Improvements in Tea Kettles.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Aug., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 20th May, 1892-Accepted, 25th June, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Tea Kettles.
I, RICHARD KEMSLEY DAY of 6 Melverton Street Kennington Road Lambeth
London, Paper Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in tea kettles and has for its object to allow
of the inside of such utensils being made more conveniently accessible than here-
tofore for cleansing and other purposes.
It is a well known fact that the smallness of the upper opening of a tea kettle
which is closed by a lid prevents the said kettle from being properly cleaned
inwardly, the result being that it becomes rapidly lined with incrustations resulting
from the mineral or other impurities contained in the water used for culinary
purposes.
Now according to my invention, I fix the handle of the kettle on the body of the
utensil, the top being hermetically fitted with an inner rim which contains the upper
lid and admits of being taken off like the lid of an ordinary stew pan or fish kettle,
thus forming at once a second detachable lid and a base for the upper or small lid.
Dated this 15th day of August 1891.
RAYNER & CASSELL,
37, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Tea Kettles.
1, RICHARD KEMSLEY DAY of 6 Melverton Street Kennington Road Lambeth,
London Paper Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
My invention relates to improvements in tea kettles and has for its object to
allow of the inside of such utensils being made more conveniently accessible than
heretofore, for cleansing and other purposes.
It is a well known fact that the smallness of the upper opening of a tea kettle
which is closed by a lid, prevents the said kettle from being properly cleaned
inwardly, the result being that it becomes rapidly lined with incrustations resulting
from the mineral or other impurities contained in the water used for culinary
purposes.
Now according to my invention, I fix the handle of the kettle on the body of the
utensil, the upper part being hermetically fitted with an inner rim which contains
the upper lid or top and admits of its being taken off like the lid of an ordinary
stew pan or fish kettle, thus forming at once a second detachable lid and a base for
the upper or small lid.
The top may also be hinged so that part can be lifted up when the kettle is to be
cleaned instead of taking the whole top off. As a modification it may be formed
with a screw thread, and the rim of the vessel provided with a corresponding
internal thread, so that the top can be screwed on or off as required.
Instead of making the whole top removable I may fix it on in the usual manner
and provide a hole at one side, large enough to allow of a hand being inserted to
clean it, a lid of the ordinary description fitting into this hole.
In order that my invention may be more clearly understood, reference is hal to

page_text: the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings, which shows in vertical section
three modifications of my invention.
A is the body of the kettle to the upper part of which the handle B is fixed, this
handle is preferably made in three parts, the upper being made removable from
the two lower parts B' in order that the kettle may be more easily accessible when
required to be cleaned. C is the rim, over which fits the top D, provided with the
small central lid E, of about the same size as the ordinary kettle lid. The top
instead of being made wholly removable may be hinged as shown in dotted
lines at F.
In Figure 2 the rim C is shown with a screw thread, the top being provided
with a corresponding external screwed part, which screws into the rim, thus holding
the top securely on and preventing escape of water. According to Figure 3 the
top is not removable but a large hole G is provided at the side fitted with a
suitable lid.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
(1) A tea kettle having a removable top, provided with a suitable lid substantially
as described and for the purposes specified.
(2) In a tea kettle, the combination of the removable top D, provided with a
suitable lid, the rim C fixed to or forming part of the body of the kettle and the
handle B fixed to the body of the kettle substantially as described and shown and
for the purposes specified.
Dated this 20th day of May 1892.
RAYNER & CASSELL,
37, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.