Improvements in Fork Guards.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Apr., 1889
Complete Specification Left. 14th Jan.. 1890-Accepted. 15th Feb., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fork Guards.
I, JAMES JOSEPH HARVEY, of The Grove, Kidderminster in the County of Worcester,
Wine Merchant, do bereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
According to this invention I combine with a fork-guard a knife sharpening
apparatus, and I so attach the guard to the fork that it will stand in any position.
At the rear end of the guard I provide two spring projections pointing downwards
and embracing the stem of the fork a pin passing through these and the stem to serve
as a pivot. The friction between these spring projections and the stem is sufficient to
prevent the guard from falling but offers little resistance to its being put up or down.
Upon the back of the guard I mount a serrated blade or blades which form a knife
sharpener. In order to readily fix these blades I provide upon the top of the guard
two pairs of projections pointing upwards, the blades being received between the
projections of each pair and being rivetted to them.
I preferably form such fork-guards by stamping them, together with the projections,
from a sheet of metal, which is afterwards bent to form.
Dated this 13th day of Anril 1889
JAMES J. HARVEY.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fork Guards.
I, JAMES JOSEPH HARVEY, of The Grove, Kidderminster, in the County of Worcester,
Wine Merchant, 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 :-
According to this invention I combine with a fork-guard a knife sharpening
apparatus, and I so attach the guard to the fork that it will stand in any position.
Figure 1 is a side elevation and Figure 2 is a plan of a fork having a guard made
in accordance with my invention. In the former figure the guard is raised and in the
latter is shut down.
At the rear end of the guard I provide two spring projections a a pointing down-
wards and embracing the stem of the fork a pin c passing through these and the stem
to serve as a pivot. The friction between these spring projections a and the stem b is
sufficient to prevent the guard from falling but offers little resistance to its being put
up or down. Upon the back of the guard I mount a serrated blade or blades d d
which form a knife sharpener. In order to readily fix these blades 1 provide upon the
top of the guard two pairs of projections e e pointing upwards, the blades being
received between the projections of each pair and being rivetted to them.
I preferably form such fork guards by stamping them, together with the projections,
from a sheet of metal, which is afterwards bent to form.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I claim is :-
1. A fork guard having spring projections to embrace the stem of the fork substan-
tially as described.
2. The combination of a fork guard with a serrated blade or blades to form a knife
sharpener substantially as described.
3. Fork guards substantially as described and shown in the drawings.
Dated this 9th day of January 1890
JAMES J. HARVEY.