AN IMPROVED KETTLE STAND OR TRIVET to be as follows:
Year: 1884

page_text: I CHARLES DARRAH (of the firm of Baxendale & Co) of Manchester in the
County of Lancaster General Merchant do hereby declare the nature of the said
invention for "AN IMPROVED KETTLE STAND OR TRIVET to be as follows:-
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This invention relates to an improved construction of stand or bracket to be
applied to the top bar of a fire place for the purpose of supporting a kettle or other
article thereon, the object of the invention being to render the stand capable of
being adapted or adjusted to either straight or curved top bars, and to fit onto bars
of varying thicknesses.
These stands are usually made with two hooks to hook onto the back of the top
bar, and a fixed prong or finger to bear against the front of the bars, and it will be
evident that a stand of this kind which would fit one kind of top bar would not
fit onto another of different form or size.
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I make the stand itself in any convenient form and I provide it with two fixed
hooks for holding against the back of the top bar but in place of the fixed prong or
finger I employ a movable or adjustable prong so mounted beneath the stand by a.
bolt working in a slot, or by a bar sliding in a band or staple (or other equivalent
means) that it can be moved nearer to or further from the hooks so as to fit or
adapt it to bars of different forms or sizes.
A projection from the movable prong or finger is drilled and tapped with a screw
thread, and through this passes the screwed portion of a rod carried in a small
bracket attached to the underneath part of the stand.
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The outer end of the rod being provided with a milled or other head or handle
projecting beyond the edge of the stand.
It will be evident that by turning this screwed rod round by means of the head,
the prong or finger may be adjusted to fit and grip any form or size of top bar, or
to fit onto a fender or other similar article.
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If preferred, the screw may be fixed to the movable prong and the screwed nut
may be attached to the stand or trivet; or the prong may be fixed and the two
hooks may be made movable by means of the screw.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
I CHARLES DARRAH (of the firm of Baxendale & Co) of Manchester in the
County of Lancaster General Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of my
invention for." AN IMPROVED KETTLE STAND OR TRIVET" 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 an improved construction of a movable stand or bracket
to be applied to the top or other bar of a fireplace for the purpose of supporting a
kettle or other article thereon' the object of the invention being to render the
stand capable of being adapted or adjusted to either straight angular or curved
top bars and so fit into bars of varying thicknesses.
These stands are usually made with two hooks to hook onto the back of the top
bar and a fixed prong or finger to bear against the front of the bars, and it will be
evident that a stand of this kind which would fit one kind of top bar would not
fit onto another of different form or size, or they have been made with a movable
finger fixed by means of a set screw which is awkward and inconvenient both to
adjust and to fix.
The accompanying drawing illustrates my invention. Fig. 1 being an under-
neath view and Fig. 2. a section of my improved kettle stand or trivet.
I make the stand a, a itself in any convenient form and I provide it with two
fixed hooks b, b for holding against the back of the top bar, but in place of the
fixed prong or finger I employ a movable or adjustable prong c, c so mounted
beneath the stand by a dovetail slide d, d'or by a bolt working in a slot, or by a
bar sliding in a band or staple (or other equivalent means) that it can be moved
'nearer to or further from the hooks b, b so as to fit or adapt it to bars of different
forms or sizes. A projection e, e from the movable prong or finger c, c is drilled
and tapped with a screw thread, and through this passes the screwed portion of a
rod f, f carried in a small bracket g, g attached to or cast with the underneath part
of the stand The outer end of the rod f,f being provided with a milled or other
head h, h or with a handle projecting beyond the edge of the stand.
It will be evident that by turning this screwed rod round by means of the head,
the. prong or finger may be adjusted to fit and grip any form or size of top bar or
to fit onto a fender or other suitable article.
If preferred the screws ff may be fixed to the movable prong c, c and the
screwed nut e, e may be attached to the stand or trivét a, a: or the prong c, c
may be fixed and the two hooks b, b may be made movable by means of the
screw ff.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
'I claim is
An improved kettle stand or trivet having one or more of the prongs or fingers
, which grip the bar of the grate made movable and adjustable by means of a screw
substantially in the manner and for the purposes hereinbefore set forth.
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