and other Utensils.
Year: 1886

page_text: and other Utensils.
I, FREDERICK BAKER of 30 Park Street, Birmingham, in the County of Warwick,
Metal Stamper, 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 :-
My improved saucepan handle is designed to supply a simple, cheap, and strong
handle for saucepans, stewpans and the like cooking utensils, and it can also be
used when cut short, as a socket to receive a wooden handle, such as is used on
coffee-pots, dustpans and similar articles.
It consists of a tube terminating in a plate or ear, the tube to be held in the
hand, and the ear to be fastened to the utensil.
Several kinds of these handles are now in use, but they are all made of two
separate pieces of metal, and their mode of construction renders them either slight
and weak, and therefore easily broken, or else, if stout and strong, expensive to
produce, on account of the labour required to fit and: fasten them together.
My improved handlė (or socket) has none of the disadvantages. It is formed
from one piece of sheet iron or steel or tinplate, which is first stamped out the
required size, the ear being partly separated, so as to leave only the required neck
of metal between it and the handle.
In this stage it is called the blank, and it is then bent to the required shape.
It is important to observe that the part of the metal forming the tube is so cut
that when rounded, the end of the tube presents a firm shoulder or circular bearing
against the ear.
In handles stamped from tinplate the circle of contact between the tube and
the ear can be easily soldered, or in handles stamped from sheet iron it can be
brazed, when desired. For utensils carrying light weights this is however
unnecessary.
The end of the tube away from the ear can be closed with a small disc or cap,
which can like the ear be also stamped from the same piece of sheet metal,
if desired..
The effect of this peculiar method of forming my handle is, that, when in use,
the solid band or link between the tube and the ear is uppermost, and its function
is simply that of a ligament to bind the tube and ear together, the danger of the

page_text: handle breaking off, through the tube becoming detached from the on being
minimised by the fact that the weight of the utensil is borne by the lower part of
the tube through its circular contact with the ear beneath the link.
Not only is my improved handle stronger than any other form of hollow handle
of equal substance and weight, but its great merit is, that it can be made at a very
small cost and with great facility by the aid of unskilled labour.
In the accompanying drawings
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minimised by the fact that the weight of the utensil is borne by the lower part of
the tube through its circular contact with the ear beneath the link.
Not only is my improved handle stronger than any other form of hollow handle
of equal substance and weight, but its great merit is, that it can be made at a very
small cost and with great facility by the aid of unskilled labour.
In the accompanying drawings-
Fig. 1-shows the plate of metal or blank for one or my improved handles, as
it leaves the stamping press.
Fig. 2 shows a similar blank for a handle socket.
Fig. 3 showes the tube rounded and placed in position behind the ear, the
handle being turned slightly round in the drawing to show the circle of contact
between the tube and ear.
Fig. 4 shows a socket with the wooden handle attached.
A is the tube or socket.
B-
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ear.
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circle of contact between tube and ear.
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disc or cap.
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solid metal link or bridge between the tube A and the ear B.
wooden handle placed in socket A..
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
1st. The method of cutting blanks for combined hollow handles and ears or for
combined handle sockets and ears from one piece of sheet metal as herein 2
explained.
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2nd. The mode of forming and bending a hollow handle and ear, or socket and
ear from one piece of sheet metal, so as to retain a link of the metal between the
tube and the ear, and cause the tube to bear against and support the ear, as herein
explained and set forth.
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