IMPROVEMENTS IN GUARDS AND RESTS FOR FORKS FOR CARVING AND OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1885

page_text: I, HENRY HARRISON, Trading as Harrison Brothers & Howson of 67 Norfolk
Street, Sheffield, Cutlers and Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of said
invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN GUARDS AND RESTS FOR FORKS FOR CARVING
AND OTHER PURPOSES, to be as follows:-
:
The improvements consist in the manner of combining a fork rest and guard that
shall work together that is, when the guard is up the rest shall be also in position,
and when the guard is closed the rest shall be out of position. Also in forming the
combined guard and rest of one or more pieces of metal so constructed as to spring
outwards or bear laterally against the walls of the inside of the bosom or recess
in the shank of the fork and so maintain the guard and its rest at any desired
angle
The improvements can be performed by making the combined guard and rest
preferably of one piece of metal bending and tempering the same so that it forms
two limbs and when passed through the opening or bosom of the fork said limbs
spring outwards against the walls of the opening-the limbs being secured by a
pin or stud passing through them and the bosom of the fork, or otherwise secured
after the limbs have passed through the opening they are separated or flared
outwards one from the other and so form the rest.

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I, HENRY HARRISON, Trading as Harrison Brothers and Howson of 67 Norfolk
Street, Sheffield, Cutlers and Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of my
invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN GUARDS AND RESTS FOR FORKS FOR CARVING
AND OTHER PURPOSES, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :—
The improvements consist in the manner of combining a fork rest and guard that
shall work together, that is, when the guard is up the rest shall be also in position,
and when the guard is closed the rest shall be out of position.
Also in forming the combined guard and rest of one or more pieces of metal so
constructed as to spring outwards or bear laterally against the walls of the inside
of the bosom or recess in the shank of the fork and so maintain the guard and its
rest at any desired angle.
The improvements can be performed by making the combined guard and rest
preferably of one piece of metal bending and tempering the same so that it forms
two limbs and when passed through the opening or bosom of the fork said limbs
spring outwards against the walls of the opening-the limbs being secured by a
pin or stud passing through them and the bosom of the fork, or otherwise secured
After the limbs have passed through the opening they are separated or flared
outwards one from the other and so form the rest.
The accompanying drawings illustrate a convenient mode of performing the
invention like letters in all the figures corresponding to like parts.
Fig 1 is a side view of a fork fitted with the improved rest guard A, the guard
part being up and the rest consequently down and in position for use-the dotted
lines represent said rest guard in shut up position. B is the pin or stud Fig 1* is
a cross section through the opening or bosom of the fork and showing the holes for
the pivot B. Fig 2 is a longitudinal section of the fork through the opening or
bosoin and showing the pivot hole. Fig 3 is a plan or top view showing the rest
guard down and Fig 4 is a perspective view showing the rest guard up. Fig 5 is
a top plan view and Fig 6 side view of the rest guard, and Fig 7 perspective view
of rest guard open ready for insertion in the fork and Fig 8 shows same compressed.
The rest guard piece may be made of one or more pieces of metal.
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
1. The mode of construction combining a fork rest and guard that shall act
together substantially in the manner described and set forth,

page_text: 2. A combined guard and rest made of one or more pieces of metal constructed
to spring or bear laterally against the inside of the bosom of the fork and so
maintain the guard and rest at the desired angle substantially as described and set
forth.