Improvements in and relating to the Covers of Hot Water Jugs, Coffee Jugs, and the like.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Aug., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 12th May, 1898-Accepted, 18th June, 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to the Covers of Hot Water Jugs,
Coffee Jugs, and the like.
I, JOHN POTTS, of 36, Liversage Street, Derby, in the County of Derby, Metal
Mounter, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to the movable tops or covers of hot water jugs, coffee jugs
and the like, the said tops being for the purpose of keeping the contents of the
jug or the like warm. A many of these covers fail from various causes, some
because the spigots on the cover rot or rust off, others because the said covers catch
on the internal surfaces of the jug, or again, the orifice or slot in the jug becomes
broken away. My invention is designed to overcome most if not all of these
difficulties and to provide a cover which may readily be repaired or replaced.
In carrying out my said invention I have the top of the jug or the like simply.
pierced on each side and I arrange a metal or other suitable cover or cap to fit on
the top of the jug at the front and at the back part to pass down below the top
of the jug to, or near to, the level of the orifices in the sides of the jug, through
these orifices and through similar concentric orifices or ways in the cover of the
jug or the like is passed a spindle of a flat or angular cross section where it passes
through the cover and terminating on the outside in any device suitable for being
pressed upon by the finger or thumb the said device being in close proximity to
the handle of the jug or the like so that when the latter is picked up the cover may
be turned and opened or closed at will by pressing upon or releasing the device
on the end of the spindle.
I may weight the after part of the cover if desired so as to make it self
balancing.
LOON
W. SWINDELL,
Imperial Chambers, Albert Street, Derby,
Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in and relating to the Covers of Hot Water Jugs,
Coffee Jugs, and the like.
I, JOHN POTTS, of 36, Liversage Street, Derby, in the County of Derby, Metal
Mounter, 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 the movable tops or covers of hot water jugs, coffee

page_text: jugs and the like, the said tops being for the purpose of keeping the contents
of the jug or the like warm. A many of these covers fail from various causes,
some because the spigots on the cover rot or rust off, others because the said covers
catch on the internal surfaces of the jug or again the orifice or slot in the jug
becomes broken away. My invention is designed to overcome most if not all of
these difficulties and to provide a cover which may readily be repaired or replaced.
In describing my invention reference will be had to the accompanying sheet
of drawings upon which Figure 1 is a vertical section on line a, a of Figure 2:
Figure 2 being a plan of a hot water jug with my invention attached thereto.
In carrying out my said invention I cause the top of the jug or the like to be
simply pierced on each side at A A' and arrange a metal or other suitable cover
or cap B to fit on the top of the jug at the front end and the back part B¹ to pass
down below the top of the jug to, or near to, the level of the orifices in the sides
of the jug, through these orifices and through similar concentric orifices or ways
in the cover of the jug or the like is passed a spindle C of a flat or angular cross
section where it passes through the cover and terminating on the outside in any
device D suitable for being pressed upon by the finger or thumb, the said device
being in close proximity to the handle of the jug or the like so that when the
latter is picked up, the cover may be turned and opened or closed at will by
pressing upon or releasing the device on the end of the spindle.
I may weight the after part B1 of the cover if desired so as to make it self
balancing
The lid may be hinged at or near the centre if desired but is preferred in the
one piece as shewn.
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:-
The improvements in and relating to the covers of hot water jugs and the like
consisting in the employment of a spindle C of a flat or angular cross section
adapted to fit into corresponding orifices or ways in and carry with it the cover,
the said spindle also passing through and working in orifices or ways in the sides
of the jug or the like and carrying a knob or other similar device D for operating
the said cover substantially as described and illustrated.
Dated this 11th day of May 1898
W. SWINDELL,
Imperial Chambers, Albert Street, Derby, Agent for the Applicant.