Improvements in Covers for Cooking Utensils.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Oct., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 'st Aug., 1896-Accepted, 5th Sent., 1896
Improvements in Covers for Cooking Utensils.
i, SAMUEL WELLINGTON RAY of Port Arthur, Province of Ontario, Dominion
of Canada, Banker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
In this invention the middle part of the cover of the cooking utensil has pivotted
to it a handle formed of a horizontal loop for manipulating the cover directly from
the middle of the same and of a stem projecting outwards from the pivotted ends to
beyond the edge of the utensil the outer end of said stem being provided with a
wooden handle. The handle of the body of the cooking utensil is pivotted to the
latter and at the upper part normally rests upon the cover handle. The cover fits
into the cooking utensil by a flange and at the pouring out part of the edge is
provided with a perforated outlet which is covered by a housing soldered or
otherwise fixed to the cover and having hinged to its pouring out edge a lid which
opens with the weight of liquid behind it and closes by gravity.
53 dom of Natober 1805
THOMAS R. SHILLITO,
89 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.
I, SAMUEL WELLINGTON RAY of Port Arthur, Province of Ontario, Dominion
of Canada, Banker, 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 object to provide a cover for cooking vessels so constructed
that the danger of burning or scalding the person or hands of the operator will be
avoided, for example, in pouring out the hot or boiling contents of a vessel.
In the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 is a transverse section on line 1-1 of
Fig. 2 through a vessel provided with the cover of this invention and Fig. 2 is a
plan view of the cover and vessel.
In carrying out the invention the cover A is provided with a flange 10
adapted to fit within the vessel B and at or near the front edge of the cover, the
body portion thereof is provided with an outlet preferably made in the nature of a
series of openings 11, forming substantially a strainer which is covered by a
housing 12 open at the front where it is normally kept closed by a hinged lid 13
preferably held closed by its own weight and said lid is provided on its outer face
with a guard or stop 14. The cover is further provided with a handle C comprising
a loop section 15 hinged to the middle of the top of the cover, the loop extending
forward from the rear of the housing 12, and a shauk 16 carrying a handle part 17
of wood or other non conductor of heat.
When the cover is in position upon the vessel the bail 18 of the latter is supported
by the guard 14 whereby said bail is prevented from becoming heated, and in the

page_text: manipulation of the vessel the handle part 17 is grasped in one hand and the bail
held in the other, and upon tilting the vessel forward the liquid therein will escape
through the outlet or strainer 11, the lid 13 thereof being opened by the weight at
its back of the contents of the vessel, and when this is so tilted through the medium
of the handle C the loop section thereof is made to bear upon the top of the cover
thus holding the cover firmly in place upon the vessel and the handle C acting
practically as a lever.
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. A cover for culinary vessels, provided with a handle of angular construction
pivotted thereon, the lower or horizontal member of the handle engaging the cover
when its other member is in a nearly vertical position, substantially as described
and shewn.
2. In a culinary vessel, a cover provided with a handle located upon its upper
surface, said handle comprising an upwardly extending shank member and a
horizontal loop member, the latter being adapted to press upon the cover when
the shank is carried to a substantially vertical position, the handle being pivotted
or hinged to the cover at the junction of its members, substantially as described and
shewn.
3. A cover for culinary vessels, provided with an outlet near one edge, a housing
over the outlet and a gravity lid normally closing the outlet, said lid being provided
with a guard adapted as a support for the bail of the vessel to which the cover is
applied, substantially as described and shewn.
Dated this 1st day of August 1896.
THOMAS R. SHILLITO,
89 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.