IMPROVEMENTS IN SPRING COVERS FOR DISHES SOUP TUREENS BISCUIT BOXES PRESERVE DISHES AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
THOMAS MARSH Manufacturer of Jewellery, Silver and Electro Plated Wares
131 Gt Hampton Street Birmingham do hereby declare the nature of my invention
for IMPROVEMENTS IN SPRING COVERS FOR DISHES SOUP TUREENS BISCUIT
BOXES PRESERVE DISHES AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES to be as follows:-
Specially constructed and arranged Covers as to obviate the nescessity of taking
on and off the usual Covers now in use, keeping part of the contents warm if so
desired while in actual use-making each article so treated by this invention much
more convenient, compact, and generally enhancing its usefulness. To be made in
Silver and Electro Plate on German Silver Brass: Britannia or any other metal or in
combination with wood Pottery Earthenware or any other class of material than
can be used with or come under the above heads.
My improvements are illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
The Covers are sprung open by one or two flat springs concealed in the binges-
being plugged or soldered first in one end of the hinge and twisted according to
resistance required-whilst so twisted by handvice and before being released is
finally plugged or soldered on the other end of hinge, the said twist causeing the
Cover to fly or spring open, the springs are well coated by a deposit of "nickel"
and being enclosed in the hinges, will permanently retain their elasticity.
Dated this 22nd day of January 1884

page_text: THOMAS MARSH 131 Great Hampton Street Birmingham in the County of
Warwick Manufacturer of Silver and Electro-Plated Wares do hereby declare the
nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN SPRING COVERS FOR DISHES SOUP
TUREENS BISCUIT BOXES, PRESERVE DISHES AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The above named Spring Covers, will be applied to Entre, Vegetable, Chop,
Bacor or such like. Dishes, Sauce, Soup, or other Tureens, Biscuit, Sardine,
Luncheon Sandwich, or such like Boxes, Butter Coolers Preserve, Jam, Marmalade,
Sugar or such like Articles or Wares. Referring to the drawings filed with the
Provisional Specification
The above named Spring Cover as applied to above mentioned Articles or
Wares, to be manufactured or made to consist of Silver, Nickel, Platina, Brass,
Copper, German Silver, Britannia Metal Pewter, Tin, Zinc, Bronze, Iron, Lead,
Gilding or any other kind of metal or any other kind of metal in addition to
those just named, on which a coating, or plate of any kind of metal, can be
deposited, by Electro Plating, Gilding, Dynamo, Galvanic Mercurial, or any such
process, or if such metals are used with, or in combination with, Oak, Walnut,
Ebony, Mahogany, or any kind of wood, China, Porcelain, Wedgwood, or any kind
of Earthenware, Ivory, Bone, Papier Maché, Lionite, Celluloid, or any such like
combination Marble, Slate, Spar, or any kind of Stone Natural or Artificial.
Referring to the drawings accompanying my Provisional Specification A is
the end of springs concealed in joints of hinges; B, rubber protection against
bruising & noise of lid striking; C lid when open; and D thumb-spring for
securing & releasing the lid.
The Spring A as Applied to the Covers C of above named Articles or Wares,
consists of a flat steel spring or springs (A) concealed in the hinge or hinges of the
Covers C of a size to fit loosely in the hinge, where the pin is usually passed
through, the Spring or Springs, (for sometimes where great strength is nescessary,
two flat steel Springs are placed together, and used in place of one) are allowed to
be a little longer than the hinge, the ends protruding on either side of the hinge
one end is now plugged or fitted closely, with a peice of German Silver or other
metal, filed to fit accurately the space on either side of the flat steel Spring or
Springs (A) this end of the Spring being now fixed, the Spring at the other end
of hinge, is held by a handvice or pliers, and twisted once or more times, according
to the amount desired of, resistance, whilst so held by the. handvice or pliers is
plugged by a similar manner at the other end, the protruding parts of the Spring
or Springs A are now clipped and filed level with the ends of hinge, a little soft
Solder is now applied to each end of the hinge filling up any opening or crevice
there may be left.
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The Spring or Springs will not act unless one end joint of the hinge is soldered
on the cover or lid C, and the other end joint upon the body, or rim of body of the
Article, (just as a door spring would be useless if placed only on the door, and not
connected with the framework on which the door swings.
The Cover when closed is held by a catch D or thumb Spring and opens by
a slight touch of the finger or thumb.
The object or use claimed by the above named Spring Cover is to render .it
unnescessary to take off, or put on the Cover or lid, more especially in connection

page_text: with Entre, Vegetable, Bacon, Chop, or other Dishes or Tureens &c. The con-
venience of the Covers or lids being always in their proper place, (fixed, yet raised
and closed instantaneously at will) must be considerable to Hotels, Restaurants,
Steamers, and large establishments, the covers or lids of most large articles such as
Entre, Vegetable and such like dishes, being divided into parts one half remaining
closed if desired, thus keeping part of the meat or vegetables &c. warm.
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 :-
Spring Covers for dishes Soup Tureens Biscuit Boxes Preserve Dishes and other
like Articles, each Cover having a hinge for attachment thereto within which are
one or more flat steel springs twisted and fixed by their ends to the frame of the
Article and to the Cover respectively in such a manner as to force and keep open
the Cover and a catch or thumbspring on the frame of the Article for retaining
the lid when closed, all substantially as herein described and illustrated in the
drawings.
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