Improvements in the Manufacture of the Spouts of Tea Kettles, Domestic Boiler Fillers, and the like.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Nov., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Aug., 1889-Accepted, 7th Sept., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
'Improvements in the Manufacture of the Spouts of Tea Kettles,
Domestic Boiler Fillers, and the like.
I, EDWARD HURLEY, of the Excelsior Works, Sherborne Road, Balsall Heath,
Worcestershire, Tin plate Worker and Brazier, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows :-
This invention has reference to improvements in the manufacture of the spouts of
tea kettles domestic boiler fillers and the like by which the cost of their manu-
facture is considerably reduced.
The said invention as applied for instance to the manufacture of a kettle spout is
carried out as follows:-
I make the kettle spout in two parts by having a seam or joint along each side
from the outlet of the spout to its base, that is to say the spout consists of a lower
U or trough shaped part and an upper inverted U-shaped part each of these parts
having the configuration of the spout and secured together at each side by brazing
folding or other means. Each of the parts is formed from a sheet metal blank of
suitable shape which by means of suitable dies worked in a press or stamp or by
other means are raised to the required shapes and then secured tegether as above
described. The base of the spout is flanged in the usual manner for the purpose of
fixing it.
Dated this 5th day of November 1888.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of the Spouts of Tea Kettles,
Domestic Boiler Fillers, and the like.
I, EDWARD HURLEY, of the Excelsior Works, Sherbourne Road, Balsall Heath,
Worcestershire, Tin plate Worker and Brazier, 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 improvements in the manufacture of the spouts of
tea kettles, domestic boiler fillers, and the like by which the cost of their mano-
facture is considerably reduced.
The said, invention, as applied for instance to the manufacture of a kettle spout is
carried out as follows:-
I make the kettle spout in two parts by having a seam or joint along each side from
the outlet of the spout to its base, that is to say the spout consists of a lower U or
trough shaped part and an upper inverted U-shaped part each of these parts having
the configuration of the spout and secured together at each side by brazing folding
or other means: Eauhi off the parts is formed from a, sheet metal blank of suitable
shape which. by means of suitable dies worked in a press or stamp or by other means
are raised to the required shape and then secured together as above described. The
base of the spout is Banged in the usual manner for the purpose of fixing it.
The accompanying drawing illustrates how my said invention is to be performed.
Fig. 1 shews a tea kettle spout constructed according to this invention; Fig. 2 is a
blank for forming the upper trough shaped part of the same, and Fig. 3 is the blank
for forming the lower trough shaped part of the same; Figs. 4 and 5 shew two suc-
cessive stages in the raising of the blank Fig. 2 into the required shape to form the

page_text: upper part of the spout, and Figs. 6, 7 and 8 illustrate three successive stages in the
raising of the blank Fig. 3 to form the lower part of the spout; Fig. 9 is a cross
section with the upper and lower parts placed together; Fig. 10 is a cross section and
Fig. 11 a general view of the partly finished spout when the edges of the lower part
have been closed and secured to the upper part of the spout.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures of the
drawing.
A is the lower U or trough shaped part of the spout and B is the upper inverted
U-shaped part. The part A is formed from a sheet metal blank of about the shape
represented in Fig. 3 this blank being raised or operated upon by dies of the required
sha po worked in a press or stamp so as to ultimately have the trough shaped form
represented by Fig. 8 which is acquired preferably by three processes, the first giving
to the blank the form represented by Fig. 6, the second process bulging out the
part a of the blank a little farther so that it will have about the shape represented
by Fig. 7, and the third process bulging out the part a¹ still farther so as to have
the form represented by Fig. 8. The upper part B of the spout is made from a blank
of about the shape represented by Fig. 2 which is operated upon by dies worked in a
press or stamp so that it ultimately has the inverted U-shaped form represented by
Fig. 5. In this blank for the upper part B I prefer to provide two V-shaped
nolches near the base of the spout, into which the edges of the lower part A will
fit when the two parts are placed together so as to keep the upper part B in its proper
place.
In securing the parts A and B together so as to form a complete spout, the
upper part B is placed in position with its edges between the edges of the lower
part A (see Fig. 9) except those smaller parts between the notches and the
base of the spout which overlap the edges of the lower part A and prevent the upper
part B moving down too far. A short mandril is then inserted in the larger open
end of the spout and another short mandril in the smaller end these inandrils
being of a size and shape to fit their respective ends. The spout with its mandrils are
then placed upon a bed of corresponding form the upper part B being at the top and
the lower part. A underneath and the edges of the lower part A are by a descending
closing tool closed on to and around the upper part B so as to be firmly secured
thereto. Each of the side joints is then brazed and filed or otherwise finished up
to a smooth surface. The flange on the base is formed in the usual well known
way.
Spouts for domestic boiler fillers and other bent or cranked taper spouts can be
formed similarly as above described with reference to a tea kettle spout.
The accompanying drawing illustrates what I consider to be the best way for
carrying my said invention into practice but it is to be understood that the invention
is not limited to the precise details herein described and illustrated as for instance
the shape of the blanks will vary according to the shape of the required spout and
the blanks may be raised to their required shapes by either fewer or moro raising
or stamping processes than those shewn; moreover the edges of the upper and lower
parts may be secured together by any other method instead of being closed one over
the other and brazed such for instance as by folding the edges together so as to
make a water tight joint.
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 :-
1. Making spouts of tea kettles, domestic boiler fillers and the like of a lower
sheet metal U or trough shaped part and an upper sheet metal inverted U or trough
shaped part, the said lower and upper parts of the spout being joined together along
. each side of the spout, substantially as herein before set forth.
2. A spout for tea kettles, domestic boiler fillers and the like consisting of a lower
sheet metal or trough shaped part A and an upper sheet metal inverted U or

page_text: trough shaped part B fitting within the lower part A and secured thereto along each
side of the spout, substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the
accompanying drawing.
DL01
CTI
1000
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.