Improvements in Kettles, Saucepans, and similar Vessels.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 1st July, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 21st Apr., 1897-Accepted, 26th June, 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Kettles, Saucepans, and similar Vessels.
I ULRIC CHAPPLE STANLEY of Leysbourne Chipping Campden in the County of
Gloucester Farmer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to kettles saucepans and similar vessels used for boiling
liquids and consists of an improved lid fixed or detachable to and from the vessel,
with a handle to which is affixed or upon which is placed a moveable, button or lever
so the lid or a part thereof can be raised by a simple pressure of the finger; and a
spout so constructed that the vessel can be more easily filled and emptied.
In applying the present invention to kettles and saucepans I make the top or cover
of the vessel of ordinary materials and either as part of the vessel or detachable
therefrom.
And I make a spout so designed that the opening for pouring out the liquid and
the opening for filling the kettle are one.
In the front part of the top or lid just behind the spout or indentation from which
the liquid is poured I cut a square semicircular or other shaped piece thus leaving one
opening corresponding in the front to the shape of the spout or indentation and at
the back to the shape of the piece so cut out.
I make a lid of the same shape to cover or fit into the opening and I fasten the lid
by a hinge or other means to the top or cover of the vessel in such a manner that
when closed it will fit into or cover all the opening before mentioned.
Inserted into the top or cover or affixed to the sides of the vessel is a handle of
suitable material forked in front or otherwise constructed of such shape as to allow
the above mentioned lid to be raised as required.
From the centre or some other convenient part of the handle I run a chain solid
rod or rod with a moveable centre the other end of which is connected with the lid
by which means I raise the lid or drop it at will whilst the hand is on the handle.
Dated this 1st day of July 1896.
ULRIC CHAPPLE STANLEY.
I ULRIC CHAPPLE STANLEY of Leysbourne, Chipping Campden in the County of
Gloucester Farmer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described- and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
My invention relates to kettles saucepans and similar vessels used for boiling liquids
and consists of a vessel (with or without a lid in the ordinary way) having an improved
handle and spout with a fixed or detacheable lid to the spout or opening which can be
raised or lowered (by means of a rod, lever, chain, or other means) by a simple
pressure of the finger on or along the top handle bar.

page_text: To enable my invention to he fully understood I will describe the same with
reference to the accompanying drawing. In applying the invention to kettles and
saucepans I make the body of the vessel the same as an ordinary kettle or saucepan
and from similar materials with or without the detacheable lid A and with a handle
at the top of the vessel B which is bent on a slant downwards as shewn in my drawing,
or upwards. At the point D I.divide the handle support into two legs C. C. making
hole or slit in the main support at the point D. for the rod or chain H to pass
through. In the front of the vessel I shape or make by beating out the metal or
fixing to it a spout or opening G. sufficiently large to allow the vessel to be quickly
filled and emptied. This spout or opening G. has a moveable lid E (as raised F.)
which is joined to the main body of the vessel by a hinge J, and it is connected with
the handle bar by a rod or chain H. so that a simple pressure of the finger at the
point I causes the ring to slip back along the handle bar B and raises the lid as shown
by the dotted lines F.
This lid E to the spout or opening bas its edges turned over in order to cover the
spout instead of allowing it to fall into or upon it.
The rod or lever H by which the lid E is raised may be made straight, bent and
with or without joints. It is fastened to the lid E. by an ordinary eyelet and is carried
to a ring L which has a half loop at the top to allow the finger to draw it backwards
the more easily.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I claim :-
1. The improved kettle or saucepan constructed or operating substantially as
described with reference to the accompanying drawing.
2. An improved kettle with a combination spout, handle and lid constructed or
operating substantially as described with reference to the accompanying drawing.
Dated the 20th day of April 1897.
ULRIC CHAPPLE STANLEY.