IMPROVEMENTS IN WIRE GAUZE DISH COVERS AND MEAT SAFES
Year: 1885

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
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I, GEORGE FREDERICK JAMES, of 1 Vane Street, Wolverhampton in the County
of Stafford, wire-worker, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for,
IMPROVEMENTS IN WIRE GAUZE DISH COVERS AND MEAT SAFES, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement, reference being had to the accompanying
drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon (that is to say) :-
This invention relates to a method of fixing strong wires forming strengthening
ribs or stays to aid in supporting the domed or dished wire gauze of a dish cover
or top for a meat safe, or the curved or flat wire gauze forming the sides or bottom
of a meat safe.
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Strengthening ribs of the description referred to have been employed in the
case of gauze wire meat covers, in which case such ribs have been placed inside
the cover after the wire gauze has been dished and fixed to the rim, and such ribs
have been soldered both into the rim and also to the underside of the shield.
Now, according to this invention, these ribs are woven into the wire gauze
during the process of weaving such gauze, and, in the case of dished or domed
parts, the ribs are of course dished or domed together with the wire gauze, and are
fixed therewith into the rim or frame of the dish cover or meat safe as the case
may be; and similarly also ribs which are desired to follow any curved part of a
safe are of course curved with the gauze in which they are woven and are fixed
therewith. The rib wires form strong warp or weft threads in the weaving,
according to the direction in which they lie in the gauze.
Figures 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawings illustrate, respectively, a side eleva-
tion and a plan of a wire gauze dish cover with strengthening ribs therein. a Ɑ are
two cross ribs, and b b two longitudinal ribs. The wire gauze is omitted in these
views in order to avoid any confusion of lines tending to obscure the distinctness
of the ribs. The gauze, however, is of the ordinary description, as will be readily
understood. These ribs are woven with the wire gauze, and are domed or dished
therewith, and are then fixed with such wire gauze to the rim A into which they
are soldered with the gauze.
Figure 3 illustrates, to double full size for the sake of clearness of illustration,
a part of the wire gauze with a short length of one of the ribs a woven therein;
and figure 4 is a corresponding view shewing a short length of one of the ribs b
woven into the gauze. Figure 5 is a transverse section taken on line x x of
figure 3.

page_text: On referring to figure 3 it will be seen that the two warp threads nearest to the
rib a ou each side thereof are close together. This arrangement of these threads
is preferred both for the sake of appearance and strength. The gauze may, of
course, be woven with the ribs b b warp-wise if preferred and the ribs a a
consequently weft-wise.
By this method of fixing the ribs, soldering them to the shield B, as has been
hitherto done as described, is dispensed with, as is also of course any separate
fixing apart from their fixture together with the gauze.
Ribs woven in the gauze as described give a much better support than when
fixed separately therefrom, and are also more durable and cheaper than when fixed
in the ordinary way.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. Dish covers and meat safes formed of wire gauze having strong wires or ribs
woven therein and fixed with such gauze to the rims or frames of such covers or
safes, substantially as herein set forth.
2. Dish covers, and tops and curved sides for meat safes, formed of wire gauze
having strong wires or ribs woven therein and domed dished or curved with such
gauze and fixed to the rims or frames of such covers or meat safes, substantially as
herein set forth.
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