An Improved Holder for Plates and Dishes.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Feb., 1895-Accepted, 18th May, 1805
VUMI LEIE DI BUITIVATION.
An Improved Holder for Plates and Dishes.
I, ERNST DRECHSLER of No. 41, Langestrasse, Berlin, in the German Empire,
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 subject of this invention is an improved holder whereby hot plates and
dishes may be carried about without inconvenience to the person carrying them,
the improved device preventing him from burning his fingers and also from
touching the food on the plates with his hands.
The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which :-
Figure 1 is an elevation, and
Figure a plan of the improved holder.
The holder mainly consists of two pieces of wire a and a¹, each of which has
loops formed in it, as at b c and 'c', the wire a passing through the loops 'c' of
the wire a', and vice versa, so that each wire forms a guide for the other. In the
remaining parts of the wires, which are not looped, there are formed the arms a
and a', twisted together and bent in the manner shown; and near the lower end
of each arm the two strands are untwisted, their ends being bent in the shape of
two single hooks, d d and d' d', respectively. Between the loops bb' and c c¹ of
the two wires a a' guiding each other, spiral springs e and fare inserted, and
such springs have a tendency constantly to keep the loops b and c c' apart from
each other, at their extreme positions, with the result that the two arms a a¹ are
held as nearly as possible together, so that a certain stress must be applied, by
hand, to each of the arms, to move them further apart. This is done when it is
desired to fit the holder to a plate or dish, when the hooks or claws d d and d' d¹,
under the action of the springs e and f, will firmly grip the plate or dish between
them, so that, by holding the wire device, the plate or dish may be conveniently
carried from place to place.
To remove the holder from the plate or dish, it is only necessary to bend or
move asunder the two arms and disengage the edge of the plate or dish from the
hooks.
It is evident that the improved device is also advantageous for use with cold
plates or dishes, for the purpose of enabling a person to conveniently carry them
without touching the same or the food upon them.
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 :-
A holder for plates or dishes, consisting of a pair of bent wires, such as a and a¹,
adapted, under the action of spiral springs, such as e and f, to engage with the
edge of the plate or dish by means of hooks or claws, such as d d and dɩ d³,
provided at the ends, for the purpose of enabling hot (or cold) plates or dishes
to be carried about from place to place and avoiding the necessity of touching
with the hands the food on the said plates or dishes, substantially as described.
Dated the 7th day of February 1895
D. YOUNG & Co.,
11 & 12, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.