IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO BAIL HANDLES FOR HOLLOWARE VESSELS, SPECIALLY APPLICABLE IN THE CASE OF PRESERVING PANS AND LIKE UTENSILS
Year: 1885

page_text: We, CHARLES FREDERICK CLARK, of the firin of T. and C. Clark and Company
of Shakespeare Foundry, Wolverhampton in the County of Stafford, holloware
manufacturers, and GEORGE HURDMAN, of 15 Rupert Street, Wolverhampton,
aforesaid, pattern maker, do hereby declare the nature of our invention for
IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO BAIL HANDLES FOR HOLLOWARE VESSELS, SPECIALLY
APPLICABLE IN THE CASE OF PRESERVING PANS AND LIKE UTENSILS, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described (and ascertained
in and by the following statement, reference being had to the accompanying
drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon (that is to say) :-
The object of this invention is twofold, namely, (a) to mount bail-handles upon
holloware vessels in a neat and simple manner and so that the mountings shall
be themselves clear of the tops or rims of the vessels, and whilst forming suitable
stops for the handles at the desired point in either direction in which such handles
are turned, be so arranged and shaped that the handles shall be entirely clear of
the mouths or rims of the vessels when in their downward position so as not to
form the least obstruction to any stirring or other manipulation of the contents
of the vessels, or to the wiping of the interior of such vessels and of the rims
thereof; and (b) to mount a pair of bail-handles on each holloware vessel in such
a manner that the handles when raised shall come together so as to be grasped by
the hand over the centre of the vessel and answer the purpose of a fixed handle
so that the contents of the vessel may be poured out either at the front or back, or
in any convenient place around the circumference.
Figure 1 is a side elevation, and figure 2 a plan, of a preserving pan having
a single bail-handle mounted according to this invention. Figure 3 is a side
elevation, to an enlarged scale, of the mountings, shewing also sufficient of the
side of the utensil and of the bail-handle to indicate the whole of this part of
the invention in detail; and figure 4 is a plan of the part shewn at figure 3.
Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts throughout these views.
A is the pan, B the bail-handle, and CC snugs or mountings in which the
handle is carried. The tops of these mountings do not rise above the level of the
rim of the vessel, but are Hush therewith. D is a lip for pouring out the contents,
E a cranked-out part in the handle so as to miss the lip when the handle is down
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page_text: in the position shewn, and F a snug employed for tilting up the pan to pour out
the contents. The ends of the bail-handle are inserted within pockets a a, open
at the top and at one end, formed in the mountings, as shewn, and such ends are
secured therein by means of screws bb screwed through the mountings and passing
through holes in the ends of the handle and entering slightly into the body of the
pan. When the handle is turned downwards, into the position shewn upon the
drawings, it is stopped in such position by the metal (shewn by broken line c
figure 3) forming the bottom of the pockets; and when such handle is turned up
into the position indicated by broken lines B' (figures 1 and 3) it is stopped in
such position by the metal (shewn by broken line d, figure 3) formning the back
of the pockets.
The above-described method of mounting a bail-handle is very neat, simple, and
efficient; and it will be seen that the snugs or mountings do not rise above the
top of the pan, but are flush therewith, and that the handle may be turned down
clear of the top.
Figure 5 is a back elevation, figure 6 a side elevation, and figure 7 a plan of
a preserving pan, and illustrates that part of this invention according to which
a pair of bail-handles is used. In these views B B are the bail-handles which are
shewn in the upright position in figures 5 and 6, and in the downward position
in figure 7. Each handle is mounted similarly as previously described in the case
of a single bail-handle. CC are snugs or mountings each having double pockets a a,
divided at d, so as to receive the corresponding ends of both handles and form
stops thereto as described in the case of the single handle.
When the handles are in the position shewn by figure 6, and are grasped by the
hand, they answer the purpose of a fixed handle, as the part d between each pair
of pockets a a, prevents either handle being pushed (otherwise than very slightly)
in the direction of the other handle; and thus the contents of the vessel may be
readily poured out either at the front or back, or as desired.
A modification of this part of the invention, as applied to a preserving pan, is
shewn in side elevation by figure 8, and in plan by figure 9. The bail-handles B B
are here mounted sufficiently widely apart to allow of the lip D of the vessel being
formed between them.
Figures 10 and 11 illustrate in elevation and plan, respectively, a preserving pan
shewing a further modification of this part of our invention. In this case the
pockets of each pair of mountings for the handles are placed close together, but
the mountings stand upon the snug F and upon a bridge across the lip D, respec-
tively, this arrangement of the handles enabling them to be placed near together
as shewn, and at the same time to have their common axis passing through the
lip; and admits also of the mountings being set back clear of the inner edge of
the rim as shewn. The communication between the interior of the vessel and the
lip D, is through an opening underneath the rim.
Our invention has been described with reference to the drawings, in its applica-
tion specially to preserving pans, but its application to other holloware vessels is
of the same character, and will now be readily understood without further
description. We may however remark that for convenience of packing, coupled
with safety in use, the double bail-handles above described may be used for such
holloware articles as tea-kettles and the like, and such application forms part of
this invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is
1. Mounting bail-handles upon holloware vessels, substantially as and for the
purpose herein described, and shewn by figures 1 to 9 of the drawings herewith.
2. The snugs or mountings C C having open-topped and open-ended pockets to
receive bail-handles, substantially as and for the purpose herein described, and
shewn by figures 1 to 9 of the drawings herewith.
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page_text: 3. The snugs or mountings C C having pockets a a closed each at the bottom
and at one end to act as a stop in each direction to a bail-handle mounted therein,
substantially as herein described, and shewn by the drawings here with.
4. Mounting a pair of bail-handles upon a holloware vessel so that the same
may be used to answer the purpose of a fixed handle, substantially as herein
described, and shewn by figures 5 to 11 of the drawings herewith.
5. The several modifications herein described, and shewn by figures 5 to 11,
according to which a pair of bail-handles is mounted upon a holloware vessel so as
to be used to answer the purpose of a fixed handle.
Dated this twenty-third day of June 1885