Improvements in or appertaining to Lids or Coverings for Preserve Jars and other like Articles, and in the Method of Covering these Articles.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Dec., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Sept., 1890-Accepted, 4th Oct., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or appertaining to Lids or Coverings for Preserve
Jars and other like Articles, and in the Method of Covering
these Articles.
I, JOSEPH TRANTOM of 11 & 13 Cheapside, Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster,
Provision Merchart, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has 'for its object a very simple method of covering jam pots, jars,
and other like objects.
One way of carrying out the invention is as follows:
By means of a wire, string, cord, or other line round the neck of the jar, I hinge a
lid. The hinge can be made of metal, leather, tape or of any other desirable material.
The lid consists preferably of a simple disc of cardboard, tin, or other metal, wood or
other light tough material painted or ornamented in any desirable manner lying flat
on the top of the jar, but capable through its hinge of falling back against its side
leaving the mouth of the jar entirely exposed. In packing with this lid, I first of all
place a piece of paper, membrane, or other material, over the jar to keep the contents
from attacking the lid. I then place the lid on this membrane, and over the lid I
place the cover in the ordinary manner, and tie it down with string, wire or other
material, or paste or varnish it in place in the usual manner. When the jar is opened
the cover is simply torn off in the usual manner. The lid is then free to fall back.
The under cover is taken out and the contents of the jar abstracted in whole or in
part. The lid is then thrown back over the top of the jar and forms a pretty ornament,
at the same time keeping the dirt from the contents.
In another arrangement, I make one or more holes near the top of the jar or pot,
preferably during the process of manufacture. Through the hole, (or, if there is
more than one hole, through each of the holes) so made, I pass a metallic staple or its
equivalent preferably pliable, the split shank of which, when passed through it, can be
separated or spread against the inside of the jar, so as to hold the staple firmly in
place. The head of the staple has a double flange or loop to which is hinged the lid
or cover.
In an alternative arrangement, I pass a piece of metallic wire
pliable material through two or more of the holes in the jar, and
in the inside, leaving a band or loop on the outside to which is
cover.
or other tough or
firmly secure them
hinged the lid or
Another alternative arrangement consists in fastening the hinge to the outside of
jar or pot by means of an adhesive substance.
Dated this 30th day of November 1889.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Patent Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or appertaining to Lids or Coverings for Preserve
Jars and other like Articles, and in the Method of Covering
these Articles.
I, JOSEPH TRANTOM of 11 & 13 Cheapside, Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster,
Provision Merchant, 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 has for its object a very simple method of covering jam pots, jars,
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page_text: The invention may be described as follows, reference being had to the accompanying
drawings which show two slightly different ways of carrying it into effect:-
Figure 1 being a perspective view, and Figure 2 an elevation of two different forms
of jars with the lids attached thereto.
In these A is a lid consisting preferably of a simple dise of cardboard or stout
paper, or of tin or other metal, or of wood or other light tough material, which may
be painted or otherwise ornamented in any desirable manner and is adapted to lie flat
on the top of the jar as shown.
The lid is hinged to the jar as at B so as to be capable of falling back against its
sides, and thus leaving the mouth of the jar entirely exposed. The hinge B may be
made of metal, leather, tape, cardboard. paper or any other desirable material, and it
may either be attached to the lid, as in Figure 1-in which the hinge is of sheet metal
and is attached to the cardboard lid by tangs 6 thrust through the cardboard and
clinched on its inner side-or it may be formed in one with the lid as shown in
Figure 2, where the lid is supposed to be of stout paper.
The hinge may be secured to the jar by means of wire, string, glue or other tough,
pliable or adhesive material, the fastening material depending partly on the nature of
the material employed for the hinge. In the jar shown in Figure 1, the hinge is
secured to the jar by means of a wire, string, cord or other line C which is passed
through a loop ' on the hinge and round the neck of the jar, being secured by tying,
twisting or otherwise. The wire, or its equivalent, forms, in fact, a pivot about which
the hinge end lid may turn. In Figure 2 the hinge is simply fastened to the outside
of the jar by means of glue, cement, or other adhesive substance.
In another arrangement, 1 make one or more holes near the top of the jar or pot,
preferably during the process of manufacture. Through the hole, (or if there is more
than one hole, through each of the holes) so made, I pass a metallic staple or its
equivalent, preferably pliable, the split shank of which, when passed through the hole,
can be separated or clinched against the inside of the jar, so as to hold the staple
firmly in place. The head of the staple has a double flange or loop to which the lid
or cover is hinged.
In still another arrangement, I pass a piece of metallic wire or other tough or
pliable material through two or more of the holes in the jar, and firmly secure it in
the inside, leaving a band or loop on the outside to which the lid or cover is hinged.
In sealing up a jar provided with a lid as above described, I first of all place a piece
of paper, membrane, or other material, over the jar to keep the contents from coming
in contact with the lid. I then fold the lid over onto this membrane, and over the lid
I place the cover D in the ordinary manner, and tie it down with string or wire d or
other material, or paste or varnish it in place in the usual manner. When the jar is
to be opened, the cover D is simply torn off in the usual manner. The lid is then free
to be thrown back. The under cover is taken off and the contents of the jar abstracted
in whole or in part. The lid is then thrown forward over the top of the jar again and
forms a neat or ornamental cover therefor, at the same time keeping the dust and
insects from the contents.
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 :-
In a preserve jar or other like article, the combination of a flat disc or plate hinged
to the top of the jar and adapted to form a temporary lid therefor while the contents
are being used, and an outer covering secured over said lid and adapted to be removed
entirely when the jar is to be opened, substantially as described.
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WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of Liverpool, Manchester, Nottingham, and London, Patent Agents.