Joints of Meat, Applicable also to other Purposes.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Oct., 1886.
Complete Left, 8th July, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 9th Aug. 1887.
of Joints of Meat, Applicable also to other Purposes.
We, ALEXANDER JAMES ELI, of 26 Francis Street, Tottenham Court Road,
London, W.C. Engineer, and EDWARD BLEWITT, of Hatton Garden, London, W.C.
Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to a novel apparatus or appliance for holding a joint of meat.
at any desirable angle to suit the convenience of the carver.
It consists of a spherical ball fitting into a slotted cone or cup provided with a
hollow stem of convenient length attached to which is a broad base or dish for the
purpose of firmly holding the stem in a vertical position. Attached to the ball is a
cross-bar of steel or other suitable material provided at one end with a handle
sufficiently hollowed out to admit the shank bone of a ham or similar joint.
To the other end of the cross-bar is fitted a hook let into a ring or perforated block
which slides along and catches into serrations formed on the underside of the said
cross-bar.
If desired the block of the hook may be provided with a set screw for fixing the
hook firmly to the cross-bar.
The object of the sliding hook is to securely hold in position the various sized joints
during the process of carving.
Deted this 8th day of October 1886.
HUGHES, ELI & HUGHES,
76, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicants.

page_text: OF SCIRED, Applicable also to other rurposes.
We, ALEXANDER JAMES ELI, of 26 Francis Street, Tottenham Court Road,
London, W. Engineer, and EDWARD BLEWITT, of Hatton Garden, London, W.C:
Merchant, 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 a novel apparatus or appliance for holding a joint of meat
at any desirable angle to suit the convenience of the carver, and is particularly
adapted for hams and similar joints which are too unwieldly to be handled comfortably
with an ordinary fork.
In-the accompanying-drawing, Figure-1-represents -an-elevation-of-the-apparatus,
and Figure 2 a plan view of the same.
A represents a pedestal which may be either fitted to the centre of a dish or stand
alone upon a table or counter. In the upper end of this pedestal is formed a socket
into which fits a ball B which is held in position by means of a screw-cap 0 open at
the top, the whole constituting an ordinary ball and socket joint. A spike D projects
from the ball, the spike being flattened at the bottom and extended sideways for a
purpose hereinafter described.
The gripping apparatus consists of a semicircular bar E having claws e at one end
and a solid nut E at the other. A screw F passes through the nut and between the
latter and the handle G is a plate H fitting loosely over the screw, such plate being
provided with triangular or other shaped pins h. If a ham or similar joint be placed
on the bar E with the large end towards the claws e and the shank towards the
handle G and the latter be turned round, it will force the spikes or pins / into the
shank whilst the other end will be forced against the claws e.
The underside of the bar E is slotted for a great portion of its length and the
screw F has transverse holes formed through it at short intervals apart. The joint
having been adjusted, the spike D is passed through the slot and through one of the
holes in the screw into the joint so that by taking hold of the handle G, the carver
can turn the same round to almost any angle. The rectangular piece d at the bottom
of the spike D enters the slot in the bar E and so prevents the latter turning without
producing a corresponding motion of the ball B.
Although we have shewn and described what we consider the best method of
carrying our Invention into practice, we would have it understood that we do limit

page_text: ourselves to the precise details of construction which may of course be modified
according to the shape or nature of the article to be operated upon.
Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we desire it to be understood
that what we claim, is :-
In a carving stand such as described, the combination with a ball and socket joint
of a gripping apparatus capable of adjustment as to length, substantially as and for
the purpose specified and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 8th day of July 1887.
HUGHES, ELI & HUGHES,
76, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicants.
HUGHES, ELI & HUGHES,
76, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicants.