US258172A

US258172A - Carving-fork guard

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Publication number: US258172A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1882-05-16
Anticipated expiration: 1899-05-16

Description

' (Model.)

S. S. WARD.

GARVING PORK GUARD.

Patented May 16, 1882.

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WITNESSES ATTORNEYS.

, Forks, of which the following is UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

STEPHEN S. WARD, OF GREENFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

CARVlNG-FORK GUARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 258,172, dated May 16, 1882.

Application filed December 13, 1881. (Model) .To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, STEPHEN S. WARD, of Greenfield,in the county of Franklin and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Guards for Carvinga full, clear, and exact description.

' In my improved construction of guards of carving-forks the principal advantages btained over those heretofore made are cheapness, facility of attachment and removal, simplicity, and durability. The in vention consistsin a'guard held bya hooked spring-tongue engaging a slot in the guard, as hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference ind cate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a sectional side view of a fork fitted with the improved guard. Fig. 2 is a plan view with the guard removed, and Fig.

3 is a face view of the guard-piece.

A is the'guard-piece, which may be made of any suitable shape or style, and with forked ends a a to -stride the neck of the fork B. (l is the retaining device, consisting of a plate of spring metal attached by a rivet or screw, 1), at one end to the fork B, and formed at its outer end with a hook or lip, 0, taking over the bar d, that forms the bottom of the slot (1 in guard A.

To attach the guard, the spring-tongue O is raised slightly, and the guard then slipped beneath. Thelip 0, taking over the bar d, retains the guard securely in its closed position, and on the guard being raised for use, as shown in Fig. 1, the end of the tongue enters the slot, and the lip prevents the guard from slipping forward. In this position the backward movement of the guard is prevented by shoulders e on tongue 0, against which the guard impinges.

The tongue 0 may beof any suitable shape, and attached by any suitable means, according to the character of fork. There may be a recess formed in the fork to receive the tongue,

and the tongue may be formed by being cut out of the neck.

It will be seen that this construction is simple, and that the parts can be readily cleaned, as the guard can be removed.

I am aware that a guard for a carving-fork has been provided with a cross-bar which rests in a recess in the shank, and is held therein by the free end of a spring resting upon the said cross-bar, and I am also aware that the boss of a pivoted guard has been provided with a notch with which a projection on a curved spring engages, and I therefore do not claim such; but i What 1 do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

. 1. In a carving-fork, the combination, with the bifurcated guard A, provided with the slot d, of the spring G, secured to the fork, and provided with the lip 0, taking over the bar 61, that forms the bottom of the slot (7, substantiall y as and, for the'purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with the fork B, of the bifurcated guard A, provided with the slot 0?, and the spring 0, secured to the said fork,and provided with the lip c and shoulders e on its outer end, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

STEPHEN SELBY WARD.

Witnesses:

E. S. ELLIOT, R. B. NEWTON.