provements in the Method of Seaming or Joining the Parts of Tea Kettles and other Sheet Metal Hollow ware
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 1st May, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Feb, 1896-Accepted, 7th Mar, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION
Improvements in the Method of Seaming or Joining the Parts of
Tea Kettles and other Sheet Metal Hollow ware
We, WILLIAM HENRY WOOD, Junior, of the Firm of W Randle & Co,
of 117, Granville Street, in the City of Birmingham, Wrought Iron Hollow-wai
Manufacture and WILLIAM THOMAS SCRIVENS, of 94, Branston Street, in the
City of Bumingham, aforesaid, Ion Plate Worker, do hereby declare the natur
of this invention to be as follows
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This invention consists of the hereindescribed improved method of securing the
bottoms and necks to sheet metal tea kettle bodies and for securing the bottoms
to the bodies of certain other sheet metal utensils such as for instance tea pots,
coffee pots, saucepans and pots, stew pans, fi h frying pans and other sheet metal
hollow-ware articles By this invention we are enabled to make a perfectly secure
Joint without adding to the cost of production of the tea kettle or other said
article
We will first describe this invention as applied to fixing a tea-kettle neck to the
body of the same
By employing wheeling machine or by other means we throw out the top edge
of the body where the neck is to be fixed, thus forming an inner groove and a
shoulder or ledge all round the inside of the top of the body for the rim or edge
of the neck to rest upon
The rim or edge of the neck is by preference very
slightly bent inwardly all round The nech is now placed in position with its rim
or edge resting in the said groove and on the shoulder or ledge formed as aforesaid
round the top of the body The upwardly projecting edge of the body is now
hammered or otherwise closed down round the edge of the neck thus making a
good joint which is reudered perfectly watertight by the subsequent process of
tinning the kettle
We fix kettle bottoms to the bodies of the same, and the bottoms to the bodies
of other articles of sheet metal hollow-ware, similarly as above described with
reference to fixing the neck to a tea kettle body
Dated this 30th day of April 1895
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicants
Improvements in the Method of Seaming or Joining the Parts of
Tea Kettles and other Sheet Metal Hollow ware
We, WILLIAM HENRY WOOD Junior, of the Fum of W Randle & Co,
of 117, Granville Street, in the City of Birmingham Wrought Iron Hollow-ware
Manufacturer, and WILLIAM THOMAS SCRIVENS, of 94, Bianston Street, in the
City of Birmingham, aforesaid, Iion Plate Workei, 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 consists of the hereindescribed improved method of securing

page_text: the bottoms and necks to sheet metal tea kettle bodies and for securing the bottom >
to the bodies of certain other sheet metal utensils such as for instance tea pots,
coffee pots, saucepans and pots stew pans, fish frying pans and other sheet metal
hollow-ware articles By this invention we are enabled to make a perfectly secure
Joint without adding to the cost of the production of the te kettle or other said
article
We will first describe this invention as applied to fixing a tea kettle neck to
the body of the same and we will refer to the accompanying diawing on which
Fig presents in sectional elevation the neck, body and bottom of a tea kettle
separately Fig 2 shows the said parts fitted together ready for finally fixing
together as shewn in the sectional elevation Fig 3
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures of the
drawing
By employing a wheeling machine or by other suitable well known appliance we
throw out the top edge a¹ of the body A where the neck B is to be fixed, thus
forming an inner groove a² and a shoulder or ledge a³ all round the inside of the
top of the body for the rim or edge of the neck B to rest upon
The im or
edge of the neck B is by preference very slightly bent inwardly all round as
shewn in Fig 1 The necl B is now placed in position (see Fig 2) with its rim
or edge b¹ resting in the said groove a and on the shoulder or ledge a³ formed as
aforesaid round the top of the body The upwardly projecting edge a¹ of the
body is now hammered or otherwise closed down round the edge of the neck B
thus making a good joint as shewn in Fig 3 which is rendered perfectly watertight
by the subsequent process of tinning the kettle
We fix the tea kettle bottom C to the body A of the same, and the bottoms to
the bodies of other articles of sheet metal hollow-ware, similarly as above described
with reference to fixing the neck B to the kettle body C That is to say the
bottom edge at of the body A is thrown out (see Fig 1) similarly to the top edge a¹
so as to form the inner groove a and the shoulder or ledge as all round for the
edge c' of the bottom C to rest upon The edge c¹ of the bottom C is slightly
bent upwardly all round as shewn so as to rest in the groove a³ and on the shoulde
or ledge as and when the body A and bottom C are thus fitted together as shewn
in Fig 2 the bottom edge a of the body is hammered or otherwise closed down
lound the edge of the bottom as shewn in Fig 3 thus finally fixing the bottom
and body together
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 wh it we
claim is
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1 The improved method of seaming of joining together the necks and bodies
of tea kettles herein before described and illustrated by the accompanying diawing,
said method consisting in forming an inner groove a³ and shoulder a round the
inside of the top of the body and turning the edge 6 of the neck slightly inwardly
so as to rest upon said shoulder and then hammering or otherwise closing the edge
of the body on to and around said neck all substantially as herein before set forth
and shewn
2 The improved method of seaming or joining together the bottoms and bodies
of tea kettles, tea pots, coffee pots, saucepans and pots, fish frying pans and other
sheet metal hollow-wire articles, herein before described and illustrated by the
accompanying diawing, said method consisting in forming an inner groove as and
shoulder a round the inside of the body and turning the edge c¹ of the bottom C
slightly upwardly so as to rest upon said shoulder and then hammering or otherwise
closing the edge of the body on to and around said bottom all substantially as
hereinbefore set forth and shewn
3 A sheet metal tea kettle having its body and neck seamed or joined together
in the improved manner hereindescribed and illustrated by the accompanying
drawing

page_text: 4 A sheet metal tea kettle, tea pot, coffee pot, saucepan or pot, stew pan, fish
frying pan or other sheet metal hollow-ware article having its body and bottom
seamed or joined together in the improved manner herein described and illustrated
by the accompanying drawing
Dated this 1st day of February 1896
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicants