Year: 1888

page_text: I GEORGE HERBERT NOKE of Bath in the County of Somerset Outhtter do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to facilitate the dishing up of fish on the table
unbroken.
It now often happens that when the fish is being dished it is broken thereby
spoiling its appearance when placed on the table.
To obviate this I divide the fish strainer longitudinally by making it in two halves
each half being furnished with a suitable handle-These handles are fitted at the top
with a cross piece to which they are hinged so as to allow the strainer to readily open
in the centre lengthwise and thus permit the fish to lodge on the dish beneath perfect
and unbroken-In order to secure the two halves together and render the strainer
firm while in use I fit one half of the strainer at each end with two wire tangs which
take into socket holes provided therefor in the other half.
A modification of my invention consists in dispensing with the connecting cross
piece above mentioned and in lieu thereof fitting each half with a ring or lug or other
suitable equivalent to allow of the two halves of the strainer being drawn asunder
when dishing up the fish thus preserving it unbroken and in a perfect condition for
the table.

page_text: I GEORGE HERBERT NOKE of Bath in the County of Somerset Outfitter 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:
The object of my invention is to facilitate the dishing up of fish on the table perfect
and unbroken instead of as now so frequently occurs being tabled in a broken and
unsightly condition.
The letters of reference occurring in the following description of my invention
refer to like letters of reference on the accompanying drawings wherein similar
letters indicate corresponding parts.
Fig. 1 shews a plan view of one of my improved fish strainers when open.
Fig. 2 shews an end elevation thereof in a similar position.
Fig. 3 shews a plan view of the bottom of one of such fish strainers when
closed.
To carry out my invention I make the fish strainer in two sections or halves a-b
and I fit each section with a handle -The upper ends of these handles are curved
and hinged together by a pivot d so as to allow the strainer to readily open and
close-A continuous bead e is formed round the outer edge of each section to
strengthen the same and form a proper finish thereto. A bead f is also formed on the
inner edge of one section. This bead is slightly channelled or flattened to allow the
edge of the corresponding section to overlap and rest thereon when the strainer
is closed as shewn in Fig. 3.
In order to render the strainer firm when in use I fit each end of one section
thereof with wire pins or stops g. These pins or stops take into the ends of the bead e
formed on the corresponding section which ends form sockets therefor.
The operation of my invention is at once simple and perfect as when dishing up
the fish it is only requisite to push the hinged handles outwards (as shewn in Fig. 2)
when the pins or stops are withdrawn from their sockets and the strainer opening
down the centre (as shewn in Fig. 1) allows the fish to pass through and lodge in the
dish in an unbroken and perfect condition.
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
Making a fish strainer in two sections and fitting the same with hinged handles and
pins or stops all substantially in the manner and for the purpose hereinbefore
described and shoirn
Dated this 31st day of March 1888.
ELT & Co.,
33, Southampton Buildings, Holborn, London,
Agents for the Applicant.