Improvements in or relating to Plate or Cutlery Chests or Cases or the like.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Dec., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 24th Sept., 1894-Accepted, 27th Oct., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Plate or Cutlery Chests or Cases
or the like.
I, GEORGE ADAM, of Granville Mews, Rathbone Place, in the Parish of
Marylebone, in the County of Middlesex, Plate Chest Maker, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
:-
This invention has reference to improvements in or relating to plate or cutlery
chests or cases or the like.
Chests or cases designed to contain spoons and forks or cutlery are provided with
rack-like fittings forming separate divisions or recesses for the ends of each article
and these division fittings have hitherto been formed of a bar of wood cut lengthwise
of or with the grain whilst the divisions or recesses have been formed by notching.
or cutting away portions of the bar at regular and frequent intervals along its
length and across the grain of the wood the side walls of the recesses being
comparatively thin, whilst, when the fittings are intended to receive forks and
spoons, the recesses and consequently the walls are disposed at an inclination to
the bar.
Fittings, constructed in this manner and more especially those of the character
lastly referred to, afford very little lateral strength, and, inasmuch as the principal
strain is transverse to the walls of the recesses and therewith with the grain of the
wood, they are liable to break off short thereby ruining the appearance and
effectiveness of the chest or case.
Now the object of the present invention is to obviate the defect above
referred to.
For this purpose, instead of forming the bar longitudinally of the grain of the
wood I cut it transversely thereof whilst I form the notches or recesses by cutting
away portions of the bar transversely of its length, and, in the case of fittings
intended for forks and spoons, at suitable inclination, so that the side walls of the
recesses will be in alignment with or longitudinally of the grain and they are
thus adapted to better resist lateral strain than when constructed in the manner.
heretofore adopted.
In constructing these fittings according to my invention, I form a slab in the
manner above described and I cut off the division racks to the required width by
means of a circular saw, whilst, in order to cut the divisions in the slab, I employ
a number of cutters, one to correspond with each recess, so that I am enabled to
form a considerable number of recesses at one operation.
By the means hereinbefore described I obtain division fittings having greater
durability than heretofore and with some economy in labour.
Dated this 22nd day of December 1893.
VAUGHAN & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Plate or Cutlery Chests or Cases.
or the like.
I, GEORGE ADAM, of Granville Mews, Rathbone Place, in the Parish of
St. Marylebone, in the County of Middlesex, Plate-chest Maker, 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 :—
Reference is hereinafter made to the drawings hereunto annexed and to the
letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say-
Figure 1. is a plan of a block of wood grooved or formed with notches or
recesses according to the present invention, and,
Figure 2. is a transverse section taken on the line 1-1. of Figure 1.
a. represents the base of the bar or block, b. represents the walls or divisions,
and c. represents the grooves or notches between the same.
This invention has reference to improvements in or relating to plate or cutlery
chests or cases or the like.
Chests or cases designed to contain spoons and forks or cutlery are provided
with rack-like fittings having somewhat the appearance of Figure 2. forming
separate divisions or recesses such as c. for the ends of each article, and these
division fittings have hitherto been formed of a bar of wood such as a. in Figure 2.
cut lengthwise of or with the grain, whilst the divisions or recesses c. have been
formed by notching or cutting away portions of the bar at regular and frequent
intervals along its length and across the grain of the wood the side walls b. of the
recesses being comparatively thin, whilst when the fittings are intended to receive
spoons and forks the recesses c. and consequently the walls b. are disposed at an
inclination to the bar a. as represented in the drawings.
Fittings constructed in this manner and more especially those of the character
lastly referred to afford very little lateral strength, and inasmuch as the principal
strain is transverse to the walls b. of the recesses c. and therefore with the grain of
the wood, such walls b. are liable to break off short thereby ruining the appearance
and effectiveness of the chest or case.
Now, the object of the present invention is to obviate the defect above
referred to.
For this purpose, instead of forming the bar a. longitudinally of the grain of the
wood, it is cut transversely thereof, whilst the notches or recesses c. are formed
by cutting away portions of the bar a. transversely of its length, and in the case
of fittings intended for spoons and forks at a suitable inclination as represented in
the drawings, so that the side walls of the recesses c. will be in alignment with or
longitudinally of the grain and they are thus adapted to better resist lateral strain
than when constructed in the manner heretofore adopted.
In constructing these fittings according to the present invention, a slab a.
(Figure 1) is formed with grooves or recesses c. therein in the direction of the
grain as hereinbefore described and the division racks are cut off therefrom, for
example, at the dotted lines represented in Figure 1., to the required width by
means of a circular saw, whilst, in order to cut the divisions or recesses c. in the
slab a., a number of rotary or other suitable cutters are employed one to correspond
with each recess c., so that a considerable number of recesses may be formed in a
block such as that represented in Figure 1., at one operation.
By the means herein before described, division fittings are obtained applicable to
plate or cutlery chests or the like, in which the grain of the wood is transverse of
the bar a. which is not required to sustain any serious strain and transverse of the
division walls b. upon which practically the whole strain of the work falls and such
fittings will thus have much greater durability than heretofore whilst there will be
some economy in their production.
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page_text: 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 plate chest fittings or the like, forming the division walls longitudinally of
the grain of the wood, substantially as herein described.
2. In plate chest fittings or the like, forming a block grooved longitudinally of
the grain of the wood and cutting off bars transversely thereof having the division
walls disposed longitudinally of the grain, substantially as herein described.
Dated this 24th day of September 1894.
VAUGHAN & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.

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