Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Sept., 1994
Complete Specification Left, 31st May, 1895-Accepted, 6th July, 1895
I, WILLIAM SNART BARRETT, of 92 and 108, West Street, Boston, in the
County of Lincoln, Wire Worker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in riddles chiefly of that class used in
riddling potatoes.
These riddles as hitherto constructed have the disadvantages that the wires
forming the mesh become displaced thereby producing an irregular mesh, and, by
the constant friction of the wires on the stand, they become worn very quickly.
Now by my improvements these defects are obviated.
For this purpose I provide the riddle with two or more metal bars extending
diametrically across the frame, the said bars being perforated to allow the wires
forming the mesh to pass through the same whereby the said wires are firmly held
in their proper position and the regularity of the mesh preserved. The said bars
also serve to take the wear resulting from the moving of the riddle over the stand
thereby protecting the wires of the mesh.
Dated the 17th day of September 1894.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
1, WILLIAM SNART BARRETT, of 92 and 108, West Street, Boston, in the
County of Lincoln, Wire Worker, 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 relates to improvements in riddles chiefly of that class used in
riddling potatoes.
These riddles as hitherto constructed have the disadvantages that the wires
forming the mesh become displaced thereby producing an irregular mesh, and, by
the constant friction of the wires on the stand, they become worn very quickly.
Now by my improvements these defects are obviated.
For this purpose I provide the riddle with two or more metal bars extending
diametrically across the frame, the said bars being perforated to allow the wires
forming the mesh to pass through the same whereby the said wires are firmly held
in their proper position and the regularity of the mesh preserved.
In the accompanying drawing.
Figure 1 is a plan of a riddle with my improvements applied thereto; and,
Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.
a is the ordinary frame of the riddle and b, b the usual wires forming the mesh.
c, c' represent the metal bars with which I provide the riddle, the said bars
extending diametrically across the frame as shewn, the wires, as clearly shewn in
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page_text: Figure 2, passing through perforations in the bars. The bars are advantageously
halved or slotted where they cross one another in the centre of the mesh and are
clamped together between two plates d, d¹ held together by rivets e or the two bars
may be cast in one piece.
Although in the drawing I have shewn the riddle as provided with only two bars
it will be obvious that more than two bars may be employed where required, such,
for example, as in the case of large riddles.
By this arrangement the said bars in addition to holding the mesh wires in their
proper position and maintaining or preserving the regularity of the mesh also serve
to take the wear resulting from the moving of the riddle of the stand thereby
protecting the wires of the mesh.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A riddle having two or more metal bars extending across the frame with
perforations through which the mesh wires pass, substantially as, and for the
purposes, described.
2. The manufacture and use of the improved riddle hereinbefore described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
5. Dated the 31st day of May 1895.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.