust are absorbed usingcombinations of rubber andmetal as opposed to all-metalbearings. This proven construction method has enabled FSB tocome up with project fittings,in which a 7 mm self-lubrica-ting bearing is flexibly attachedto a backplate screwed to thedoor. We have been success-fully marketing this system fora decade now.

Fire safety furniture

The specifications for fire,smoke and panic doors are setforth in the following DIN (Ger-man Standards) provisions:

DIN 4 102, Pts 5 + 18DIN 18 082, Pt 1DIN 18 095, Pts 1 + 2DIN 18 273

Standards for fire-safety furni-ture address design-enginee-ring as well as function andstress-rating criteria. FSB sup-plies almost all heavy-duty fur-niture in a fire-safety variant.These fittings are certified andquality-controlled in line withConstruction Rulebook (Baure-gelliste) A (6.17). A generalConstruction Supervision Certi-ficate (P) and Certificate ofConformity (ÜZ) have beenawarded by Dortmund MaterialTesting Laboratory. The safety-engineering contractbears the registration number 12 9902-Do 20.3.

Standard fittings

FSB standard furniture restssnugly in a 7 mm bearing made of black glass-fibre rein-forced plastics containedwithin a rose or backplate. Inaddition to the 7 mm glass-fibre reinforced bearing, FSBroses and backplates featurelugs that, if pro-perly fitted,ensure all tensile, compres-sive, and torsional forcesarising in normal use are com-prehensively contained andabsorbed. These design fea-tures have been proving theirworth for decades.

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The FSB project fittings withcompensating bearing dealvery ably with the considerableaxial and vertical forces thatarise given doors that are invirtually constant use. This isideal for use in:

- Schools- Nursery schools- Hospitals- Nursing homes- Office buildings- Banks

Project fittings with FSB compensating bearing

FSB lever handle furnitureNo. . . . . FSB dead knob/lever furnitureNo. . . . . FSB bathroom furnitureNo. . . . .

Levers operating in conjunctionwith the FSB compensatingbearing and the FSB Stabil-spindle, inseparable from theirbackplate or rose but neverthe-less rotate freely, concealedfixing on both sides.

Backplates with lugs 10 mmdia.,

roses with lugs 8.5 mm dia.,

prepared for door thickness. . . . mm,

manufactured in Aluminium/Stainless steel

All fire-safety fittings shown inthis Manual are to the Germanstandard DIN 18 273. Theyare quality-controlled in com-pliance with the directives ofConstruction Rulebook (Baure-gelliste) A (6.17) and coveredby a Certificate of Conformity(ÜZ) and the general construc-tion Supervision Certificate (P)of the Dortmund Material Te-sting Laboratory, safety-engi-neering contract No. 12 9902-Do 20.3.

FSB fire door fittings

FSB fire door lever handle furnitureNo. . . . .FSB fire door dead knob/leverfurnitureNo. . . . .

turnably fixed in 7 mm bea-ring, non loosening in con-junction with 9 mm FSBStabil-spindle,



Standard fittings are designedfor normal use and are gene-rally installed in the home. The lever section fits into a rugged injection-moulded black plastic bearing. Correctlyfitted, these handles will pro-vide decades of service.

FSB standard door furniture

FSB-lever handle furnitureNr. . . . .FSB-dead knob/lever furnitureNr. . . . .FSB-bathroom furnitureNr. . . . .

features 7 mm bearing glass-fibre reinforced bearing to en-sure snug lever fit.

Roses and short backplateswith lugs to counteract the tensile, compressive, and tor-sional forces arising in normaluse,

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Lever handlesSelection guidelines

When selecting and orderingdoor furniture, there are a number of guidelines to fol-low:.

Door thickness

Standard doors almost invari-ably feature standardised doorthicknesses: internal doors38–42 mm, entrance doors66–70 mm. This is the stan-dard FSB spindles are desi-gned to. The thickness of olderdoors should be checked andany discrepancy pointed outwhen ordering.

8 mm 9 mm 10 mm

Lock follower

According to DIN lever hand-les employ different lockingmechanisms depending ontheir application.FSB supplies:

- for internal door locks leverhandles with 8 mm squarespindle

- for entrance door locks leverhandles with 10 mm squarespindle

- for locks in fire safety, smokeand panic doors lever handles with 9 mmspindle

Handing

Doors are either right or lefthand, relative to which way theyopen. When ordering lever fur-niture with dead knob or spindleelement located on the outside,you should specify left or right.Indication with use of diagramnos. 1, 2, 3 or 4 would suffice.Further details p. 508.

FSB Stabil-spindle

All FSB lever handles are to be fitted with the FSB Stabil-spindle. The spindle is solidand meets all the specifi-cation set out in DIN 18 255 if correctly mounted.

For detailed information onevery aspect of our spindletechnology, please consult pages 479 - 498.

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Internal door furnitureLever handle 1003 Rose 1731 Escutcheon 1735

Bathroom furniture Lever handle 1003 Rose 1731 Roses WC 1735 0054

Entrance door furnitureLever-female part 1003 Rose 1731 Escutcheon 1735 Door knob 2329 06

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The FSB 1003 lever handle,styled like a miniature door onits side, is a bit of a collector’sitem. Its designer is unknown.Johannes Potente discoveredthis design and redesigned itin aluminium and stainlesssteel.

1003 Aluminium Stainless steel

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Window handle 3425 p. 139 Pull handles p. 315ff. Door stops p. 177ff.

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There’s no shortage of wedge-shaped lever handles around.Virtually every maker featuresa variation on this theme intheir repertoire. This designmay originally have been Pro-fessor Burchartz’s. The versionby Johannes Potente is veryslender.


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Internal door furniture7205 13

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Internal door furniture7205 16 r.h. | 7205 19 l.h.

Entrance door furniture7205 17 r.h. | 7205 20 l.h.

Bathroom furniture 7205 18 r.h. | 7205 21 l.h.



Inactive leaf furniture 7605 73without escutcheon



Inactive leaf furniture 7605 71without keyhole



Inactive leaf furniture 7605 79without keyhole



Entrance door furniture with fixed knob:

Project and fire door fittings feature roses or backplateswith concealed fixing. Itemnumbers and dimensions ofroses and plates can be ascertained using the table on page 91.

Standard fittings feature con-cealed fixing on roses and visible fixing on plates. Alternatives on pages 93-.

Internal door furniture1005 | 1731 | 1735

Entrance door furniture1005 | 1731 | 1735 | 2329 06

Bathroom furniture 1005 | 1731 | 1735 0054

Internal door furniture1005 | 1402

Entrance door furniture1005 | 1402 | 1966

Bathroom furniture 1005 | 1402 0054




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During a visit in 1996 to theCharité hospital in East Berlin,FSB staff came across a leverhandle design they had neverseen before - an upright ovalgrip yoked to a cylindricalshank.

Always on the look-out foruncluttered designs, the visi-ting group duly reported backto base on returning to theWeserberg hills. FSB in-housedesigner Hartmut Weise liste-ned attentively and then setabout constructing a modelincorporating what he hadheard.

It pleased us no end, so wethought it might find favourelsewhere too. And so it cameto pass that we marketed ourfelicitous little find from Berlin.


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Bathroom furniture7230 18 r.h. | 7230 21 l.h.



Inactive leaf furniture7630 73without escutcheon



Inactive leaf furniture7630 74without keyhole






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Bathroom furniture1010 | 1731 | 1735 0054



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Internal door furnitureLever handle 1012 Backplate 1402

Bathroom furniture Lever handle 1012 Backplates WC 1402 0054

Entrance door furnitureLever-female part 1012 Backplate 1402 Knob backplate 1904

Some lever handle types defyexplanation as to either theirorigins or their market dura-blity. This is especially true ofFSB 1012. It used to be knowncolloquially as a 'Reich-shape'but is now described as an'upright oval'. It is said to havebeen first used in 1926 in IG Farben’s admin block inFrankfurt.

It was inspired by the architectHans Poelzig. The versionshown here was adapted byPeter Assenmacher in 1988.

1012 Aluminium

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Internal door furnitureLever handle 1014Backplate 1417

Bathroom furnitureLever handle 1014Backplates WC 1417 7554

Entrance door furnitureLever-female part 1014Backplate 1417Knob backplate 1912

For some time now a designphilosophy dubbed the 'newrestraint' has been doing therounds. The names most frequently cited in architecturalhardware circles in this connection are Hartmut Weise(FSB 1025) and Jasper Morri-son (FSB 1144).

We would now like to make afurther contribution to the newspirit of restraint with lever handle design FSB 1014 andthe new FSB 1417 narrowbackplate. Handle and plateenter into such a slender un-fussy union that imagining any-thing more restrained wouldbe a bit difficult. Designed byHartmut Weise.

1014 Aluminium

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It is not known who designedthe original of FSB 1015. Wesuspect it was hatched by theWehag company. Like mostFSB lever handles, 1015 wasconceived by Johannes Potente. The clarity of the de-sign struck a particular chordin the Netherlands - more than40 years ago.


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FSB’s first Grey Manual pub-lished in 1990 introduced tothe market a lever handle basedon a design from the 1920s.FSB 1076 subsequently be-came the most copied handleof the 20th century. FSB 1016,the model pictured here, is aclosed variant that meets thespecifications for emergencyexits set forth under DIN 18 273 5.9.


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Internal door furnitureLever handle 1020Rose 1731Escutcheon 1735

Bathroom furnitureLever handle 1020Rose 1731Roses WC 1735 0054

Entrance door furnitureLever-female part 1020Rose 1731Escutcheon 1735Door knob 2327 06

The 'functional style' of the 50sfound its clearest expression in the model FSB 1020. Johannes Potente designedthis model in 1953. His de-sign’s strong points are itsphysical dynamism, its simplehand shape and an assymmetrythat gives the illusion of symmetry.

When Johannes Potente de-signed his 1020 model, it washis intention to provide visualrelief from the strict lines ofthe door, 'inviting' the observerto take hold of the handle.

FSB 1020 is one of four mo-dels designed by Designer Johannes Potente which be-came part of the permanentcollection of the MoMA in New York.

1020 Aluminium

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Illustrated on pages 4 and 5 ofa 30s' catalogue by the bronze-ware company S. A. Loevy arehalf a dozen door fittings byRachlis, Grenander, Behrens,Wagenfeld and Paul in which around shank is combined witha flat grip section. In the 90s,the Spanish designer MiguelMilá bent things round a bit toproduce the FSB 1126 model.

This time, though, we are ad-hering more to the original 30s'designs. The third modernistage embraces the spirit of theBauhaus.


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When the Ulm Design Collegewas being built in the Fifties,the Swiss architect, sculptorand designer Max Bill withErnst Moeckel designed a leverhandle based on the railwaycarriage handle common inSwitzerland. It entered designhistory as the 'Ulm handle'.

Johannes Potente took this asthe starting point for the 1023model, still a compelling alter-native to anonymous tubulardesigns.


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FSB 1025 is the nucleus of the'FSB Light' range of handles.

Its stylistic identity is clearlydiscernible. A straight handlegrip, fashioned in cross sectionlike the outline of a teardrop,slants away from the axis ofthe lever shank to which it isconnected.

FSB 1025 possesses an ele-gant modesty that will pleaseall those keen on no-frills effi-ciency. With the gripping sur-face tilted at 45 degrees, thehand slips on easily; the hand-le’s globular section makes forcomfortable and secure grip-ping, allowing the door to beopened or closed with littleeffort.

A central element in the designof FSB 1025 is its vividly con-densed ridge of luminosity. The effect of slenderness inthis unfussy door handle mo-del is heightened by the waylight and shade are mani-pulated.

1025 Aluminium natural colouranodisedStainless steel

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Entrance door furnitureLever-female part 1026 Rose 1707 Escutcheon 1708 Door knob, r.h. 2326 0406

l.h. 2326 0506

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Lever handle model FSB 1026adds a rising quarter circle tothe core features of the 'FSBLight' range, thus pointedlymaking its mark.The sectionally globular griparcs up in a quarter circle asthough reaching out to be held.This is a door handle that canbe grasped with equal easeleft- or right-handedly. There’sgood support for elbows andforearms.

The curvature creates the im-pression of increased grippingsubstance, although here, too,material input was kept to aminimum.

1026 Aluminium natural colouranodised

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FSB 1027 is regarded as astock item in the industry. It isalso disparagingly known asthe 'shoe horn' model. Thebasic design was first marketedby wehag, designed by Profes-sor Max Burchartz. It sits ex-tremely snugly in the handand is notably unobtrusive.FSB’s 'shoe horn'-version wasdesigned by JohannesPotente.


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FSB 1028 is the most ornateof the handles in the 'FSBLight' range. It’s a bold varia-tion on the FSB 1025 themethat nonetheless retains thevital ergonomic features.

This is a design that catchesthe eye and is just as good tohold. The undular styling ofthe actual handle is both visu-ally striking and a stimulatingexperience for the hand. It’s aselegant a silver embellishmentas you could wish to see onany door, and it also does thejob of opening and closing thedoor pretty well.


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Entrance door furnitureLever-female part 1029Rose 1707Escutcheon 1708Door knob, r.h. 2326 0406

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FSB 1029 is a special moul-ded-to-the-hand design thataugments the other threehandles in the 'FSB Light' range.

We only use the phrase 'moul-ded-to-the-hand' for modelsthat meet our four Good Gripcriteria to the letter.

Hartmut Weise managed tomodify the teardrop motif insuch a way that the thumband the forefinger have some-where to go and the palm ofthe hand has ample bulk togrip on.

This model incorporates a fewmore grammes of aluminiumthan the other three lighter de-signs in the 'FSB Light' series.But that could not be avoided,given what the model has tooffer. And at the end of the dayaluminium is fully recyclable.


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The FSB 1034 lever handlewas Johannes Potente’s firstmajor hit. It dates from 1952.Once the copyright lapsed, itwas imitated by the millionthroughout the world. It evenhad to suffer being remodelledin grey plastic – back in thedays before plastic wenttechnicolor. The Four Rules ofthe Grip viz. thumb guide, forefinger furrow, ball-of-thumbsupport and gripping substanceare ideally catered for.

1034 Aluminium

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In the autumn of 1996, theDüsseldorf-based interior de-signer Heike Falkenberg invitedus to recreate a handle designfrom the past as part of a reno-vation project. On the strengthof sketches submitted, the FSBdevelopment department didsome milling work on FSB1076 to arrive at a first appro-ximation. We were so enamou-red of the prototype that wedecided on the spot to presentour hefty new idea to the mar-ket.


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FSB 1046 sports a striking design. A straight grippingarea is met by two distinctlines towards the pivot point.The resultant elongated acu-te-angled triangle resembles a'beak', which is the nicknamethis product of the JohannesPotente design workshopacquired. The 'beak' fromBrakel has become in the pastdecades a special collector’sitem.

FSB 1046 is one of four mo-dels designed by DesignerJohannes Potente which be-came part of the permanentcollection of the MoMA in New York.

1046 Aluminium

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Bathroom furnitureLever handle 1051Backplate 1431 0054


FSB 1051 is one of four mo-dels designed by DesignerJohannes Potente which be-came part of the permanentcollection of the MoMA in NewYork.

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The FSB 1051 lever handlehas come to epitomize FSB. Itwas known as the 'Schneider-handle' virtually from its con-ception in the mid Fifties. Wecan only surmise as to whythis model was such a successfor Johannes Potente in theFifties (as it still is). Maybe it’sbecause of the smooth design,

the harmonous interplay be-tween an unerring rectilinearityand the calculated triangulardesign motif towards the neck.

1051 Aluminium

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The styling of lever handleFSB 1052 echoes the 'Brakellightweight' with its dynamicsense of motion (the 1107model). Several architects and plannersurged us to harness this handleshape for heavy-duty appli-cations (e.g. in hospitals). Theextended slight curvature to-wards the door is conducive toelbow operation should thisprove necessary. This lever handle set is idealfor heavy-duty and fire-doorapplications. In view of thelarger handle projection, FSBrecommends the use of lockswith a 9 mm follower and acorresponding lever handlespindle.

1052 Stainless steel

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The FSB 1057 lever handle isthe work of Munich designerJan Roth. Unimpressed by themodels then on sale, he deci-ded to design handles of hisown. After the first casting, hetook the polished unfinishedparts home and duly fittedthem to his doors (which iswhere they still are). Will JanRoth like our new version instainless steel too?

The Jan Roth-designed FSB1057 model nestles snugly inthe hand, and women, espe-cially, often fall for it on thespot.


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FSB 1058 was JohannesPotente’s favourite. It is notknown why he followed up hisaccomplished FSB 1051 mo-del with a re-design two yearslater. The FSB 1058 re-designdoes away with the triangularmotif near the pivotal axis. Theresult is a slender, elegant mo-del that is strikingly attractive.

FSB 1058 is one of four mo-dels designed by DesignerJohannes Potente which be-came part of the permanentcollection of the MoMA in New York.


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Nicholas Grimshaw’s doorhandle design is notable for its easy readability. The gripappears to be saying 'to openplease press'. The flattenedbulk is clearly inviting the handto envelop and operate it. Thegrip is as slender from the frontas it is broad across the top.The silver aluminium layer thatseparates the top of the gripfrom the bottom lends the de-sign a sense of great lightness.

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What is there left to say aboutthis particular design? Art histo-rians report that it was a black-smith of yore who fashionedthe first tubular handle. In morerecent times - in the 1920s - it was most likely the Wehagcompany that introduced thecircular cross-section to archi-tectural hardware. At aboutthe same time the neighbou-ring Woelm company waslaunching an identical designit dubbed the 'stable doorhandle'.

FSB didn’t leap onto the circu-lar bandwagon until the1970s,when the market was very welldisposed to such moves. Leverhandle model FSB 1070 hasadmittedly since found apowerful rival at home. Weacquired the redesign habitfrom our friend AlessandroMendini.With this approach, FSB 1070has been redefined as the FSB 1146 model.


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The 1920s gave us three trulyenduring door handle designs.In Paris, the architect Mallet-Stevens cut a tube in half andmitred it back together again(FSB 1076). The open end wasrounded. In Vienna, mean-while, the philosopher LudwigWittgenstein was busy bendinga brass tube through 90 de-grees (FSB 1147). He, too,rounded off the end. MessrsGropius and Meyer, finally,yoked a square section shankto a circular grip (FSB 1102).

All three designs are still withus today. In fact, two andthree times over as far as FSBis concerned, viz. the FrankfurtModel, Wittgenstein’s handleand the Gropius/Meyer rede-sign by Alessandro Mendini.There’s even a variation on thetheme: Model FSB 1075.Someone had the bright ideaof slicing off the round tip.That was the simple way FSB1075 turned out.


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The architect Robert-MalletStevens (1886–1945) designedseveral blocks of flats in theParis of the 1920s. He was probably the first designer to hit upon the idea of taking thetubular handle devised by theViennese philosopher LudwigWittgenstein in the same de-cade, splitting it where it bends,and mitring it back togetheragain at right angles.

They are now known as the'FRANKFURT model', and there’s a simple reason for this.They were rediscovered for thenew Architecture Museumbuilding in Frankfurt and soontook the market by storm.


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The idea behind the FSB 1077lever handle series was to givearchitects and end-users theopportunity to have a say inthe choice of grip.

Illustrated here are the choicesavailable. Cognoscenti will havespotted that the jazzy coloursof yesteryear have made wayfor more subtle satin shades.

The following proven combina-tions await your order in FSB’sstock range:

Aluminium natural colouranodisedGrip stainless steel

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7202Terrazzoblack/white

7215Terrazzoblue/beige


A certain number of the hand-le grips illustrated here areheld in stock, with continuousadjustments being made to re-flect customer demand. Stockscan become depleted followinga large order, and restockingcan take up to twelve weeks. Itis therefore advisable to planorders well ahead of schedule.

All handle grips illustrated aremanufactured in DUROHORN®.The pigments used are non-fade. As with all plastics, roughcontact with harder materialsor sharp edges can lead todenting. This in no way impairsthe operation or looks of thefurniture.

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Much has been written aboutwho invented the tubular de-sign. Most probably it wassome master craftsman wayback when hammering steeltubing into a handle format onthe anvil. The phrase 'horsestable handle' has long beencommon parlance - the endbent towards the door waspresumably designed to pre-vent the bridle from snagging.Having served the animalworld, it experienced a world-wide comeback in manifoldmaterials and countless jazzed-up plastic colours a centurylater. That’s the general back-ground to this classical design.

There’s no doubt who designedFSB 1080, though - none otherthan our during life anonymousdesigner Johannes Potente.His idea was to produce ashorter version suitable for do-mestic use. He was successful.


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The notion of combining metaland wood in a lever handle took to the streets, as it were, in the early Eighties. For FSB,Johannes Potente conceived asolid metal shaft with a highlytactile tubular beech grip inlight and dark versions. Thisunorthodox series was a greatFair success and has remaineda consistent seller. The FSBprogramme would be incon-ceivable without it.

Available in:

Aluminium natural colour anodisedDark wood handle

Aluminium dark bronze colouranodisedLight wood handle

1082 Aluminium

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FSB 1086 has a typical 'practi-cal shape'. These functionalmodels are ideal where a les-ser projection is required onthe handle to accommodateshutters, blinds, etc. Of course it can be used as aregular pair of lever handles,too.

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Variations of combination illu-strated in the order proposal.

1087 Aluminium

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Balcony lever setLever-female part 1086Lever-male part 1087Backplate 1402

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The idea behind the FSB 1089lever handle series was to givearchitects and end-users theopportunity to have a say inthe choice of grip.

Illustrated here are the choicesavailable. Cognoscenti will havespotted that the jazzy coloursof yesteryear have made wayfor more subtle satin shades.

The following proven combina-tions await your order in FSB’sstock range:

Aluminium natural colour anodisedGrip stainless steel

Aluminium natural colouranodisedGrip black


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A certain number of the hand-le grips illustrated here areheld in stock, with continuousadjustments being made to reflect customer demand.Stocks can become depletedfollowing a large order, and re-stocking can take up to twelveweeks. It is therefore advisableto plan orders well ahead ofschedule.

All handle grips illustrated aremanufactured in DUROHORN®.The pigments used are non-fade. As with all plastics, roughcontact with harder materialsor sharp edges can lead todenting. This in no way impairsthe operation or looks of thefurniture.

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Model 1102 was produced bythe Italian designer AlessandroMendini, who contributed to the FSB Design Workshop byrefashioning a familiar Gropiushandle using new materials. So popular has AlessandroMendini’s 're-design' provedthat there have been many re-quests for a stainless steel ver-sion. We’re only too pleased tocomply.

Shown on this page is the rug-ged version in stainless steelfor heavily-used doors. Theother variants are covered onthe next page but one.


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The redesign of the Gropiushandle by the Italian designphilosopher Alessandro Mendiniis available from FSB in natu-ral anodised aluminium or withblack grip sections. No other grips are authorisedby Alessandro Mendini.

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Aluminium natural colouranodised

Aluminium natural colour anodisedblack DUROHORN® handle


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The FSB 1103 lever handle byHans Hollein is shaped to thehand in classical FSB fashion.Hans Hollein incorporated twospecific principles into thismodel: Firstly, he wanted tokeep the user’s hand wellclear of the edge of the door.Hence the stagger betweenthe point of pivot and the grip.Secondly, he wanted to offer achoice of either upward ordownward lever position, thuslending the door a flexibleidentity.

Handleupwards

Handledownwards


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With FSB 1104, Mario Bottasought to highlight the factthat, to open a door, the humanhand requires an implement.The planning of this model wasguided by the realisation thatopening a door brings togetheran organic component, viz. thehuman hand, and a mechani-cal component, viz. the doorfurniture. Mario Botta markedthe heart of his 'Calvinist'offering with a small square.The material used is black-coated steel.

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Once again, Hartmut Weiseproves with the design of FSB1105 that less is often more.His FSB featherweight leverhandle series has been aug-mented by a further unfussymodel for doors and windows.Its symmetrical form simplycalls out to be gripped. Theseeasy-to-grasp manual and visual qualities are echoed in a sensitively fashioned windowfastener.

1105 Aluminium

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FSB 1107 has close affinitieswith FSB 1108. Hartmut Weisehas imbued his 'Brakel light-weight' model with the verve ofa door in motion.


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FSB designer Hartmut Weisehas long been wondering wherethe secret of the two populardoor handles 'Wittgenstein’sHandle' and 'Frankfurt Model'can lie. Then one day he hitupon the term 'unpretentiouspresence' to sum up the out-come of his deliberations.

Spurred on by this analysis,Hartmut Weise resolved toplace an even more chaste variant on the decision-makingtable:Round tubing is mitred to anoval grip at right angles. The'Frankfurt heavyweight' is in-stantly transformed into anelegant 'Brakel featherweight'without in any way having sa-crificed the unpretentious pre-sence of the former.


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Richard Rogers commissionedhis colleague Laurence Abbottand a team headed by FlorianFischötter to come up with alever handle design with a difference. The brief foresawan elegant stainless steel hard-ware collection whose indivi-dual constituents would be im-mediately discernible to thehuman eye. This far from easytask was achieved with aplombwith door handle model FSB1114.

A stainless steel bar 16 mm indiameter floats airily above apivot to which it is connectedby means of a heavy-dutyshackle. Sporting the looks ofa mechanical lever, this is ano-nonsense tool for openingclosed doors.


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Lever handle for framed doors p. 425ff.


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FSB 1119 is the heavy-dutymember of the light series. Itaugments the design’s grace-ful lightness with the rugged-ness required for doors in con-stant use. Hands and elbowsare dependably guided intothe operating position. Its endcurves gently back towards theleaf of the door. This handlewas designed by HartmutWeise.


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FSB 1125 is one of three mo-dels top Austrian architect Hans Hollein brought along toour Design Workshop in 1986.All three were included in thebook 'Door Handles: Work-shop in Brakel'. Since thatpublication, we have oftenbeen asked by readers why weonly adopted Hollein’s handleFSB 1103 and not his equallyattractive stainless steel handle.We had made good thatomission.


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When the Spanish designerMiguel Milá suggested that wemake a gently arching leverhandle from a flat steel hoop,we first thought Milá was re-surrecting a form familiar fromthe work of Wilhelm Wagenfeldand his followers.

But we were to discover that, by grace of its organic curvatu-re, Miguel Milá’s steel handleboasted hitherto unknown for-mal properties. His design isan inventive re-interpretationof an old motif, the fusing of around shank and a flat steelband into a single entity.


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The shape of door handle mo-del FSB 1127 evokes thewing-beat of a gull. The slendercontours of the folded stain-less steel sheeting give thehand plenty to grip on, andquite as if by chance the thumbalso slips nicely into place.This is an unpretentious de-sign offering its services as ahand tool for the opening andclosing of doors. That's designErik Magnussen all over.

Lever handle design FSB1127, shown here with roundroses, can also be combinedwith the long narrow backplateFSB 1432.


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To the 'large wing-beat' of hisfirst door handle Mr. Magnussenhas added a smaller version,FSB 1128. His wife Jonna,when asked what she thoughtof the original design, arguedthat a more petite model wasalso needed. The grip is shorterand fuller, though the term'grip' scarcely does it justice;this is truly a tactile delight thehand will not want to let go.


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Internal door furniture1137 | 1740 | 17417637 13


Entrance door furniture1137 | 1740 | 1741 | 2376 067637 14

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In FSB 1137, the working partsand the front section are ingrey aluminium whereas thegrip is in black thermoplastics.What really sets this unpreten-tious safety handle apart (ahandle that won't slip up yoursleeve!) is its 'little finger re-cess', which provides the handwith sufficient purchase despiteextreme economies of space.Less tends to be more asdesigner Dieter Rams sees it.

1137 Aluminium grey Thermoplastics black

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Entrance door furniture1138 | 1740 | 1741 | 2376 067638 44 r.h.7638 54 l.h.

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The qualities Dieter Rams de-mands of design are simplicity,lightness, and the incorporationof what readily springs to mind.

His own work faithfully putsthese demands to effect, as isgraphically demonstrated byFSB 1138.

FSB 1138 is endowed with asturdy round aluminium neckthat is effectively the lynchpinof the piece. The black gripsection in thermoplastics fea-tures a clearly discernible indexfinger recess.

1138 Aluminium grey Thermoplastics black

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FSB 1144 is a lever handlestyled to appeal to eye andhand in equal measure. Themessage the eye receives fromJasper Morrison's design isthat this handle is a hand-operated device for openingdoors. Reassured, the handreaches out. The thumb co-mes to rest; the index settlesin its recess; the hand clen-ches to give a firm grip. All thegood-grip criteria identified byOtl Aicher and ourselves havebeen met.


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Much has been written aboutwho actually invented the tu-bular design. Most probably itwas some master craftsman inthe mists of time hammeringsteel tubing into a rudimentaryhandle on his anvil. He hadvery likely been commissionedto produce a handle that wouldprevent animals’ harnessessnagging on doors. The dis-paraging phrase 'stable doorhandle' has long been commonparlance. Having served theanimal world well, the handlecame back in an array of ma-terial and colours a century la-ter to adorn doors for humanuse the world over.

That’s the general backgroundto this classic design. But FSBfelt the time had come to taketubular design a stage further.The shank was made to taper,the arching free end given aspherical tip. Only two verysimple features have lent theFSB 1146 model greater indi-viduality with this reworking.Isn’t it strange? FSB 1146 getscopied more and more.


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The company motif draws on a door handle designed in mid-Twenties’ Vienna by theAustrian philosopher LudwigWittgenstein that has served as a model for several designssince, including the reworkedFSB 1147 handle in this cata-logue. It should replace thestandard 1075 model.

Its tapered neck and roundedend set it apart from both ourown company motif and themany other variants of thishandle on the market.


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The Berlin-based architectHans Kollhoff devised a handledesign for his building projectsthat consciously incorporateselements of 30s' styles.His chaste door handles andwindow handles and fastenershave been accepted by themarket as authentic inter-pretations.


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Internal door furnitureLever handle 1166 Rose 1731Escutcheon 1735

Bathroom furnitureLever handle 1166 Rose 1731Escutcheon 1735 0054

Window handle 3466 p. 146

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In 1988 we got to know theyoung English designer JasperMorrison, explained the FourRules of the grip to him andinvited him to turn this formulainto a lightweight stainlesssteel handle. He accepted thechallenge and turned up a fewmonths later with the FSB 1166model. We were impressed.

Handles with thin grips hadbeen produced before but hadtended to be geometricallyprosaic.


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Bathroom furniture Lever handle 1167Rose 1731Roses WC 1735 0054

Window handle 3467p. 147

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FSB featured a window handlein its 1986 catalogue that wasnicknamed the 'string model'because its handle consisted of a double length of fine steelwire. Before very long, we were being asked whether wecouldn’t produce a lever han-dle in the same style. We could.


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Entrance door furniture1171 | 1731 | 1735 2329 067271 147671 14

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FSB’s lever handle model 1171owes its existence to a 'crazynotion' hatched in FSB’s tool-making shop. It’s a notion witha history. In the inter-war andpost-war periods FSB produ-ced a lever handle that entereddesign history as the nickel hornhandle. It combined a bent sil-verplated shank with a blackplastic grip.

It was in 1992 that FSB’s tool-makers set about recreatingthis design classic in tubularstainless steel using modernexpansion technology. Lawand behold - it worked.


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Bathroom furniture1173 | 1731 | 1735 00547273 15


FSB 1173 model sports a trumpet-shaped design verymuch reminiscent of a modelthat emerged in the late Twen-ties in the Frankfurt area andhas also long been part of theFSB repertoire. In earlier cata-logues it was listed as FSB7411. The chaste styling ofthis redesign in aluminium andstainless steel represents acompelling alternative to thefamous door handle modelFSB 1147, based on a designby the philosopher LudwigWittgenstein.


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The design of FSB 1176 is like-wise based on an older FSBmodel. The shank and tip ofthe handle were originally madeof rolled steel, this later givingway to cast aluminum, whilstthe grip itself was finished inchunky black plastic.

The tool makers and R & Dpeople at FSB joined forces tofashion this familiar form outof steel tubing, which thensimply had to be rolled to apoint at one end. To producethe moulds for the aluminiumversion was much easier.


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7691 16 r.h.19 l.h.

Bathroom furniture 1191 | 1491 4354 r.h.1191 | 1491 5354 l.h.

Entrance door furniture1191 | 1491 | 1991 43 r.h.1191 | 1491 | 1991 53 l.h. 7691 17 r.h.7691 20 l.h.

Looking at this lever design divorced from its backplate, itmight be suggested thatPhilippe Starck was out to en-dow us with horns. Strangelyenough, though, when thesehorns are fastened to the back-plate they turn into door hand-les as functional as any youcould wish for: The lever can be grasped atvarying heights. Thumb, fore-finger and palm nestle securely.The handle fills the hand whengripped; there is sufficientvolume available.

With this door furniture, FSBoffers an alternative to thesymmetrical design philosophybased on circles, triangles andrectangles. And the set as awhole provides a visual con-trast to the rectangular doorwithout seeking to rise aboveits station. Matt silver backplate,polished lever. Both in high-quality aluminium.

1 191 Aluminium natural colouranodised

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Internal door furniture7010 637210 637610 63

Bathroom furniture 7010 657210 65

Entrance door furniture7010 667210 667610 66

In works design FSB 7010, the'dynamic golden growth spiral'was recreated with a roundcross-section, the lever tape-ring progressively towards thetip. This effect enhances themomentum of the naturalcurvature. With its restrainedlooks and direction-of-motionstyling, FSB 7010 is a joy tohold and use.


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Entrance door furniture7011 66 r.h. | 7011 76 l.h.7211 66 r.h. | 7211 76 l.h.7611 66 r.h. only Stainless steel 7611 76 l.h. only Stainless steel

In the case of works designFSB 7011, the round cross-section of the FSB 7010 modelmakes way for an ergonomictriangular form. Very strikinghere is the organic ease withwhich the shank of the handleinitiates the 'dynamic goldengrowth spiral' and oversees atapering of the grip's cross-section from 24 mm to 18 mmat the tip. This is an unob-trusive, non-slip design thatreflects the direction of motion.


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Internal door furniture7012 637212 637612 63 only Stainless steel

Bathroom furniture7012 657212 65

Entrance door furniture7012 667212 667612 66 only Stainless steel

Works design FSB 7012 yokesthe 'dynamic golden growthspiral' to an elegant squarecross-section. In this series,we quite deliberately adoptedthree classical Euclidean forms- circle, triangle and square.We wanted to demonstrate thatthe 'dynamic golden growthspiral' applies for all forms. Inthis model, too, the grip tapersas the spiral expands. Thistough handle is conducive togripping and features direction-of-motion styling.


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This design is the splendid re-sult of a time taking researchand solves virtually every ergo-nomic problem associated withheavily-used doors. Why we’vecalled it the 'Ergo handle' isthus plain to see.

The main benefits of the Ergohandle FSB 7655 are:

-The triangular styling corre-sponds to the direction ofmotion of the user.

-This angular shape absorbsthe effort of operating thedoor.

-The fullness and triangularcross-section of the designcomplement the shape of thehand as it closes to grip.

Where an elbow is applied, theleft-right offers ample sup-port.

The FSB Ergo lever furnitureset 7655 is turnably fixedbackplate and is suitable forfire doors (acc. to German DIN18 273). Because of the widthof FSB 7655 we recommendto use locks with follower 9 mmonly. That’s why the spindle isonly available in 9 mm.


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. . . . 12 to . . . . 15Roses

. . . . 01 to . . . . 03Backplate 1450 03

. . . . 09 to . . . . 11Backplate 1410 03

. . . . 04 to . . . . 06Backplate 1451 03

. . . . 39 to . . . . 41Backplate 1418 03

. . . . 16 to . . . . 28 Square Backplate

. . . . 12 to . . . . 14Roses

. . . . 01 to . . . . 02Backplate 1450 03

. . . . 09 to . . . . 10Backplate 1410 03

. . . . 04 to . . . . 05Backplate 1451 03

. . . . 39 to . . . . 40Backplate 1418 03

. . . . 16 to . . . . 28 Square Backplate


Our standard lever handles aredesigned for use either withroses for concealed fixing orbackplates for visible fixing.

But standard furniture can justas conceivably feature rosesfor visible fixing or backplatesfor concealed fixing.

You can also choose betweensquare or round-edged back-plates.

All the various plate and rosestyles available are illustratedon page 93-.

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Clarification

To simplify specification andordering procedures, heavy-duty and fire-door furniture has been accorded a six-figurecode number covering bothlever handles and accessories.And there are other potentialaccessory options.

In case this might soundconfusing, here’s an explana-tion of the final two digits withthe diagramms of the itembeing concerned.

1731 | 1735 1707 | 1708 1451 03

1450 03 1418 03

1410 03 1483 03 1488 03

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