Year: 1888

page_text: I, THEOPHILUS SKILTON CAREY, of Waymouth Street in the City of Adelaide
and Province of South Australia Printer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows
The object of my invention is to dispense with the necessity of a separate steel
or other sharpener This apples especially to table use but is not limited thereto
The
By my invention a steel or sharpening arrangement is provided in the shank or
shaft or other part of the fork The prongs may be constructed as usual
shank or shaft may be lengthened and enlarged and may be either solid or tubular
This lengthened or enlarged portion supplies the steel or sharpener being constructed
of whatever shape may be convenient For instance it may consist of a round,
fluted or grooved shaft or the shaft may be twisted and either grooved or fluted
This invention can be applied to other than iron or steel forks by the welding
thereon or fastening thereon of the sharpening appliance in one of the forms above
described with the relative adaptations of either flat, half round, or other suitable
shape and form
It will be obvious that various modifications of form may be made in the construction
of my combined forks and sharpeners without departing from my invention
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SAI 1000

page_text: I, THEOPHILUS SKILTON CAREY, of Waymouth Street, Adelaide, South Australia
do hereby declare the nature of the said invention and in what manner the same is
to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement
My invention relates to carving and other forks
The chief object of my said invention is to provide a combined carving-fork and
"steel" or knife-sharpener, and thereby dispense with the necessity for using a
separate device for sharpening a carving-knife
My improvements are however applicable to other forks
In the accompanying drawing I have shown how my said invention may be con-
veniently and advantageously carried into practice
Figure 1 is a plan, and
Figure 2 an underside view showing one form of combined carving-fork and
knife-sharpener made according to my said invention
Figure 3 is a section on the linex Figures 1 and 2 through the shank or shaft of
the carving-fork
Figures 4 to 8 are transverse sections showing shanks of various forms
Lake letters indicate corresponding parts throughout the drawing
A is the handle of the carving fork, B B are the prongs, C is the shank or shaft,
D is the guard
I prefer to form the shank or shaft C somewhat longer and of larger dimensions
than is usual in carving-forks as heretofore constructed An important feature of my
said invention consists in constructing the said shank or shaft with serrations C¹ thus
forming suitable cutting edges upon which a carving or other knife may be conveniently
sharpened or set
Or I
I sometimes make the shank square in transverse section either without longitudinal
grooves as shown in Figure 4 or with such grooves as in Figure 6 Or I make it of
triangular form in transverse section with longitudinal grooves as in Figure 5
make it fluted as in Figure 7 or in Figure 8 I can, however, give to the shank or
shaft any other suitable shape For example I can, if desired, make the shank or
shaft of the fork with spiral grooves or serrations and of twisted or other suitable
shape the object, in all cases being to provide a convenient portion of the fork with
cutting or other edges upon which a carving or other knife may be conveniently
sharpened or set
When the dimensions of the shank or shaft are increased as compared with those of
the forks heretofore used I sometimes form the said shank or shaft hollow or tubular,
thus obviating or reducing the excessive weight resulting from such enlargement
I can apply my said invention to forks having shanks or shafts and prongs of steel
or iron in the manner hereinbefore described, or I can apply the same to forks having

page_text: prongs of other metal by welding or otherwise securing thereto suitable strips or
pieces of steel either flat, half round or of other suitable shape adapted to form the
knife sharpener
Moreover although I have herein before more particularly described my sharpening
device as applied to the shank or shaft of a carving-fork, it is obvious that I can apply
the said device to the prongs or other convenient part of a fork for table or
other use
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I wish it understood
that I claim
The combined fork and knife sharpener herein before desombed.