Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Jan., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 5th July, 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 10th Aug., 1888
I JOHN STEVENS of Quarry Bank Brierley Hill, in the county of Stafford, Manu-
facturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
This invention relates to the manufacture of kettle handles, and has for its object
their construction in a manner that affords a clear tubular handle barrel, whereby it
is more casily kept cool than those of present make, when the kettle itself is exposed
to heat.
In most, if not all cases of present make, the handle is constructed with a continuous
piece, but in my improved handle, I make of three parts, two of which are secured
at their one end to the top of the kettle, while their two other ends are secured to the
tubular barrel.
In forming the barrel I take a flat strip of metal of the required length and width,
and by suitable tools form a groove or depression, or set back, across its width within
a short distance of each end, forming upon the opposite side a rib or bead as it were.
I then bend or fold this strip into a tubular form having now a circular rib or bead
around it, near each end, and a short length of parallel part from each of such ribs
outwards.
I then take the parts forming the supports from the kettle top to the barrel, the one
end of which as before intimated is secured to the kettle top. At their other end I
make a perforation of a size equal to the external diameter of the ends of the barrel.
The ends of the barrel are then inserted into such perforations and then rivetted
or swaged over, firmly connecting the parts together and completing the handle; thus
allowing an uninterrupted clear passage through the barrel for the circulation of air
to keep it cool, while it affords a ready and easy method of manufacture.
CHARLES T. POWELL,
Cherry Street, Birmingham,
Applicant's Agent.

page_text: I JOHN STEVENS, of Quarry Bank, Brierley Hill, in the county of Stafford, Manu-
facturer, 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 the manufacture of kettle handles, and has for its object
their construction in a simple and economical manner, and such that affords a clear
tubular handle barrel, whereby it is more easily kept cool than those of present make,
when the kettle itself is exposed to heat.
My improved handle is made of three parts, two of which are secured at their one
end to the top of the kettle, while their two other ends are secured to the tubular
barrel..
In forming the barrel part I take a flat strip of metal of the required length and
width, and by suitable tools form a groove or depression, or set back, across its width,
within a short distance of each end, forming upon the opposite side a rib or bead.
I then bend or fold this strip into a tubular form, having now a circular, rib or
bead around it, near each end, and a short length of parallel part from each of such
ribs outwards.
I then take the parts forming the supports from the kettle top to the barrel, the
one end of which as before intimated is secured to the kettle top.
At their other end, I make a perforation of a size equal to the external diameter
of the ends of the barrel.
The ends of the barrel are then inserted into such perforation and rivetted, or
swaged over, firmly connecting the parts together and completing the handle; thus
allowing an uninterrupted clear passage through the barrel for the circulation of air
to keep it cool, while it affords a ready and easy method of manufacture.
In order to more clearly describe this my invention and the manner in which it
may be carried out, I have hereunto appended an illustrative sheet of drawings, upon
which are figures and letters of reference, like letters referring throughout the several
views to the same thing or part, and upon which:-
Fig. 1 represents in plan and elevation the blank or piece of metal, of which the
handle or barrel part is formed, after the ribbing operation.
Fig. 2 represents the first operation in forming the flat piece, Fig. 1 into a
tubular form.
Fig. 3 illustrates Fig. 2 in a pair of closing tools, for completing the tubular form
as seen in Fig. 4.
Fig. 5 illustrates the method of indenting the central portion of the barrel part, for
purposes hereafter explained.

page_text: Fig. 6 is a sectional view of Fig. 5 upon line A-B.
Fig. 7 represents in elevation two views of the bow bracket, to which the barrel
part is attached.
Fig 8 illustrates a method of rivetting the barrel part to the bow brackets.
Fig. 9 shows in section the handle complete.
In Fig. 1, a is a piece of metal cut to the required shape and size, to form the barrel
part of the handle.
This piece a, is placed in ordinary suitable press tools to form the ribs b, b.
I then place the ribbed piece in a suitable bottom tool of ordinary make, and bring
down a top tool forming it into the U shape as seen in Fig. 2.
It is then further placed in a pair of closing tools as seen for instance in Fig. 3, by
which the complete tubular form is effected as seen in Fig. 4.
I next provide mandrils c, c, Fig. 5, one of which is passed in at each end to within
a short distance of the centre, when the whole is placed in a bottom tool or die d; a
top tool e is provided with a lump fupon its surface, which when brought to bear upon
the barrel part, causes the indentation as seen at g, Figs. 5, 6, 8 & 9; this indentation
serving admirably for a recess in which the hook or bar, upon which the kettle hangs,
may rest, and thus prevent slipping.
The bow bracket his next provided, as seen in Fig. 7, which may be of wrought or
cast metal, malleable castings affording a very ready and economical production. At
the lower end of the bracket, holes i, i, are shown, whereby it may be rivetted to the
breast of the kettle, while at its upper end a hole j is made to receive the parallel
end of the barrel part.
Upon the two brackets being passed upon the barrel part as seen in Fig. 8,
tools 1, 1, are simultaneously pressed in at each end, which turns over or rivets the
ends of the parallel parts, upon the brackets, which latter may be countersunk for
that purpose.
Thus the handle would be completed as seen in Fig. 9, ready for attachment to the
kettle breast.
Although I have shown the barrel part of a circular cross sectional form, I may
vary such cross sectional form, as that I may make it of an oval, polyonal, or other
irregular cross sectional form, as may be desired, the hold j being made to correspond;
and also as to its longitudinal form, such form may be varied if required to accomo-
date taste or design, as that it may be swelled or recessed along its length, by reason
of the tools illustrated or described, being made to suit either such cross sectional or
longitudinal variations in form.
The handles thus completed would be further finished, by tinning, galvanizing,
painting, japanning &c. or such tinning &c. may be done at any earlier more
convenient stage of manufacture.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what
1 claim is
The improvements in the manufacture of kettle handles hereindescribed and
illustrated upon the drawings, that is to say, the combination of a clear open ended
tubular barrel, with the bow brackets at each end, the said tubular barrel being further
formed and then rivetted to the said bow brackets after the manner described and
illustrated, or any mere modification of the same.
CHARLES T. POWELL,
Applicant's Agent.