An Improvement in the Spouts of Tea Kettles and other similar Articles.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Feb., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 20th Aug., 1896-Accepted, 26th Sept., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in the Spouts of Tea Kettles and other similar
Articles.
1, GEORGE GRAY FORD, of Charlton Road Keynsham in the County of
Somersetshire Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to an improvement in or connected with the spouts of tea
kettles and other similar articles. My invention is a moveable spout so that water
and other liquids can be drawn off with the greatest of case, aud the risk of a
person from being scalded or burnt reduced to a minimum.
Carrying my invention into effect. The spout is made to work on a joint near
the bottom edge of the kettle, so that the spout when raised in an upright position,
can be pulled down and by so doing the contents can be drawn off without the
person tilting or touching the kettle.
After sufficient water has been drawn off, the spout is then simply raised
upright, and is held there by a fastening connecting with the handle of the kettle
which also acts for a handle for raising and lowering the spout.
Dated this 24th day of February 1896.
GEORGE GRAY FORD.
An Improvement in the Spouts of Tea Kettles and other similar
Articles.
GEORGE GRAY FORD, of Charlton Road, Keynsham, in the County of
Somerset, Engineer, 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 invention consists of a movable spout so arranged that water or other
liquids can be drawn off with the greatest case without any necessity for tilting
the kettle or other vessel, and the risk of a person or persons from being scalded is
reduced to a minimum.
The drawing hereunto annexed illustrates my invention as applied to a tea kettle,
but it will be evident that it is also equally applicable to other similar vessels for
containing liquids.
Fig. 1 on the drawing is a side elevation of a tea kettle with my invention shown
as applied thereto, Fig. 2 is a front view of the same. Fig. 5 is a view of the
lower end of the spout detached and Fig. 4 shows a section of the attachment for
connecting the same to the kettle; a being the body of the tea kettle, the lid,
and c the spout.
In carrying out my invention the spout c is made to work on or in a joint or
attachment d fixed at or near the bottom edge of the kettle or other vessel a
or at any other suitable part thereof at such a distance below the ordinary level

page_text: of the water or other liquid, that the month of the spout when placed in an uprigh
position, or nearly so (as drawn at Fig. 1) will be above the level of the water i
the kettle or vessel a so that the water or other liquid contents will not flow out
but on turning the spout c downwards on its hinge (as shewn by the dotted lines
the mouth of the spout e will be brought below the level of the water or othe
liquid, which can thus be drawn drawn off without the person or persons tilting o
even touching the kettle or vessel itself.
After sufficient water or liquid has thus been drawn off, the spout e is simply
raised into the upright or other suitable position which will bring the month
of the spout e above the water line so as to stop the flow of the water or other
liquid.
The spout ce may then be locked to the handle of the kettle by the fastening e
(sec detached Fig. 1) connected to the spout, or by any other convenient arrange-
ment, according to the form of the kettle or other vessel to which the invention is
to be applied.
With the fastening e shown on the drawings a handle
suitable non-conducting material) is combined, whereby the
(of ebony or other
spont, may be raised
and lowered without touching the hot metal, and it also acts for locking the spont
to the kettle when not in use.
The spout may be made in any suitable shape or size, and may be made of any
kind of metal or metals, composition wood, or other suitable material.
The joint of the sponte may be fixed on any convenient part of the kettle or
vessel at a suitable distance below the water line.
The spout or joint may be made to work in any suitable direction but preferably
working vertically upon a horizontal pivot or plug g (see Fig. 3).
The joint may also be made in any suitable metal or metals, wood, composition
or other suitable materials, and may be either straight, curved, or of any other
suitable shape or size.
The joint or plug y of the spout preferably works in a metal connection or
attachment of fixed on the kettle or vessel and provided with an asbestos or other
packing and prefer to furnish the plug with a pin or pins passing through a
slotted collar in the metal connection d or cice versa (as seen at i,) the position of
the pins and slots being such that the plug g can only be withdrawn by turning the
spout into a position below the horizontal line which will bring the pin or pins i
into a line with the slots in which position only the plug can be withdrawn endwise,
the spoute and plug or joint g being thus complete in itself and readily removable
as shown on the drawing.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my snid inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed declare that what I
claim is :-
The combination with a kettle or other similar vessel of a spout connected
thereto at or near the bottom (or in other suitable position below the water
line) by a plug or other water tight joint so that the spout may be turned
down with its mouth below the water line to draw off the water or liquid, nud
upwards with its mouth above the said level to retain the same, substantially as
hereinbefore described and illustrated by the drawings annexed.
Dated this 19th day of August 1896.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicant.