Improvements in Handles for Culinary and similar Utensils.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Apr., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 18th Dec., 1894-Accepted, 26th Jan., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Handles for Culinary and similar Utensils.
I JAMES SHORT of 25 Butts Hill Frome in the County of Somerset Coach
Builder do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The handles of saucepans and other similar culinary utensils as at present in use
consist generally of a piece of sheet or plate iron turned or bent into a round taper
tube the smaller end of which is attached to the saucepan or other vessel. Now
handles of the form aforesaid being round afford no indication to the touch whether
the saucepan or other vessel is upright or otherwise, neither do handles of the form
aforesaid afford any hold except by tightness of grip, so that in the act of pouring
from the saucepan or other vessel, through inability to grip sufficiently tight, the
presence of grease or from other similar causes, serious accident, loss or waste
frequently occurs.
To remedy the defects aforesaid is the object of this invention to this end I
proceed as follows:-I may make the handle of the round taper form as before
mentioned and now in use with the addition of a thumb projection as hereinafter
described and which may be made separate from the handle and attached thereto,
or cast on the handle or affixed by other means as desired.
This thumb projection aforesaid may be of a semicircular or D shape or section
& of a suitable length and is affixed to the handle in a suitable position with the
flat side upwards in this flat side I may make one or more grooves or hollows to
receive the thumb the whole being so arranged that the user can feel when the
saucepan or other vessel is in an upright position and in the act of pouring from
the said vessel the angles of the said D shaped thumb projection forms a grip or
grips for the hand and is also fulcrums whereby the position of the said vessel may
be regulated by the thumb.
The thumb projection aforesaid may be of any suitable length & section and
may be affixed to the handle in any suitable position and I may make the thumb
projection and handle in one or more parts the thumb projection being made in and
part of the handle itself or made and attached to the handle as before described or
made as a separate part for attachment to existing handles.
I may also make the general form of the handle to be round as before described,
or oval, or semi-circular, fluted or other suitable shape, with the thumb projection
either made in the handle or attached as before described.
Dated this 3rd dox af Anril 1804
Improvements in Handles for Culinary and similar Utensils.
1 JAMES SHORT of 25 Butts Hill Frome in the County of Somerset Coach-
builder 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 :―
The handles of saucepans and similar culinary utensils as at present in use consists.

page_text: generally of a piece of sheet or plate metal turned or bent into a round taper tube-
the smaller end of which is attached to the vessel. Now handles of the form afore-
said being round afford no indication to the touch whether the vessel is in an upright
position or otherwise neither do handles of the form aforesaid afford any hold except
by tightness of grip, so that in the act of pouring from the said vessel through
inability to grip the round handle sufficiently tight, the presence of grease, or from
other similar causes, serious accident, loss, or waste frequently occurs.
To remedy
the defects aforesaid is the object of this invention and its nature is as follows:-
I provide a means whereby greater leverage is obtained by making a portion of
the handle to project beyond the circular form thus making the handle either for a
portion or the whole of its length of a D shape or of a shape similar to that shewn
in section in Figure 4 in the accompanying drawings.
The flat of the D or the part T of Figure 4 being by preference uppermost the
angles of the D shape or points P P Figure 4 thus forms grips for the hand and is
also fulcrums whereby the position of the vessel may be regulated by the thumb
and fingers may also make one or more grooves or hollows in the flat side of the
D shaped section or in part T of Figure 4 or similar pattern, the said grooves or
hollows being intended to give greater hold to assist the thumb and fingers in
controlling the position of the vessel. The angles of the D shape pattern and the
points or ridges as shewn in Figure is hereinafter and for the purposes of this
Specification called "thumb projections" and where the thumb projections are
embodied and made in a separate part as hereinafter described the said separate
part is hereinafter and for the purposes of this Specification called "the safety
attachment." The manner in which this invention is performed is as follows:-
In applying this my invention to round and similar shaped handles as now in use
on saucepans and similar culinary utensils, when this invention is applied during
the manufacture of such utensils I make by preference the safety attachment as
shewn by Figures 1. 2. 3. 4. and 5 in the accompanying drawings, or of patterns
similar thereto. In Figure 1 A A. is portion of handle B boss on vessel into
which handle is fixed safety attachment P P being thumb projections before
described Figures 2. 3. 4 and 5 being side, top, section, and underviews of the
safety attachment.
In this form of my invention the safety attachment is provided with rings at R R
Figure 1 and also shewn in Figure 4. These rings are made of a size to fit the
handle and the safety attachment is placed on the handle before the latter is fixed
in boss B the safety attachment being fixed in the desired position by means of one
or more pins, screws, pegs, or by other suitable means.
This or a similar form of safety attachment may if desired be cast on the handle
in course of manufacture.
Another form of this my invention is made by extending the boss B or a portion
thereof and forming the thumb projections thereon in shape cither as Figure 1 or
Figure 3 or similar thereto with or without the rings as desired the thumb
projections being then a portion of and cast with the boss B.
Another form of this my invention suitable for fixing to culinary utensils after
manufacture or now in use is shewn in Figures 6 and 7. In this form the safety
attachment may be of the same general shape as Figure 1 or other suitable shape,
but having straps S S Figure 6 instead of rings wherewith to attach the safety
attachment to the handle.
1 may provide this form of safety attachment with one or more pegs as shewn
at O Figure 6 these pegs by preference being cast or made as part of the safety
attachment. In this form the safety attachment is made of malleable iron or other
suitable metal and may be fixed in the following manner. A hole or holes is made
in a suitable position in the handle to receive the peg or pegs of the safety attach-
ment, the latter is then placed on the handle, and the straps S S which are made
of a sufficient length to extend somewhat more than half way round the handle, are
then bent or closed to grip the handle thereby fixing the safety attachment
cecurely.

page_text: I may also make a safety attachment similar in general shape to those
hereinbefore described or of other suitable shape, of sheet metal by stamping
pressing or by other means, suitable for attachment to tin or other similar culinary
utensils and affix the same by soldering rivetting, or other suitable means and I
may fix any or all of the before mentioned safety attachments or others similar
thereto in any manner or position so as to accomplish the object of this invention
as hereinbefore described.
I may also perform this invention by making the handles of culinary and similar
utensils of sheet or plate metal and stamping pressing or raising the thumb
projections out of the said sheet or plate metal thus making the handle and thumb
projections of one piece, the thumb projection extending to such length and being
in such position on the handle as desired, or I may make the handle of a D or
other suitable shape or section for the whole of its length or I may make the
handle with thumb projections or safety attachment in one piece as a malleable
iron casting, or a casting of other suitable metal or alloy or in other manner to
accomplish the object of this invention as hereinbefore described.
my
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The invention of a means whereby a better grip and control is obtained of the
handles of culinary and similar utensils, such means being the provision of thumb
projections as herein before described, whereby greater leverage and holding power
is obtained, the said invention taking the form of:-
2. A safety attachment with thumb projections and rings and made or cast in
iron or other suitable material, suitable for fixing to culinary and other similar
vessels by pegs or other means in the course of manufacture as hereinbefore set
forth and described.
3. A safety attachment with thumb projections which may be made or cast in
iron or other suitable material, on the handles of culinary and similar utensils in
the course of manufacture as herein before set forth and described.
4. A safety attachment with thumb projections and straps and one or more pegs
or pins, suitable for attachment to the handles of culinary and similar utensils after
manufacture or now in use as hereinbefore set forth and described.
5. A safety attachment with thumb projections, either cast, pressed, stamped or
otherwise made of suitable material, suitable for attachment to culinary and similar
utensils, by soldering rivetting or other means as herein before set forth and
described.
6. A safety attachment with thumb projections made by combination of any of
the foregoing methods or means or part thereof or other means to bring about the
accomplishment of this my invention as hereinbefore set forth and described.
7. A handle for culinary and similar utensils, made with thumb projections on
angles formed in the handle itself for a portion or the whole of its length by
stamping pressing casting or other means in such manner as to accomplish the
object of this my invention as herein before set forth and described or similar
thereto.
DL:. 17th dow of December 1904