Improvements in the Manufacture of Stakes and Supports for Bulbous or Tuberous Rooted Plants.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Jan., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 14th Sept., 1894 -Accepted, 20th Oct., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Stakes and Supports for
Bulbous or Tuberous Rooted Plants.
I WALTER CLEMENT KEY of Cypress Lodge Walton on Thames in the
County of Surrey Esquire do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention has for its object the provision of a stake or support whereby a
bulbous or tuberous rooted plant may be conveniently supported perpendicularly
notwithstanding that by reason of the nature of the root of such plant it is
necessary that the base of the support should be placed in the ground at some
distance from the centre of the plant so as to avoid damage to the root. I make
a stake or support of suitable material of such height as may be required for any
plant to be supported and at a point corresponding with the level of the surface of
the soil I divide the support into two branches which I then carry horizontally
(i.e. at right angles to the main shaft of the support) and at a convenient angle to
each other for a sufficient distance to ensure that their ends which I then bend
perpendicularly downwards for a sufficient distance will when thrust into the
ground pierce it at a point clear of the circumference of the root of the plant.
The plant is thus firmly supported on stake which from the surface of the soil
upwards is perpendicular to such surface while the root of the plant remains
uninjured.
Dated this 17th day of January 1894.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Stakes and Supports for
Bulbous or Tuberous Rooted Plants.
I, WALTER CLEMENT KEY of Cypress Lodge Walton on Thames in the
County of Surrey Esquire 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 has for its object the provision of a stake or support whereby a
bulbous or tuberous rooted plant may be conveniently supported perpendicularly
notwithstanding that by reason of the nature of the root of such plant it is
necessary that the base of the support should be placed in the ground at some
distance from the centre of the plant so as to avoid damage to the bulb or tuber.
I make a stake or support of suitable material of such height as may be required
for any plant to be supported and at a point corresponding with the level of the
surface of the soil. I divide the support into two branches which I then carry
horizontally or in a curved line (at a right angle or other convenient angle to the
main shaft of the support) and at a convenient angle to each other for a distance
to ensure that their ends which I bend perpendicularly downwards for a sufficient
distance will when thrust into the ground pierce it at a point clear of the circum-
ference of the bulb or tuber.
The plant when tied or attached to the stake is thus firmly supported on a stake
which from the surface of the soil upwards is perpendicular to such surface while
the bulb or tuber remains uninjured.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion I declare that what I claim is
Improvement in the manufacture of stakes and supports for bulbous or tuberous
rooted plants by the division of the lower part thereof into two or more branches
so bent or shaped as to enter the ground at a point outside the circumference of
the bulb or tuber while the upper part of the stake affords a firm perpendicular
support to the upper part of the plant.
Dated this 13th day of September 1894..