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A. W. HAWES
METHOD OF MAKING TABLE CUTLER‘!
Filed March 26. 1921
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AUSTIN 31V. HAWES, 0F GREENFIELD, "MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNQE TO JOIEN'RAUSSEI‘JL
CUTLERY COMPANY, OF TURNERS FALLS, :Il/LASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF
MASSACHUSETTS.
.METHOD OF MAKING TABLE ,OUT‘LERY.
Application ?IediMarch‘IZS, 1921. ‘Seria1’N0. 455,865.
To all whom it may concern:
over it enables aproduct to be obtained
Be it known that I, AUSTIN VVQHAWEs, which '18 "superlor in other respects to table
a citizen of the United States, 'residing'at ‘cutlery ‘heretofore obtainable.
Green?eld, in, the county of “Franklin and
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In‘ the'accompanying drawing, Which will
State of Massachusetts, ‘have invented new serve'as an'aid in ‘outlining the steps or 0p
“and useful Improvements in Methods of eratlons comprising the improved method,
‘Making Table Cutlery, of ‘which thefollow~ "Figure "1 IS a‘face view of a fork blank
ing is a speci?cation.
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after the cutting thereof'has been complet~
vThe present invention vpertains to the 'ed-and iprlor to'the ?nal shaping or bending
manufacture of table cutlery, and more par thereof, to form the‘ ?nished article;
ticularly table forks, and‘ its objectisto pro
vide a novel and improved method of mak
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"Figure? is a ‘face ‘view of one of the
blanksa‘fter it has been punched or other
ing such cutlery whereby a superior article w1se__cut from'a strip ‘of ‘cold-rolled sto'ck'o'f
is obtained withfacility ‘and at a ~reduced
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special ' cross-‘section;
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F1gure‘3 is'a diagrammatic viewshowing
nAccording to the present invention, the how the blanks are cut from the strip of
stock;
Figure representsa‘transverse section
physical characteristics ‘required to secure
finished ‘fork or similar'artic‘le has all of the
the necessary strength, particularly ‘at the through the s‘trip‘of stock 'on the line 4——4
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attractive appearance, without ‘requiring ‘a lshed' table ‘fork made by the improved
plated or other special'?nish, the‘improved ' method.
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neck or base of the tines, and its surfaces of (ISHgureS showing-its special cross-‘section;
are ?nished with a hardness and polish an
which insures serviceable qualities "and an _ Figure 5'is a perspective view ‘of a ?n~
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method which enables these results to be
According to the present invention, a bar
attained involving 'a sequence of steps or of wrought iron or low carbon steel of ordi
operations all of which conduce to facilitate nary’ ‘commercial size and composition is
the manufacture, enhance the physical ‘prop
passed through rolls which'reduce it, while
erties and improve the appearance of ‘the hot, ‘to approximately the cross-section ‘
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vHeretofore, it has been'proposed to‘ manu~
facturetable cutlery by a method lWhlCl1T€~
quired heat treatment of the blank after .the
same had been made, but such a'methodwas
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unsatisfactory because the heat‘treatmen'tbf
shown _in Figure 4. ‘This ‘hot-rolled bar,
after ‘pickling to remove the ‘scale which is
usually'produced in consequence of the heat
ing'of'the voriginal bar, is=then rolled'while
cold to form ‘a‘strip X having a special
transverse ‘cross-section which conforms ex
the blank produced a scale thereon which it actly with the longitudinal cross-section
was necessary to remove by subjecting the ‘which the ?nished fork or similar article is '
blank to several expensive ‘hand operations to have. The special cross-section of this "
in order to render the appearance of the
article satisfactory or practical. Another
methodheretofore proposed involved a def
ormation of the blank,,but such method is
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cold-rolledstrip is represented in Figure 4,
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it havlngamaxnnum thickness 1n the region
between ther'llnes a3, a", a”, :0’ which region
‘corresponds to the neck or narrowest por
unsatisfactory because it produces a‘ groove tion ‘of the'fork or ?nished article and taper~
or depression in the back of the neck offthe 'ing' at g and e in opposite directions from
?nished ‘article, thus not only detracting this point of maximum thickness toward the
from the appearance of the article :but also opposite longitudinal edges of the vcold
rendering the same insanitary ‘or diiiicult rolled bar or’ strip, these ‘tapering portions
"corresponding to the bladed or tined end
to clean properly.
The improved method herein described a'nd'the handle end respectively of the ?n
obviates both of'the objections inherent in ished article.
the methods heretofore employed and more The cold rolled bar or strip havingthe
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special cross section shown in Figure & will cles are obtained, imparts the necessary in
possess a desirable degree of hardness and creased thickness to the neck or narrow part
polish, owing to the cold rolling treatment of the ?nished fork or article, thus a?ording ‘
employed in bringing the bar or strip into the requisite physical strength by a simple
this special cross section, and the fork blanks and inexpensive operation which avoids the
are cut from this cold rolled bar or strip. presence of an insanitary groove or depres
Preferably, the cutting of the fork blanks sion in the neck of the ?nished article.
is effected by passing this cold rolled bar or I claim as my invention :—
1. The hereindescribed method of mak
strip of special cross section shown in Fig
ure 4: through a series of cutting dies which ing table cutlery which comprises cold roll
cut or punch the fork blanks therefrom in ing a bar of wrought iron or steel to impart
substantially the manner outlined in Fig to the surfaces thereof a hardened and pol
ure 3, it being noted that the longitudinal ished ?nish, cutting blanks for the articles
axes of the blanks are arranged transversely from said strip, and shaping and ?nishing 80
of the cold rolled bar or strip from which the blanks to form the completed articles
they are cut. Figure 2 represents one of the whereby the original surfaces of the blanks
fork blanks a as the same is punched or cut become, without change, the ?nished sur
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from the cold rolled bar or strip and before faces of the completed articles.
2. The hereindescribed method of making
the same has been bent or shaped to its ?nal
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form, the blank having widened end por
tions 6 and c from which the tines and han
dle respectively are to be formed and an in
termediate narrowed neck cl.
table cutlery which comprises cold rolling a
bar of metal to form a strip having a trans
verse cross-section which corresponds to the
Figure 1 longitudinal cross-section of the completed
shows the tines b’ which are formed from articles, cutting blanks for the articles from '
' the widened end 6 of the blank and perfora said strip with the longitudinal axes of the 90
tions 0’ through which.the rivets or other
securing means for the handle may pass.
The next step or operation consists in
bending the cutv blank in a‘ direction ?at
blanks arranged transversely of said strip,
and shaping and completing the articles
from said blanks whereby the transverse .,
cross-section of the blanks becomes, without "
wise to ?nally shape it longitudinally, as, change, the transverse cross-section of the
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for example, is represented in Figure 5. completed articles.
3. The hereindescribed method of making
‘Any rough edges that may be present may
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be removed either on an abrading wheel or table cutlery which comprises cold rolling _
in a tumbling barrel. The fork or article is a bar of metal to produce a strip having a '
now ready to receive its handle, no further transverse cross-section corresponding to the
treatment or operation being necessary as longitudinal cross-section of the ?nished
the fork or article is ?nished and ready articles to be made therefrom, cutting blanks
for use.
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for the ?nished articles from said strip with
the longitudinal axes of the blanks arranged
The improved method hereinbefore de
scribed possesses the important practical ad transversely of said strip, and ?nishing the
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vantages that the stock from which the forks blanks and shaping them on their longitudi
or articles are produced is obtained by roll nal cross-section to form the ?nished articles
ing operations, that the scale produced as the transverse cross-section and ?nished sur
an incident to the ?rst rolling operation may faces of which are produced from the blanks
be easily removed prior to the second or. cold without change.
rollingv operation, and hence can produce no
imperfections in the ?nished articles, and
furthermore, that the cold rolling operation
shapes the cross section and also produces
a permanently hard and attractive polished
?nish on the surfaces of the stock which be
come, without physical or chemical change,
the ?nished surfaces of the completed arti
cle, thus eliminating numerous expensive op
erations which would otherwise become
necessary, and particularly avoiding the ne
cessity of plating and its attendant expen
sive and other objectionable features, al
though plating or other ?nish may, if de
4. The hereindescribed method of making
table cutlery which comprises cold rolling a
bar of wrought iron or steel to produce a
strip having a transverse cross-section which
corresponds to the longitudinal cross-section
of the ?nished articles, cutting blanks for
the ?nished articles from said strip with the
longitudinal axes of the blanks arranged
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transversely of said strip, and shaping and
?nishing the blanks to form the completed
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articles whereby the, original surfaces and
transverse cross-section of, the blanks be
come the ?nished surfaces and transverse
cross-section of the completed articles.’
5. The hereindescribed method of making
sired, be used. In fact, the ?nish imparted
to the forks or articles by the present inven~ table forks which comprises cold-rolling a
tion is unique and it is superior to the {in bar of wrought iron or steel to produce a
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ishes heretofore used or obtained. More strip having hardened and polished surfaces
over, the special cross section of the cold and a cross-section which is of maximum’ 130
rolled stock from which the forks or arti thickness at a point intermediate its width.
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and of reduced thickness toward its longi- comes, without change, the transverse cross
tudinal edges, cutting blanks for the forks section of the completed articles.
from said strip with the longitudinal axes
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
of the blanks arranged transversely of the my hand in presence of two subscribing
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and lshaping the bllanks longitudinally Witnesses.
anc comp etin them w ereb the orivinal
hardened andg polished surlflaces ofb the
blanks become, without change, the ?nished
surfaces of the completed articles and the
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AUSTIN W‘ HAWES“
WVitnesses:
C. E. HAZELTON,
C. W. ‘HIGINBoIrHAM.
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