TROY A Device for Use in Eating Buttered' Bread, Asparagus, or other Edibles of a Greasy or Moist Natüre!
Year: 1894

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Date of Application,, 8th Oct., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 28th June, 1895-Accepted, 8th Oct. 1895:
TROY
A Device for Use in Eating Buttered' Bread, Asparagus, or other
Edibles of a Greasy or Moist Natüre!
I, HELENA MAUD CONRAD of 21 Brechin Place, South Kensington in the
County of Middlesex, Spinster, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:
If ladies, when making calls at friends' houses, partake of afternoon tea, they
generally find it necessary to remove the right-hand glove in order to prevent it
Now the
from getting, soiled by the buttered bread, or other things that they eat.
object of my invention is to. obviate this inconvenience by providing a protecting
device to be temporarily worn upon the forefinger and thumb over the glove. But
although specially designed for use at tea to protect the glove my device is also
adapted for use to protect the fingers when eating otlier substances of a greasy or
moist nature, such as asparagus for example when the glove is not worn!
My device consists of two arms preferably hinged together at one end. At the
outer extremity of each of these two arms is provided a piece of metal or other
material shaped like a capsule or sheath and capable of receiving respectively the
finger and thumb. Or the two arins may merely be flattened and have a bar or
loop behind through which the finger slips much in the same way as in'a marquise
ring. I prefer that the two arms should be connected together at their funer
extremities somewhat in the same manner as sugar tongs, but the two parts may be
otherwise connected as for example by a chain, or they may be used separately.
When used separately the device will have to fit more closely to the finger and
thumb.
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Or the arms may be pivoted at any suitable point and provided with loops to
receive the finger and thumb as in the case of scissors and be provided or not with
a suitable spring.
The device may be made in silver, horn, vulcanite or other suitable material.
Where, however, it is not desired that it should be of a permanent character it can
be made from paper.
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J. C. MEWBURN & ELLIS,
55 and 56 Chancery Lane, London, Patent Agents.
A Device for Use in Eating Buttered Bread, Asparagus, or other
Edibles of a Greasy or Moist Nature.
HELENA MAUD CONRAD of 21 Brechin Place, South Kensington in the County
of Middlesex, Spinster, 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 :-
If ladies, when making calls at friends' houses partake of afternoon tea, they
generally find it necessary to remove the right-hand glove in order to prevent it

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from getting soiled by the buttered bread or other things that they eat. Now the
object of my invention is to obviate this inconvenience by providing a protecting
device to be temporarily worn upon the forefinger and thumb over the glove. But
although specially designed for use at tea to protect the glove, my device is also
adapted for use to protect the fingers when eating other substances of a greasy or
moist nature, such as asparagus for example when the glove is not worn.
My
device consists of two arms preferably hinged together at one end. At the outer
extremity of each of these two arms is provided a piece of metal or other material
shaped like a capsule or sheath and capable of receiving respectively the finger
and thumb (A). Or the two arms may merely be flattened and have a bar or loop
behind through which the finger slips (B) much in the same way as in a marquise
ring. I prefer that the two arms should be connected together at their inner
extremities somewhat in the same manner as sugar tongs, but the two parts may
be otherwise connected, as for example by a chain (C), or they may be used
separately (D). When used separately the device will have to fit more closely to
the finger and thumb.
Or the arms may be pivoted at any suitable point and' provided with loops to
receive the finger and thumb.as in the case of scissors (E) and be provided or not
with a suitable spring or the two capsules or sheaths can be made without the
arms to be used on tho finger and thumb like thimbles (F & G).
The device may be made in silver, horn, vulcanite or other suitable material.
When, however, it is not desired that it should be of a permanent character it can
be made from paper or other cheap material.
I
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 :-
1. A device for use in eating buttered bread, asparagus or other edibles of a
greasy or moist nature.
98th June 1905