Certain Improvements in or connected with Pudding Basins.
Year: 1896

page_text: Certain Improvements in or connected with Pudding Basins.
I, WILLIAM FOSTER FLETCHER, of No. 5, Grantham Road, Smethwick, in the County
of Stafford, Clerk, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as follows:-
This Invention has reference to those pudding basins which are provided with
removable covers and are used for containing a pudding whilst being boiled, and this
Invention consists of the hereindescribed improved means for fastening the cover on
to the basin so as to perinit of the cover being readily fastened on to the basin or
removed therefrom when required.
The said cover, which is usually made of sheet metal, is made with a downwardly
projecting rim or hoop all round as usual so as to enclose the upper edge of rim of the
basin. According to one method of carrying out this Invention I make the rim or
hoop of the cover with one two or more inwardly projecting parts which will engage
under the projecting flange or rim of the basin, and at another part of the said cover
I provide a skewer or pin which can be inserted through holes in the rim or hoop of
the cover so as to engage under the flange or rim of the basin and thus secure the
cover thereon. The said cover can readily be removed by first removing the said
skewer or pin so as to release that part of the cover which can then be lifted off the
basin. To fix the cover on the basin the cover has to be placed thereon and then
slided sideways slightly so as to cause the inner projection or inner projections of the
rim of the cover to engage under the rim of the basin and then the fixing of the
cover will be complete by inserting the pin or skewer to engage under the basin as
stated above.
In a modification of iny Invention I employ two or more of the said pins or skewers
at opposite sides of the cover which pass through holes in the same and engage under
the flange or rim of the basin to secure the cover thereon.
Instead of employing the skewer or pin passing through a hole in the cover and
engaging under the rim of the basin as above described, the cover may be made with
a spring catch or spring catches which will engage under the flange or rim of the
basin when the cover is placed thereon, this spring catch or these spring catches being
by preference made with parts which project through holes in the rim or hoop of the
cover so that by pulling these projecting parts the spring catches will spring away
from the rim of the basin and thus allow of the cover being removed therefrom.
In a further modification of my Invention I may secure the cover on the basin by
means of a hasp which is hinged on the cover or on the basin and folds over a loop or
catch on the other of them, in combination with the said inner projection or projections
on the hoop or rim of the basin which engage or engages under the rim of the basin.
Dated this 24th day of November 1896.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: Certain Improvements in or connected with Pudding Basins.
I, WILLIAM FOSTER FLETCHER, of No. 5, Grantham Road, Smethwick, in the County
of Stafford, Clerk, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be perforined, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement:-
This Invention has reference to those pudding basins which are provided with
removable covers and are used for containing a pudding whilst being boiled, and this
Invention consists of the herein described improved means for fastening the cover on
to the basin so as to permit of the cover being readily fastened on to the basin or
removed therefrom when required.
I will describe my Invention by referring to the accompanying drawings on which
Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation of a pudding basin with its cover constructed and
fastened to the basin in accordance with this Invention; Fig. 2 is an inverted plan of
the said cover; Fig. 3 shews a part of the fastening of the same separately; Fig. 4
is a front elevation and Fig. 5 is a plan of a part of the said cover showing another
arrangement of my Invention; Fig. 6 is a sectional elevation of the upper part of a
pudding basin and its cover illustrating a modification of my Invention and Fig. 7 is
a front view of a part of the cover shewn in Fig. 6; Fig. 8 is a sectional elevation of
the upper part of the pudding basin and its cover illustrating a further modification
of my Invention; and Fig. 9 is a front view of part of the cover shewn by Fig 8.
The same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts in all the s
Figures of the drawings.
A is the cover which as usual is made of sheet metal with the downwardly projecting
rim or hoop a¹ all round as usual so as to enclose the upper edge or rim b¹ of the
pudding basin B.
According to one method (illustrated by Figs. 1, 2 and 3) of carrying out this s
Invention I make the rim or hoop a¹ of the cover A with one two or more inwardly
projecting parts such as a² which will engage under the projecting flange b¹ of the
rim of the basin as shewn in Fig. 1, and at another part of the said cover A and by
preference opposite the projection or projections a² I provide a skewer or pin C which
can be inserted through holes in the rim or hoop a¹ of the cover A so as to
engage under the flange or rim b¹ of the basin B and thus secure the cover thereon.
The cover A can readily be removed from the basin B by first removing the skewer or
pin C so as to release that part of the cover which can then be lifted off the basin.
To fix the cover A on the basin the cover A has to be placed thereon and then slided
sideways slightly so as to cause the projection or projections a² on the rim of the cover
to engage under the rim 6' of the basin and then the fixing of the cover will be
complete by inserting the pin or skewer C through the holes a3 a4 of the cover to
engage under the rim 6¹ of the basin as stated above. The fore end c¹ of the pin or
skewer C may as shewn in Figs. 4 and 5 be screw threaded and screwed into a boss or
ear which is soldered or otherwise fixed on the outside of the rim of the cover A.
In a modification of my Invention instead of making the rim of the cover A with
the inner projection a² or inner projections I employ two or more of the said skewers C
arranged as above described to pass through holes in the flange of the cover and
engage under the rim of the basin.
Instead of employing the skewer or pin C in combination with the inner projection 4
or projections a² as above described, the cover A may, as shewn for instance by
Figs. 6 and 7, be made with a spring catch D or with two or more of these spring
catches which will snap inwardly and engage under the flange or rim b¹ of the basin B
when the cover is placed thereon. The said spring catch is by preference made as a
spring tongue fixed at one end d² to the rim or flange a of the cover A and projecting
inwardly at d³ as aforesaid to engage under the rim 61 of the basin B the end d' of

page_text: the tongue being made to project outwardly through the hole a in the rim of the
cover so that by pressing the projecting part outwardly the acting part d³ of
the spring catch will spring away from the rim 61 of the basin and thus allow of
the cover being removed therefrom.
When I use two or more of the spring catches on the cover, the inner projection
or projections a² are dispensed with.
In the modification of my Invention illustrated by Figs. 8 and 9, the cover A is
secured on the basin by means of a hasp E which at el is hinged to the flange a
of the cover A and made with a hole e so as to fold over and engage with the
loop or catch F fixed on the basin B. In combination with this hasp I use one
or more of the said inner projections such as a² on the rim of the cover A to
engage under the rim b' of the basin as above described. This last described
form of my Invention is only applicable to those pudding basins which are made of
metal.
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. In a pudding basin cover the combination of the cover A. made with the
downwardly projecting hoop or rim a¹ to receive the basin, one or more inward
projections on the rim of the cover to take under the rim of the basin and a
skewer or the like C passing through two holes a³ a in said cover rim to engage
under the rim of the basin and secure the cover thereto, substantially as herein before
described and illustrated by Figs. 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawing.
2. In a pudding basin cover the combination of the cover A made with the
downwardly projecting hoop or rim a¹ to receive the basin and two or more skewers or
the like C passing through the holes such as a³ in the said cover to engage under
the rim of the basin and secure the cover thereto, substantially as described.
3. In a pudding basin cover arranged as denoted under Claim 1 or Claim 2 the
means for securing the skewers in position as herein before described and illustrated
by Figs. 4 and 5 of the accompanying drawing.
4. In a pudding basin cover the combination of the cover A made with the
downwardly projecting hoop or rin a¹ to receive the basin, one or more inward
projections on the rim of the cover to take under the rim of the basin and a
spring catch such as D fixed to the rim of the cover and adapted to engage under
the rim of the basin and secure the cover thereto, substantially as hereinbefore
described and illustrated by Figs. 6 and 7 of the accompanying drawing.
5. In a pudding basin cover the combination of the cover A made with the
downwardly projecting hoop or rim to receive the basin, and two or more
spring catches such as D fixed to the rim of the cover and adapted to engage
under the rim of the basin and secure t'he cover thereto substantially as herein-
before described with reference to Figs. 6 and 7 of the accompanying drawing.
6. In a pudding basin cover the combination of the cover A made with the
downwardly projecting rim or hoop a¹ to receive the basin one or more inward
projections on the rim of the cover to take under the rim of the basin and a hasp
such as E hinged to the cover and arranged to engage with a loop or the like such
as F fixed on the basin to secure the cover thereto substantially as hereinbefore
described and illustrated by Figs. 8 and 9 of the accompanying drawing.
7. The combination with a pudding basin of a cover constructed and secured
thereto in any of the several ways substantially as herein before described and
illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 2nd day of Santambar 1907
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.