1mprovements in Gridirons.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Mar., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 13th ec., 1890--Accepted, 17th Jan., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
1mprovements in Gridirons.
L, JOHN GRIFFITHS, of Portobello, near Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, Manufacturer
of Meat Stands, Gridirons, etc. do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:
This invention has reference to gridirons and it consists in making the handle part
detachable from the gridiron proper as herein described so as to occupy less space
when packed for transport.
According to one method of carrying out my invention I make the handle of flat
section as usual and bend up the lower part into an open loop so as to clip the frame
of the gridiron proper. A split cotter or other pin is or may be passed through the
handle and turned up part across the loop so as the better to secure the gridiron part
therein.
To detach the gridiron proper from its handle it is only necessary to first remove
the said split cotter or other pin when the gridiron proper can be lifted from the said
loop.
The frame of the gridiron proper is by preference made of flat section iron as
usual and by this fitting in the loop a rigid connection to the handle part is made
- Sometimes instead of the split cotter or other pin I employ a spring which is fixed
to the handle and presses the gri.iron proper into the said loop and in this case the
spring has to be raised before the gridiron proper can be detached from or attached
to the handle. .
In a modification of my invention I attach the gridiron proper to its handle by
providing a separate strip of metal at the lower part of the handle between which
and the bandle the frame of the gridiron fits.
Dated this 11th day of M 1800
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Gridirons.
!, JOHN GRIFFITHS, of Portobello, near Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, Manufacturer
of Meat Stands, Gridirons etc. 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 has reference to gridirons and it consists in making the handle part
detachable from the gridiron proper as herein described so as to occupy less space
when packed for transport.
I will describe my invention by referring to the accompanying drawings on
which
Fig. 1 represents in sectional side elevation and Fig. 2 in plan a gridiron having a
detachable handle constructed according to this invention; Fig. 3 represents in side
elevation, Fig. 4 in plan and Fig. 5 in front elevation the handle part separately and
Fig. 6 shews the spring part of the handle separately in plan and in side elevation.
In this example the handle part A is made of flat section as usual and its lower
part a is bent up into an open loop so as to clip the frame of the gridiron proper
which latter is of the ordinary forin made of Hat section iron as usual and fitting in
the loop a
Cis a bow spring rivetted at one end at c¹ to the handle A and bent
round so that its free end e lies over the open loop a.
The end of the spring is
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page_text: notched out as shewn to embrace the vertical part of the handle A and prevent the
spring moving sideways.
To attach the handle A to the frame 6 of the gridiron the handle is placed in position
on the frame b (see Fig. 3) and pressed down until the looped end a is below the
frame. The handle is then released, when the spring will force the frame b into
the loop a and maintain it there thus securing the handle part A and the frame
together. To detach the handle A from the frame b. the looped end of the handle
has first to be depressed to disengage it from the frame b.
The said spring may be dispensed with and the looped end of the handle secured to
the gridiron frame by a pin, split cotter or a rivet passing through the handle and
through the frame b, as shewn in Figs. 7 and 8, and, Figs. 9 and 10, and Fig. 11,
where e is an ordinary headed rivet the end of which is rivetted over after it has been
passed through the looped handle A and through the frame b. The end a of the
handle may either be bent up far enough for the rivet to pass twice through the
handle (Figs. 7 and 8) or only once through the handle (Figs. 9 and 10.and Fig. 11).
In the example shewn by Fig. 11 the end a of the handle is only bent far enough to
form a hook or ledge for the frame to rest upon.
By forming the end a of the handle in either of the several ways above described
it can be packed for transport separately from the gridiron proper thus occupying
less space than when permanently fixed as is usual, and when the parts arrive at
their destination the handle part and the gridiron proper can readily be fixed
together as above described by any inexperienced person.
My invention can be similarly applied to other gridirons.
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-1
claim is
-The herein doscribed improved method of securing a gridiron handle to a grid-
iron so as to occupy less space when packed for transport, which consists in bending
the attaching end of the handle into a loop or hook so as to clip or support the
gridiron frame, in combination with a spring, split cotter, rivet, or other pin for
fixing the said gridiron frame into or upon the said looped or hooked end of the
handle, substantially as hereinboforo described.
Dated this 12th day of December 1890.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.