Improvements in Lids for Buckets, Kettles, and like Utensils.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 27th May, 1893-Accepted, 12th Aug., 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Lids for Buckets, Kettles, and like Utensils.
I, MICHAEL MURRAY, of 324 West Pratt Street, Baltimore City, in the State
of Maryland and United States of America, Gentleman, 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 a lid holder for buckets, pots, kettles and like utensils.
The object of the invention is to provide the lid or cover of vessels of the class
indicated with a device adapted to clip on the rim of the vessels and thereby hold
the lid when it is temporarily lifted from the top of the vessel.
The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which,
Figure 1, is a view of a vessel and its lid held in position by the lid holder.
Figure 2, is a top view of a lid provided with the lid holder.
Figures 3 and 4, are views of the lid holder separate from the cover.
The letter, A, designates a circular vessel of any kind, and B, its lid or cover of
ordinary construction.
The lid near its rim has attached a holder device, C, which has prongs adapted
to set astride the rim of the vessel and support the lid in an upright position as
shown in Figure 1.
The lid holder, C, in the present example has three prongs, two of which, e, are
to take on one side of the rim d, of the vessel, while the other one, f, takes on the
opposite side of said rim. The prong (or prongs if more than one), which takes on
the inner side of the vessel's rim has at its base a shoulder or offset, e', which when
the cover is held, rests on top of the vessel's rim and thereby the lowermost part
of the rim of the cover is brought inside of the circle which is formed by the vessel's
top rim; thus if any moisture, such as the condensation formed by steam, be on the
inner surface of the cover, such moisture will drip into the vessel and not outside
of it. In the case of stewing pans or boiling kettles on a cook-stove, this affords an
obvious advantage.
The lid holder, C, may be a separate piece of metal stamped up or cast, and
suitably secured to the lid; or it is evident it may in the case of cast iron lids, be
formed integral therewith.
While in the present instance three prongs are shown to set astride, it is obvious
the device may have this construction varied so as to comprise two or more than
three and arranged any way to co-act with the vessel and lid.
By means of this holder a lid of a vessel may be removed and then supported
temporarily on the rim of the vessel, in an upright position, where it is free from
all liability of becoming soiled, and thus as the lid has been kept from the dirt,
when it is again placed as a cover on the vessel, there will be no possibility of any
dirt dropping into 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:
1st. A lid for buckets, pots, kettles and like vessels, having a holder consisting
of prongs adapted to set astride of the rim of the vessel and support the lid in an
upright position.
2nd. The combination of a vessel such as a bucket, pot or kettle, having a top

page_text: rim; a lid or cover for the vessel and a lid holder having prongs which co-act
with the said top rim and also the rim of the lid, and support the said lid in an
upright position.
Dated this 21th day of April 1802
MICHAEL MURRAY.