IMPROVEMENTS IN ATTACHING HANDLES TO TEA AND COFFEE POTS, URNS, WAITERS, AND OTHER METAL WARE
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alexander Melville Clark, of 53, Chancery Lane,
in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN ATTACHING HANDLES TO TEA AND COFFEE POTS, URNS,
WAITERS, AND OTHER METAL WARE."-A communication from abroad
by Messieurs Tiffany and Company, of the City, County, and State
of New York, United States of America.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said Alexander Melville Clark
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition
and Declaration, on the 24th November 1874, pursuant to the
9th Section of the Patent Law Amendment Act, 1852.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ALEXANDER
MELVILLE CLARK, of 53, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex,
Patent Agent, send greeting.

page_text: WARE," and have petitioned Her Majesty to grant unto me, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, Her Royal Letters Patent for the same, and
have made solemn Declaration that it has been communicated to me
from abroad by Messieurs Tiffany and Company, of the City, County,
and State of New York, United States of America.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Alexander Melville Clark, do hereby
declare that the following Complete Specification, under my hand and
seal, fully describes and ascertains the nature of the said Invention, and
in what manner the same is to be performed, in and by the following
statement, reference being had to the accompanying Sheet of Drawings
and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to say) :—
The object of this Invention is to provide an improved mode of
attaching handles to tea and coffee pots, urns, waiters, and other metal
ware in a superior, durable, and ornamental manner, so as to prevent
the conduction of heat to the handle, and increase the strength and
bearing support of the handle attachment.
The Invention consists firstly of an insulated attachment of the
handles to teapots and similar vessels, by which the same can be
accomplished in a cheaper manner with an insulator of peculiar form;
and, secondly, to the attachment of handles with broadening and recessed
ends to waiters, trays, &c., by means of ornamental fastening screws and
nute

page_text: The insulators are usually made of ivory, it being the best material
for the purpose, as it serves the function of a non-conductor of heat
between vessel and handle. These insulators hitherto have also been
used as the ornamental connecting picce for applying the handle to the
vessel. The mode of using the ivory insulator as the intermediate
fastening piece between handle and vessel is very objectionable, as the
shank at both sides of the central rim of the same extend over the
hollow ends of the metallic parts of the handle and vessel, and are
secured therein by pins or rivets passing laterally through the metal and
ivory shank on each side of the collar or rim. The continual action of
heat and wear causes the ivory to dry out, shrink, and split lengthways
through the pin holes, so that the handle gets casily separated from the
vessel, and can only with difficulty and considerable trouble and expense
be reattached by a skilled workman. The utility and durability of these
pots is thereby greatly impaired, and a frequent source of annoyance and
repairs occasioned by the ivory connection.
For the purpose of obviating this defect the insulators are constructed
in such a manner that they shall perform the functions of effective non-
conductors of heat, but not that of connecting links, which latter function
is accomplished by an entirely metallic connection.
The shape of the insulator B is fully shown in Figures 2 and 3, and
the mode of attaching the handle and insulator in Figure 1. The
insulator B is made with the usual collar or rim a around the base, and
in the shape of a cap or shank b, with hollow interior cavity. The cap
or shank part of the insulator is fitted into the hollow end of the handle,
while the hollow cavity serves to receive the stem or shank d of the
metallic base D of the vessel. The metallic shank extends far enough
into the cavity of the insulator so that it may be fastened securely by a
lateral fastening pin or rivet c, which passes through the handle and
insulator and the shank of the handle base, and forms a strong and solid
metallic connection between handle and base, while the insulator is held
in position intermediately between the same, separating them, and
adding by the projecting rim to the ornamental appearance of the handle
attachment in the same manner as in the former objectionable attach-
ment.

page_text: metallic connection furnishes a more permanent and casily repaired
attachment. The insulators require a less quantity of ivory, and aro
therefore cheaper, and may also be substituted by artificial ivory, rubber,
or other equivalent and less expensive material. This connection may
be also applied to faucets to tea and coffee urns, and to all purposes of
like nature, in which an insulated ornamental and strong attachment is
desired.
The handle attachment to waiters, trays, and similar articles is accom-
plished by means of broader and recessed handle ends A', shown in
Figures 4 and 5, which are applied by ornamental screws and nuts E, E¹, ]
to the other flange or band of the waiter. The handle ends A' extend
equally on the upper or lower side of the flange of the waiter, and form
an enlarged bearing and holding surface, being by the corresponding
size of the recesses nicely fitted thereto. The waiter is perforated at the
points of attachment, the handle ends being provided with corresponding 1
holes for the passage of the screw bolts E, of which one or more may be
employed at each handle end, according to the size of the waiter. The
heads of the screw bolts, as well as tho fastening nuts E¹ which are
applied thereto at the under side of the handle ends, are finished in
ornamental and tasteful manner, corresponding with the quality and
style of the waiter; thus improved handle attachments for metal ware
of all kinds are furnished, which increase the usefulness, solidity, and
permanent qualities, as well as the exterior appearance of these goods.
Having described the nature of the Invention, and the manner of
performing the same, I declare that what I claim as new and desire to
secure by Letters Patent is,-
1st. The improved insulated handle attachment to teapots and other
vessels, consisting of the connection of the hollow handle ends with a
hollow cap-shaped insulator and shank of the handle base by lateral
fastening pins or rivets, substantially in the manner and for the purpose;
set forth.
2ndly. The insulator for handle attachments made of a hollow cap or
shank, with projecting ornamental base rim or collar, substantially as
specified.
3rdly. The handle attachment to waiters, trays, and similar articles,
produced by attaching the broadened and recossed handle ends by
fastening the screw bolts and nut to the top and under side of the cir-

page_text: cumferential flange or band of the waiter, substantially in the manner
and for the purpose described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Alexander Melville Clark, have
hercunto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-third day of November,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
four.
In witness whereof, I, the said Alexander Melville Clark, havo
hercunto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-third day of November,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
four
Witness,
HY. SWALES,
53, Chancery Lanc,
London.
A. M. CLARK. (L.S.)