Improvements in Sauce-pan Lids.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Oct., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 22nd July, 1896-Accepted, 22nd Aug., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Sauce-pan Lids.
I, WILLIAM HENRY SMITH of 24 Elstow Street, Kukdale, Liverpool in the
County of Lancaster, Warehouseman, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as followE.-
This invention relates to sauce-pan lids, and consists in providing the lid with
an aperture of any desired form and in fixing over said aperture a grating, a
perforated sheet of suitable material, a seues of bars or other device to act as a
strainer Over the aperture and strainer I place a cover or lid which may be loose
like an ordinary lid but which I prefer to hinge or otherwise connect to the
main lid.
It is obvious that more than one aperture may be formed in the main lid, if
desued, and each be provided with a strainer and core but this will be found in
most cases unnecessary, also that the strainer may be hinged to the main lid or be
made removable, instead of being fixed, but in such case a catch or suitable
fastener will be desirable The cover or lid for the strainer is useful to keep the
steam and heat in the saucepan but in some cases, if desired, it may be dispensed
with.
By my invention, food boiled in the pau may be readily strained without lifting
the main lid by simply turning the pan over to drain the liquid through the
stiainer, moreover food being cooked in the pan may be tested by a fork or the
like thrust through the aperture without removing the main lid, and "boiling-
over" will be avoided, as the hinged cover of the aperture acts as a valve and
rises to allow steam to escape at the desired moment.
In turning the pan over to stiain its contents, it will be necessary to press the
main lid with one hand to keep it on, but if desired suitable fasteners may be
employed to hold the said lid in position.
Dated this 21st day of October 1895.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co,
Of 6 Lord Street, Liverpool, Patent Agents for the Applicant.
I, WILLIAM HENRY SMITH, of 24 Elstow Street, Commercial Road, Liverpool,
in the County of Lancaster, 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 sauce-pan lids, and consists in providing the lid with
an aperture of any desired form and in fixing over said aperture a grating, &
perforated sheet of suitable material, a series of bars or other device to act as a
strainer. Over the aperture and strainer I place a cover or lid which may be
loose like an ordinary lid, but which I prefer to hinge or otherwise connect to
the main lid.

page_text: One foin of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawing in which,
A is a sauce-pan lid, B the strainer and C a hinged cover over the strainer.
It is obvious that more than one aperture may be formed in the main lid, if
desired, and each be provided with a strainer and cover, but this will be found in
most cases unnecessary, also that the strainer may be hinged to the main lid or be
formed duectly in the lid by a group of perforations or be made removable,
instead of being fixed, but in the latter case a catch or suitable fastener will be
desnable. The cover or lid for the strainer is useful to keep the steam and heat
in the saucepan but in some cases, if desired, it may be dispensed with.
By my invention, food boiled in the pan may be readily strained without lifting
the main lid by simply turning the pan over to diam the liquid through the
straine; moreover food being cooked in the pan may be tested by a fork or the
like thrust though the aperture without removing the main lid, and "boiling-
over will be avoided, as the hinged cover of the aperture acts as a valve and
rises to allow steam to escape at the desired moment.
"
In tuining the pan over to strain its contents, it will be necessary to press the
main lid with one hand to keep it on, but it desired suitable fasteners may be
employed to hold the said lid in position.
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 18-
1 The improvement in sance-pan lids, which consists in forming or providing
them at one or more parts with a strainer or straining aperture, substantially as
hereinbefore set forth.
2. A sauce-pan lid having in one or more parts a strainer or straining aperture
and a loose or hinged cover to each stiainer or staining aperture, substantially as
described.
Grov uay UL ашу 1890.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, and London, Patent Agents.