IMPROVE- MENTS IN COVERS FOR DISHES, PLATES, OR OTHER ARTICLES
Year: 1885

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
I, RICHARD EDWARD KEEN, of N° 23 Robertson Street, Hastings, in the County
of Sussex, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN COVERS FOR DISHES, PLATES, OR OTHER ARTICLES" and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement :-
My invention relates to improved ventilating covers for dishes, plates, or other
articles.
The covers ordinarily used for dishes or the like which are to contain meat,
vegetables, or other kinds of food are objectionable because they have no adequate
provision for ventilation and, consequently, the gases or vapours exhaled from the
food accumulate in the cover, and, when the said cover is removed, unpleasant
fumes arise therefrom and from the dish.
My invention is chiefly designed to obviate this objection or inconvenience by
providing for the escape of such gases or vapours as they are exhaled.
In carrying my said invention into practice, I make a cover with a hole of, any
suitable size at, or near, the top, and I secure a protecting plate or guard between
the handle and the body of the cover a short distance from the latter and
immediately over the hole, so that the gases or vapours escaping from the said hole
will be deflected and dispersed laterally in every direction, and will not come in
contact with the handle. The said cover may be made of metal, china, earthenware,
or other suitable material or materials.
In the accompanying drawing
Figure 1 is a plan,
Figure 2 a side elevation, and
Figure a vertical central section of a metal dish-cover made according to my
said invention.
a indicates the body of the cover, which has a hole a¹ formed therein. b is the
handle, and c is a plate or guard between the same and the body a. This plate or
guard is provided with two studs d and nuts e, whereby it is secured to the body a
in such a manner as to leave a small space between these two parts. The gases or
vapours escape through the hole a¹ and are deflected by the plate or guard c and
are thus caused to pass out from between the same and the body a laterally in all
directions. The handle d of the cover is, in this case, formed integrally with the
said plate or guard.

page_text: I do not, however, confine myself to any special manner of securing the
protecting plate or guard on the body of the cover. In some cases the said plate
or guard is so constructed and arranged that it can be adjusted to and from the
body of the cover by a regulating screw. In other cases, it is cast or moulded in
one piece with the body of the cover. But its construction and the manner of
securing it to the body of the cover will be varied according to circumstances.
By constructing the cover in the manner above described I provide very
efficiently for ventilation, all the gases or vapours exhaled or given off from the
food immediately escaping through the hole in the cover, so that, when the cover
is removed, no unpleasant fumes arise therefrom or from the dish.
My improved cover may be used for dishes which are to contain meat or
vegetables, for bread-pans, or for dishes or other receptacles for biscuits, butter or
other kinds of food.
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
A cover having a hole at, or near, the top and provided with a protecting plate
or guard over the said hole, substantially as, and for the purposes, set forth.
Dated this 4th day of May 1885.
RICHARD EDWARD KEEN,
Haseltine, Lake & Co.,
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