An Improved Tripod or Stand for Supporting a Kettle or the like.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 25th July, 1891-Accepted, 29th Aug., 1891
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Tripod or Stand for Supporting a Kettle or the like.
I ETHEL MAUD HALL, of The Priory, Holybourne, Alton, in the County of
Hampshire, Lady 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 an improved tripod or stand for supporting a kettle or
the like, the object of same being to provide means for supporting a kettle or the
like over a fire, for use in picnics, camping out &c., which shall be simple in con-
struction, durable, extremely portable, and which will allow of the kettle or the
like being adjusted to any convenient height. And in order that the invention may
be more readily understood, I have shewn same upon the accompanying sheet of
drawings, in which
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the tripod or stand complete, and
Fig. 2 is a plan of the ring or top part of same, on which the legs of the tripod
hook.
The legs a which support the whole, are formed of cast iron or other suitable
material, and are hinged as shewn at b. The lower extremities a¹ of these legs or
supports a are pointed for the purpose of entering the ground, and thereby
rendering the said legs or supports secure from slipping. The upper extremities of
the legs or supports are provided respectively with a loop a² which fits onto a
ring c, the legs or supports being thus enabled to move in an inward or outward
direction, so that the diameter of the ground that the extremities of the legs or
supports cover can be increased or diminished at will, the same arrangement also
enabling the said legs or supports to be packed more readily. The before-
mentioned ring c is formed as shewn in Fig. 2 with the parts c¹ (on which fit the
aforesaid loops a²) cut away for the purpose of preventing the said loops a² from
having a lateral movement, and so enabling the legs or supports a to retain the
position of a correct triangle.
In order to support the kettle or the like, a metal pin or cross-piece d (sufficient
in length to lay across the top of the ring c) is provided, having at one extremity, a
hook to which the chain e for attaching the kettle or the like to, is hooked. The
point of the aforesaid pin or crosspiece d is inserted through one of the links of the
chain e and is then laid across the ring c.
A hook is provided at the end of the chain e for the purpose of supporting
the kettle or the like, which can be raised or lowered to any convenient height by
moving the pin or cross-piece d from a higher to a lower link, or vice-versa.
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 tripod or stand for supporting a kettle or the like, consisting of two folding
legs a and ring e with cut away parts c', in combination with the pin or cross-piece d
and chain e, substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying sheet of
drawings.
2. The complete tripod or stand constructed substantially as described and
illustrated in the accompanying sheet of drawings.
HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.