IMPROVEMENTS IN DISHCOVERS AND OTHER SIMILAR COVERS
Year: 1884

page_text: I JOHN EDWARD BINGHAM of Howard Street, Sheffield, in the County of York
Silversmith do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for IMPROVEMENTS
IN DISHCOVERS AND OTHER SIMILAR COVERS to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in Dishcovers, Entree Dishcovers,, Covers
for Soup Tureens and other similar Covers, the object being to enable such covers
to be packed away in much less space than is possible with covers of ordinary
construction (except the handles are removed) and thus to permit of them being
kept in drawers instead of being hung up on the kitchen walls where they are
subject to the ruinous action of steam, gas and other injurious agents.
My invention refers more particularly to the construction of the handles of such
covers and it consists in making the said handles so that they may be turned or
pressed down into a recess formed in the cover where the handle is intended to be
placed, and so that they may be fixed or secured in the position required for use.
In carrying my invention into practice I form a recess in the top of the cover, of
sufficient depth to admit the handle when turned down; I fit the handle on a
swivel, hinge, or slide so constructed as to allow it to fall down or be placed in such
a position as to admit of the covers being conveniently, and readily packed one over
the other. The Handle is so arranged that it will maintain its upright position
when in use.

page_text: I, JOHN EDWARD BINGHAM of Howard Street, Sheffield in the County of York
Silversmith do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN
DISHCOVERS AND OTHER SIMILAR COVERS and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement, that is to say :-
My invention relates to improvements in Dishcovers, Entrée dish Covers, Covers
for Soup Tureens, and other similar covers, the object being to enable such covers
to be packed away in much less space than is possible with covers of ordinary
construction, and thus Dishcovers made according to my invention may be kept in
drawers or cupboards, instead of being hung against the kitchen walls, where they
are subject to the action of gas, steam, and other destructive agents. .
My invention relates particularly to the construction of the handles of such
Covers, and in order that it may be clearly understood, I have annexed a sheet of
drawings illustrating the principle of my invention.
Fig. 1 is a part sectional elevation of a handle of a dishcover in an upright
position.
Fig. 2, is a plan of same, closed.
Fig. 3, the complete dishcover with handle.
Fig. 4, Complete dishcover with handle closed.
My invention consists in making the said handles so that they may be turned
down into a recess formed in the body of the cover where the handle is usually
placed, and so that when required for use they may be fixed or secured, in an
upright position.
In carrying the invention into practice as illustrated, I form a recess A, in the
top of the Dishcover, to suit the shape of the handle B, when turned down as in
Fig. 2.
The handle is made of any suitable design, and is attached to a piece of tube C,
which slides easily upon a pin or rod D. This pin or rod is secured on each side of
the recess, and is provided with a stud E which enters a slot F, formed in any
convenient position in the tube C, so that when the handle is upright, it is locked
in that position, until the slot and stud are disengaged, when it will lay in the
recess as shown in Fig. 2.
I do not bind myself to the use of a stud and slot, as various equivalent devices
may be used to lock the handle in the upright position, such as squaring the end of
the tube to fit upon a square part of the pin. I may also use a hinge instead of
the pin and tube.

page_text: 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
In Dishcovers and other similar Covers the use of handles so arranged, (that when
the covers are not in use) they may be turned down into a recess, for the purpose
specified and substantially as described and illustrated.