AN IMPROVED GUARD FOR CARVING FORKS
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alexander Melville Clark of the firm of A. M and
W. Clark of 53 Chancery Lane in the County of Middlesex Fellow of the
Institute of Patent Agents for an Invention of AN IMPROVED GUARD FOR
CARVING FORKS Communicated to him from abroad by Terrence Francis
Curley, of Brooklyn in the County of Kings and State of New York, United
States of America,
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Alexander Melville Clark at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 21st February 1883.
ALEXANDER MELVILLE CLARK of the firm of A M and W. Clark of 53 Chancery
Lane in the County of Middlesex Fellow of the Institute of Patent Agents
" AN
IMPROVED GUARD FOR CARVING FORKS." [Communicated to him from abroad by
Terrence Francis Curley, of Brooklyn in the County of Kings and State of New
York, United States of America]
This Invention relates to guards applied to carving forks, and it consists in
means for locking the guards in either the raised or lowered position. so that they
may not become displaced.
The guard may be of any desired form or shape and it consists of a central
portion or shank which extends through and is pivoted in a slot in the shank of
the carving fork and terminates at its ends in arms or forks. Upon one side of
the shank of the fork are attached spring arms preferably constructed of a single
plate of steel slotted lengthwise to form a pair of springs. The slot or space
between the springs is enlarged at one end and at their outer ends the springs are
notched or recessed. When the guard is closed down upon the fork, the shank of
the guard is caught by the notched ends of the springs, and the guard is thus held
in that position. To raise the guard pressure is applied to force the springs apart
and the shank then passes between the springs until it reaches the notched end of
the slot. The guard being retained in the raised position by the spring.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Alexander Melville Clark in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
18th August 1883.
"
ALEXANDER MELVILLE CLARK of the firm of A. M. and W. Clark of 53 Chancery
Lane in the County of Middlesex Fellow of the Institute of Patent Agents "AN
IMPROVED GUARD FOR CARVING FORKS a communication to me from abroad by
Terrence Francis Curley of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New
York, United States of America
This invention relates to guards applied to carving forks, and it consists in means
for locking the guard in either the raised or lowered position so that it may not
become displaced.
The Invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which similar
letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a fork and guard with the improvement
applied Figure 2 is a sectional side view of the same. Figure 3 is a plan view
of the locking springs.
1
The
As shown it consists of a
The guard A may be of any desired form or shape.
central portion or shank a provided at its ends with arms or prongs, b.
shank cof the carving fork is formed with a slot d through which the shank a of
the guard passes, and in which slot the guard is attached by a cross ipin e. Upon
one side of the shank of the fork are attached spring arms ff preferably con-
structed, as shown of a single plate of steel slotted lengthwise to form a pair of
springs, f. The slot or space between the springs f is enlarged at one end, as
shown at g, and at their outer ends the springs are notched or recessed at h.
When the guard is closed down upon the fork, as shown in figure 1. the shank a
of the guard is caught by the notched ends h of the springs, and the guard is thus
held in that position. To raise the guard pressure is required to force the
springs apart, and allow the shank a to pass between the springs until it
reaches the notched end g of the slot; the guard being then in its raised position
is retained by the spring. It will thus be seen that the guard is locked in either
position in which it may be placed.
Having described the nature of the said Invention and the manner of performing
the same I declare that what I claim as the Invention to be protected by the
herein before in part recited Letters Patent is:
The combination with the fork and guard A, of the locking device, having the
spring, arms with a narrow longitudinal slot between them, said slot extending
from the free end of the said device and terminating in an enlarged slot or recess g
the free ends of said springs having recesses h to clasp the shank of the guard,
whereby the guard is locked either in its closed or open position as shown and
described.
In witness whereof I the said Alexander Melville Clark have hereunto set my
hand and seal this seventeenth day of August A.D. 1883.
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