Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Feb., 1887
Complete Left, 21st Oct., 1887
Complete Accepted, 22nd Nov., 1887
JOHN EDWARD MADDOCK, Oakengates, in the county of Salop, Ironfounder do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
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This invention relates to improvements in trivet stands for fire and other similar
places, and consists in constructing such stands to slide towards or from the fire &c.
after the following manner :-
I form a bracket slide which is made to rest upon the bar of the fire grate, and
further to carry the sliding plate or stand.
This sliding bracket is provided with two studs or prongs upon its underside at the
front end, for the purpose of hooking the said slide upon the fire grate bar.
At a
little distance from these two prongs I make further provision upon the slide to
receive a screw and thumb nut, for the purpose of securing thereto an adjustable
(third) prong. This adjustable prong hangs in a vertical position, so that while the
two former prongs hook on to the inside of the bar, the adjustable one rests against
and in front of the bar, and thus holds the trivet in position.
To accommodate the various thicknesses of bars, I provide in the top of the adjust-
able prong a slot or its equivalent by which it can be widened out or closed in as
required, and secured to any desired width by the thumb screw.
I further provide a plate or stand of any suitable plate or pleasing design, which
forms the trivet proper, and which is made to slide upon the said bracket.
This sliding may be effected by several means, as for instance, by a projecting stud
upon the underside of the plate working in a slotted hole in the bracket, so that
according to the length of the slotted slide, the plate may be moved to and fro.
Or instead of the stud and slotted hole or groove I may provide guides upon the
underside of the plate, to work upon a formed sliding surface upon the bracket, so
that by these or any similar means the plate is made to slide upon the bracket towards
or froin the fire.
These my improved trivets may be made of any suitable metal, but generally I
should make them of malleable cast iron, with or without loose or fixed polished plates
upon their upper surface, and provided with handles thereon.
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CHARLES T. POWELL,
Applicant's Agent.

page_text: I JOHN EDWARD MADDOCK Oakengates, in the county of Salop, Ironfounder, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
This invention relates to improvements in trivet stands, for fire and other similar
places, and consists in constructing such stands to slide towards or from the fire &c.
after the following manner :-
I form a bracket slide which is made to rest upon the bar of the fire grate, and
further to carry the sliding plate or stand.
This bracket slide is provided with two studs or prongs upon its underside at the
front end, for the purpose of hooking the said slide upon the fire grate bar. A little
distance from these two prongs, I make further provision upon the slide, to receive
a screw and thumb nut, for the purpose of securing thereto an adjustable (third)
prong. This adjustable prong hangs in a vertical position so that while the two former
prongs hook on to the inside of the bar, the adjustable one rests against and in front
of the bar, and thus holds the trivet in position.
To accomodate the various thicknesses of bars, I provide in the top of the adjust-
able prong, a slot or its equivalent, by which it can be widened out or closed in, as
required, and secured to any desired width by the thumb screw.
I further provide a plate or stand of any suitable shape or pleasing design, which
forms the trivet proper, and which is made to slide upon the said bracket.
This sliding may be effected by several means, as for instance, by a projecting stud
upon the underside of the plate, working in a slotted hole in the bracket, so that
according to the length of the slotted slide, the plate may be moved to and fro.
Or instead of the stud or slotted hole or groove, I may provide guides upon the
underside of the plate, to work upon a formed sliding surface upon the bracket, so
that by these or any similar means, the plate is made to slide upon the bracket towards
or from the fire.
These my improved trivets may be made of any suitable metal, but generally I
should make them of malleable cast iron, with or without loose or fixed polished plates
upon their upper surface, and provided with handles thereon.
I will now proceed to describe this my invention more fully, with the aid of the
accompanying illustrative sheet of drawings upon which are figures and letters of
reference, like letters referring throughout the several views to the same thing or
part.
Figs. 1, 2, 3 & 4 are respectively plan, elevation, inverted plan, and section of the
grate bar bracket slide, Fig. 4 being an end sectional view of Fig. 3 upon line A-B.
Figs 5, 6 & 7, are respectively side elevation, end elevation, and plan of the adjust-
able prong
Figs. 8 & 9, are respectively plan and edge elevation of the sliding plate or trivet
proper.
Fig. 10 shews a modification of arrangement of sliding guides.
Fig. 11, illustrates the adoption of fixed or loose polished &c. plates.
Fig. 12 shews sectional side elevation of the trivet complete.

page_text: I provide a bracket slide a, which is made to rest upon the bar b, of the grate simi-
larly as seen in Fig. 12, and upon this bracket slide a, I provide two studs or prongs c,
upon its underside and at the front end, for the purpose of hooking or hanging the
said slide a, upon the bars of the grate. At a little distance from these prongs I
form a bridge piece d, to receive the screw e, and thumb nut f for the purpose of
securing thereto an adjustable (third) prong g. This prong hangs in a vertical
position, so that while the two prongs e, hook on to the inside of the bar b, the adjust-
able prong g, rests against and in front of the bars & , and thus holds the trivet
in position.
In order to accomodate the various widths or thicknesses of the bars b, b', I provide
in the top of the prong g, a slot h, or its equivalent by which it can be widened out
or closed in as required, and secured to any desired width by the thumb screw &
nute &, as seen in Figs. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 12.
I further provide a plate i, or stand of any suitable shape or pleasing design, which
forms the trivet proper, and which is made to slide upon the bracket a, see Figs. 8,
9, 10, 11 & 12. This sliding may be effected in several ways, as for instance, I may
provide upon the underside of the plate i, a projecting stud or piece j, to work in the
slot k in the slide bracket a, see Figs. 1, 3, 11 & 12, so that according to the length
of the slot k, the plate or trivet proper i, may be moved to and fro, and in order to
keep the handle of the plate in line with the slot k, I may provide a projection or
lump, which also runs in the said slot, k.
At m,
I may provide a number of feet to the plate i, for use the said plate is removed
from the bracket a, as a stand. Instead however of the slot k and stud j being as shown,
it will be readily seen that 1 may modify such sliding arrangement, as for instance, [
may form the bracket a¹, with a dovetail piece, l, and the plate 2, with dovetail groove
to correspond, see Fig. 10, so that by these or any similar means, the plate is made
to slide upon the bracket u, towards or from the fire.
Further, these my improved trivets, may be ornamented by having ornamental
plates n, see Fig. 11, mounted upon their surface, and either rivetted or otherwise
secured thereto and made fast, or they may be screwed thereto so that at any time if
desired they may be removed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim as my improvements in sliding trivets is:-
1st. The slide bracket a having prongs c and a sloth, or guides 1 to receive the
sliding trivet plate, and the adjustable prong g, substantially as and for the purposes
set forth and illustrated.
2nd. The general combination and arrangement of sliding trivet, that is to say, the
slide bracket with slot or guides, thumb nut & screw, adjustable prong, sliding trivet
plate, with or without fixed or loose plates, each and all substantially as and for the
purposes described and illustrated.
3rd. The combination in the plate i, of the slide guides j, or 1, and the feet m, as
a sliding plate, and as a stand.
CHARLES T. POWELL,
4, Cherry Street, Birmingham,
Applicant's Agent.