Improvements in Covers or Mounts for Hot Water Jugs and the like Vessels and Utensils.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd June, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 31st Jan., 1891-Accepted, 7th Mar., 1891
PROVISIONAL
Improvements in Covers or Mounts for Hot Water Jugs and the like
Vessels and Utensils.
We, SIDNEY HAWLEY, Earthenware Manufacturer, and BENJAMIN EDWARD
DICKINSON, Colliery Managers' Assistant, both of Parkgate, Rotherham, in the
County of York, do hereby declare the nature of our invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN COVERS OR MOUNTS FOR HOT WATER JUGS AND THE LIKE VESSELS AND
UTENSILS," to be as follows:-
Covers and mounts herein referred to are sometimes made so that they can be
fixed permanently on to a jug or other vessel and sometimes they are made loose so
that they can be removed for cleaning. In both these kinds of mounts, which are
generally made of metal or metallic substance, the lid is attached to a curb or rim
by means of a hinged joint and the curb or rim is secured either to the inside or
outside of the top of the jug or other vessel.
As commonly made the lids of such mounts are liable to stick close or not open
sufficiently during the act of pouring, thereby impeding the flow of the liquid out of
the vessel.
To obviate this defect various devices have been tried for raising the lid and the
object of our invention is to provide a more simple and effective device than has
hitherto been used for this purpose.
We attain this object in the following manner and although our invention is
applicable to a great variety of vessels and utensils, a description of it as applied to
a hot water jug, will suffice to illustrate its general principle and action.
To the inner and underside of the lid of the cover or mount and close to its hinged
joint we form or attach a short lever, which lever when the lid is closed projects
downwards into the jug. To the lower end of the said lever, by means of a joint
pin or other equivalent fastening, we connect a light rod which is passed' hori-
zontally under the cover to the back or handle side of the jug, the cover being
slightly recessed when necessary to allow of the rod projecting through the mount in a
convenient position above the handle of the jug. To the outer or projecting end of
this rod, we attach a knob or button of nonconducting material, the said outer or
projecting end of the rod being made long enough to allow of its being pushed
inwardly, far enough, to force the first mentioned lever, (on the underside of the lid,)
sufficiently forward to raise and open the lid. A jug thus fitted can be held by
one hand, and the rod can be pushed horizontally forwards and inwards as required,
When the
by a slight pressure on the button from the thumb of the same hand.
pressure of the thumb is removed the weight of the lid causes it to close again and
force the rod outwards into its normal position.
To ensure the lid closing, when the pressure on the button is removed, the rod
which actuates the lever may be made of a length so as not to allow of the lid
opening, quite into a vertical line or a spring may in some cases be employed to
ensure the reclosing of the lid.
Dated this w0th day of ML1800
R. HEBER RADFORD,
Agent for the Applicants.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Covers or Mounts for Hot Water Jugs and the like
Vessels and Utensils.
We, SIDNEY HAWLEY, Earthenware Manufacturer, and BENJAMIN EDWARD
DICKINSON, Colliery Managers' Assistant, both of Parkgate, Rotherham, in the
County of York, do hereby declare the nature of our invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN COVERS OR MOUNTS FOR HOT WATER JUGS AND THE LIKE VESSELS AND
UTENSILS," and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
Covers and mounts herein referred to are sometimes made so that they can be
fixed permanently on to a jug or other vessel and sometimes they are made loose so
that they can be removed for cleaning. In both these kinds of mounts, which are
generally made of a metal or metallic substance, the lid is attached to a curb or rim
by means of a hinged joint and the curb or rim is secured either to the inside or
outside of the top of the jug or other vessel.
As commonly made the lids of such mounts are liable to stick close or not open
sufficiently during the act of pouring, thereby impeding the flow of the liquid out of
the vessel.
To obviate this defect various devices have been tried for raising the lid and the
object of our invention is to provide a more simple and effective device than has
hitherto been used for this purpose.
We attain this object in the following manner and although our invention is
applicable to a great variety of vessels and utensils, a description of it as applied
to a hot water jug will suffice to illustrate its general principle and action.
To the inner and underside of the lid of the cover or mount and close to its hinged
joint, we form or attach a short lever, which lever when the lid is closed projects
downwards into the jug. To the lower end of the said lever, by means of a joint
pin or other equivalent fastening, we connect a light rod which is passed horizontally
under or through the cover or mount to the back or handle side of the jug, the cover
being slightly recessed when necessary to allow of the rod projecting through the
mount in a convenient position above the handle of the jug. To the outer or pro-
jecting end of this rod we attach when necessary a knob or button of nonconducting
material, the said outer or projecting end of the rod being made long enough to allow
of its being pushed inwardly far enough to force the first mentioned lever (on the
underside of the lid) sufficiently forward to raise and open the lid. A jug thus fitted
can be held by one hand, and the rod can be pushed horizontally forwards and
inwards as required, by a slight pressure on the button from the thumb of the same
hand. When the pressure of the thumb is removed the weight of the lid causes it
to close again and force the rod outwards into its normal position.
To ensure the lid closing, when the pressure on the button is removed, the rod
which actuates the lever may be made of a length so as not to allow of the lid opening
quite into a vertical line or a spring may in some cases be employed to ensure the
reclosing of the lid.
As we have already stated our invention is applicable to a great variety of vessels
and utensils amongst which may be named hot water jugs as herein described, claret
jugs, milk jugs, tea and coffee pots, jam and mustard pots and the like irrespective
of the material of which such vessels are made, whether of pot, china, porcelain,
glass or metallic substance.
Our invention will be better understood on reference to the annexed sheet of
drawings in which,
Fig. 1. represents the side elevation of a jug fitted with one of our improved
covers or mounts and appliances. (The lid being closed.)
Fig. 2. being a back view of the same and
Fig. 3. a plan looking on the top of the lid.
Fig. 4. being a plan looking on the underside of the lid.

page_text: Fig. 5. is a sectional elevation of the upper part of the jug shewing the lid full
open.
Fig. 6. being a similar view shewing the lid closed.
Fig. 7. being a similar view shewing the lid balf open.
The same letters refer to the same parts throughout the several views.
a, is the jug or upper part thereof.
b, is the handle of the jug.
c, the lid.
d, the curb or rim by means of which the lid and mount are secured or held to
the jug.
the hinged joint by means of which the lid is secured to the mount, curb
or rim.
e,
f, the short lever projecting downwards into the jug from the underside of
the lid.
g, the light rod connected to the lever "f".
h, the joint pin or other equivalent fastening by means of which the short lever "f"
and the light rod" are connected together.
"
i, is the knob, button or thumb piece.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:-
(1). In covers or mounts-for-hot water jugs and the like vessels and utensils, the
arrangement and combination of parts and appliances comprising, the short lever, ","
the light rod, "g," the joint pin or other equivalent fastening, "," and the knob,
button or thumb piece, ";" by means of which the lid may be raised and opened
or lowered and closed either wholly or partially by the person holding the jug,
exerting pressure in a horizontal or diagonal direction on the knob or button, "
with the thumb of the same hand as holds the handle of the jug substantially as and
for the purposes herein described and illustrated.
2,
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(2). Improvements in covers or mounts for hot water jugs and the like vessels and
utensils substantially as and for the purposes herein described and illustrated.
Dated this 30th day of January 1891.
R. HEBER RADFORD,
Agent for the Applicants.