Improvements in and Connected with Covers for Cooking Vessels.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 6th June, 1887.
Specification Accepted, 26th Aug., 1887
[Communicated from abroad by ALICIA C. CARY, of Plymouth, in the State of Florida,
United States of North America, Land Owner.]
Improvements in and Connected with Covers for Cooking Vessels.
I, SAMUEL SIDNEY BROMHEAD of 97 Newgate Street London, Patent Agent, 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 objects of this invention are four, namely, first the complete protection of the
hand while the liquid contents of vessels are discharged, second, to hold the main cover
and the protect or firmly in position while the liquid contents are discharged;
third, to prevent the bail of the vessel from falling down upon the side and becoming
heated; fourth the construction and combination of all the parts for convenience of
manipulation.
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These results are attained by the means hereinafter described and illustrated
in the accompanying drawings, in which the same letters denote the same parts
throughout.
Fig. 1 shows a plan of my improved cover applied to a vessel, with a part broken
away. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same with the parts in different positions.
A, represents a culinary vessel, having a spout a.
B, is a cover for such vessel, having a perforated portion B₁ usually located near
the edge of that portion adjacent to the spout of the vessel. The cover is provided
with a hinged flap C, covering the perforated portion of the cover. This flap is hinged
to the cover at or near the center of the cover and is provided with an extension, c,
which is of such form as to cover the spout a when the flap lies upon and covers the
perforations in the cover. The cover is provided with a handle, B. This handle is
placed upon the cover at right angles to the line upon which the flap C is hinged, and
is provided with an extension, E, which projects beyond the periphery of the cover.
This part of the handle projects far enough to receive the bail of the vessel, with
which culinary vessels are usually employed, and serves to hold it out of contact with
said vessel, whereby it is prevented from becoming highly heated. The handle B' is

page_text: also provided with a pin or projection, b, near its outer end, and the cover C has
attached to it a slotted arm or loop, D, hinged thereto, which is provided at its outer
end with a slot, which, when the flap C is raised into a vertical position, engages with
the projection band holds it in such position. This arm or piece may be made of
wire, as shown in the drawings. It is pivoted to the flap C at d, as shown in the
drawings, so that when it is made to engage the projection it lies closely upon the
top of the said handle and can be grasped with it.
The operation of the device will be clearly understood from the above description.
When the cover is upon the vessel while the latter is used in cooking, the flap Crests
upon the perforated portion of the cover and closes the same, the bail of the vessel at
such time being supported out of contact with the vessel by the projection E.
When it is desired to strain off the contents of the vessel, the flap is raised,
the part D made to engage the projection b, and the cover held in place by grasping
the handle B2 and the arm D. As the kettle is tipped or inclined the liquid runs freely
from the perforations in the cover, while the flap C prevents the steam from the hot
contents of the vessel from rising against the hand of the operator.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my invention, as
communicated to me by my foreign correspondent, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. The combination, with a perforated cover for culinary vessels, provided with a
handle having a projection thereon, of a hinged flap covering such perforations and
provided with a slotted arm hinged thereto, substantially as described.
2. The combination, with a cover for culinary vessels of a handle attached thereto
and provided with a projection extending beyond the periphery of the cover, forming
a bail-rest, substantially as described.
3. The combination, with a perforated cover for culinary vessels, provided with a
handle, of a hinged flap covering the perforations in said cover, and an arm pivoted
to the flap, the said arm being attached to the flap at a distance from the hinge of
the same equal to the height of the handle, substantially as and for the purpose set
forth.
Dated this 6th day of June 1887