Improvements in Stands or Supports for Carving? Hams and other Joints.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Apr., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 28th Dec., 1895-Accepted, 1st Feb., 1896
PROVISIONAL DIUITIATIVA
Improvements in Stands or Supports for Carving? Hams and other
Joints.
I, LATHAM BLACKER MCCULLOCH of the Waterloo Hotel Bettws-y-Coed
Carnarvonshire, Hotel Proprietor do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
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The object of this invention is to provide an adjustable stand or support for
holding hams, joints or poultry while being carved.
In carrying out my invention I employ two vertical forks for holding the joint,
the stems of which are fitted with ball and socket or taper plug joints which allow
them to be rotated through a considerable angle on either side of their vertical
position.
The top nut of the ball and socket joint has two arms projecting from it or is
made to fit a spanner, or in the case of the taper plug joint the smaller end of the
plug is prolonged through the socket, screwed and fitted with a nut so that the
fork may be locked in any position.
To provide vertical adjustment the stem either above or below the joint may be
made telescopic and provided with a pinching screw or other means of locking it
in any position.
The forks with their jointed supports are carried on a base plate of any suitable
form, provided with a slot through which the lower ends of the supports pass;
which ends are reduced for the purpose and are screwed and provided with nuts
beneath the base plate.
The distance between the forks may be adjusted by sliding them in the slot and
locking them in the required position by means of the nuts.
Another way of providing horizontal adjustment is to mount the supports on a
right and left handed screw, or one may be fixed to the base plate and the other
made adjustable as above.
By the means above described I provide adjustment for the forks in every
direction so that they may be set to suit any form of joint, while by rotating the
forks every part of the joint may be brought into a convenient position for carving,
which operation is greatly facilitated by the joint being held well above the base
plate.
Dated this 30th day of March 1895.
LATHAM BLACKER MCCULLOCH.
Improvements in Stands or Supports for Carving Hams and other
Joints.
1, LATHAM BLACKER MCCULLOCH of the Waterloo Hotel, Bettws-y-Coed,
in the County of Carnarvon, Hotel Proprietor 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 an improved form of stand for supporting hams joints,
poultry etc.. while being carved.

page_text: The invention is designed to provide a rigid support for the joint, which shall
allow it to be adjusted to any required position and shall give access to every part
of it by holding it at a convenient height above the table.
The invention will be best understood from the accompanying drawings in which
Fig. 1 is a section through the stand and Fig. 2 a plan.
In these figures a, a are two forks on which the joint is supported, bb are the
stems of the forks which are made with ball ends c c. dd, are locking nuts
screwed on the sockets e, e, by which the forks may be clamped at the required
angle with the base plate.
This form of joint also allows the forks to be rotated so as to adjust them to the
varying positions of the bones of the joint.
fis the base plate made with the two slots g g in which the sockets can slide and
be locked in any position by the jam nuts h h.
I may also employ plug and socket joints for the fork stems instead of the ball
and socket joints shown in Figs. 1 and 2.
Fig. 3 is a section through such a plug and socket joint. The fork stem a is in
this case provided with a taper projection or plug b at right angles to its axis.
This plug fits into the taper socket k formed in the sliding pillar o, which in this
arrangement replaces the sliding ball socket e shown in Figs. 1 and 2.
The end of the plug is prolonged through the socket and screwed as shown at m;
the screwed end being fitted with a jam nut n by which the fork stem is locked in
the required position.
I may in some cases mount the lower end of one or both sockets on a screw or
screws for the purpose of adjusting the distance between them, the screws being
fitted to the base plate in the same manner as the guide screw of a lathe but the
arrangement of jam nuts shown is the simplest and most convenient method.
I may also make the fork stems telescopic to allow for vertical adjustment, and
provide a locking arrangement to fix the two parts of the stem in the required
position.
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. In a carving stand the combination of two supporting forks having adjustable
jointed stems with a base plate, substantially as and for the purpose described.
2. In a carving stand the combination of adjustable ball and socket jointed
supporting forks with a slotted base plate and locking arrangement on the lower
ends of the supports passing through the said slots substantially as and for the
purpose described.
3. In a carving stand with a slotted base and adjustable jointed supporting forks
the employment of telescopic stems for the said forks substantially as and for the
purpose described.
L. B. M°CULLOCH.