AN IMPROVED DISH OR STAND FOR HOLDING PRESSED OR COOKED MEATS, STILTON CHEESE, AND SUCH LIKE PROVISIONS
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Richard Kendall, of No. 22, Union Street, Bath,
for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED DISH OR STAND FOR HOLDING
PRESSED OR COOKED MEATS, STILTON CHEESE, AND SUCH LIKE PROVISIONS."
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Richard Kendall at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
11th November 1872.
I, RICHARD KENDALL, of No. 22, Union Street, Bath, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED DISH OR STAND
FOR HOLDING PRESSED OR COOKED MEATS, STILTON CHEESE, AND SUCH LIKE
PROVISIONS," to be as follows:-
The object of this Invention is to construct a dish or stand for pressed
meats (or other provisions which are made up into cylindrical forms) in
such a manner that they may be sliced or cut from the top, whilst at the
same time their upper edges are retained from breaking away by their
being embraced by the stand or dish. For this I form the dish or stand
of two cylinders one within the other; the inner cylinder is of a

page_text: diameter suitable for containing the cylinder of pressed meat or other
provision, and is provided with a movable bottom upon which the
cylindrical cake of pressed meat or other provision rests. On the interior
of the outer cylinder a screw thread is formed by preference by solder-
ing on to it a coiled wire. The movable bottom of the inner cylinder
rests on a bar, the ends of which pass out through vertical slots formed
at two opposite sides of this cylinder, and the ends of the bar rest upon
the screw thread of the outer cylinder. Either the inner or outer
cylinder is at the bottom fixed on a suitable dish or bed, whilst the other
cylinder is provided with handles to allow of its being turned. By this
means the movable bottom of the inner cylinder can be raised or
lowered, and the cylindrical form of compressed meat or other provision
be made to project more or less from it at the top to allow of its being
cut or sliced. A suitable cover is provided for closing over the cylinders
at the top when desired.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Richard Kendall in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 9th May 1873.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, RICHARD
KENDALL, of No. 22, Union Street, Bath, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Eleventh day of November, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in the
thirty-sixth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto me, the said Richard Kendall, Her special
license that I, the said Richard Kendall, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said Richard Kendall, 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 "AN IMPROVED DISH OR
STAND FOR HOLDING PRESSED OR COOKED MEATS, STILTON CHEESE, AND SUCH
LIKE PROVISIONS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said

page_text: Richard Kendall, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should par-
ticularly 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.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Richard Kendall, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement thereof, that is to say:-
The object of this Invention is to construct a dish or stand for pressed
meats (or other provisions which are made up into cylindrical forms)
in such a manner that they may be sliced or cut from the top, whilst at
the same time their upper edges are retained from breaking away by their
being embraced by the stand or dish. For this I form the dish or stand
of two cylinders one within the other; the inner cylinder is of a diameter
suitable for containing the cylinder of pressed meat or other provision,
and is provided with a movable bottom upon which the cylindrical cake
of pressed meat or other provision rests. On the interior of the outer
cylinder a screw thread is formed by preference by soldering on to it a
coiled wire. The movable bottom of the inner cylinder rests on a bar,
the ends of which pass out through vertical slots formed at two opposite
sides of this cylinder, and the ends of the bar rest upon the screw thread
of the outer cylinder. Either the inner or outer cylinder is at the
bottom fixed on a suitable dish or bed, whilst the other cylinder is pro-
vided with handles to allow of its being turned. By this means the
movable bottom of the inner cylinder can be raised or lowered, and the
cylindrical form of pressed meat or other provision be made to project
more or less from it at the top to allow of its being cut or sliced.
suitable cover is provided for closing over the cylinders at the top when
desired.
The dish or stand may be of metal or other suitable material.
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In the Drawings hereunto annexed I have shewn a dish or stand con-
structed in the manner I prefer for carrying out my Invention.
Figure 1 is a vertical section of the stand, and Figure 2 a plan view of
the same with the lid or cover removed. In these Figures a is the bed
having soldered to it a cylinder b, around which is another cylinder c

page_text: having a coiled wire d soldered to its inner surface so as to form a screw
thread upon it. In the inner cylinder bare two vertical slots, and the
two ends of a bar e pass through these slots and rest upon the screw
thread d. From opposite sides of the bar e project arms e¹, and a
movable bottom of china or other material rests upon this bar and
rises or falls with it. On the exterior of the cylinder c are small
handles g by which it can be turned and the movable bottom so raised or
lowered as above described. h is a cover for covering over the top of
the dish or stand.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention and the manner of
performing the same, I would have it understood that I claim, the con-
struction substantially as herein described of a dish or stand for holding
pressed or cooked meats, stilton cheese, and such like provisions.
In witness whereof, I, the said Richard Kendall, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Fifth day of May, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three.
RICHARD KENDALL (L.S.)