US387731A

US387731A - Amos l

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Publication number: US387731A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1888-08-14
Anticipated expiration: 1905-08-14

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A. L. POMEROY. n

PIE PLATE LIPTER. No. 387,731. Patented Aug. 14, 1888.

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PIE-PLATE LIFTER..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 387,731, dated August 14, 1888.

Application filed March 26, 188B. Seria-l No. 268.549. (No inodel.)

1b @ZZ whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, Aires L. PoMERoY, a resident of Sand Lake,in the county of Rensselaer and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pie- Plate Lii'ters; and l do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention,that will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which forni a part of this specification.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in the several figures therein.

My invention relates to improvements in pieplate litters; and it consists of the novel construction and combination of parts, herein after described, and pointed ont in the claim.

Figure 1 is a bottoni plan view of my iniproved device. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of same. Fig. 3 is a view in perspective of one of the operating-levers detached and placed bottoni side up. Fig. 4 represents a vertical crosssect-ion taken at the broken line in Figs. l and The main objectofniy invention is to cheaply construct a strong and durable lifter.

I make use of a rigid supportingiraine of cast metal, having pivoted thereon two levers of cast metal, by which levers the wire lifteraruis are guided and operated. The supporting-frame is made up of the handle A and bracketarni A, riveted upon the lower side ofthe handle. Each of the operating-levers is provided at one end with a handle, B2, at the opposite end with supporting-guides B3 and B* for the wire arnis C C, and centrally of its length with a spiral spring-supporting hub, The levers are pivotally secured to the traine by pins A?, which pass through thel inner end ofthe handle, a central perforation in the hubs, and through the bracket-arm. The lifterarins, made in any well-known form of wire, are bent to form near the inner end of each a coil-spring, S. A lifter-arm is then secured to each of the operating-levers by inserting the wire beneath the hook-guide B4, bending it around between the guides B3, as shown in Fig. 1, and then slipping the coil forming the spring on over the hub B5. The levers and arms so united are then secured to the frame by slipping the end S of the Wire which projects backward from each of the coils into an eye, A, two of which are provided on the bracket-arm, and then inserting and securing in place the pins A?. The resilient force of the coil-springs tends to keep the lifter-arnis together, as shown in Fig. l. By pressing upon the handles B2 sufiiciently to overcome this force of the springs the arms can be opened and spread sufficiently to receive a plate or other culinary utensil. When the plate is embraced by the arms, it will be retained therein it' pressure is removed from the handles, or released therefrom if sufficient pressure is applied to the handles to spread the arms.

It will be observed thatthe hubs keep the springs in shape and materially' strengthen their resilient force, that the cast-nietal frame can be easily and cheaply made, and that the Whole device is a durable and convenient ini4 plementl for handling heated plates or other culinary utensils.

W'hat I claini as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a pie-plate lifter, the combination, with a pair of lifter-arnis provided with coiled wire springs, of a supportinglfraine provided with .Wire-receivin@ eyes and a pair of levers provided at one end with arm supporting guides, at the opposite end with operating-handles, and interni ediately with coil-supporting hubs, through which the levers are pivoied to the supporting-frame, substantially as described. In testimony whereoi'l have hereunto setiny hand this 2Mb day of March, 1888.

AMOS L. POMEl-OY. YVitnesses:

GEO. A. MosHEn, W. H. HoLLTsTEn., Jr.