IMPROVEMENTS IN COVERS FOR COOKING KETTLES OR UTENSILS
Year: 1885

page_text: J, ALEXANDER MELVILLE CLARK, of the firm of A. M. and Wm. Clark, of
53, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Fellow of the Institute of Patent
Agents, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN COVERS FOR COOKING KETTLES OR UTENSILS," a communication to me from
abroad by Laura M. Goodale of Marshalltown in the County of Marshall and State
of Iowa, United States of America, to be as follows :-
This Invention consists in a cover for cooking kettles or utensils provided with
means whereby the contents of the utensil may be drained through its cover while
the latter is in place provision being made for the escape of water and steam in
draining without exposing the person or hands to contact with either and for the
escape of steam when cooking to prevent the contents from boiling over.
Within the lower portion of the cover, and extending for any desired distance
from its front, is a strainer or drainer which may be made either of wire gauze or
of perforated sheet metal, and which forms an attachment to or part of the cover.
In the front side of the cover within range or line of a spout, projecting therefrom,
and situated over the drainer is a slide controlled by a knob from the outside and
serving to uncover or close as required one or more outlets, in the cover over the
spout. By means of this combined cover and drainer, the contents of the kettle
may be drained through the cover while on the utensil by suitably inclining the
kettle to run off the water through the drainer, and spout or outlet, communicating
therewith, the slide being properly adjusted for the purpose. Said slide, too, allows
the water and steam to escape without coming in contact with the hands or person,
and may be more or less opened when the kettle is on the fire to allow of steam
to escape. By this construction also a steaming chamber is formed between the
strainer and top of the cover in which articles to be steamed may be placed.
A kitchin utensil of this description will be found exceedingly convenient and
useful and as the improvement is in the cover it may readily be applied to kettle
bodies of ordinary construction.
The cover it should be observed, is practically a closed one the strainer or drainer
in no way interfering with it in that respect so that any culinary operation which
requires the kettle to be kept closed may be carried on in the kettle just as if there
were no strainer.

page_text: Improvements in Covers for Cooking Kettles or Utensils.
I, ALEXANDER MELVILLE CLARK, of the firm of A. M. and Wm. Clark, of
53, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Fellow of the Institute of Patent
Agents, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention (a communication to me
from abroad by Laura M. Goodale, of Marshalltown in the County of Marshall and
State of Iowa, United States of America) and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
This invention consists in a cover for cooking kettles or utensils provided with
an internal strainer and a vent slide whereby the contents of the kettle may be
drained through its cover while in place on the utensil and provision made for the
escape of water and steam in draining without exposing the person or hands to
contact with either, also for the escape of steam when cooking to prevent the
contents from boiling over.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this
specification in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in
all the figures.
Figure 1 represents a vertical section of a cooking kettle with the improved cover
applied.
Figure 2 a front view of the cover and Figure 3 an inverted plan or underside
view thereof.
b
A indicates the body of the kettle and B its cover.
Within the lower portion
of the cover B and extending for any desired distance from its front is a strainer
or drainer which may be made either of wire gauze or of perforated sheet metal,
and which forms an attachment to or part of the cover. In the front side of the
cover within range or line of a spout 6 projecting therefrom and situated over the
drainer, is a slide D controlled by a knob d from the outside and serving to uncover
or close as required one or more outlets e in the cover, over the spout. By means
of this combined cover and drainer, the contents of the kettle may be drained
through the cover, while on the utensil, by suitably inclining the kettle to run off
the water through the drainer and spout 6 or outlet e communicating therewith,
the slide D being properly adjusted for the purpose. Said slide, too allows the
water and steam to escape without coming in contact with the hands or person,
and may be more or less opened when the kettle is on the fire, to allow of steam
to escape and so prevent the contents of the kettle from boiling over. By this
construction also a steaming chamber is formed between the strainer and top of the
cover in which articles to be steamed may be placed.
A kitchen utensil of this description will be found, exceedingly convenient and
useful, and as the improvement is in the cover, it may readily be applied to kettle
bodies of ordinary construction.
The cover it should be observed, is practically a close one, the strainer or drainer
in no way interfering with it in that respect, so that any culinary operation which
requires the kettle to be kept closed may be carried on in the kettle just as if there
were no strainer,

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
1st A cover for cooking utensils provided with a strainer in its lower portion,
forming a steaming chamber between it and the top of the cover and having
combined with it a slide for closing one or more outlets, substantially as specified.
2. A cover for cooking kettles or utensils having combined with it or forming an
internal strainer or drainer for draining the contents of the kettle through the
cover while on the utensil and forming a steaming chamber between it and the top
of the cover and having provision for escape of the drained water or steam and
water, above the drainer, substantially as specified.
3rd The kettle cover B provided with a drainer C extending any desired distance
backward in its lower portion or front part of its base, and constructed or provided
with one or more outlets e over the drainer in the front side of the cover, and
with a slide D controlling the same, essentially as and for the purposes herein
set forth.
4th The combination of the spout b, with the cover B having an outlet aperture e
in it over the spout, the slide D controlling said outlet, and the internal strainer or
drainer C, the whole forming a combined kettle cover and drainer, substantially as
specified.