Improvements in the Construction of Metal Dish and similar Covers.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Oct., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Aug., 1890-Accepted, 27th Sept., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Metal Dish and similar Covers.
I, FRANCIS JAMES CANDY, of Highfield, Fen Ditton, in the County of Cambridge,
Master of Arts, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to produce metal dish, and similar covers which can
be temporarily secured to dishes and the like, and which need not be removed while
the contents of the dish and the like are being served.
The covers are made in three or more sections one of which is fixed while the
others are moveable. The fixed section is attached to part of a wire base or frame of
the shape of the dish or the like. The said wire base or frame is provided with two
or more horizontal hooks or their equivalents to be fitted on to the rim of the dish or
the like, the last being sprung into position by the elasticity of the wire base or
frame.
The sections are attached to a common pivot or pivots and may telescope into each
other, or may slide one over the other, a knob or catch being placed on the last
section by means of which it can be actuated. Each moveable section is provided
with a bead or rim, which abuts against a shoulder or the like on the next section,
so that the pulling forward of the last section pulls forward the other moveable
section or sections. The last section is provided with a flange to rest upon the
wire base or frame when pulled forward i.e. when the cover is closed over on the
dish or the like.
1880
CASTLE SMITH,
Per F. W. Golby,
"Invention" Office, 54, Fleet Street, London, E.C., Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Metal Dish and similar Covers.
1, FRANCIS JAMES CANDY, of 10 Norbam Road, Oxford, in the County of Oxford,
late of Highfield, Fen Ditton, in the County of Cambridge, Master of Arts, 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 object of this invention is to produce metal dish and similar covers which can
be temporarily secured to dishes and the like, and which need not be removed while
the contents of the dish and the like are being served.
The covers are made in three or more sections one of which is fixed, while the
others are moveable. The fixed section is attached to part of a wire base or frame of
the shape of the dish or the like. The said wire base or frame is provided with two or
more horizontal hooks or their equivalents to be fitted on to the rim of the dish or the
like, the last being sprung into position by the elasticity of the wire base or frame.
The sections are attached to a common pivot or pivots and may telescope into each
other, or may slide one over the other, a knob or catch being placed on the last section
by means of which it can be actuated. Each moveable section is provided with a bead
or rim; which abuts against a shoulder or the like on the next section, so that the
pulling forward of the last section pulls forward the other moveable section or sections.
The last section is provided with a flange to rest upon the wire base or frame when
pulled forward i.e. when the cover is closed over on the dish or the like.
And in order that my invention may be more fully understood and carried into
practice, I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying
drawings in which similar letters are used to indicate corresponding parts throughout.

page_text: Figure 1 is a sectional side view, and Figure 2 a view from above of a metal dish
cover constructed according to my invention; Figure 3 shows a side view and
Figure 4 a front view in perspective of the same dish cover with all the parts nested
one in the other so that the contents may be served; Figure 5 is a horizontal section
through the pivots C C.
All the parts A are made in the shape of a sector or triangular section of a sphere
slightly varying in size so that they will nest one in the other, the largest A¹ being
provided at each end with a boss through which passes a pin C on to which the
ends of all the other sections are pivoted (see Figure 5). Each section is provided
with a bead or rim D on one edge and with a shoulder or the like E on the other edge,
so that the bead or rim on one section abuts against the shoulder or the like E on the
contiguous section, as shown in Figure 1, thereby preventing the sections from
separating from each other when pulled out, and also opening out all the sections one
after the other by simply pulling the end section A¹. The smallest section A2 is
rigidly affixed to the hinder part G of the wire or flat metal base or frame G made of
the shape and size of the dish or other article to which the cover is to be applied.
HH are hooks or the like attached to the base or frame G by means of which the
cover may be clipped over the edge or rim of the dish or other article. The wire or
metal base or frame G is sufficiently elastic to allow the last of the hooks or clips H
to be sprung into position. The end section A' is provided with a flange F to rest
upon the forward part G² of the base or frame G when the cover is pulled forward
into the position shown in Figure 1. A knob or catch K is affixed to the end
section A by means of which it may be actuated.
In collapsing or opening out the cover, all the sections will turn on the pivot pins C
which, being alinged form the ends of an imaginary axis to the cover.
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 :
A collapsing cover for dishes and other articles consisting of three or more sections,
pivoted together and nesting one within the other, the sections having beads or rims
and shoulders or the like to cause the sections to open each other out one after the
other, and to keep them together when opened out, the cover being attached to a base
or frame G having hooks or their equivalents H to clip on to the edge or rim of the
dish or other article, constructed and operating substantially in the manner described
and illustrated and for the purpose stated.
Dated this 22nd day of August 1890.
CASTLE SMITH,
Per F. W. Golby,
"Invention" Office, 54, Fleet Street, London, E.C., Agent for the Applicant.