US768266A - Knife-rack. - Google Patents

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PATENTED AUG. 23, 1904.

S. GARY. Y KNIFE RACK.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 9, 1904.

N0 MODEL.

' part of the base.

Patented August 23, 1904. Y

UNITED STATESv PATENT OFFICE.

SHELDON CARY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 768,266, dated August 23, 1904.

4 Application iiled April 9, 1904. Serial ND. 202,345. (No model.)

To all 1jr/71,0111, it may concern:

Be it known that I, A SnnLDoN GARY, a citi- Zen of the United States of America, residing at Brooklyn, Kings county, New York, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Knife-Racks, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accom-v panying drawings, forming-part of the same,

`in whiching knives in a place convenient for use; and

it consists in the combinations of elements more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, R is the rack, and K isa knife suspended therein. The rack, though usually made in only two pieces, consists of a base B, sometimes of wood, which may be aplain piece of board of suitable thickness-onefourth of an inch will answer-for the main If for one knife, it is of a length preferably as great or greater than the blade of the knife to be suspended and a width equal to or greater thanvthe width of such blade. If (as usually made) it is intended to hold more than one knife, the width will be correspondingly greater and the length such as to accommodate the longest knife. Near but not at the upper end it is provided with a cross-bar C, preferably setV parallel with the upper edge and so secured to the base as to leave a space slightly greater than the thickness of the knife-blade between it andthe upper face of base B.

At the upper end the base is thickened or raised so that its inner edge e will project farther from the main face of the base than the .plane of the inner face 0 of the cross-bar,

in them I usually make perforations to receivey supporting-screws skfor securing the rack in the desired position. The upper edge of the base'is formed to constitute al seat'for the guard or escutcheon of the knife.

It will be noticed that since the base extends up above the cross-bar a knife may be very readily inserted in the desired position. There need not be the care to put its point in the opening between the base and thev cross-bar that would be requisite were the bar even With the top. One lpoints the knife toward its position, moves it that way, the point strikes the base between the guards g` and is guided by theloase directly into the opening and behind the cross-bar. It may be placed in position even in the dark, and time is saved and accidents avoided, since there is little or no danger of striking the upper edge of either the lingers to cut them'or knocking it out of the hand, as would probably often occur if theV bar were Vlevel with the upper edge of the base. Again, the guards or partitions g also assist in guiding the knife toplace, and they, furthermore, so guard the blade that things do not catch or strike against it. Cloth ing and hands are thus both prevented from being injured, and as these racks are 'usually placed where women pass very frequently this point is of no small importance. The projection of the base at e is' also important. If the knife be merely set vertically in the slot, the handle may project so far as to strike against the wall-above the base, but the slant given to it by projecting the base at c to a-point beyond the vertical plane of the inner face of the bar will throw the handle out, so as to permit the use. of a very thin base. Agairuif the knife base or bar and forcing the knife back through be set vertically it will wabble, which is obn jectionable as tending to dull it, and, further, on account of the noise createdin case the rack is struck or in case itis secured, as sometimes it is, on the side of a closet or other door. This might to some extent be avoided by dropping the knife to a point where the guard or escutcheon is below the top of the TOO base; but that is objectionable, as in that case the knife would be wedged Yin between the base and the bar, which would be liable to spring the blade to such a degree that it would become permanently curved. This is avoided by my arrangement described, the combined result being such that the rack meets the requirements and makes a simple, complete, and effective device. Furthermore, it is one which can be very readily and economically made. A gang-cutter being run down a board will cut out the spaces between the guides g, leaving them and also making the proper slant to leave part e properly projected. Saw-cuts separate the proper length and make the slots across the tops of guards g for'the cross-bars, and the setting of that bar and the boring of the holes for the suspending-screws complete the device.

l/Vhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. As a new article of manufacture, a kniferack composed of a base, a resting edge, guards on the sides of the knife-space,` a cross-bar secured to the base below the upper edge thereof, but with an opening between them, and a projection above the cross-bar which extends forward to a point beyond the vertical plane of the inner face of the cross-bar, all combined substantially as and for the purpose set forth. 2. As a new article of manufacture, a kniferack composed of a base divided \fertieally into a series of knife-spaces, guards on each side of said knife-spaces, a resting edge upon the base, and a cross-bar secured to the base be low the upper edge thereof but with an opening between said base and said eross-bar substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

' In testimony whereofl have signed ln y name to thisspeeiication, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this Qsith day of March,

SHELDON CARY. Witnesses A. Gr. N. VERMILYA, L. D. CHURCH.

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