Coke fork
A coke fork is a shovel-shaped fork with ten or more prongs, which - similar to a spade - has a sturdy handle with a T or D handle.
use
The coke fork is mainly used to shovel coke or coal into the boiler room. The fork is made of steel, the handle of sturdy ash, beech or oak wood. A pointed fork is much easier to “stick” into a pile of coke or coal than a shovel .
Since the four prongs of a pitchfork are so far apart that the coke would fall through between them, a fork was developed with significantly more prongs at a smaller distance. So it combines the advantages of a sharp pitchfork with the shape of a shovel.
Since it is similar in shape and function to the somewhat smaller stone fork with eight or nine prongs, the coke fork is also suitable for shoveling gravel or cobblestones .
Sometimes horse owners, since horse droppings cannot fall through, use it to remove them from the box litter or the riding arena. But since it is quite unwieldy due to its weight, it was further developed for this purpose into a much lighter Bollen fork. This is available in various forms, mostly made of plastic and aluminum.
The potato and beet forks are also similar in shape and appearance . However, their tines are not pointed at the end, but spherical in order not to damage the fruit when shoveling.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.hohnen.de/PDF/G/G039.PDF
- ↑ Coke fork
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