Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 27th May, 1887
Complete Left, 25th Feb., 1888
Complete Accepted, 13th Apr., 1888
We ARTHUR GILL THOMPSON, and WILLIAM PITTMAN DAVIS, both of George
Street Sheffield in the County of York, Manufacturers do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention of improvements in the manufacture of Teapots, Coffee Pots, and
other similar Vessels having lids, such as Cream Jugs, Hotwater Jugs, and the like,
refers more particularly to the lids of such articles and the means of securing them to
the bodies of the Teapots or other articles.
Although this invention is especially adapted in its application to articles made of
Britannia metal, it may also be applied to vessels or articles made of other metals;
the object of the invention being to economise labour, and thereby to reduce the cost
of manufacture.
In the manufacture of Britannia Metal Teapots to which this invention is intended
to be applied (for example) having the lids secured to the body of the pot by means
of a flush-joint or hinge, it is usual to fit into the opening of the pot, a metal ring of
suitable configuration to correspond with and receive the outer edge of the lid, and to
secure the said ring in position by soldering it to the pot.
A piece is then cut out of the back of the opening to receive the fixed part of the
joint or hinge which is soldered thereto and thus there is a considerable amount of
skilled labour required in fitting the parts together.
Our invention consists in making the fixed part of the joint or hinge in the ring
itself, and preferably by casting it to the desired shape, the ring being afterwards

page_text: soldered to the body, and we thus avoid having to cut out a portion of the body of the
pot to receive the joint, and thereby dispense with the fitting and soldering of the
parts together.
We cast the ring with the fixed knuckle or half joint, on the underside of the ring,
and we cast the corresponding loose half with a suitable projecting piece to which we
attach the lid.
The ring containing the joint or hinge so made, merely requires soldering into the
circular opening of the pot.
similar Vessels having Lids.
We ARTHUR GILL THOMPSON, and WILLIAM PITTMAN DAVIS, both of George 1
Street Sheffield, in the County of York Manufacturers 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:-
Our invention of improvements in the Manufacture of Teapots, Coffeepots, and
other similar vessels having lids, such as Cream Jugs, Hotwater Jugs and the like, 2
refers more particularly to the lids of such articles, and to the means of securing them
to the bodies of the vessels to which they belong.
Although this invention is especially adapted for application to articles made of
Britannia metal, it may also be applied to vessels made of, other metals; the object
of the invention being to economise labour and thereby to reduce the cost of
manufacture.
And in order that our said invention may be clearly understood, we annex a sheet
of drawings in which similar letters of reference indicate similar parts in either of the
figures in which they occur.
Fig. 1, represents a plan of the combined ring and half hinge or joint.
Fig. 2, represents the underside of same.
Fig. 3, two views of the other half of hinge.
In the manufacture of Britannia metal Teapots, in which the lids are secured to the
bodies, by means of hinges, commonly called flush joints, it is usual to fit into the
opening of the pot, a metal ring of suitable size and shape, to correspond with and
receive the outer edge of the lid; and the said ring is secured in position by the
ordinary method of soldering it to the pot.

page_text: When this is done a piece is cut out of the back of the opening, and the fixed or
stationary part of the hinge is soldered thereto, which entails a considerable amount
of skilled labour to fit the parts and secure them together.
Our invention consists in making the fixed part of the hinge or joint A, in
combination with and of the same continuous piece of metal as the ring itself, and
preferably by casting it at one operation to the desired shape as shown in the
Figs. 1 & 2.
A is the fixed part of joint, B the ring, C the recess in which the
The ring so made is afterwards soldered to the body of the pot which is suitably
made to receive the said ring, and we thus avoid having to cut out a recess to receive
the joint and dispense with the fitting and soldering of the parts together as before
described.
edge of the lid fits.
The knuckle part of the joint is cast on the underside of the ring as shown in
Fig. 2, and we cast the corresponding loose half shown in Fig. 3, with a projecting
plate D, to which the lid is secured.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :-
1-The improvements in the construction of Teapots and other like vessels with
hinged lids, substantially as hereinbefore described and shown.
2-In the manufacture of Teapots and other like vessels with hinged lids, con-
structing the fixed part of the hinge in combination with a metallic ring for the
purpose specified and substantially as described.
Dated the 92nd day of Fab 1000