IMPROVEMENTS IN MARMALADE FRAMES AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES
Year: 1884

page_text: DE BOITICATION.
I, JAMES MALLOL, of 176 Warstone Lane, Birmingham, in the county of
Warwick, Electro Plate Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my said
invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN MARMALADE FRAMES AND OTHER SIMILAR
ARTICLES to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to raise the covers of articles such as Marmalade
Frames and other similar articles more easily than it has been done heretofore and
I accomplish this in the following maner:
I make a marmalade frame, for instance, with the usual platform upon which
the vesels holding the sugar and cream rest, and with the usual rings to prevent the
vesels falling from the platform, but the rings, instead of being solderd to the
handles are soldered to the two ends of a piece of a fork-like shape, the center of
which is perforated to allow a rod, which forms part of the handle, to pass through,
both parts being then soldered at a convenient highth. The ends of the fork have
a slot cut through in a perpendicular position, and transversaly have a round bole
which is however cut through at the top. The covers have a piece of thick metal,
of about one inch and a half in length, soldered flat upon the covers, but half of
the length projects beyond the circle formed by the covers, having a projection
underneath that fits into the slots of the fork and this projection having a pin
transversaly that fits into the holes of the fork, but the pin, although round, is
filed at bouth sides so as to pass trough the cut made at the top of the holes, and
when the covers are in their position this arrangement constitutes a sort of hinge,
the end of the piece of soldered metal projecting half an inch or so beyond the pin.
In this position the covers would be raised, if the part of the metal that projects
beyond the pin should be pressd down and this is accomplished as follows:
The rod, which forms part of the handle, has a sleeve that fits upon it, at the
top of which the ring of the handle is soldered baving a hole for the rod to pass
through at the top of which is a washer that fits it and a screw connects the two
parts forming the handle compleete. In this position not only the article, or frame,
can be raised by the handle soldered to the sleeve, but the sleeve will turn around.
To make this sleeve by a turn to raise the covers, at the botom of it is a piece
having two half threads of screw, forming a cam, into each of which fits the end,
of the piece of metal soldered to the cover this arrangement being so proportioned
that when the handle presents its flat part to the person having the frame in front
the covers will be down flat, and by simply turning the handle one quarter of a
turn the covers are raised to any desired angle, acording to the pitch of the screw,
at the end of which a stop is made to prevent the handle from turning more than
a quarter of a turn.

page_text: "
I, JAMES MALLOL, 176 Warstone Lane, Birmingham, in the County of Warwick,
Electro-plate Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MARMALADE FRAMES AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES 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 my invention is to raise the covers of articles such as strawberry
and marmalade frames and other similar articles more easily that it has been done
heretofore.
I will describe with reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings the manner
in which my invention is to be performed; the same letters of reference on the
drawings indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.
Figure 1 represents in front elevation a strawberry frame made according to my
Invention, Figure 2 is a plan of the same and Figure 3 is a front view of the same
with the covers raised. The remaining Figures represent details of the said
strawberry frame as hereinafter described.
The strawberry frame is provided with the usual platform A upon which the
vessels B, B¹, holding the sugar and cream rest, and with the usual rings C, C to
prevent the vessels falling from the platform; but the rings C, C instead of being
soldered to the handle D³ are soldered to the two ends of a piece E of a fork-like
shape, the centre of which is perforated to allow a rod F, which forms part of the
handle D2, to pass through and to be soldered at a convenient height.
The ends of the fork E have a slot e¹ cut through in a perpendicular position
and transversely have a round hole e2 which is however cut through at the top.
The covers G, G have a piece of metal g of about 1" or 1/2" long soldered at one
side, but flat upon the cover, having a projection beneath that fits into the slot e¹
of the fork E and this projection having a pin g² transeversely that fits into the
hole of the fork E, but the pin g2 is filed at both sides so as to pass through
the cut made at the top of the holes, and when the covers are in their position this
arrangement constitutes a kind of binge, the piece g projecting half an inch or so
beyond the pin. In this position the covers would be raised if the part of the
metal piece g that projects beyond the pin should be pressed down and this is.
accomplished in the following manner :-The rod F which forms the inner part of
the handle has a sleeve D that fits it, upon the top of which the ring of the
handle D is soldered leaving the hole clear for the rod to pass through, at the top
of which a washer d' fits it and a screw d² connects the two parts together so that
in this position the article not only can be raised by the handle D2, soldered to the
sleeve D, but .it can turn around. To make this sleeve, by a turn to raise the
covers, at the bottom of it is a piece D³ having two half screw threads U, 12 into
each of which fits the end g³ of the piece of metal g soldered to the cover G ; this
arrangement being so proportioned that when the handle D2 presents its flat part
to the person having the article in front the covers will be down flat, as shewn in
Figure 1, and by simply turning the handle one quarter of a turn the covers are
raised, as shewn in Figure 3, to any desired angle according to the pitch of the
at the end of which a projection 6' is made so as to prevent the turning of
the handle more than one quarter.
screw,
I wish it to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise details as
herein described and illustrated as the same may be varied without departing from
the nature of my Invention.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what.
I claim is:
In marmalade frames and other similar articles the employment of means.
whereby the covers are raised by the turning of the handle substantially as
herein before described and illustrated in my drawings.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
128, Colmore Row, Birmingham,
Agent for the Applicant.