US916175A

US916175A - Plate-lifter.

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Publication number: US916175A
Application number: US45313708A
Authority: US
Inventors: Hugh P Magone
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1908-09-15
Filing date: 1908-09-15
Publication date: 1909-03-23
Anticipated expiration: 1926-03-23

Description

H. P. MAGONB.

PLATE LIFTER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 15,1908.

91 6, 1 75. Patented Mar 23, 1909.

HUGH P. MAGONE, OF RACE TRACK, MONTANA.

PLATE-LIFTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 23, 1909.

Application filed September 15, 1908. Serial No. 453,137.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HUGH P. MAGONE, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Race Track, in the county of Powell and State of Montana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Plate- Lifters, of which the following is a specification, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings. This invention relates to improvements in devices for lifting hot pie tins, plates, dishes and the like.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and a practical device of this character which will be convenient and effective in use and comparatively inexpensive of production.

With the above and other objects the invention consists of the novel features of construction and the combination and arrangement of parts hcreinafteefully described and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichfigure 1 is a perspective view of the lifter showing it applied to a pietin or plate; 1 ig. 2 is a longitudinal sect on; and lig. 3 is a transverse section.

The lifter consists of two pivotally connected members 1 2 each of which is provided with one or more gripping. jaws and the latter of which carries a handle whereby the jaws may. be readily manipulated and the device lifted. As illustrated themember 1 is formed from a single piece of metal rodor.

wire by bendingthe same upon itself at its centerto form a loop shaped sto finger 3,

then bendingflthe side" ortion's- 0 this loop outwardly at right ang es or in opposite directions to provide pivot portions 4, then bending the piece to form longitudinally curved and diverging arms 5 the extremities of which' are bent downwardly at right angles as shown at 6 and'terminate m inwardly projecting fingers 7 which form the jaws proper of the member 1. The other member 2 is angular in shapefand it is also preferably formed from asingle piece of heavy-wire or metal rod by bending thesame upon itself at its center to provide a hand loop 8, then coiling the inner extremities of the side portions 80 of this hand loop around the bearing ortions dflthefmember 1' so'as to provide t e beare es9gthen bending the ends of the piece iwfute leto the hand'loop8 to pro- -arms.10 and then bending the latter downwardly at right angles as shown at 11 and then inwardly to providethe jaws proper 12 of the handle member 2. The side portions of the hand loop 8 are united by a stop mem or 13 preferably in the form of a plate or strip of metal stretched between said portions and having its ends wrapped around the same as shown at 14. Said stop plate or member 13 is adapted to be engaged by the stop finger'or projection 3 to limit the closing movement of the jaws The operation of the lifter will be readily seen upon reference to Fig. 1. When it is desired to lift a hot pie tin, dish, plate or the like, the handle isgrasped in one hand and the jaws 7 are hooked under the rim of the plate. The handle is then swung upon the pivots 4 to elevate the jaws 7 and it is then swung in the opposite direction so as to cause the jaws 12 to en age the opposite side of the rim. When this has been done the pie tin or plate may be readily lifted and carried and, if bot, will not burn the hands.

It will be noted that the device may lie quickly and easily engaged with and disengaged from a dish, plate or the like and that it secures an effective grip so that there will be no danger of the article dropping from the lifter. It will-be still further noted that the device is simple in construction and, therefore, inexpensive to produce and strong and durable in use.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is:'

A device of the characterdescribcd comprising a member formed from a single piece of wire and having a stop loop, pivot portions and diverging arms terminating in gripping jaws, a second member formed from a single lpiece of wire bentto provide a handle loop,

caring coils to engage said pivot portions, and spaced arms terminating in gripping jaws, and a stop plate or strip uniting the side portions of the handle loop and adapted to be engaged by the stoploop of the first mentioned member, scribed.

In testimony 'whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

I HUGH P. MAGONE. Witnesses:

S. E. LARABIE, W. E. GULLETTE.

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