Improvements in Pincers.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Mar., 1896-Accepted, 25th Apr., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Pincers.
I, JOSEPH ANDERSON BROWN, of 304, York Road, in the County of London,.
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 improvements in pincers more particularly adapted for
removing skewers from joints of meat, poultry and the like.
In pincers such as gas pincers as heretofore generally made the teeth or serrations.
on the inner surfaces of the two jaws have been made parallel so that they can
grip an object effectively only when the pincers are pulled in one direction, that is
to say, in such a direction as to twist or turn the object which it grips. Now
according to my invention I construct pincers whereby an object such as a meat
skewer can be both twisted and directly pulled so that its removal from a joint of
meat or the like is considerably facilitated.
In carrying out my invention I provide one jaw of the pincers with a series of
serrations or teeth running transversely and the other jaw with teeth which run at
right angles or perpendicular to the teeth of the first jaw, so that the said teeth
grip the skewer or other object both when the pincers are twisted and also when
the pincers are pulled.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe the same by
reference to the accompanying drawing, in which :-
Figure 1 is a side view of a pair of pincers constructed according to my
invention:
Figure 2 is a section of the jaws of the pincers:
Figure 3 is a plan of the pincers.
a, a are the jaws of the pincers having the usual handles A, A hinged together
at b in the ordinary manner; c, c are teeth or serrations which I make transversely
on the jaw a, and d, d are teeth or serrations which I form on the jaw a¹ in the
direction of the length of the pincers, that is to say, at right angles to the trans--
verse teeth c, c. The teeth c, c and d, d are formed in the curved recesses e, e in
the ends of the jaws.
It will be obvious that when a skewer or other object is seized between the
jaws of the pincers, the teeth c, c and d, d grip the same both when the pincers.
are pulled and when they are twisted so that the skewer, for instance, can be
removed from the joint of meat or the like by a pulling and a twisting action.
whereby its removal is greatly facilitated.
It will be understood that my improvements can be carried out in other forms.
and I do not therefore limit myself to those above described and illustrated. For
instance I may combine the same with ordinary gas pincers.
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. In pincers providing one of the jaws with teeth running in a transverse
direction and the other jaw with teeth running in a vertical direction or per-
pendicular to the teeth of the first named jaw substantially as, and for the
purposes, herein before described.

page_text: 2. The manufacture and use of the improved pincers hereinbefore described and
illustrated in Figures 1, 2 and 3 of the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 24th day of March 1896.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.