Improved Plate Stand for Fireplaces.
Year: 1895

page_text: Late of Application, 25th Feb., 1895-Accepted, 20th Apr., 1895
COMEDIE DIECIFICATION.
Improved Plate Stand for Fireplaces.
We, LIONEL EDWARDS WOOD, and THOMAS BIRCH DAVIS, and ARTHUR
MAWSON, (trading as "Wood & Davis") all of 62 Summer Row, in the City of
Birmingham, and County of Warwick Manufacturing Brassfounders, 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 :--
The object of this invention is to provide an efficient plate or toast stand which
may be attached to fenders, or the fire dogs used with or upon same, or which may
be mannfactured as part of such said articles, or which may be provided for fire-
places apart from fenders or the like, and to provide also that such plate stands
shall be made so as to be readily closed up into a conveniently small compass and
then form part of a fender or fire dog or to be entirely removed from same as the
case may be when not desired to be in use for supporting plates or the like upon
them, all substantially as hereinafter set forth.
According to the width of a fender or fireplace, a convenient number of strips,
of metal or other suitable substance, are provided, and laid over each other
diagonally to form an oblong rack with interstitial vacuities, and and convenient
intervals, where the said strips decussate, holes are made to receive rivets, or other
convenient attachments, to serve the purpose of articulating the said strips one
with the other, until the whole number are collectively joined or swivelled together
forming a rack, & which having the said holes conveniently larger in diameter
than their joining attachinents, may be contracted or extended laterally as desired.
Upon the underside of the strips columnar or other supports are placed at suitable
distances to preserve the rigidity of the stand, and at one end slots are made to
receive bolts for attaching the rack or stand to a fender or fire-dog which may or
may not necessarily be specially constructed to receive same, or any desired number
of the said racks in any convenient position upon same. At the other end may be
arranged a rod to support fire irons or the like when the rack is not in use for
the support of plates or such other like articles.
The invention will be more clearly understood by reference to the accompanying
drawings.
Fig. 1. shews a general view of the invention fitted to a fender b, the strips a
applied to one side of the fender, attached by bolts c within the slots d.
The rail e for carrying fire irons being attached to one end of the rack.
The dotted lines shew the rack closed.
The holes are provided to attach the rack thereto if desired.
The said supports y are shewn and the attachments in position.
Fig. 2. is a plan of the rack detached from the fender and―
Fig. 3. is an end elevation of same.
Fig. 4. shews a plan of the invention without slots for fixing same to fenders or
fire dogs or the like, or the rod for supporting fire irons, as when provided for
fireplaces only.
Fig. 5. shews a view of the invention applied to a fire dog i. with the front part
of base of same j. detached from the fire dog & forming a lateral support for the
rack, being bolted to same at k.
The reference letters are identical in all the figures.
It is evident that the details can be varied without departing from the principle

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :-
1. Constructing plate stands for use in fenders, fire dogs or fireplaces which
can be extended or contracted as herein before described.
2. The combination of plate stands formed of strips as set forth, in conjunction
with fenders, fire dogs or fireplaces.
3. Constructing such said plate stands as set forth, for fireplaces, which can
be used as herein before described upon fenders or fire dogs or fireplaces not
specially constructed to receive same.
Dated this Twenty-third day of February 1895.
LIONEL EDWARDS WOOD,
THOMAS BIRCH DAVIS,
ARTHUR MAWSON,
Applicants.