A New or Improved Plate and Dish Server.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Apr., 1891
Complete Specification Left. 16th Jan., 1892-Accepted, 27th Feb., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Plate and Dish Server.
I, MAX PICARD, of 140 Strand, London, in the County of London, Manufac-
turer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
--
This invention relates to a new or improved plate and dish server whereby the
plate or dish may be conveniently served at table, or moved from one place to
another, however hot it may be, the use of my apparatus presenting also the
further advantage that the contents of the plate or dish cannot come into contact
with the hand of the attendant serving it.
My plate or dish server consists of a pair of jaws or clasps pivoting upon each
other, the edges of these jaws being preferably curved to follow the ordinary con-
tour of a plate, and the lower jaw made broader than the upper one a spring
being so arranged as to keep the jaws apart when the handles which carry them
are not pressed together.
In using this server the lower jaw is passed under the plate or dish the upper
jaw coming above it, the handles of the server are then pressed together and the
plate or dish being thus firmly gripped may be served or moved from place to place
as required; upon relieving the pressure on the handles the spring causes the jaws
to come apart, the plate or dish is released, and the server may be applied to
another and so on.
I may make my plate and dish server of porcelain, wood, metal or any suitable
material or combination of materials as I may find desirable in respect of appear-
ance, durability, or cheapness.
1101
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Plate and Dish Server.
1, MAX PICARD, of 140, Strand, London, in the County of London, Manu-
facturer, 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 a new or improved plate and dish server whereby the
plate or dish may be conveniently served at table, or moved from one place to
another, however hot it may be, the use of my apparatus presenting also the
further advantage that the contents of the plate or dish cannot come into contact
with the hand of the attendant serving it.
My plate or dish server consists of a pair of jaws or clasps pivoting upon each
other, the edges of these jaws being preferably curved to follow the ordinary con-
tour of a plate, and the lower jaw made broader than the upper one; a spring being
so arranged as to keep the jaws apart when the handles which carry them are not
pressed together.
On the accompanying drawing
:-
Figure 1. represents a side view or elevation of a plate or dish server of my
invention;
Figure 2. is a plan of the same as seen from above;
Figure 3. an enlarged section shewing the position and arrangement of the
spiral spring for opening the jaws;

page_text: Figure 4. illustrates the application to a plate or dish;
A. being the upper jaw and B the lower jaw;
C. the pivot upon which the jaws move;
D D. the handles;
E. spiral spring for opening the jaws;
F. recess or slot in centre of jaw to receive end of spiral spring E;
G. stop piece to regulate opening of jaws A and B.
In using this server the lower jaw B is passed under the plate or dish the upper
jaw A. coming above it as shown at Figure 4; the handles D D of the server are
then pressed together and the plate or dish being thus firmly gripped may be
served or moved from place to place as required; upon relieving the pressure on
the handles D D the spring E causes the jaws to come apart, the plate or dish is
released, and the server may be applied to another and so on.
I find the spring arrangement E, F, G answer very well but I would have it
understood that I may use any other spring arrangement I may find suitable, also,
that I may make my plate and dish server of porcelain, wood, metal or any suitable
material or combination of materials as I may find desirable in respect of appear-
ance, durability, or cheapness.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
A new or improved plate and dish server consisting of a pair of jaws or clasps
constructed combined and arranged to operate substantially as described.
Dated this Sixteenth day of January 1809
For the Applicant,
W. E. GEDGE,
A gent.