Improvements in and connected with Bread or Cheese Platters or Plates, Applicable also to Butter Plates or Dishes.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 20th May, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 19th Feb., 1890-Accepted, 29th Mar., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Bread or Cheese Platters or
Plates, Applicable also to Butter Plates or Dishes.
I JAMES ROBSON of 32 Queenshead Lane, Handsworth, in the County of Stafford,
Mechanical Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
a
My Invention of Improvements in Bread Platters, Cheese Platters, and Butter
Plates or Dishes, used at the domestic table for holding and cutting bread, cheese or
butter upon, consists in forming with or attaching to the body of the platter by
screws or otherwise a receptacle, rest, sheath, or spring clasp, into which the bread,
cheese, or butter knife can be inserted, and thus be securely held to the platters. This
sheath or clasp can also be used as a handle to carry the platters by, thereby increasing
the usefulness of these domestic articles. The sheath can be formed by a mortise
slit in the body of the platter, or by forming it of a separate piece and attaching it
permanently to the body of the platter, or making it detachable from the platter by
screws and nuts. In butter plates or dishes which are often made with wooden rims
and glass or other dishes in the centre for holding the butter. It is preferable to
attach the knife rest, or clip to the rim of the plates.
Dated this Eighteenth day of May 1889
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Bread or Cheese Platters or
Plates, Applicable also to Butter Plates or Dishes.
I JAMES ROBSON of 32 Queenshead Lane Handsworth in the County of Stafford,
Mechanical Engineer 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 :—
My Invention of improvements in bread platters, cheese platters, and butter plates
or dishes, used at the domestic table for holding and cutting bread cheese, or butter
upon, consists in forming with, or attaching to the body of the platter by screws or
otherwise a receptacle, rest or spring clasp into which the bread cheese or butter
knife can be inserted, and thus be securely held to the platters.
This clasp can be used as a handle to carry the platters by thereby increasing the
usefulness of these domestic articles. The knife clasp or holder may be formed on
the rim of the platter itself or made of a separate piece and attached to the rim of
the platter by screws and nuts or otherwise. In butter plates which are often made
with wooden rims and glass or other dishes in the centre for holding the butter, it is
preferable to attach the knife rest to the rim of the plates.
In order to show how my invention is performed I describe it with reference to the
accompanying drawings.
The same figures of reference indicate the same parts in the several drawings.
Fig. A. is a plan and Fig. B. is a side view of the platters with the knife receptacle
constructed in different ways.-1. is the body of the platter usually made of wood,
2 shews a rest clasping the knife 3, either permanently fixed to the platter, or
attached thereto by screws passing through the rim of the platter, and held by nuts 4.
This arrangement can be used as a handle to carry the platter by. 5. shews an
arrangement of clasp formed or fixed on the edge of the platter, with the knife slit 6
shewn in Fig. B., 7. shews an arrangement made of two posts attached to the
rim of the platter, 8 shews the method of applying the knife rest to the rim of
butter plates.

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―
Forming with or attaching to the rim of bread; cheese, or butter platters a knife
clip, or rest substantially as herein specified and described.'
Dated this 17th day of February 1890
JAMES ROBSON.