Improvements in or Connected with Stops or Guards Applicable for Use with Carving Forks or for Securing Doors or Windows or for other like Purposes.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd July, 1887
Complete Left, 3rd Apr., 1888
Complete Accepted, 1st June, 1888
Improvements in or Connected with Stops or Guards Applicable for
Use with Carving Forks or for Securing Doors or Windows or
for other like Purposes.
I ANTONIO LUIGI MORA of 116 Edgware Road in the County of Middlesex
Musical Composer do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention to be as
follows:-
My Invention has for its object to provide means whereby stops or guards for
carving forks or for securing doors windows or for analogous usos can be readily
brought into their elevated or effective position or be moved out of that position whilst
when they are in their elevated or effective position they are securely held therein.
The arrangement is such that when the stops or guards are moved into their elevated
or effective position they are automatically secured from becoming accidentally
dislodged from that position.
I will describe my Invention as applied to a guard for carving forks from which
description the other applications will be also readily understood. The stop proper
consists of a piece turning upon centres or trunnions in the fork shank or a piece
attached thereto in which there are recesses which receive the lower parts of the stop
and support them in both directions when the stop is raised. The stop is made of a
springy nature or is provided with a spring or springs so that when it is raised the
springing action causes the said lower parts of the stop to enter the recesses and to be
supported thereby. To release the stop it is pressed against the springing action and
so the lower parts leave the recesses and the stop can be turned out of its raised or
effective position.
When the fastening is applied to doors or windows the springing action of the stop
proper may shoot bolts out when the stop is in its effective position and release them
when it is removed from that position.
With this object the fastening is attached to one or both of the sashes of a window
for example and consists of a piece turning upon centres or trunnions in the horizontal
bar of the sash or in a piece attached thereto in which there are recesses which receive
the parts of the stop or fastening at the lower end or near the centres on which it
urns and support them in both directions corresponding to the fastened and unfastened

page_text: position being so arranged that when the window is fastened the said parts of the
fastening enter the recesses and are firmly supported thereby with a locking action.
When in this position the trunnions or centres on which the springy part turns may
act as bolts being protruded by the aforesaid springing action at the sides of the sash
door or other object to which the fastening is applied in such a manner as to engage
with a corresponding hole or holes in the side of the window frame, door post or the
like or the springy part corresponding to the guard in the carving fork arrangement
may itself act as a holt or stop which can be caused to project or protrude by turning
it on the said centres and is securely retained in this (the fastened) position by the
locking action of the aforesaid recesses.
To open the sash, door or other article the fastening is released by pressing against
the springing action and so the lower parts (or parts near the centres) leave the
recesses and the stops or bolts can then be turned out of their fastened or effective
position.

page_text: Improvements in or Connected with Stops or Guards Applicable for
Use with Carving Forks or for Securing Doors or Windows or
for other like Purposes.
1 ANTONIO LUIGI MORA of 116 Edgware Road in the County of Middlesex
Musical Composer 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 that is to say :-
My Invention has for its object to provide means whereby stops or guards for
carving forks or for securing doors or windows or for analogous uses can be readily
brought into their elevated or effective position or be moved out of that position
whilst when they are in their elevated or effective position they are securely held
therein. The arrangement is such that when the stops or guards are moved into their
elevated or effective position they are automatically secured from becoming accidentally
dislodged from that position.
I will describe my Invention as applied to a guard for carving forks from which
description the other applications will be also readily understood. Figure 1 of the
accompanying drawing represents a carving fork provided with my Invention. The
stop proper consists of a piece A turning upon centres or trunnions a a in the fork
shank B in which there are recesses which receive the lower parts of the stop A
and support them in both directions when the stop is raised as shewn in the drawing,
The stop A is made of a springy nature or is provided with a spring or springs so that
when it is raised the springing action causes the said lower parts of the stop to enter
the recesses band to be supported thereby in both directions the walls of the
recesses 62 preventing the stop being forced in either direction unless the spring
parts a² are pressed inwards. To release the stop the spring parts a² are pressed or
pressure is applied to the parts a and so the lower parts leave the recesses ² and the
stop can be turned out of its raised or effective position when both of the spring
parts a enter the recess b.
Fig. 1 shows the stop piece fitted to the "bolster" of the fork.
Figure 2 shews a modification wherein springs a are attached to either side of an
ordinary stop or guard turning on a pin at a as usual. The other parts are
substantially the same as in the arrangement Figure 1 and are marked with the same
letters of reference. To release the stop or guard pressure is applied to the
springs a².
Figure 3 shews the stop applied to a window sash its arrangement being substantially
the same as in the arrangements as applied to forks and the corresponding parts being
marked with the same letters of reference. The stop A turns upon the centres a in
the piece B affixed to one of the sashes. The said stop is of a springy nature.
in the position shewn it is held in position by the recesses 62 so that it cannot be
raised and so secures the other sash in the path of motion of which it lies. To release
When

page_text: the stop it is pressed inwards or pressure is applied to the projecting parts a and then
the stop can be turned up so as to enter the slot b.
It will be readily understood that the fastening can be similarly applied for
analogous uses to secure and release any part the movement of which the stop A
obstructs when it is in the position shewn in the drawing.
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
A fastening stop or guard consisting of a spring piece or a piece provided with
springs in combination with a slot or recesses bb the walls of which act as abutments
to prevent the stop or guard being turned into its unfastening position by pressure
applied thereto in either direction until pressure is applied by hand to the springs
substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated."