An Improved Plate Rack.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Apr., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 17th Jan., 1894-Accepted, 17th Feb., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Plate Rack.
I ROBERT HODGES BISHOP of 257 High Holborn, London, Manufacturer do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive plate rack,
which is portable, or may also be fixed to the wall in the usual way, if desired.
The invention consists in a rectangular frame of wood or metal, of suitable size,
and which is spanned by a number of wires, the ends of which are fitted into holes
in the frame, the wires being formed, at the centre of their length, with a more or
less elongated or open loop.
Outside the frame, at either end, I provide a handle by which the frame may be
carried. On one side I provide eyes by which the frame may be secured to the
wall, the opposite side having pivotted stays or struts by which the frame, when
fixed to the wall, may be retained at a suitable angle. Inside the frame, I provide
a tray to catch the drippings from the plates, &c., when washed. By the addition
of this tray, the rack may be used on the kitchen table, when washing up, to
support the plates in a vertical position, so that they may drain before being wiped,
previous to being put away in any convenient place.
When the rack is required for two sizes of plates, one end of the wires for the
smaller size will be inserted in a block of suitable dimensions fixed inside the
frame.
The parts may be readily taken apart, if desired, for cleansing purposes &c.
Dated this 17th day of An: 1902
NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.
An Improved Plate Rack.
I ROBERT HODGES BISHOP of 257 High Holborn, London, Manufacturer, 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:-
The object of the present invention is to provide, at a low cost, a portable rack
wherein plates and dishes may be placed to drain after washing.
This plate rack is particularly useful in small households, where the washing up
of the plates and dishes is effected on the table. The rack being light and portable,
is set down near the washing-up basin, and receives the plates as they are washed,
and is afterwards removed with the plates and dishes therein.
In the accompanying drawing, I have illustrated a rack embodying my invention.
Fig. 1 is a side elevation;
Fig. 2 a plan; and
Fig. 3 a cross section, on the line x x of Fig. 1.
The rack herein illustrated consists of a frame a, of suitable dimensions, preferably
wood, rectangular in cross section, provided with handles 66 at either end, and
bound with brass or other metal at the corners.
Within the frame a, rests a tray c, of zinc or other suitable material.

page_text: d, d are a number of bent wires, the ends of which are inserted into holes in the
edges of the wooden frame. Between these wires, and resting on the edge of the
frame, the washed plates are set up on edge to drain, the wet therefrom being
caught by the tray c. The wires d may be of any convenient form, to suit the size
and shape of the plates and dishes which the rack is intended to receive. In the
accompanying drawing, all the wires are shewn as identical in size and shape; this,
however, need not always be the case, and sometimes the frame a may be narrower
at one end than the other, in order the more conveniently to receive plates of
different sizes in the same rack.
The rack may, if desired, be provided with eyes for attaching it to hooks or nails
on the wall, when not required to stand on the table, stays or struts being provided
to hold the rack at an angle from the wall, that the plates shall not roll out.
The wires d are made detachable from the frame, to facilitate cleaning as often
as necessary, and for the convenience of packing and transport.
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 :-
My improved plate rack, consisting of portable frame containing tray and with
detachable bent wires extending across the frame, constructed and arranged
substantially as described with reference to the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 17th day of January 1891
NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.