A Movable Handle or Implement for Holding Saucepans and other like Utensils.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Nov., 1890
Complete Specification Left. 20th June. 1891-Accepted, 25th July, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Movable Handle or Implement for Holding Saucepans and other
like Utensils.
I GUSTAV MÖSSNER of Stuttgart in the Empire of Germany, Mechanic do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is an implement adapted to be used to grasp or hold
a saucepan, stew pan or other like utensil or vessel used in cooking or in other
process when from any cause it is desirable to provide an implement for seizing and
holding any vessel for manipulation thereof without direct contact of the operator
with any part of the vessel.
The implement consists of a handle of suitable length carrying at its end an
upwardly bent tongue curved to return downwards so as to form a hook adapted to
be placed over the rim of a vessel. Underneath said tongue is a downward, projec-
ting part preferably in the form of a fork consisting of two curved bars adapted to
lie against the outer surface of the vessel and be in contact therewith at at least two
points on a horizontal line below the level of the contact point of the hook within
the vessel.
Underneath the handle is hinged or pivoted a second handle or lever having an
arm extending so that when the handles are pressed together by the grasp of the
hand the said arm presses against the outer surface of the vessel opposite to the
contact point of the hook within the latter or otherwise in such a position as to
cause the implement to firmly grasp the vessel and serve as a temporary handle
thereto for lifting and manipulating the vessel.
Dated this 5th day of November 1890.
HERBERT & Co.,
Agents to Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Movable Handle or Implement for Holding Saucepans and other
like Utensils.
I, GUSTAV MÖSSNER, of Stuttgart, in the Kingdom of Württemberg, Empire
of Germany, Mechanic, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
The object of this invention is an implement adapted to be used to grasp or hold
a saucepan, stewpan or other like utensil or vessel used in cooking or in other
process when from any cause it is desirable to provide an implement for seizing and
holding any vessel for manipulation thereof without direct contact of the operator
with any part of the vessel.
The improved implement is shown in the accompanying drawing. Fig. 1 being
a perspective view of a cooking vessel such as a stew pan with the implement placed
thereon ready to grasp the vessel and serve as a temporary handle thereto. Fig. 2
is a side elevation and Fig. 3 is a plan of the implement on a larger scale.
The implement consists of a handle A of suitable length carrying at its end an
upwardly bent tongue curved to return downwards so as to form a hook B adapted
to be placed over the rim of a vessel a in Fig. 1. Underneath said tongue is a
downward projecting part C preferably in the form of a fork consisting of two
curved bars cc adapted to lie against the outer surface of the vessel and be in

page_text: contact therewith at at least two points c¹ c' on a horizontal line below the level of
the contact point of the hook B within the vessel.
Underneath the handle A is hinged or pivoted at d a second handle or lever D
having an arm E extending so that when the handles A and D are pressed together
by the grasp of the hand, the said arm E presses against the outer surface of the
vessel at a pointe opposite to the contact point of the hook B within the vessel
or if desired slightly above the level of said contact point that is to say in such
a position as to cause the implement to firmly grasp the vessel at the points bc' c'e
and serve as a temporary handle for lifting and manipulating the vessel.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
1. An implement comprising in combination the handle A, the hook B with
contact point b, the downwardly projected part C with contact points c¹ c' and the
movable jaw E with contact point e said four contact points being relatively located
one of them to rest against one surface of the object held within the boundary of
the triangle formed by the other three points when resting against the contrary
surface of the object.
2. An implement comprising in combination the handle A. the hook B with
contact point the downwardly projected part C consisting of two branching legs ec
with contact points c¹³ the lever D pivoted at d the jaw E integral with said
lever D and having the contact point e said contact points being relatively located
as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 50th day of Luv 1901
HERBERT & Co.,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.