Improvements in and relating to Saucepans and other Culinary Utensils, and in the Manner of Securing Handles thereto.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Oct., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 19th July, 1893-Accepted, 9th Sept., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Saucepans and other Culinary
Utensils, and in the Manner of Securing Handles thereto.
1, JAMES CROSHAW of 29 Wood Street, Lanesfield Ettingshall in the County,
of Stafford Hollow-ware Moulder, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention consists in improvements in saucepans and other such like
culinary utensils, such improvements having reference to the handle-sockets of
such culinary utensils, and to the method of fastening handles within such
sockets.
By the first modification I produce a strengthening bead at the end of socket by
use of a stricklace tool made in the following manner:
I provide a guide-block the external shape of which is a tapered plug, equal in
dimensions to the internal tapered passage of handle socket such guide-block
extending into a reduced tapered part suitable to pass into the print mould beyond
the extreme end of socket.
I pierce the guide-block transversely at the small end and into such transverse
pierced opening I place a moving striklace such stricklace being connected to a
piece of spring-steel and the spring-steel shank of stricklace secured to the print
end of guide block by means of a cap or by any other equivalent means so that
the tension of the spring shank of stricklace will always draw the lip of stricklace
below the periphery of guide-block. I pierce the guide block with a central hole.
extending laterally from the large end of block to the small end and entering the
print a short distance. I next provide a lifting tool which consists of a round bar
or stem on one end of which is secured a suitable knob the other end being flatened
to receive the back end of stricklace.
The first modification is utilized in the following manner :-
The guide-block (with stricklace and lifting tool in position) is passed through
the mould of saucepan or other utensil until the print end of guide block entered
the print impression formed in sand-mould of socket thus bringing the lip of
stricklace in the proper position to strike a bead by rotating the handle or knob
of lifting tool the rod would be rotated until its end outer periphical surface pushed
against the bottom end of stricklace and thus lifted or pushed the lip end of strick-
lace beyond the periphery of guiding block and then by rotating the guide block
the projecting lip of stricklace would strike a recess in the mould thus forming the
required bead in the mould the lifting tool would then be rotated until the flatened
end was again presented to the underside of stricklace, the action of the spring
shank of stricklace would then move the stricklace down the transverse slot of
guide block until the lip end of stricklace passed below the periphical surface of
guide block, the guide block could then be withdrawn from the mould.
By a second modification I provide the guide block as hereinbefore described
but pierce the stricklace with a slot and secure to the end of lifting tool a cam so
that by rotating the rod of lifting tool the cam will move within the slot of strick-
lace and thus raise it ready to strike the bead and lower it so that the guide block
can be removed after the bead has been struck.
The third modification relates to the method of making the socket to grip the
handle and the method of securing the handle to such prepared socket.
I pierce or cast a hole through the shell of socket and on the internal side of
such socket on the right and on the left thereof-I form sinkings or recesses, I
then provide the handle and pierce it with a hole to correspond with the hole in

page_text: shell of socket; I place the end of handle in the socket and move the pierced
hole in handle under the piercing in socket; I next provide any suitable narrow
steel bar with a curved end and pass the curved end of such bar through the hole
in socket thence through the piercing in handle and afterwards use the beut.
steel bar as a lever, to jamb the shell or substance of the handle into the two
recesses on the right and on the left side of piercing in handle, thus securing the
handle rigidly within the socket.
By a fourth modification I dispense with the two sinkings on the internal face of
socket shell and use the steel bar as a lever to bend up the shell of the handle into
the hole pierced or cast through the shell of socket, and I may in some cases force
such shell of handle (in separate parts) through the hole in socket and bend such
forced up strips or parts back over the outer surface of socket.
By a fifth modification I provide a short spur inside the cast socket of utensil
and on the opposite side cast a longitudinal slot on the sides opposite the spur and
slot or on any other suitable part of the internal face of socket I provide sinkings
to receive the expanded surface of handle; then provide the handle and pierce
therein a spur hole and opposite the spur hole I pierce a longitudinal slot to
correspond with the socket slot, I then place the handle in the socket and secure it
there by means of the tool hereinafter described.
I provide an expanding tool consisting of a handle or rod made of metal or
other suitable material on the end of such rod is formed or secured a flat disc, of
suitable thickness to pass easily through the socket slot; the horizontal plan of
the disc would be of circular or other suitable shape to match the transverse
section of handle at the part entering the socket of receptacle, excepting that on
two sides of the dise the surface would extend in a shape to match the sinkings
formed on the internal surfaces or sides of the socket; a pivot hole would be
formed on that edge of the disc axially linable with tool handle.
To fasten the handle, I pass the disc of the tightening tool through the
longitudinal slot in socket of utensil thence through the slot formed in handle
passing the pivot hole in end of dish over the spur provided on socket and it will
be readily understood that by turning the tool handle and revolving the tool disc
the projections on such disc would force the material constituting the utensil handle
into the sinkings formed on the internal surface of socket and when such firm
connection had been made the disc would be withdrawn through the slots through
which it entered.
Dated this 18th day of October 1800
JAMES CROSHAW.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Saucepans and other Culinary
Utensils, and in the Manner of Securing Handles thereto.
I, JAMES CROSHAW, of 29 Wood Street, Lanesfield, Ettingshall, in the County
of Stafford Hollow-ware Moulder 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 consists in the improvements in saucepans and other such like
culinary utensils, such improvements having reference to the handle sockets of such
culinary utensils, and to the method of fastening handles within such sockets.
By the first modification I produce a strengthening bead at the end of socket by
use of a stricklace tool made in the following manner:
I provide a guide block the external shape of which is a tapered plug, equal in
dimensions to the internal tapered passage of handle socket such guide-block
extending into a reduced tapered part suitable to pass into the print mould beyond
the extreme end of socket.
I pierce the guide block transversely at the small end and into such transversed

page_text: pierced opening I place a moving striklace, such striklace being connected to a
piece of spring-steel and the spring steel shank of striklace secured to the print end
of guide block by means of a cap or by any other equivalent means so that the
tension of the spring shank of striklace will always draw the lip of striklace
below the periphery of guide-block. I pierce the guide-block with a central hole
extending laterally from the large end of block to the small end, and entering the
print a short distance. I next provide a lifting tool which consists of a round bar
or stem on one end of which is secured a suitable knob the other end being flattened
to receive the back end of striklace.
The first modification is utilized in the following manner :-The guide-block
(with striklace and lifting tool in position) is passed through the mould of
saucepan or other utensil until the print end of guide-block entered the print
impression formed in sand mould of socket thus bringing the lip of stricklace in the
proper position to strike a bead-by rotating the handle or knob of lifting tool the
rod would be rotated until its end outer peripherical surface pushed against
the bottom end of striklace and thus lifted or pushed the lip end of striklace
beyond the periphery of guiding block and then by rotating the guide-block the
projecting lip of striklace would strike a recess in the mould thus forming the
required bead in the mould the lifting-tool would then be rotated until the flattened
end was again presented to the underside of striklace, the action of the spring
shank of striklace would then move the striklace down the transverse slot of
guide-block until the lip end of striklace passed below the peripherical surface of
guide block, the guide block could then be withdrawn from the mould.
By a second modification I provide the guide block as hereinbefore described
but pierce the striklace with a slot and secure to the end of lifting tool a cam so
that by rotating the rod of lifting tool the cam will move within the slot of strik-
lace and thus raise it ready to strike the bead and lower it so that the guide block
can be removed after the bead has been struck.
The third modification relates to the method of making the socket to grip the
handle and the method of securing the handle to such prepared socket.
I pierce or cast a hole through the shell of socket and on the internal side of such
socket on the right and on the left thereof-I form sinkings and recesses, I then
provide the handle and pierce it with a hole to correspond with the hole in shell of
socket; place the end of handle in the socket and move the pierced hole in handle
under the piercing in socket; I next provide any suitable narrow steel bar with a
curved end and pass the curved end of such bar through the hole in socket thence
through the piercing in handle and afterwards use the bent steel bar as a lever to
jamb the shell or substance of the handle into the two recesses on the right and on
the left side of piercing in handle, thus securing the handle rigidly within the
socket.
By a fourth modification I dispense with the two sinkings on the internal face of
socket shell and use the steel bar as a lever to bend up the shell of the handle into
the hole pierced or cast through the shell of socket, and I may in some cases force
such shell of handle (in separate parts) through the hole in socket and bend such
forced up strips or parts back over the outer surface of socket.
By a fifth modification I provide a short spur inside the cast socket of utensil
and on the opposite side cast a longitudinal slot on the sides opposite the spur and
slot or any other suitable part of the internal face of socket I provide sinkings to
receive the expanded surface of handle; I then provide the handle and pierce
therein a spur hole and opposite the spur hole I pierce a longitudinal slot to corre-
spond with the socket slot, I then place the handle in the socket and secure it there
by means of the tool hereinafter described.
I provide an expanding tool consisting of a handle or rod made of metal or other
suitable material on the end of such rod is formed or secured a flat disc, of suitable
thickness to pass easily through the socket slot; the horizontal plan of the disc
would be of circular or other suitable shape to match the transverse section of
handle at the part entering the socket of receptacle, excepting that on two sides of

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the disc the surface would extend in a shape to match the sinkings formed on the
internal surfaces or sides of the socket; a pivot hole would be formed on that edge
of the disc axially linable with tool handle.
To fasten the handle, I pass the disc of the tightening tool through the
longitudinal slot in socket of utensil thence through the slot formed in handle
passing the pivot hole in end of dish over the spur provided on socket and it will be
readily understood that by turning the tool handle and revolving the tool disc the
projections on such disc would force the material constituting the utensil handle
into the sinkings formed on the internal surface of socket and when such firm
connection had been made the disc would be withdrawn through the slots through
which it entered.
I will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying drawings the
manner in which my invention is constructed and used similar letters relate to
similar parts throughout the several views.
Fig. 1 represents a longitudinal section of the striklace tool of first modification.
Fig. 2 represents an end view of Fig. 1 at the joint A. B.
Fig. 3 represents a section of Fig. I on the line C D.
Fig. 4 represents an external view of striklace partly in section to shew cam.
Fig. 5 represents an end view of Fig. 4 in the direction of arrow, but with the
hand wheel removed.
Fig. 6 represents a section of Figure 4 at E F.
Fig. 7 represents a section of Fig. 9 on the line G H.
Fig. 8 represents a part plan of Fig. 1 shewing the horizontal face of spring and
the beading-end of striklace.
Fig. 9 represents the cam in slotted striklace the spring being secured to print
end of guide-block.
Fig. 10 represents the complete guide-block tool in position ready for use.
Fig. 11 represents the completed sand mould with the bead impression formed in
the sand and the tool removed.
Figs. 12 to 29 represent details of the striklace tool.
Fig. 12 represents the lifting spindle of first modification.
Fig. 13 represents the lifting spindle and cam of second modification.
Fig. 14 represents detail section of front part of block Fig. 1.
Fig. 15 represents detail section of front part of block Fig. 2.
Fig. 16 represents detail of Figure 8 with spring and striklace removed.
Fig. 17 represents a plan of spring.
Fig. 18 represents edge view of spring.
Fig. 19 represents end view of Fig. 12.
Fig. 20 represents end view of Fig. 13.
Fig. 21 represents end view of Fig. 14 in direction of arrow.
Fig. 22 represents a broken plan of underside of Fig. 15 in the direction of arrow
shewing cam slot.
Fig. 23 represents detail external view of back part of Fig. 1.
Fig. 24 represents detail view of striklace under first modification.
Fig. 25 represents detail side view of cam striklace of second modification.
Fig. 26 represents detail side view of slotted striklace of second modification.
Fig. 27 represents section of Fig. 14 on the line J K.
Fig. 28 represents section of Fig. 15 on the line L M.
Fig. 29 represents end view of Fig. 23 in the direction of arrow.
Fig. 30 represents detail front view of Fig. 24.
Fig. 31 represents detail front view of Fig. 25.
Fig. 32 represents detail front view of Fig. 26.
Fig. 33 represents socket of third modification with handle.
Fig. 34 represents socket, handle, and bending tool of third modification.
Fig. 35 represents the handle compressed into socket recesses.
Fig. 36 represents enlarged view of lower portion of socket and handle of
third modification ready for compressing.

page_text: Fig. 51 represents an enlarged broken section of part of a socket similar to
Fig. 43 excepting that a countersink is provided in place of the spur.
Figs. 52, 53, and 54 represents various views of bow-pot handles secured in the pot
sockets by means of my invention.
The parts herein before referred to as the striklace will be hereafter referred to
as the strikeplate.
In carrying out the first modification of my invention a represents the guide-
block tapered to enter the sand-mould of socket, represents the reduced taper
part suitable for passing into the print sand-mould, c represents the transverse
piercing provided to receive the strikeplate, d represents the strikeplate, represents
the spring of strikeplate, represents the cap over print end of guide-block,
g represents a securing screw as one equivalent means of securing the spring to
guide-block, represents the central lateral hole in guide-block, represents the
liftingtool, & represents the knob or equivalent hand wheel represents the flattened.
end of lifting tool.
k
In using the first modification of my invention the guide-block with strikeplate
and lifting tool in position as shewn at Figures 1 and 2 is passed through the sand
mould of saucepan the print end of guide-block entering the sand print impression
as shewn at Fig. 10, the arrow shewing the upper face, the position of the socket
being usually at the bottom of the mould (although the foundry boxes that contain
the sand mould can be placed in any position the moulder prefers to have them) the
position of the guide-block must be such as to pass into the socket mould and fill it
in the manner shewn at Fig. 10, the moulder would then rotate the knob or
wheel and thereby rotate the lifting tool within the lateral hole h, until the
lower face m reached the position shewn in dotted lines at n, thus lifting the strike-
plate d so that its lip edge would project beyond the peripherical surface of the
guide-block a; it will be apparent that by rotating the guide block a, one complete
turn within the socket mould, a bead cavity will be struck extending beyond the
socket, and then by turning the knob or handle k back to its former position the
lifting tool will be also moved back to the position shewn at Fig. 1 the spring e
bearing against the strikeplate and pushing such plate d into its normal position, so
that the complete tool could be withdrawn from the mould, leaving the bead
impression o in the mould as shewn at Fig. 11: the pin is provided to work in the
recess to prevent the lifting tool rotating a full turn and the recess provides for
a half turn rotation, but in some cases I provide the recess as a quadrant,, and so
limit the lifting tool to a quarter rotation but the results will be the same as
described in reference to the half turn.
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page_text: The cars are provided as a ready means of connecting the back and front parts
of the guide-block together.
By a second modification I provide the slotted strikeplate as shewn in detail at
Figures 26 and 32 and secure to the end of lifting tool the cams such cammed
lifting tool would raise and lower the slotted strikeplate without the further need of
a pressure spring e, nevertheless the pressure spring e can be used where desired.as
an additional security.
By the third modification l'cast a hole through the shell of socket as shewn at
Figures 33, 34, 35, 36, and 37 and on the internal side of socket I form sinkings or
recesses which may be near the right and left of the hole and which is by
preference of the continuous internal countersink form shewn at Figures 33, 34, 35,
36, and 37, but which can be more clearly seen on the enlarged views 36 and 37 as
shewn at ; the handle is pierced with a corresponding hole » and having placed
the pierced handle within the socket I move the hole in handle concentrically true
under the socket piercing. I next provide a suitable narrow steel bar w with a
curved end and pass such bar through the piercing in socket thence through the
piercing in handle as shewn at Figure 34 and then bend down and compress the
overlapping part into the recesses or countersink until the part is bent into
the recess or countersink as shewn at y Fig. 37.
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By the fourth modification I dispense with the sinking and use the steel bar w
as a lever to bend up the shell part 2 of handle into the hole a a.
By a fifth modification I provide a short spur inside the socket and on the
opposite side cast slot ce as shewn at Figures 43 and 44.
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provide the sinkings d d in the socket to receive the expanded handle. I.next
provide in the handle a spur passage e e extending from one side of the spur to a
suitable distance towards the end to permit of the slot being passed over spur;
opposite the spur passage I pierce à longitudinal slotff to correspond with.the
slot cc in socket.
I provide the expanding tool shewn at Figures 47 and 48 consisting of a flat disc
of suitable thickness to pass through the slots cc-ff, such web carrying-edge-
projections gg and being provided with.a countersink hh.
Handles would be fastened to sockets under this fifth modification by passing the
expanding tool Figures 47 and 48 through the slots e c-ff, passing the countersink
hole over the spur and then by turning the tool force the material of the
handle into the recesses d d by means of the projections the expanding tool
being afterwards withdrawn through the slots ce and ff. Conversely I prefer in
some cases to form the countersink in the socket strengthening it on the outer side
in the manner shewn at Figure 51 and then by using a spur on the end of. expanding
tool instead of a countersink proceed as hereinbefore described. .
My invention is applicable to the sockets of all kinds of utensils irrespective of
the shape and position of the handles of such utensils.
The bow-pot handles illustrated at Figures 52, 53, and 54 are shewn expanded
into holes of socket in the manner described in reference to Figures 36 and 37, from
which it will be readily seen that long and short handles of various patterns can be
connected to the sockets of utensils by and under this invention.
I am aware that beads have been cast on the sockets of utensils by other persons,
therefore do not claim the exclusive right to cast a bead on a socket; the first
modification of my invention consists essentially in casting a bead on a socket by the
use of the tool illustrated and described; in a like manner I am aware that handles
have been expanded into sockets by various mechanical means, but by my invention
I provide new and original methods not in use by others, therefore,
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is
1st. The invention as illustrated and described, for the purpose described.

page_text: 2nd. The new tool as described in the first and second modifications and as
described in reference to Figures 1 to 32, for use in producing a strengthening bead
at the ends of the sockets of saucepans and other utensils.
3rd. Moulding a handle socket with a bead on its outer end, by means of the tool
illustrated and described in reference to Figures 1 to 32.
4th. The method and means of fastening a tubular handle to a socket as
described in third modification and as described in reference to Figures 33, 34, 35,
36, and 37.
5th. The method and means of fastening a tubular handle to a socket as
described in fourth modification and as described in reference to Figures 38, 39, 40,
41, and 42.
6th. The method and means of fastening a tubular handle to a socket as
described in fifth modification and as described in reference to Figures 43 to 51.
7th. The application of my improved handle fastenings to bow handled pots as
described in reference to Figures 52, 53, and 54.
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A 1 1000
JAS. CROSHAW.