An Improved Meat Safe for the Use of Butchers and the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Feb., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 9th July, 1836-Accepted, 15th Aug... 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Meat Safe for the Use of Butchers and the like.
I, PHILIP HAMMOND of Attleborough, in the County of Norfolk, Butcher, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of the present invention is to provide a fly resisting meat safe of
large capacity for the use of butchers and others during the hot season, said safe
being so constructed and arranged that it may be readily fitted up when required
and stowed away in sections when no longer needed.
According to my invention I form the walls of the safe, which may extend from
floor to ceiling of the shop or other place, from sections of perforated metal
preferably perforated zinc. These sections are fitted within a light iron frame-
work and are secured together by bolts and nuts, rubber being inserted between
the joints if found necessary. Centrally within the safe thus formed I dispose a
vertical pillar from which extend laterally curved arms for suspending the joints,
said arms being so shaped and arranged that the joints in each row may hang clear
of those in the row beneath. A convenient door or doors is provided in the safe
and the said vertical pillar is mounted in bearings and suitable means are provided
whereby it may be revolved at will so as to bring the desired joint or joints
opposite to the door or doors.
Dated this 8th dex of February 180A
E. P. ALEXANDER & SON,
Chartered Patent Agents,
19, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.
An Improved Meat Safe for the Use of Butchers and the like.
I, PHILIP HAMMOND, of Attleborough, in the County of Norfolk, Butcher, 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 the present invention is to provide a fly resisting meat safe of
large capacity for the use of butchers and the like during the hot season, said safe
being constructed and arranged so that it may be readily fitted up when required
and stowed away in sections when no longer needed. The interior of the safe is
further so arranged that any desired joint or. the like contained therein can be
brought opposite to the safe door and readily removed therethrough.
In the accompanying drawings which illustrate a meat safe constructed in
accordance with my invention :-
Figure 1 is a front elevation of the safe and Figure 2 is a vertical section
thereof.
Figure 3 is a horizontal section of the safe.
Figure 4 is a detached view of one of the sections from which the safe is built
up, and Figure 5 is a horizontal section of said section on an enlarged scale.
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page_text: AA represent the sections from which the safe is built up, each of these sections
consisting of a light metal frame a preferably of angle iron, covered with perforated
metal or wire gauze b (preferably perforated zinc). The several sections A are
detachably secured together by means of the bolts c and if found necessary strips
of rubber d may be interposed between the sections so as to make a tight joint,
(see Fig. 4). The lower ends of the sections A enter a channelled base ring m
secured to the floor of the shop or apartment, and their upper ends may enter a
similar channelled ring fixed to the ceiling, or, when a safe of less height is
required, a suitable perforated top or cover n may be bolted to the upper ends of
the sections A as illustrated (Figs. 1 and 2). B B are the doors of the safe,
which may be of similar construction to the sections A; and which are preferably
bung upon spring hinges so as to ensure their being normally maintained closed.
Disposed centrally within the safe is a vertical shaft f the ends of which revolve
in suitable bearings g, the top bearing being preferably fixed to one of the ceiling
joists as shewn. Secured to this shaft fat convenient intervals apart are a series
of rings from which the joints and the like are suspended. Each of these rings h
is made of greater diameter than the ring beneath thereby permitting the joints
slung from any ring to hang clear of those suspended from the ring beneath and
thus economising space. The rings h may be constructed and fixed to the shaft f
in any suitable manner. In the drawings they are represented as consisting each
of two semicircles, the cords of which are clamped together around the shaft by
bolts as shewn in Figure 3. k represents stays extending from one ring to
another, the stays of the lowermost ring being attached to a collar / secured to the
shaft. It is obvious that if desired spirally disposed arms secured to and
extending horizontally from the shaft might be substituted for the rings h, the
joints hanging from each arm clear of those on the arm beneath; I prefer
however the arrangement illustrated in the drawing. Also, in lieu of slinging the
joints and the like from the rings 4, the latter may carry suitable trays upon which
the former may be placed, and this arrangement would be especially suitable in the
case of fish and poultry.
Any of the contents of the safe may be brought opposite to the doors thereof
for removal by revolving the shaft f.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. The combination of a meat safe built up from a series of sections detacbably
connected together, each section consisting of a light metal frame covered with
perforated material, a vertical shaft disposed within the said safe and revolving in
suitable bearings, and supports for suspending or carrying the joints or other
articles of food extending laterally from the said vertical shaft, the whole
constructed and arranged substantially as described.
2. The general combination and arrangement of parts constituting a meat safe
substantially as described with reférence to and illustrated in the annexed
drawings.
Dated this 9th day of July 1896
Dated this 4th day of Imly 1896
. E. P. ALEXANDER & SON,
Chartered Patent Agents,
19, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.