US2070034A - Spoon and fork - Google Patents

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W. S. WARREN SPOON AND FORK Feb. 9, 1937.

Filed June 4, 1956 MYM H fiery/1 9 ya l ate'ntecl Feb. 9, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE R. Wallace & Sons Wallingford, Conn., necticut Manufacturing Company, a corporation of Con- Application June 4, 1936, Serial No. 83,483

8 Claims.

My invention relates to an improvement in the handles of spoons and forks and kindred articles, the object being to produce, at a low cost for manufacture, superior spoon and fork handles and like articles of striking novelty, and exceptional richness of appearance.

With these ends in view, my invention consists in a handle for spoons, forks and the like having one face of its tip embossed and turned over upon itself, whereby part of its embossed portion appears upon one face of the handle and the other part upon the opposite face thereof.

My invention further consists in a handle for spoons, forks and the like having the rear face of its tip embossed and turned over upon itself, whereby a part of its embossed portion appears upon the front face of the handle and its remaining portion upon the rear face thereof.

My invention further consists in a handle for spoons, forks and the like having the front and rear faces of its tip embossed and the tip folded over upon itself, whereby a part of its embossed portion appears on the front face of the handle, a part on the rear face of the handle, and a part on the extreme end or edge of the handle-tip.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is a view in front elevation of a spoonblank formed in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 2 is an edge view thereof;

Fig. 3 is a broken view of the rear face of the handle;

Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the handletip on the line 44 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a broken view of the handle showing the partial folding of its tip from rear to front upon itself;

Fig. 6 is an edge view thereof;

Fig. 7 is an enlarged sectional view on the line 11 of Fig. 5;

Fig. 8 is a front face view of the completed spoon, with the embossed tip of its handle folded over upon itself and pressed down upon the front face of the handle thereof;

Fig. 9 is an edge view thereof;

Fig. 10 is a fragmentary view of the rear face of the handle;

Fig. 11 is an enlarged sectional view on the line ll-H of Fig. 8, showing the embossed end of the handle folded upon itself; and

Fig. 12 is an enlarged sectional view on the line I2-I2 of Fig. 8.

As herein shown, my invention is applied to a spoon handle, though it is equally applicable to the handles of forks and the like. The handletip I5 is shaped in outline to suit the character 'of the handle from front to rear.

of its embossed ornamentation, whatever that may be. As shown, its rear face is embossed by suitable dies in a design of symmetrical fan-like ribs l6, of which the tapering central rib presents a superimposed line of small beads or pearls IT. The roots, so to speak, of the ribs I 6 merge into the rear face of the handle-tip, while their outer ends are differentiated in length so as to produce a. symmetrical stepped effect.

When the tip of the handle, so embossed or struck 10 upon its rear face, is folded upward and forward upon itself as at 18, the described design carries continuously forward in a roll from the rear face of the handle over upon the front face thereof,

whereby part of the ribs l6 appears upon the 15 back of the handle and the remaining part thereof upon the front of the handle in continuous lines. In the design shown, the tip of the handle presents a continuous line of beads or pearls I! which may be said to climb over the very tip The folded tip is now forced downward as at I8 so as to make direct contact along its edges as at l9 with the front face of the handle, which is slightly hollowed out as at 20 to insure the line-contact of the edges of the folded tip I5 with the front face of the handle as at l 9, as described. A sealed bulbous end having the appearance of a solid mass at the end of the handle is thus formed,

contributing to the novelty and beauty of the handle, making it easy to clean, avoiding any opportunity of catching napery, and making the handle perfectly sanitary.

By providing the rear face of the tip of the handle in the blank form thereof with embossing and then turning the embossed tip over to make contact with the front face of the handle, the embossed design is given the effect of starting from the back of the handle and continuing over the extreme end of the handle into the front face thereof, whereby the end of the handle-tip proper is thickened and greatly enriched. By preference, the front of the handle will also be embossed on either side of the folded tip so as to still further heighten the richness of the design. Preferably and as shown, the embossing on the front face of the handle will harmonize with the embossed folded-over tip thereof, though this is not necessary.

By means of my invention, under which the ornamentation of the handles is produced by a single die, I am enabled to produce effects of undercutting such as shown particularly in Figs. 7 and 12, and of beading as shown in Fig. 11. A

continuous design running from the rear to the 40 e: the handle to force the edges of the overhangfront face of the handle-tip and over the extreme end thereof, such as achieved by my invention, is not feasible under common practice. I am, therefore, by my invention enabled to secure with one embossing die effects which could not be sebraced therein Iclaim:

1. A handle for spoons, forks and the like having the rear face of its tip embossed and turned over into contact with the front face of the; handle near the outer end thereof, whereby a part of its embossed portion appears upon the front face of the handle and its remaining por tion upon the rear face thereof. 7

' forks and the like, consisting in embossing the a rear face of the handle-tip by the use of a single 2. A handle for spoons, forks and the like having the rear faces of its tip embossed and the tip turned over into contact with the front face of the handle near the outer end thereof, whereby a part of its embossed portion appears on the front face of the handle, a part on the rear face of the handle, and apart on the extreme end' ,or edge of the handle-tip.

" 3. A method of producing'handles for spoons,

die and then folding the embossed tip over the front face of the handle near the outer end thereof so as toproduce a continuous design running over the extreme end of the tip, and then pressing the folded end of the tip down upon the face ing embossed end of the tip into contact with the front face of the handle near the end thereof.

4. A method of producing handles for spoons, forks and the like, consisting in embossing the rear face of a handle-tip by the use of a single die and then folding the embossed tip from rear to front over upon the outer face of the handle, so as to produce a continuous design running over the extreme end of the handle-tip and then pressing the folded end of the. tip down upon the front face of the handle. 7

5. A method of producing handles for spoons and the like consisting in embossing the rear face of a handle-tip by the use of a single die, then folding the embossed tip over upon the opposite face of the handle so as to produce a continuous design running over the extreme end of the tip and then forcing the folded end of the tip down upon the adjacent face of the handle to form a sealed bulbous end thereat having the appearance of a solid mass. s

s ,6. A handle for spoons, forks and the like having one face of its tip embossed and turned directly over upon its other face to form a knoblike embossed handle-tip of double thickness,

whereby part of the embossed portion of the tip' appears upon one face of the handle and the other part upon the opposite face thereof. r

'7. A handle for spoons, forks and the like having one face of its tip embossed and turned directly over upon its other face to form a knoblike embossed handle-tip of double thickness.

8. A method of producing handles for spoons, forks and the like, consisting in embossing one face of the handle-tip by the use of a single, die

and then folding the embossed tip over upon the other face of thehandle into contact therewith so as to produce a knob-like embossed handle-tip of double thickness. a WILLIAM S. WARREN.

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