Improvements in or relating to the Covers of Tureens, Vegetable Dishes, Jugs, and the like.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Nov., 1893
Complete Specification Left. 15th Aug., 1894-Accepted, 29th Sept.,
1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to the Covers of Tureens, Vegetable
Dishes, Jugs, and the like.
I, JOSEPH WHITELEY, of the Firm of Messieurs Joseph Whiteley and Company,
of The Acme Wheeleries, 61 Meadow Lane Leeds, in the County of York, Machine
Makers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
This invention relates to improvements in tureens, vegetable dishes, and the
like, all of which are hereafter termed tureens.
Soup tureens and other vegetable dishes are generally made with lids or covers
separate from the body or the portion that receives and holds the vegetables or
the like, and when they are uncovered the lid or cover is either held in the hand
or placed on the table during the time of serving or removing the contents of the
tureen.
Now the object of this invention is to provide means whereby the cover or lid
of the tureen may be retained in a raised position, say at or about a right angle
to the top of the tureen, during the insertion or withdrawal of the contents without
holding the same in the hand or placing it on the table, and without removing
the two portions from their contact with each other.
According to this invention the two portions that is the body or receiving
portion and the lid or cover of the tureen are made in separate portions as hitherto
in order that they may be readily washed and cleaned.
In order that the lid or cover may be held or retained at or about a right angle
to the body portion when raised or opened, on the body portion at or near its top
edge is or are formed one or more (say on each side of, and at each end of the
tureen, or on one side or end only) projection or projections. These projections
may be made in any convenient form, say somewhat in the form of but larger
than a semicircle and rather less than three-fourths of a circle, or somewhat in the
form of a letter C or an inverted or reversed letter S, so that one of the ledges, or
lips will project above the top of the body of the tureen for receiving the edge of
the lid or cover, which is suitably shaped to pass within it, and holding it in an
open position. When the lid or cover is closed the retaining ledge or lip is arranged
to pass within the cover.
The above described improvements may be applied to plates, jars, jugs, basins,
bottles with large orifices, and other articles which are provided with a lid or
cover.
Dated the Fourteenth day of November 1893.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to the Covers of Tureens, Vegetable
Dishes, Jugs, and the like.
I, JOSEPH WHITELEY, of the Firm of Messieurs Joseph Whiteley and Company
of The Acme Wheeleries 61 Meadow Lane Leeds, in the County of York, Machine
Makers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
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page_text: same is to be performed, to be particularly describ
the following statement :-
This invention relates to improvements in tureens, vegetable dishes and the
like, all of which are hereafter termed tureens.
Soup tureens and other vegetable dishes are generally made with lids or covers
separate from the body or that portion which receives and holds the vegetables or
the like, and when they are uncovered the lid or cover requires to be either held in
the hand or placed on the table during the time of serving or removing the contents
of the tureen.
Now the object of this invention is to provide simple means whereby the cover
or lid of the tureen may be retained in a raised position say at or about a right
angle to the top of the tureen, during the insertion or withdrawal of the contents
without holding the same in the hand, or placing it on the table, and without
removing the two portions from their contact with each other, but at the same
time permitting them to be readily separated for washing and cleansing purposes.
Whilst this invention is applicable to earthenware and porcelain turees I wish
it to be distinctly understood that it may be equally as well applied to the more
costly tureens made of the various kinds of metal, such as for instance silver,
Britannia metal, and the like.
In the drawings :-
Figs. 1 and 2 are sectional elevations of a tureen constructed according to this
invention with its lid drawn respectively closed and open.
Figs. 3 and 4 are respectively a sectional elevation and a plan of the dish or
body portion of the tureen with the lid removed.
Fig. 5. a sectional elevation with the means for retaining the lid in a raised
position applied to the outside of the lid.
According to this invention the two portions of the tureen, that is, the body or
dish portion A and the lid or cover B are made in separate portions as hitherto in
order that they may be readily washed and cleansed. The body or dish portion
and the lid or cover may be made of any suitable shape, size, and material such as
for instance, earthenware, porcelain, silver, metal, and the like.
To enable the lid or cover B to be held or retained in a raised and opened
position, as shewn at Figs. 2 and 5, by the body portion A, say, at or about a right
angle thereto, I provide a retaining ledge or lip C in the form of one or more
projections, say, on the top inner edge of the body portion A, or on the lid B.
The projections forming the ledge or lip C may be of any suitable length, shape,
and height, and either to form a portion of the body A, or to be fixed thereto.
The ledge or lip C inay, if desired, extend all round the top inner edge of the body
of the tureen as shown at Fig. 2; or to be arranged on each side thereof or in
different positions and in one or more portions as shown at Fig. 4; or the projecting
and retaining lip C may be fixed to the outside of the lid or cover B as shown at
Fig. 5.
The projecting and retaining lip C may be made, in cross section, in a great
variety of shapes or patterns, such as for example,-when fixed to or forming part
of the top inner edge of the body A it may be as shown at Figs. 1, 2, and 3; or
somewhat in the form of, but larger than a semicircle and rather less than three-
fourths of a circle; or somewhat in the form of a letter C, or an inverted or
reversed so that one of the ledges or lips C will project above the top of the
body A for receiving the edge 6 of the lid or cover B,-which is suitably shaped
to pass within it, and hold it in an open and raised position as at Fig. 2, that is,
when the edge b is within or engaged with the ledge C the outer portion B₁ of the
lid or cover B will rest upon the flange or other projection D on the body A.
When the ledge or lip is arranged, as at Fig. 2, it will pass within the lid or cover B
when the latter is closed, as at Fig. 1.
But when the projecting and retaining lip C is fixed to the outside portion B₁ of
the lid then it may be made, say, as shown at Fig. 5 and arranged so that the lip C

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shall pass over the outer ledge or flange D, or its equivalent, of the body portion
When the lid is raised, as shown in dotted lines, the end c will
impinge upon the side of the body A for retaining the lid in a raised position.
The above described means for retaining the lid or cover in a raised position may
also be applied to plates, jars, jugs, teapots, basins, bottles with large orifices, and
other articles which are provided with a lid or cover.
I would have it understood that the tureen may be made in other shapes or
patterns than shown in the drawings hereunto annexed; and also that I am aware
that soup and other metal tureens have been previously made with a lid or cover to
revolve on trunnions and to pass under the dish or well portion when it is required
to uncover the same, but to such arrangement I make no claim.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
1. A tureen, or the like articles, having the dish or body portion and the lid or
cover made in separate portions and provided with one or more ledges or lips for
holding the lid or cover in an open and raised position, substantially as herein
described and illustrated.
2. In a tureen, or the like article, having the dish or body portion and the lid or
cover made in separate portions, the combination of a projecting retaining ledge or
lip C with the said body or lid, as and for the purposes set forth.
3. In tureens, and the like articles, the combination of the body portion A, the
lid or cover B, and the projecting ledge or lip C substantially as herein described
and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated the Thirteenth day of August 1894.
JOSEPH WHITELEY,
By W. Fairburn-Hart,
Agent.