Improvements in Saucepans, Stewpans, Oval Pots, and other like Vessels of Capacity.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Jan., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 19th Oct., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 23rd Nov., 1888
Improvements in Saucepans, Stewpans, Oval Pots, and other like
Vessels of Capacity.
We JOHN LEWIS DUBOIS of 517 Wandsworth Road Clapham in the County of
Surrey Commercial Agent and JOSEPH WEBSTER of Shakspeare Foundry Wolver-
hampton in the County of Stafford Commercial Clerk do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows :-
The object of our Invention is to improve upon the methods hitherto employed for
attaching the Handles to the Covers and Bodies of such Vessels. In place of
securing the Handle of the Cover by a Rivet through the Sheet metal Stamping or
Blank of which the Cover is made and the Flange on each Leg of Handle we form
such Flanges only a portion of the width of the Leg thereby creating projections or
Shoulders which take contact with or upon the top side of the Blank. Through the
said Blank we cut two slits in such position as that the space between them shail
correspond with the space between the two Legs or uprights of the Handle to be
fixed thereto One edge of each slit we raise so that it projects slightly above the plane
of the surrounding part. To attach the Handle the Flange on one Leg is inserted
under the raised edge of one of the openings so formed and the Flange upon the
other Leg is sprung under the raised Edge of the corresponding opening. The raised
Edges are then closed down level with the surrounding part. The Flanges then appear
upon the underside of the Cover and are further secured by Soldering or Tinning in
the ordinary way.
One modification of our Invention is to form Shoulders or Stops upon the Legs
of the Handle by removing a portion of their width. The reduced parts are then
brought through corresponding openings in the Sheet Metal Cover and are then
closed down flat upon its underside and further secured by Soldering or Tinning in
the ordinary way.
Another modification of our Invention is keeping the whole of the sheet metal
portion of the Handle upon the top side of the Cover but to extend both Ends of the

page_text: Two Wires which we fold into the beads thereof. The projecting Ends of the Wires
are then brought through corresponding openings in the Cover bent over and closed
tightly down upon the underside 'thereof and then further secured by Soldering or
Tinning as before described.
To attach the Sheet Metal Tubular Handle to the body of the vessel we form upon
its side a Socket the internal diameter or bore of which increases from the mouth or
external orifice inwards. Upon two sides of the bore of this Socket we form in the
operation of Casting two projecting Wedges having their point nearest to its external
orifice. The Sheet Metal Tubular Handle to be attached is provided with two longi-
tudinal Slits corresponding with the position of the Two Wedges and upon being
forced into the socket each Wedge enters its corresponding Slit with the result that
the Handle is gradually opened out thereby and made to fill the larger diameter of
the Socket and it thus becomes securely fixed to the vessel.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Saucepans, Stewpans, Oval Pots, and other like
Vessels of Capacity.
We JOHN LEWIS DUBOIS of 517 Wandsworth Road Clapham in the County of
Surrey Commercial Agent and JOSEPH WEBSTER of Shakspeare Foundry Wolver-
hampton in the County of Stafford Commercial Clerk 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 chief object of this Invention is to improve the appearance of and render more
secure the attachment of the Handle to the covers of such vessels by doing away with
the projecting Rivets hitherto employed for this purpose and by utilizing a portion of
the Handle itself in place thereof.
To effect this object we form the Flanges through which the Rivets usually pass
only a portion of the width of each Leg of Handle thereby creating projections or
shoulders for the purpose of keeping the said Handle a proper distance above the
cover to which it is affixed. In or through the said Sheet Metal Cover we cut two
Slits to correspond with the reduced parts of the Legs of the Handle. One edge of
each slit we raise slightly so that it projects above the plane of the surrounding part.
To attach the Handle to the Cover the Flange on one Leg is inserted under the raised
Edge of one Slit and the Flange upon the other Leg is then sprung under the raised
Edge of the corresponding Slit. The said raised Edges are then closed down level
with the surrounding part. The Flanges then appear upon the underside of the
Cover and are further secured by soldering or Tinning in the ordinary way.
One modification of our Invention is to form Shoulders or Slopes upon the Legs
of Handle by removing a portion of their width as before described. The reduced
parts are then brought straight through corresponding openings or slits provided in
the Cover and then are closed down flat upon its underside and further secured by
Soldering or Tinning in the ordinary way.
Another modification of our Invention is keeping the whole of the Sheet metal
portion of the Handle upon the top side of the Cover but extending both Ends of the
Wires which we fold into the beads thereof. The projecting Ends of the said Wires
are then brought through corresponding Holes provided in the covers and are then
bent over and closed tightly down upon the underside thereof and further secured
by Soldering or Tinning as before described.
We more completely indicate the method of manufacture by the accompanying
Sheet of Drawings forming part of this Specification in which Fig. 1 is a cover
made in accordance with our improvements. A is the Handle made of Sheet metal
with Stops or Shoulders B. B. and Flange C. D is the Cover with openings or
Slits E E having the outer Edge slightly raised. To attach the Handle the Flange C
is inserted in one opening E and the corresponding Flange is then sprung into the
opposite opening. The raised Edges are then closed down level with the surrounding
part and the Flanges C. C. are then upon the underside of the Cover D and are
further secured thereto by Tinning or Soldering in the ordinary way.

page_text: Fig. 2 shews the Handle A with Shoulders B. B. formed as before described but in
place of the Flanges C. as in Fig. 1 the metal is left straight. D is the Cover having
slits or openings E. E. through which the Tongues C. C. are passed. The latter are then
closed down flat upon the underside of the Cover and further secured by Tinning or
Soldering in the ordinary way.
Fig. 3 shews another modification of our Invention in which the Sheet Metal
Handle A has Wires B folded into the Beads thereof. The projecting Euds of the
Wires B are then passed through corresponding Holes C punched in the Cover D and
and are then bent over and closed tightly down upon its underside and further secured
thereto by Tinning or Soldering in the ordinary way.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is
Attaching the Handles of the Covers of Saucepans Stewpans Oval Pots and other
like vessels of Capacity substantially as herein specified and Illustrated in
Figures 1. 2 & 3.
1000