Improvements in and relating to Saucepans.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Sept., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 25th May, 1894-Accepted, 30th June, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Saucepans.
1, ELIZABETH WHITEHEAD, of 42 Anglesey Street, Lozells, Birmingham, in
the County of Warwick, Dressmaker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the improvements in and relating to saucepans and
consists essentially in arranging the lid and the upper part of the saucepan in such
a manner, so as to form apertures, so that by turning the lid partly round in one
direction the apertures are closed, or by turning it in the other, the apertures are
exposed. In this position the saucepan may be tilted by means of the handle, and
the water or other liquid contents, can be poured off through the apertures.
By keeping the apertures exposed as described, steam or other vapours given off
from the contents are allowed to escape.
In carrying my invention into practice I perforate the rim of the lid of a
saucepan with a series of perforations forming apertures. I in like manner cut
away a portion of the upper edge of the saucepan forming when the lid is on, a
rectangular aperture.
When the lid is placed on the saucepan mouth, the apertures in the rim thereof,
will be in a direct line with that of the saucepan, so that by turning the lid in one
or the other direction, the apertures in the lid will be either open or closed.
I may in some cases reverse the arrangement of the apertures in the lid, and that
of the saucepan by perforating the edge of the saucepan, and cutting away part of
the rim of the lid.
Or I may cut a slot in both to correspond with each other.
I may modify the construction and arrangement of the apertures to suit the
various conditions of the application of my invention, without departing from the
nature thereof.
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WILLIAM HENRY BARACLOUGH,
Triangle Chambers, Martineau Street, Birmingham,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Saucepans.
I ELIZABETH WHITEHEAD of 42 Anglesey Street, Lozells, Birmingham in
the County of Warwick, Dressmaker, 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 relates to the improvements hereinafter described in and relating
to saucepans, and consists in forming in a portion of the top edge of the saucepan a
depression or a series of depressions and making in a corresponding portion of the
rim of the lid of the same saucepan a series of perforations or a slot so that
without any raising or removal of the lid when it is turned so that the perforations
or slot in its rim are or is brought opposite to the depression or depressions in the
top edge of the saucepan the steam is allowed to fully escape from the saucepan
while its liquid contents are boiling, or the liquid contents can be poured from the
saucepan whereas when the lid is turned so that the perforations, or slot, are or is
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page_text: not opposite to the depression or depressions the saucepan is closed and the steam is
confined within it.
In carrying my invention into practice I cut away a portion of the top edge of a
saucepan so as to form a depression or a series of depressions and I make in a
portion of the rim of the lid of the saucepan a series of perforations or a slot the
portion of the rim of the lid on which operate substantially corresponding in
dimensions with the portion of the top edge of the saucepan on which 1 also
operate.
When the lid is placed on the saucepan in such a way that the perforations or
slot in the rim of the lid are or is presented to the depression or depressions in the
top edge of the saucepan the said perforations or slot are or is open or uncovered
by the edge of the saucepan.
When the lid is turned so that the said perforations
or slot are, or is not so presented they, or it are or is covered by the edge of the
saucepan.
Instead of a depression or depressions in the top edge of the saucepan and
making perforations or a slot in the rim of the lid 1 may sometimes make in a
portion of the top edge of the saucepan a series of perforations and cut away a
portion of the rim of the lid so as to form a depression or a series of depressions,
I prefer however the form of my invention which consists in making a depression
in the top edge of the saucepan and a series of perforations in the rim of the lid.
I may modifiy the construction and arrangement of the perforations or depressions
in the saucepan or in the rim of the lid respectively so as to suit the various
conditions of the application of my invention without departing from the nature
thereof but I do not claim the right to carry the perforations or depressions all
round the saucepan or lid nor to use the perforations or slot or depression or
depressions in either saucepan or lid except in combination with the corresponding
aperture or apertures in the lid or saucepan as the case may be.
I now proceed to describe my invention by reference to the accompanying
drawings (which illustrate some only of the varieties of my invention) the letters
of reference indicating similar parts throughout.
Figures 1. 2. 3. 4. 5 and 6 show elevations of a saucepan and saucepan lid made
in accordance with my invention.
Figures 1, and 2, represent a saucepan A, provided on one side of its top edge
with a rectangular depression B.
The rim C, of the lid D, contains a series of circular perforations or apertures E
which extend through a portion of the said rim substantially corresponding in
dimensions with the portion of the top edge of the saucepan A, which has been
cut away to form the depression B.
In Figure 1 the lid D is shown on the saucepan A with the apertures exposed.
In Figure 2 the lid D is shown raised from off the saucepan.
When the lid and saucepan are in the relative positions represented in Figure 1
the steam is allowed to escape and by inclining the body A, of the saucepan
towards the side in which is the depression B, the liquid contents may be poured
out through the perforations E, in the lid D, and the depression B, in the top edge
of the saucepan. When the lid D, is placed on the saucepan A, in such a position
that the perforations or apertures E are not presented to the depression B, the
perforations or apertures are closed and no steam can escape nor can the liquid
contents be poured out.
Figure 3 represents a saucepan A, having a series of V shaped depressions B, in
a portion of its top edge and a lid D with a rectangular slot E, in the rim C.
Figure 4, represents a saucepan A, having a series of square shaped depressions B,
in a portion of its top edge and a lid D, with similar shaped depressions E in the
rim C.
Figure 5 represents a saucepan A having a series of undulating depressions B in
a portion of its top edge and a lid D with a rectangular slot E in the rim C.
Figure 6 represents a saucepan A having a rectangular depression B in a portion
of its top edge and a lid with a rectangular slot E in the rim C.

page_text: The opening and closing of the apertures shewn in Figures 3. 4. 5. and 6 are
effected in the manner described with reference to Figures 1, and 2.
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. A saucepan provided in a portion of its top edge with a depression or a series
of depressions and having its lid provided in a corresponding portion of the rim
thereof with a series of perforations or a slot substantially as and for the purposes
hereinbefore described.
2. A saucepan provided in a portion of its top edge with a series of perforations
and having its lid provided in a corresponding portion of the rim thereof with a
depression or a series of depressions substantially as and for the purposes herein-
before described.
Dated this 23rd day of May 1894.
WILLIAM HENRY BARACLOUGH,
36, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agent for the Applicant..