Improvements in Toasting Forks.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 27th May, 1899
Complete Specification Left, 30th June, 1899-Accepted, 2nd Sept., 1899
Improvements in Toasting Forks.
JAMES LEWIS, of 37, Clemen's Street, Leamington Spa, in the County of War-
wick, Mechanic, and GEORGE ROBERT DAVIES, of 37, Clemen's Street Leamington-
Spa, in the County of Warwick, and 35, Chichester Place, Brighton, in the
County of Sussex, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to toasting forks by means of which the bread or other
article to be toasted is reversed by simply giving the handle one half turn to
right or left. The handle may also if desired be carried by a hanger which may
be hung on any of the bars of a fire grate or range. The bread or other article
to be toasted may be hung on a fork made of round or other shape wire bent in
such a manner as will leave a loop or ring at the top which loop or ring may be
made oval or oblong in shape, and which shall have the long way of the said
loop hanging in a vertical direction. From this loop or ring the wire may be
bent in any desired shape but shall terminate at each end in a sharp point bent
to hang in a horizontal line. The oval or oblong loop in the fork may hang in
a small casting or forging having an oval hole in the end and being made of such
a shape that one side of the oval hole shall be in the form of a wire at the point
central with the oval hole but on the front part of the casting or forging. This
wire shaped part may as it nears the outer diameter of the casting or forging
be increased in thickness in a direction from the oval hole to the outer diameter
of the casting or forging, in such a manner that the outline of the front edge of
the casting or forging shall form the section of a circle of considerably larger
diameter than the oval hole. When this casting or forging is given a half
revolution to right or left it will cause the oval loop of the fork to hang on a
part of the casting or forging that is on an inclined plane, when, the weight of
the fork and the article being toasted, will cause the loop to slide downward
when the outer edge of the casting or forging will cause the fork to make a half
revolution being assisted in giving this half revolution by the shape of the outer
edge of the casting or forging. The casting or forging behind the oval hole
may be made round or any other convenient shape so that a hole may be drilled
in it to receive a rod which may be secured in any suitable manner into the hole
so drilled and which rod may be fixed into a suitable handle or may form its own
handle by being bent into a loop or ring at the end. This rod or handle may if
desired be made to hang in two hooks which may form part of a hanger. This
hanger may be made of sheet iron or other metal as follows: two pieces of iron
are cut so as to form a hook at one end that will fit over the bar of a grate or
range. The back leg of this hook is longer than the front leg so as to reach to
a lower bar and keep the long arm which may be attached to the hook in a hori-
zontal position. These two hooks are held together by cross pieces or stays made
from sheet iron or other suitable metal and having hooks attached to carry the
toasting fork proper. These hooks are made so that they form a complete circle

page_text: with the exception of a slot cut through one side to allow the handle of the toast-
ing fork to pass through.
This specification describes the fork with the hanger attached but the fork may
be used separately if desired.
0211
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1000
JAMES LEWIS.
G. R. DAVIES.
Improvements in Toasting Forks.
We, JAMES LEWIS, of No. 37, Clemens Street, Leamington Spa, in the County
of Warwick, Mechanic, and GEORGE ROBERT DAVIES, of No. 37, Clemens Street,
Leamington Spa, aforesaid, and also of No. 35, Chichester Place, Brighton, in
the County of Sussex, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:--
The said invention consists of the improvements hereinafter described in toast-
ing-forks by which improvements the bread or other article of food to be toasted
is reversed by the turning of the handle through a half rotation either to the
right or left. The handle of the toasting-fork may be carried by a hanger tem-
porarily supported on one or other of the bars of the fire grate or range.
In constructing a toasting-fork according to the said invention the fork proper
by which the bread or other article of food is carried is made preferably from
wire and with a vertical loop or ring at the middle of the top bar of the said
fork proper. The vertical loop or ring is preferably oval or oblong but it may
be of other shape. By the oval or oblong vertical loop the fork proper is sus-
pended from a cam shaped head constituting one end of the handle of the fork
the said cam shaped head having a hole at its middle through which the wire of
the vertical loop of the fork proper passes.
By turning the handle of the fork in one or other direction through a half
rotation the cam shaped head constituting the inner end of the handle acting on
one or other side of the oval or oblong loop of the fork proper causes the fork
proper to swivel or turn through a semi-rotation in a horizontal plane. In this
way the bread or other article of food on the fork may be from time to time in-
spected and when sufficiently toasted on one side reversed practically without
removing the bread or other article of food from the fire and without removing
the bread or other article of food from the fork.
The toasting-fork described may be used with or without the hanger herein-
after particularly described.
Figures 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawings represent in side and front
elevation respectively, a toasting-fork made according to the said invention; and
Figures 3 and 4 represent in side elevation and plan respectively the said fork
and exhibits the partial turning or changed position of the fork proper brought
about by turning the handle through a quarter of a rotation.
Figure 5 represents in side elevation the said toasting-fork in combination with
a hanger by which it may be supported in front of the fire grate or range and
Figure represents the said hanger separately in end elevation. Figures 7 and 8
represent a modified hanger capable of being folded flat to facilitate packing
and storage in transit.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several figures of
the drawings.

page_text: a, a is the toasting-fork proper and is the vertical loop of the same by which
the fork proper is suspended from the head 2 of the handle b of the fork. The
head is so shaped in front that by turning it by means of the handle b through
a semi-rotation one or other side of the curved end acting on one or other side
of the middle loop causes the fork proper to perform a semi-rotation in a hori-
zontal plane and the turned out ends or prongs are brought from the full-line
position in Figure 1 into the dotted position indicated in the same figure:
Figures 3 and 4 indicate the half turn or quarter rotation of the handle b,
head band fork proper a.
In this way it will be seen that the bread suspended on the toasting fork may
be inspected from time to time and reversed when desired without wholly with-
drawing the bread from the fire and without removing the bread from the fork.
In use the fork may be held by the hand as is the case with ordinary toasting-
forks or it may be supported by a hanger of either of the kinds hereinafter
described and represented in Figures 5, 6, 7 and 8.
The hanger consists essentially of a pair of longitudinal parallel arms c, e ter-
minating at the front end in hooks c', for engaging the top or other bar of the
fire grate or range and having legs for bearing against one or other of the
under bars as represented in Figure 5 where the fire bars are marked d, d. The
longitudinal parallel arms c, c of the hanger are connected by cross arms, A
having depending slotted loops e, e with which the handle of the fork may engage
and by which the fork is supported.
Where necessary or desirable the parts of the hanger may be connected to wires
or rods on which the said parts niay turn so as to bring them into a flat or
approximately flat condition.
A hanger made according to this modification of the said invention is repre-
sented in Figures 7 and 8 where the wires or rods constituting the joints on which
the parts of the hanger turn are marked ff.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that we
claim as the said invention:-
First The improvements in toasting-forks hereinbefore described and illus-
trated in the accompanying drawings the said improvements consisting essen-
tially in making the fork proper separate from the handle of the fork the said
fork proper being suspended, by means of a vertical loop, from a head at the
inner end of the handle by which head and vertical loop the fork proper may be
turned on the turning of the handle substantially as described and illustrated.
Secondly-The combination with a toasting-fork of the kind claimed in the
preceding claim of a hanger either of the kind represented in Figures 5 and 6
or that represented in Figures 7 and 8, whereby the fork may be held or sup-
ported in front of the fire substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated
in the accompanying drawings.
T711 d. of Tuna 1800