IMPROVEMENTS IN MEAT SCREENS
Year: 1860

page_text: Sealed the 18th June 1861, and dated the 21st December 1860.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Loveridge at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
21st December 1860.
I, HENRY LOVERIDGE, of Wolverhampton, do hereby declare the nature
of the Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MEAT SCREENS," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in meat screens. Heretofore
meat screens have been in some cases made to fold, so as to render them
more portable, but such meat screens have heretofore been constructed partly
of wood and partly of metal, that is to say, with a wooden frame hinged
together, and made to fold as required, and with metal plates nailed on to the
frame to complete the panels of the screen. This construction, however, is
objectionable, as the wooden frame is very liable to warp. Now, according
to this Invention I employ no wooden frame, but I make the screen of a
number of panels of metal plate, stiffened at the edges by turning the plates
over a wire or otherwise, as is usual, and I hinge these panels directly the
one to the other. The back of the screen is formed of a single panel with a
door formed in it a few inches in width at the top, and two sides of this.

page_text: panel are turned inwards at right angles, so as to form portions of the top and
two sides of the screen, and the remainder of the top and sides is formed of
flat panels of metal plate hinged to the edges of the back panel so turned
inwards. The shelves of the screen are hinged to the back panel, the top
sides and shelves of the screen are thus capable of folding down flat on to
the back, and when so folded the screen packs in a comparatively small
space. When the screen is required for use, the sides and top are turned out
at right angles to the back, and are secured by stays passing across the front
from one side to the other, and the shelves are turned down, and rest on edges
on the sides. One of the cross stays carries a hook to receive the bottle
jack. A folding screen is thus constructed entirely of metal, and is con-
sequently not liable to warp or get out of shape when exposed to the heat of
the fire.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Henry Loveridge in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
21st June 1861.
TO-ALL-TO-WHOM THESE-PRESENTS_SHALL COME, I, HENRY
LOVERIDGE, of Wolverhampton, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-first day of December, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty, in the twenty-fourth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
Henry Loveridge, Her special licence that I, the said Henry Loveridge, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Henry
Loveridge, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during
the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise,
and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MEAT
SCREENS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Henry
Loveridge, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing
under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner.
the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great
Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after
the date of the said Letters Patent.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Henry Loveridge, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof, that is to say:-
Heretofore
This Invention has for its object improvements in meat screens.
meat screens have been in some cases made to fold, so as to render them more
portable, but such meat screens have heretofore been constructed partly of
wood and partly of metal, that is to say, with a wooden frame hinged together,
and made to fold as required, and with metal plates nailed on to the frame
to complete the panels of the screen. This construction, however, is
objectionable, as the wooden frame is very liable to warp. Now, according
to this Invention, I employ no wooden frame, but I make the screen of a
number of pannels of metal plate, stiffened at the edges by turning the plates
over a wire or otherwise, as is usual, and I hinge these pannels directly the
one to the other. The back of the screen is formed of a single pannel, with
a door formed in it a few inches in width at top, and two sides of this
pannel are turned inwards at right angles, so as to form portions of the top
and two sides of the screen, and the remainder of the top and sides is formed
of flat pannels of metal plate hinged to the edges of the back pannel so turned
inwards. The shelves of the screen are hinged to the back pannel, the top
sides and shelves of the screen are thus capable of folding down flat on to the
back, and when so folded the screen packs in a comparatively small space.
When the screen is required for use, the sides and top are turned out at
right angles to the back, and are secured by stays passing across the front
from one side to the other, and the shelves are turned down, and rest on
ledges on the sides; one of the cross stays carries a hook to receive the bottle
jack. A folding screen is thus constructed entirely of metal, and is con-
sequently not liable to warp or get out of shape when exposed to the heat of
the fire.
And in order that my said Invention may be most fully understood and
readily carried into effect, I will proceed to describe the Drawings hereunto
annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a front view, Figure 2 a vertical section, Figure 3 a plan, and
Figure 4 an end view of a meat screen constructed according to my Invention;
Figure 5 is a front view of the same as it appears when folded.
a is the back of the screen formed of a single pannel of sheet metal, by
preference ordinary tin plate. This pannel has its edges at the top and two

page_text: sides turned inwards at right angles, as is shown. The edges of this and of
the other pannels of which the screen is composed are stiffened by turning
them over wires. Through the back pannel is an opening fitted with a
door a', hinged at one side of the opening. is the top pannel, and c, c, the
The top pannel has projections
two side pannels, all hinged to the pannel a.
upon it at 6, 6, which receive between them the upper edges of the side
pannels c. These are furnished with legs c', c', and they also have pro-
jections c², c, formed on them to support the shelves d, d, which are hinged to
the edges of metal strips a³, a², soldered to the back pannel, and the strips a
also serve to stiffen this pannel. e and f are stays, which hold the top and
sides in their places when the screen is required for use. The ends of these
stays pass through the side pannels, and receive nuts e¹, e, f,f. The upper
stay e is curved upwards in the centre, so that the top pannel may rest upon
it, and it is secured thereto by a bolt and nut g, and the stem of this bolt is
prolonged into a hook which receives a bottle jack. The upper shelf has
a hole through it to allow the bottle jack to pass. h is the dripping pan.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Loveridge, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twentieth day of June, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.
HENRY LOVERIDGE. (L.S.)_