Improvements in Covers or Lids for Biscuit Boxes, Jars, Jugs, and for other like purposes.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Mar., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 30th Sept., 1896-Accepted, 28th Nov., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Covers or Lids for Biscuit Boxes, Jars, Jugs, and
for other like purposes.
I, EDWIN LYCESTOR ANTROBUS, trading as Antrobus and Company, of
360 Stratford Road, in the City of Birmingham, Manufacturer, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in connection with the attachment of
covers or lids for biscuit boxes, butter coolers, preserve dishes, entrée dishes,
cruets, teapots, water jugs and the like, the object being to provide in connection
with the handle of the vessel a simple method of operating the lid so as to effect
opening and closing when the handle is manipulated.
In carrying my invention into effect when constructing a cover for attachment to
a biscuit box or jar I arrange in one manner an ordinary loop or bow handle which
passes over the upper surface of the jar and which is carried upon pins attached to
the jar mouth band or frame, and I arrange in connection with one of the pins or
pivots forming the turning axis of the bow a lever or projecting bar which presses
against a bead or rib or against the surface of the under side of the cover, so
as to make it hinge or be lifted when the loop or handle is moved from the vertical
to the horizontal position.
I make my operating lever upon the end of the pivot pin preferably T shaped
so that it can press upon the end surfaces of the cover when turned in either
direction, and I may arrange that the pressing action shall be exerted against the
bar attached to the cover or to act on the cover direct.
Instead of forming a bar or separate attachment on the under side of the cover
I may press outwards a rib like bead upon the cover against which the T lever
may operate.
modify the method of raising the lid to suit the form of handle which is to be
carried upon the vessel, altering the shape of the lever or levers to suit the form
of lid and shape of handle which is to be employed. Instead of making an inde-
dependent lever T piece to press against the surface of the projection upon the
cover 1 may connect the cover to the T piece or lever by means of a link or links
so that the cover will be raised and lowered by the action of the moving handle
without the possibility of the cover falling away from the lever head or end when
fully open.
When employing handles which do not rotate for carrying my vessel, I employ
the same system of raising the lid from the outside rather than from the knob in
the centre of the lid as in the existing ordinary covers, by placing a projecting pin
or knob at the mouth of the vessel and manipulating the projecting head or knob
so as to cause the internal lever or link to move the lid from one position to the
other when the lever or knob is turned.
1 modify the form of attachment and the shape of the lever to suit the style of
ornamentation which may be employed upon the vessel and to suit the purposes for
which the vessel is intended.
I do not limit the application of my invention to any special form of vessel or to
vessels employed for any particular purpose, but I modify the same to suit water

page_text: vessels, covers of teapots, mustard and other vessels similarly to the manner
berein before described when applied to biscuit boxes.
Dated this 11th day of March 1896
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents.
Improvements in Covers or Lids for Biscuit Boxes, Jars, Jugs, and
for other like purposes.
I, EDWIN LYCESTOR ANTROBUS, trading as Antrobus and Company, of
360, Stratford Road, in the City of Birmingham, Manufacturer, 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 improvements in connection with the attachment of
covers or lids for biscuit boxes, butter coolers, preserve dishes, entrée dishes,
cruets, teapots, water jugs, and the like, the object being to provide in connection
with the handle of the vessel a simple and convenient method of operating the lid
so as to effect opening and closing when the handle is manipulated.
In the accompanying sheet of explanatory drawings to be hereinafter referred
to:-
Figure 1 is a sectional view of a biscuit box or jar having my invention applied
thereto, the lid or cover being closed.
Figure 2 is a sectional view of the box at right angles to the view given at
Figure 1, and with the lid opened.
Figure 3 is a plan of the box or jar showing the lid partially opened.
Figure 4 is a part elevation of the handle fitted with a modified form of lid
operating lever, and
Figure 5 is a plan of such lever combined with the pivot pin.
The same reference letters in the different views indicate the same parts.
In carrying my invention into effect when constructing a cover for attachment to
a biscuit box or jar I arrange in one manner an ordinary loop or bow handle such
as A which passes over the upper surface of the jar and which is carried upon pins
attached to the jar mouth band or frame, and I arrange in connection with
one of the pins or pivots forming the turning axis of the bow a lever or
projecting bar or a cam such as B, which presses against a bead or rib or against
the surface of the under side of the cover, so as to make it hinge or be lifted when
the loop or handle is moved from the vertical to the horizontal position, the move-
ment of the lid or cover being in a direction at right angles to the direction of
movement of the handle. Thus when the handle is moved in the direction of the
arrow 1 Figure 3, the lid moves in the direction of the arrow 2, and on moving the
handle in the direction indicated by the arrow 3 the lid moves in the direction of
the arrow 4.
Instead of the cam B I sometimes employ an operating lever upon the end of
the pivot pin of a T shape such as illustrated at Figures 4 and 5, so that it can
press upon the end surface of the cover when turned in either direction, and I may
arrange that the pressing action shall be exerted against a bar attached to the
cover or to act on the cover direct.
I preferably form a rib or bead as C upon the inner surface of the cover for the
cam or lever to work against during the opening and closing movement.
I modify the method of raising the lid to suit the form of handle which is to be
carried upon the vessel, altering the shape of the operating lever to suit the form

page_text: of lid and shape of handle which is to be employed. I sometimes connect the cover
to the T piece or lever by means of a link or links so that the cover will be both
raised and lowered by the action of the moving handle without the possibility of
the cover falling away from the lever head or end when fully open, or during the
closing movement.
I sometimes cause the lid to be opened by means of a spring arranged beneath
its under surface on the movement of the handle in the one direction, and to be
closed against the resistance of the spring when the handle is moved in the reverse
direction by a pin or disc mounted on the handle or pivot in such a position as to
press upon the top of the lid or cover during the return or closing movement of
the handle.
I modify the form of attachment and the shape of the lever to suit the style of
ornamentation which may be employed upon the vessel and to suit the purposes for
which the vessel is intended.
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 improvements in covers or lids for biscuit boxes and other vessels whereby
on the movement of the handle the lid or cover is automatically moved in a
direction at right angles thereto, substantially as described.
2. In a biscuit box or other receptacle, the combination of the handle with a
cam or lever formed on or with one of the pivot pins and arranged in the interior
of vessel adjacent to the hinged side of the lid or cover, substantially as and for
the purposes described and as illustrated, in the drawings.
3. The improved construction and arrangement of parts forming the mechanism
for opening and closing the lid or cover of a receptacle, substantially as described.
Dated this 29th day of September 1896.
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicant.