A New or Improved Device for Retaining Joints, Poultry and the like in Position upon Dishes, whilst being Carved.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Feb., 1898-Accepted, 26th Mar., 1898
COMIDDIN
A New or Improved Device for Retaining Joints, Poultry and the
like in Position upon Dishes, whilst being Carved.
I, WILLIAM QUINTON BOWN, of 59, Strathblane Road, New Wandsworth, London,
S.W., Medical Student, 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 :--
This invention relates to a new or improved device for retaining joints, poultry
and the like in position upon dishes, whilst being carved, and has for object to
provide a device of this description which shall effectually retain a joint or the like
in its correct position upon the dish whilst being carved and thereby prevent such
joint or the like slipping or falling off the dish and soiling adjacent objects. It will
be apparent that where a device of this kind is employed the operation of carving
will be greatly facilitated.
In order that this my said invention may be the more readily understood,
reference is hereby made to the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings,
wherein
Fig. 1 is an elevational view of the device formed in accordance with this
invention.
Figs. 2 and 3 being similar views of modified forms of the invention, while
Figs. 4 and 5 illustrate details of the invention, shewing the means employed for
securing the device upon a dish.
Referring to the drawings, wherein like letters of reference indicate correspond-
ing parts throughout the several figures, a (Figs. 1 and 2) is a thin, flexible metal
or other rod having a screw-thread a¹ at one end upon which works a regulating-
link 6 having at one end a tapped opening through which the screw-threaded end a¹
of the rod works, while the other end of such regulating link b is connected to a
second rod c having one or more hooks c¹ of any desirable form at its free end.
b
The connecting link 6 may be of skeleton form as shewn by Fig. 1, or it may be
of cylindrical form as in Fig. 2 in both cases suitable projections 6 being provided
upon its periphery for the purpose of allowing such regulating-link to be readily
turned by the user's fingers.
To the other end o² of the rod a, is attached in any suitable manner a fixing
device, which may conveniently take the form of the spring-clip d (Figs. 1 and 4)
or the clip and screw e e¹ shewn in Figs. 2 and 5. If desirable, the parts & and 2
which me in contact with the dish, may be covered with india-rubber or other
yielding material in order to enhance the gripping qualities of such parts.
In Fig. 3 I have shewn the device as consisting of a single rod a, fashioned at or
near the centre into a spiral spring 6 to take the place of the regulating-link shewn
upon the other examples.
This form of device would be provided with the usual hook (or hooks) c¹ and
fixing clip.
In operation the device (of which two or more would employed) is used as
follows:

page_text: The hooked end of the rod c is inserted into the joint or the like, and the
corresponding end of the rod a fixed to the edge of the dish by means of the
clips d or e, the combined length of the two rods. a and c being adjusted by means
of the regulating-link 6 (Figs. 1 and 2). In the case of the modified form of device
shewn by Fig. 3, the spiral spring b would exert its own tension, which would be
counter-acted by that of the duplicate device at the other end of the dish.
In ordinary use two of these devices will be found sufficient to maintain a joint
or the like in position upon a dish, one being employed at each end of the latter,
though if desirable four may be used, one at each end of the dish, and one at each
side of same.
If desirable the device may be ornamented with any suitable design, and be
nickle-plated or otherwise embellished.
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. The new or improved device for retaining a joint, or the like in position upon
a dish during the operation of carving, such device consisting of a resilient rod
having a fixing clip at one end and screw-threaded at the other upon which works
a regulating-link connecting the first rod with a second one having a hook or hooks
at its free end, substantially as described and illustrated by Figs. 1 and 2.
2. The modified form of device consisting of a resilient rod having a fixing clip
at one end and a hook or books at the other, and formed into a coil spring in the
centre, substantially as, and for the purpose described and illustrated by Fig. 3 of
the drawings.
Dated this 7th day of February 1898
HUGHES & YOUNG,
55 and 56, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.