New or Improved Draining-board for Drying Dishes, Plates, Cutlery, Vegetables, and the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Aug., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 8th May, 1897-Accepted, 12th June, 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Draining-board for Drying Dishes, Plates,
Cutlery, Vegetables, and the like.
1, WILLIAM JAMES BROMLEY, of No. 31, Atherley Road, Waverley Park, S.E.,
Builder, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a draining-board or tray that can be removably and
conveniently fixed to a sink, for the purpose of receiving plates, dishes, basins,
cutlery, vegetables and the like as they are removed from the receptacle in which
they have been washed, such draining-board allowing the water to drain from the
dishes or the like and run into the sink without the risk of coming into contact with
the articles already washed and dried.
In carrying my invention into practice I provide a rectangular or other conveniently
shaped wooden or other draining-board or tray having three raised sides, the fourth
or front side being flush with the surface of the said draining-board. Channels or
grooves are formed in the surface of the board, which channels or grooves converge
towards the front of the former, so as to allow of the water that is drained off the
board, being concentrated towards the sink-drain or other point.
The under side of the draining-board is provided with three brackets or supports so
arranged as to fit on each side of the raised rim of the sink and support the draining-
board in a slightly inclined position.
The said brackets or supports are arranged at such an angle with relation to
the draining-board, that when fixed in position upon the raised rim of the sink, the
board will have the desired inclination from the sink.
In order that the draining-board can be attached to any sink, irrespective of the
thickness of the raised rim of same, I may, if desirable, provide one of the brackets
with a set-screw for accomplishing this purpose.
Dated this 10th day of Amount 1906
HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, W.C., Agents.
New or Improved Draining-board for Drying Dishes, Plates,
Cutlery, Vegetables, and the like.
I, WILLIAM JAMES BROMLEY, of No. 31, Atherley Road, Waverley Park, S.E.
Builder, 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 new or improved draining-board for drying dishes,
plates, cutlery, vegetables, and the like, and has for object to provide an appliance of
this class that can be readily fixed to, and removed from, a sink or the like at will.

page_text: And in order that this my said invention may be the more readily understood and
carried into practical effect, reference is hereby made to the accompanying sheet of
illustrative drawings, wherein :-
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the draining-board in position on a sink.
Fig. 2. being a side elevation of the means for clamping the board to a sink or the
like, while
Fig. 3 is a plan of Fig. 2.
Referring to the drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding
parts, a is a tray-like board having three raised sides a¹ and parallel grooves or
channels a³ in its surface for the purpose of allowing the dish-water to readily flow
off same.
To the underside of the board is fixed by means of screws or their equivalent a
clamp 6 having two depending flanges 61 at its forward end, such flanges being
somewhat curved inwards as shewn, for the purpose of more securely gripping the
rim of a sink, for instance. The said clamp b is recessed upon its upper side and
is also provided with a longitudinally disposed slot 6 through which passes a set-
screw c or its equivalent.
This set-screw passes also through the arm d of a bracket d and holds same
against the said clamp b, the said bracket d d being capable of a longitudinal
adjustment relative to the clamp b, by these means.
In operation, the clamp 6 is placed over the rim of the sink e and the bracket d d'
slid along the slot in the said clamp until the depending portion d of such
bracket abuts against the rim of the sink, when the set-screw c is tightened up to
maintain the bracket in that position.
The depending portion d of the bracket is grooved or serrated upon that side
which comes into contact with the sink or the like, and the two portions d d
comprising such bracket are at such an angle one to the other as to give a forward
tilt or inclination to the clamp b and the draining-board a carried by same.
In lieu of the precise form of clamp and bracket described and shewn, I may
employ three fixed brackets so arranged upon the underside of the board that when
the latter is placed upon the sink ledge, two will be on one side of same and the
remaining one upon the other side. This latter or rear bracket is provided with
a set-screw or its equivalent for the purpose above mentioned.
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. The combination with a draining-board having three raised sides and a grooved
surface, of a fixing device comprising a clamp having a longitudinal recess and slot
and claw-like flanges at its forward part, together with a bracket adapted to be
moved along the under side of the clamp and adjusted at any desired point along
same, the depending arm of said bracket being serrated upon one side and so
disposed with relation to the other arm as to give a forward inclination to the clamp
and draining-board, substantially as described and shewn.
Dated this 8th dor of Mo 1807
HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.