An Improvement in Tea-kettles, Tea-pots, Saucepans, and the like.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 25th June, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 24th Mar., 1890-Accepted, 26th Apr., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Tea-kettles, Tea-pots, Saucepans, and the like.
We, WILLIAM HENRY WOOD, and WILLIAM HENRY WOOD Junior, trading
together as W. Randle & Co., of Granville Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire,
Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to an improvement in tea-kettles tea-pots saucepans and
the like the principal object being to so construct the bottoms of the said vessels that
the vessel will be prevented from slipping when it is tilted as on the bar of a firegrate
whilst the contents is being poured out.
We will describe this invention with reference to a tea-kettle.
In carrying out this invention the bottom of the tea-kettle is corrugated at about
right angles to the line of the handle. The said corrugations are by preference of
somewhat of a V-shape (or they may be rounded or of other form) and they project
beyond the bottom edge of the body so that the spaces between the projecting
corrugations are clear from end to end.
When the tea-kettle is tilted as on the edge of a firegrate one or other of the said
corrugations engages with the said edge and prevents the kettle slipping whilst the
contents are being poured therefrom.
When the bottom of the tea-kettle or other vessel is made of sheet metal the said
projecting corrugations are raised therefrom by the bottom being stamped in suitable
dies so as to leave the edge of the bottom in the same plane all round and enable the
bottom to be fixed to the body of the tea-kettle or other vessel in the usual manner.
This invention is applicable to all kinds of tea-kettles, tea-pots, saucepans and like
utensils whether made partly or wholly of cast or of sheet metal.
Dated this 22nd day of Inne 1889
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Tea-kettles, Tea-pots, Saucepans, and the like.
We, WILLIAM HENRY WOOD, and WILLIAM HENRY WOOD Junior, trading
together as W. Randle & Co., of Granville Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire,
Manufacturers 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 has reference to an improvement in tea-kettles, tea-pots, saucepans
and the like the principal object being to so construct the bottoms of the said vessels
that the vessel will be prevented from slipping when it is tilted as on the bar of a fire-
grate whilst the contents is being poured out.
We will describe this invention with reference to a tea-kettle and refer to the
accompanying drawing on which
Fig. 1 represents a tea-kettle with our invention applied partly in section and tilted
on a bar;
Fig. 2 is a front view and
Fig. 3 is an inverted plan of the bottom of the same.
In carrying out this invention the bottom of the tea-kettle is corrugated at about
right angles to the line of the handle. These corrugations are marked a, they are
by preference of somewhat of a V-shape as shewn (or they may be rounded or of
other form) and they project beyond the bottom edge 6 of the body of the kettle so
that the spaces c between the projecting corrugations a are clear from end to end.
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page_text: When the tea-kettle is tilted as on the top bar d of a firegrate (see Fig. 1) one or
other of the corrugations a engages with the edge of the bar d and prevents the
kettle slipping forward whilst the contents are being poured therefrom.
When the bottom of the tea-kettle or other vessel is made of sheet metal as in the
example illlustrated the projecting corrugations a are raised therefrom by the bottom
being stamped in suitable dies so as to leave the edge b of the bottom in the same
plane all round and enable the bottom to be fixed to the body of the tea-kettle or
other vessel in the usual manner.
This invention is similarly applied to other kinds of tea-kettles and to tea-pots,
saucepans and like utensils whether made partly or wholly of cast or of sheet metal
the said corrugations being arranged in lines at about right angles to the plane in
which the utensil is usually tilted when pouring therefrom, and the spaces between the
corrugations having their ends open as above described.
Corrugations of V-shape as shewn are what we find to answer well in practice but
it is to be understood that we do not limit ourselves to any particular shape of the
corrugations so long as the spaces between them are open from end to end to allow of
some one or more of the corrugations engaging with the top bar of a fire grate as
above described.
We do not make any exclusive claim to the use of a corrugated bottom for ten-
kettles or other like utensils as we are aware that such utensils have been made with
corrugated bottoms prior to our invention hereof, but,
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
The improvement in the bottoms of tea-kettles, tea-pots, saucepans, and other like
utensils for preventing them from slipping when tilted on the edge of a firegrate
hereinbefore described and illustrated by the accompanying drawing, that is to say,
making the bottoms of the said utensils corrugated in lines at about right angles to
the plane in which the utensil is usually tilted when pouring therefrom in combination
with open-ended spaces between the corrugations so that one or other of the said
corrugations will engage with the top bar of a fire grate when the utensil is tilted
forward thereon, substantially as hereinbefore set forth and illustrated.
Dated this 22nd day of March 1890.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicants.