IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OR CONSTRUCTION OF A KNIFE AND FORK." MANUFACTURE OR CONSTRUCTION OF A KNIFE AND Fork
Year: 1854

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Pietro Feloj, of 183, Fleet Street, in the City of
London, Confectioner, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OR CONSTRUCTION OF A KNIFE AND FORK."
MANUFACTURE OR CONSTRUCTION OF A KNIFE AND Fork."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Pietro Feloj at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
28rd September 1854.
I, PIETRO FELOJ, of 183, Fleet Street, in the City of London, Confectioner,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OR CONSTRUCTION OF A KNIFE AND FORK" to be as follows:--
My Invention consists of the construction of a single blade, which in its
formation will answer the purposes of a knife and fork combined, having one,
two, or more slits to form the prongs required in a fork, and the edge of the
inner or outer prong of the blade being flattened, shaped, or made, as may be
required, broader, and sharpened, so as to form a knife. This single blade, thus
capable of being used as a knife, fork, or knife and fork combined, may be of
any useful shape, or made of any suitable material, such as steel or other
metal or substance; it may also be applied to any kind or shape of haft or

page_text: holder, so that it can either be fixed or close and open in the usual or any
suitable manner by a spring, springs, or other means. It is economical, and
proposed to be made for the use of the army, navy, emigrants, or where com-
pactness, saving of space, or union of two articles in one, is more convenient.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Pietro Feloj in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
22nd March 1855.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, PIETRO
FELOJ, of 183, Fleet Street, in the City of London, Confectioner, send
greeting.
WHEREAS IIer most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-third day of September, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, in the eighteenth year of
Iler reign, did, for Herself, Ier heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Pietro Feloj, Her special licence that I, the said Pietro Feloj, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Pietro
Feloj, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during
the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise,
and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OR CONSTRUCTION OF A KNIFE AND FORK," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Pietro Feloj, by an instrument in writing
under my hand and seal, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature
of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and
cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar
months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Pietro Feloj, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement, that is to say:-
My Invention consists in making or constructing the blade of a knife so as
to answer the double purpose of a knife and fork, which I accomplish by
making one or more slits in the blade to form the prongs similar to a fork, and

page_text: sharpen the edge of either the inner or outer prong to answer the purpose of a
knife. This single blade may be made of any suitable shape and material, and
may be applied to any kind of haft or holder, either fixed, or to open and shut
as a pocket knife, which will be found economical and very useful to the army,
navy, emigrants, or to any persons where, from its compactness or saving of
space and weight, it is desirable.
Having thus described the nature and particulars of my said Invention, I
desire it to be understood that I claim as my Invention, and which, to the
best of my knowledge and belief, has not been hitherto used within this realm,
the construction of a knife and fork in one single blade, as herein described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Pietro Feloj, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Twenty-second day of March, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five.
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the within-
named Pietro Feloj, in the presence of
WH YOUNG.
PIETRO FELOJ. (L.S.)