Improvements in Kettles, Saucepans, Kitchen Utensils, Railway Milk Cans, and other Vessels of Various Kinds which are Required to be Tilted in Use.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Jan., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 21st Sept., 1895-Accepted, 2nd Nov., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Kettles, Saucepans, Kitchen Utensils, Railway
Milk Cans, and other Vessels of Various Kinds which are
Required to be Tilted in Use.
I, ALBERT FREDERICK MERTON of 46 Cawdor Street, Princes Road,
Liverpool in the County of Lancaster, Salesman, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to kettles, saucepans, kitchen utensils, chemists and
oilmen's utensils, railway milk cans, and vessels of every description which are
required to be tilted in use, and the object of the invention is to prevent their
slipping when being so tilted.
In carrying my invention into effect, the plan I prefer is to form their bottoms
or rims with corrugations, flutings, arches or the like, according to the nature
and shape of the article. When applied to the bottoms, these corrugations,
flutings or arches run horizontally across and cover the whole bottom surface of
the utensil, and they are designed to grip any edge or projection, such as the
bars of fire grates, edges of hobs of kitchen ranges, ovens, edges of counters
and shelves, sides and ends of carts, and other conveyances, etcetera. These non-
slipping bottoms may be formed flat on the inside of the vessel or may be
corrugated as preferred, but if made flat, they are easier to clean after being
used. By the use of this invention, it is obvious that kettles may be tilted to
almost any angle on the fire without being liable to slip and fall off, and in the
case of saucepans, this enables the contents to be more easily examined without
fear of their spilling or upsetting, moreover the peculiar construction of the
bottom enables a current of air to pass along and allows the fire to burn more
freely.
15th day of Januar 1805
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6 Lord Street, Liverpool, Patent Agents for the Applicant.,
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Kettles, Saucepans, Kitchen Utensils, Railway
Milk Cans, and other Vessels of Various Kinds which are
Required to be Tilted in Use.
I, ALBERT FREDERICK MERTON of 46 Cawdor Street, Princes Road,
Liverpool in the County of Lancaster, Salesman, 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 :—
This invention relates to kettles, saucepans, kitchen utensils, chemists and
oilmen's utensils, railway milk cans, and vessels of every description which are
required to be tilted in use, and the object of the invention is to prevent their
slipping when being so tilted.

page_text: In carrying my invention into effect, the plan I prefer is to form their bottoms
or rims with corrugations, flutings, arches or the like, according to the nature and
shape of the article. When applied to the bottoms, these corrugations, flutings or
arches run horizontally across and cover the whole bottom surface of the utensil,
and they are designed to grip any edge or projection, such as the bars of fire
grates, edges of hobs of kitchen ranges, ovens,, edges of counters and shelves, sides
and ends of carts, and other conveyances, etcetera. These non-slipping bottoms
may be formed flat on the inside of the vessel or may be corrugated as preferred,
but if made flat, they are easier to clean after being used.
In the accompanying drawings-
Figure 1 shows by way of example, a kettle in use, with my invention applied
thereto;
Figure 2 a plan of the bottom of the kettle ;
Figures 3 and 4 detail views in cross section showing two forms of corrugation;
Figure 5 my invention as applied to a milk can; and
Figure 6 a slight modification.
In these A is a kettle with corrugated bottom B adapted to grip or catch on the
edge of the grate bars C when the kettle is tilted to decant the contents. These
corrugations may of course be of any suitable shape or arrangement such as shown
in Figures 4 and 5, or they may take the form of corrugations crossing each other
as shown in Figure 6. Figure 5 is a portion of the milk can with a corrugated
rim applied thereto. The manner of applying the invention. to other vessels will
be obvious without further description.
By the use of this invention, it is obvious that kettles may be tilted to almost
any angle on the fire without being liable to slip and fall off, and in the case of
saucepans, this enables the contents to be more easily examined without fear of
their spilling or upsetting, moreover the peculiar construction of the bottom
enables a current of air to pass along and allow the fire to burn more freely.
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. The improvement in kettles, saucepans, kitchen utensils, railway milk cans,
and other vessels of various kinds, which consists in forming their bottoms or rims
with corrugations, flutings, arches or the like, whereby vessels when tilted will
more readily catch on the adjacent edges of fire bars, hobs, counters, carts, etcetera
and prevent them slipping.
2. The manufacture and use of kettles, saucepans, kitchen utensils, railway
milk cans and other vessels of various kinds with corrugated bottoms or rims
substantially as and for the purpose described.
Dated this 20th day of September 1895.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, and London, Patent Agents.