Improvements in and in the Manufacture of Cases for Cutlery and the like, Silver, and other Metal Articles.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Dec., 1897-Accepted, 12th Feb., 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and in the Manufacture of Cases for Cutlery and
the like, Silver, and other Metal Articles.
I, GEORG HÄUSSLER, of Gmünd, Suabia, Wurtemberg, in the Empire of Germany,
Manufacturer, 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 so called cases or etuis, that is to say the shaped insertions covered with.
velvet, plush, silk and the like, required for the inside of cutlery cases, consisted
hitherto for cutlery, cups, serviette rings and the like always of a board in which
the shapes of the articles to be inserted, for instance the heads of spoons or the like,
were cut out by means of a saw. This is a time-consuming and therefore costly
operation, and such cases have also the drawback that when made in this manner
they are always suitable for only a certain shape of spoon and therefore cannot
be used for other spoons such for instance as those with long handles or with a
head of a different shape.
The improved case or etui which forms the object of the present invention entirely
removes the above mentioned drawbacks.
The improved case is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which, Figure 1,
is a plan view: Fig. 2, a section on the line --x of Figure 1; and Figure 3, a
view from below.
According to the present invention the shaped insertion A is not cut out, but
the recesses a of a suitable form for the desired articles, such for instance as tea
spoons, are produced at once by pressing so that such a case may be made in a
single stamping in the most rapid and cheapest manner.
Pasteboard is preferably employed as the material, but if desired any other
suitable material capable of being moulded or shaped can be used. I also introduce
in my improved case a ridge or projection B provided with notches b. The shanks c
of the spoons C may be laid in the notches of this ridge as shown on the left
hand side of Figure 1, in such a way as to be freely movable so that their form,
length, or the like is no longer of importance, and in the same insertion or rather
in a case provided with such an insertion any kind of teaspoons may be fitted.
The frames or insertions of cases for knives, forks and the like are also arranged
in a similar manner.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare, that what I
claim is :-
1. The improved manufacture of cases or etuis for cutlery and any other like
silver or metal articles characterized by the frame or shaped insertion (A) contained
in the case being formed of any moulded or shapable material and the recesses
or places (a) for the articles to be inserted being produced in the same by pressing
at one operation, instead of being cut out separately, substantially as hereinbefore
forth

page_text: 2. A case or etui such as described in which the shaped insertion or lining is
provided with a ridge (B) formed with notches (b) whereby the articles placed in
the case, such for instance as spoons (C) may lie with their handles or shanks freely
movable in these notches and the case be thus applicable for spoons and the like
of various forms and sizes, substantially as hereinbefore described.
Dated this 18th day of December 1897.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicant.