Novel or Improved Means for Use in Retaining in Place the Lids of Lipped Saucepans while the same are Tilted to Pour Out Liquid therefrom.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Apr., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 20th Jan., 1996-Accepted, 21st Mar., 1896 ·
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Novel or Improved Means for Use in Retaining in Place the Lids
of Lipped Saucepans while the same are Tilted to Pour Out
Liquid therefrom.
1, CHARLES FREDERICK CLARK, of the Firm of T. and C. Clark and
Company, of Shakespeare Foundry, Wolverhampton in the County of Stafford,
Hollowware Manufacturers and General Iron Founders, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
In tilting saucepans, to pour away from vegetables or other solid contents the
liquor in which they have been cooked through lips formed in the rims of such
utensils, it has heretofore or usually been necessary to hold the lids on by hand.
This is especially inconvenient with the larger utensils, as in such cases both
hauds are required to conveniently hold the utensil in the tilted position necessary
for the purpose of pouring out the liquor.
Now, the object of this invention is to provide simple and efficient means
whereby the lids of the utensils will be securely retained in place thereupon while
the utensils are tilted to pour out liquid therefrom.
The above object is accomplished, according to this invention, by forming two
or more, preferably three, projections from the portion of the rim of each lid
which when the same is in place upon the utensil for which it is adapted is within
the open mouth thereof. These projections may, in the case of a sheet metal lid,
be conveniently formed by simply bulging outwards portions of the sheet metal
which form the part aforesaid of the rim. When three projections are used, two
of them are formed preferably near to one another, and a third projection is
formed in position at the opposite side to the point which is mid-way between the
other two projections. The projections are such that a circle touching their
extreme outer surfaces is of greater diameter than the interior diameter of the
mouth of the utensil. To fix the lid upon the utensil in such manner that it will
be securely held thereon while the utensil is tilted to pour out liquid through the
lip, it is first placed in an inclined or tilted position with the two projections last
referred to against the portion of the inside of the utensil which is opposite to
the lip thereof. The opposite side of the lid is then moved down into the
utensil, the lip of the utensil allowing the projection on the same side of the lid
to pass into the utensil. The lid is then turned to pass the last mentioned
projection away from the lip, thus bringing it under the inside of the rim of the
utensil. The projections aforesaid are thus all under the rim of the utensil, and
the lid is securely held in place.
Whatever number of projections as aforesaid are used with the lid, one or more
should be at one side thereof and, if there are more than one, in position in relation
to one another which permits of their being passed into the utensil while the lid
is held somewhat tilted in relation thereto; and the other or others should be at
the opposite side of the lid, and in such position that as the lid is closed down
at such side the projection or projections thereat pass down through the opening of
the lip.
Dated this 18th day of April 1895.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Novel or Improved Means for Use in Retaining in Place the Lids
of Lipped Saucepans while the same are Tilted to Pour Out
Liquid therefrom.
I, CHARLES FREDERICK CLARK, of the Firm of T. aud C. Clark and
Company, of Shakespeare Foundry, Wolverhampton in the County of Stafford,
Hollowware Manufacturers and General Ironfounders, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention and in what manner the sume is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
In tilting saucepans, to pour away from vegetables or other solid contents the
liquor in which they have been cooked through lips formed in the rims of such
utensils, it has heretofore or usually been necessary to hold the lids on by hand.
This is especially inconvenient with the larger utensils, as in such cases both
hands are required to conveniently hold the utensil in the tilted position necessary
for the purpose of pouring out the liquor, and even in cases in which the utensil
can be readily tilted by one hand while the lid is held on by the other there is
liability of the hand used to hold the lid becoming scalded.
Now, the object of this invention is to provide simple and efficient means
whereby the lids of lipped saucepans which are formed of the usual belly or barrel
shape will be securely retained in place while the saucepans are tilted to strain or
pour away liquid from solid contents thereof.
According to this invention, two or more projections are formed out from the
rim of each lid, which when the same is in place upon the saucepan for which it
is adapted is within the open mouth thereof. These projections may, in the case
of a sheet metal lid, be conveniently formed by simply bulging outwards portions
of the sheet metal which form the part aforesaid of the rim. When, as is
preferred, three projections are used, two of them are formed preferably near to
one another, and a third projection is formed in. position at the opposite side to
the point which is mid-way between the two other projections. Whatever
number of such projectious are used, their outer ends must be in such position in
relation to one another that they cannot all be passed down into the open mouth
of the saucepan without passing one or more down into the opening formed by
the lip. To fix a lid which is provided with three projections as above described
upon the saucepan in such manner that it will be held securely thereon while the
saucepan is tilted to pour out liquid through the lip, it is first placed in au
inclined or tilted position, with the two projections which are near to one another
against the portion of the inside of the saucepan which is opposite to the lip
thereof. The opposite side of the lid is then moved down into the saucepan, the
lip of the saucepan allowing the projection on the same side of the lid to pass
into the saucepan. The lid is then turned to pass the last mentioned projection
away from the lip, thus bringing it under the inside of the rim of the saucepan.
The projections aforesaid are thus all under the rim of the saucepan, and the lid is
securely held in place.
In order that the invention may be clearly understood, I will proceed to describe
the same, with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Figure 1 is a vertical section of the upper portion and lid of a saucepan, shewing
the lip in position opposite to the handle, and shewing the lid in the position in
which it is first inserted into the mouth of the saucepan, and before it is
partially turned to secure it therein against falling out when the saucepan is
tilted.
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Figure 2 is a plan of the top of the saucepan, and shews a sectional plan of the
rim of the lid taken at the level of the top of the saucepan, the lid being in the
same position as shewn by Figure 1.

page_text: by broken lines.
Figure 3 is a vertical section of one side of the saucepan, taken otherwise than
through the lip thereof, and of the lid, the section through the lid being taken
at a point where one of the projections of the rim occurs.
Figure 4 is a sectional plan taken on line xx of Figure 1, as seen looking.
upwards.
Figure 5 is a corresponding view to Figure 4, but shews the lid to have been
turned into position to secure it from falling out from the mouth of the saucepan
when the same is tilted.
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The saucepan A is of the usual barrel or bellied shape, and the lid B is of
sheet metal of the usual construction, except that three bulges forming outward
projections a a and b are formed in the metal of the rim c. The two bulges a_a
are, preferably, somewhat near together, as shewn, and the bulge 6 is at the
opposite side of the lid from a point mid-way between the bulges a a. The
lid is put in place within the saucepan by first entering the side thereof at which
the bulges a a occur, within the mouth of the saucepan, and pressing such bulges
against the interior of the side of the saucepan, and then lowering the opposite side
of the lid into the saucepan by passing the bulge b down into the opening formed
by the lip d, thus bringing the lid into the position shewn by Figures 1, 2 and 4.
After the lid has been thus placed into the position shewn by Figures 1, 2 and 4,
it is turned sufficiently to bring the bulge b away from the lip d and consequently
under the overhanging or inwardly projecting mouth of the saucepan. The lid is
shewn in such latter position by Figure 5. It should be observed, with reference
to Figures 4 and 5, that the circle indicating the exterior of the rim c coincides,
except for any slight clearance which may be allowed, with a circle indicating the
interior circumference of the mouth of the saucepan. When the lid has been
turned into the position shewn by Figure 5 it cannot be disengaged from the
saucepan without turning it again to bring the bulge b into the opening of the lip,
and thus the lid is securely held from falling when the saucepan is tilted.
The saucepan handle inay, of course, be opposite to the lip, as shewn by full
lines Figures 1 and 2, or at right angles thereto as indicated by broken lines
Figure 2.
Figure 6 is a corresponding view to Figure 3, and is given simply to shew the
application of the invention to a lid of the type illustrated in such view, that is to
Bay a lid B' of which the rim e stands upwards around the plate e so that the whole of
the lid, except the flange f which rests on the top of the saucepan A (and it may
be a portion of the handle also), is within the saucepan when the lid is in place.
The bulges, of which one a is shewn in this view, are formed out from the rim c
as in the case of the other form of lid illustrated.
The exact position of the projections from the rim of the lid in relation to one
another, is not of course material; but whatever number of such projections are
used with a lid, one or more should be at one side thereof, and if there are more
than one at such side they should be in position in relation to one another which
permits of their being passed into the utensil without either of them having to be
passed into the opening formed by the lip; and the other or others should be at
the opposite side of the lid, and if there are two or more of them at such side they
should be in such position in relation to one another that they may together be
passed down into the opening formed by the lip.
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. The combination with a lipped saucepan having the interior diameter of the
mouth or rim thereof smaller than the interior diameter of the portion of the
utensil which is somewhat below, of a lid having projections all of which can be
passed down into the interior of the utensil providing that one (or more) is passed

page_text: into the opening formed by the lip, but not otherwise, and which projections are
in such position in relation to one another and to the lid that the lid may be
turned to move one or more projections out of the opening formed by the lip and
under the inwardly extending mouth or rim of the utensil, and the lid be then
securely prevented by the projections from becoming detached from the saucepan,
substantially as described.
2. The combination with a lipped saucepan A, having the interior diameter of
the top or mouth thereof of a smaller diameter than the interior of the portion
which is somewhat below, of a sheet metal lid, such for instance as B or B', having
projections such as a a b, formed by bulging out portions of the metal of the
rim c, the outer ends of such projections being in such position in relation to one
another that they cannot be all inserted within the open mouth of the saucepan
unless one of them is passed down into the opening formed by the lip,
substantially as and for the purpose described and shewn by the drawings
herewith.
Dated this 18th day of January 1896.
STEPHEN WATKINS,
Wolverhampton, Agent for the Applicant.