Year: 1888

page_text: GEORGE JONES FRANCIS R. JONES GEORGE H. JONES H. OVERTON JONES
CHARLES S. JONES Trent Pottery Stoke-on-Trent England manufacturers of pottery
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The cover shall be divided in two halves one part to be fixed on the bottom of the
vessel and the other part to turn on a pivot over or under the fixed portion.

page_text: Improvement in Covered Earthenware Vessels.
We, GEORGE JONES, FRANCIS RALPH JONES, GEORGE HENRY JONES, HORACE
OVERTON JONES and CHARLES SAMUEL JONES, all of Trent Pottery, Stoke upon Trent,
England, Manufacturers of Pottery, 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:-
We form an earthenware covered dish or vessel with the cover in two halves or
divisions. One half or division we make in one piece with the dish the other half
we make separate and capable of being turned to bring it either into a position to
cover over the top of the dish or to bring it into a position either under or over
the fixed half or division of the cover.
The drawings show an earthenware covered dish formed in the above manner.
Figure 1 is a plan view and Figure 2 an end view of the covered dish.
Figure 3 is a cross section of the dish with the cover closed and Figure 4a cross
section with the cover open.
A is a dish shown to be oval but which might be circular or of other form
having made in one piece with it one half A¹ of a dome cover. B is the other half
of the dome cover which may be of earthenware or 'metal as preferred. The dish is
shown to be formed at each end with a handle C projecting from it through each
of which is a slot-the moveable half of the cover is formed with pieces B¹ projecting
downwards from it to enter into these slots.
Pins D are passed through the handles and through the projecting pieces B₁ of
the moveable part of the cover and form pivots for the moveable part of the cover to
turn on.
The pins D may either be passed through holes formed through the pieces B¹ in
which case the cover would always remain attached to the dish or they may be passed
through slots in these pieces as shown in the drawing in which case the moveable
half of the cover may readily be lifted away from the dish if it is desired to do so.
Other means than those above described may also be adopted for jointing the
moveable half of the cover to the dish to allow of its being turned either into a
position below or above the fixed half of the cover and concentric with it.
The dish is preferably formed as shown with an outwardly projecting flange all
around it at the top upon which the cover rests when it is in eitlier its open or closed
position.
The moveable part of the cover is in the drawings shown to pass over the top of the
fixed part of the cover when open but as above stated it might if preferred be formed
to turn under the fixed part of the cover.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. An earthenware dish or vessel having one half of a cover formed with it in one
niece and having the other half of th...
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page_text: to it in such manner that it can be turned either into position to complete the
covering over the dish or into position to bring it under or over the fixed half of the
cover.
2. A dish or vessel having one half of a cover fast with it, a projecting handle at
each of its ends, a slot, formed through each handle, a moveable half cover formed at
its ends with downwardly projecting lugs, to pass into these slots and pins passed
through the handles and through the lugs to form pivots for the moveable half of the
cover to turn on.