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UNITED STATES LE ROY S. WHITE, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO BROWN 8U BROTHERS, OF SAME PLACE.

DESlGN FOR SPOON AND FORK HANDLES.

Specification forming part of Design No. 9,311, dated May 23, 1876; application tiled October 16, 1875. i [Term of Patent 14 years.]

To all whom it may concm:

Be it known that I, LE Rov S. WHITE, of Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented an Improved Design for the Handles of Forks, Spoons, and similar articles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, making part of this specification.

The nature of my design, which is applicable to forks, spoons, ladles, butter-knives, and other similar articles of hand use for table purposes, is fully represented in the accompanying drawing, to which reference is made.

Figure l represents a back vicW of a fork, made in accordance with my improved design; Fig. 2, a side or edge view of the same; and Fi gs.3, 4, and 5 are transverse sections through the handle of the fork on the lines a0 x, y y, and z z, respectively.

The longitudinal outline of the handle, on its face and hack, as illustrated in Fig. l of the drawing, presents a convex form along either edge at the enlarged portion A, terminating in a sharp pointed extremity, a, at the tip or outer end ot' the handle, and, from the enlarged portion A to the stem or shank B, the longitudinal outline of the handle on its face and back, along either edge, is that of a slightly concave taper, contracting inwardly toward the shank, whence the profile widens in concave form toward the body or bowl of the fork or spoon. The side or edge profile ofthe handle, as illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawing, is also curved, so that the shank B presents a convex form on the under or face side of the handle, and a concave form on the back vface and back, at the enlarged portion A, and

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the handle present, on its face side, a concave form, and on its back a convex form. The curvatures of thisconiiguration of the handle, both as regard its face and back outline and side or edge profile are such that the enlarged end or portion A of the handle has its greatest Width on the line w w, as illustrated in Fig. 3, and a lesser Width and increasing thickness toward the shank B, as illustrated in Fig. 4. Furthermore, the handle is of a nearly fiat elliptic shape in a transverse direction, on its of increasing thickness toward the shank portion B, which latter presents the form of an ellipse in its transverse section on the line zz, and, as shown in Fig. 5, having this peculiarity, namely, that, unlike the enlarged end A of the handle, the major axis ofthe elliptic form of the shank is in direction of the thickness of. the handle, and its minor axis in direction of the width thereof.

I claim- A design for the handles of forks, spoons, and other` similar articles, herein shown and described, having the following characteristics, in combination, namely, the curved longitudinal face and back profile shown in Fig. l, the curved side or edge profile shown in Fig. 2, and the several elliptical transverse sections shown in Figs. 3, 4, and 5, respectively, in the parts indicated by the lines y, and z of Fig. 2, the major axis of the ellipse at z being at right angles to that of the ellipses at x and y.

LE ROY S. WHITE. Witnesses:

TnEEoN MINOR, EDW. L. FarsBIE, J r.