IMPROVEMENTS IN CANS, KETTLES, AND PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION AND OTHER VESSELS HAVING HANDLES APPLIED THERETO
Year: 1867

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Ebenezer Stevens, of Pentonville Road, in the County
of Middlesex, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN CANS, KETTLES, AND
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Ebenezer Stevens at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 16th
February 1867.
I, EBENEZER STEVENS, of Pentonville Road, in the County of Middlesex,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
CANS, KETTLES, AND OTHER VESSELS HAVING HANDLES APPLIED THERETO," to be as
follows:-
The Invention has for its object improvements in cans, kettles, and other
vessels having handles applied thereto.
For this purpose I make the handle in three parts hinged together and to
the body of the vessel. The back portion of the handle is by preference
hinged to the body of the can or other vessel towards its lower part, whilst the
front portion thereof is hinged to the top of the can or other vessel at or near
its front edge; but I do not confine myself to the precise details described so
long as a jointed handle of the character described is employed, by which
greater facility is given to empty the can or other vessel of its contents, and
greater control exercised over it..

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Ebenezer Stevens in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
16th August 1867.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, EBENEZER
STEVENS, of Pentonville Road, in the County of Middlesex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Sixteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, in the thirtieth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Ebenezer Stevens, Her special licence that I, the said Ebenezer Stevens,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
Ebenezer Stevens, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
CANS, KETTLES, AND OTHER VESSELS HAVING HANDLES APPLIED THERETO," upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said Ebenezer Stevens, my executors
or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of
their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature
of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed,
and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within
six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Ebenezer Stevens, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement, that is to say :-
The Invention has for its object improvements in cans, kettles, and other
vessels having handles applied thereto.
For this purpose I make the handle in three parts hinged together and to
the body of the vessel. The back portion of the handle is by preference
hinged to the body of the can or other vessel towards its lower part, whilst
the front portion thereof is hinged to the top of the can or other vessel at or
near its front edge; but I do not confine myself to the precise details described
so long as a jointed handle of the character described is employed, by which
greater facility is given to empty the can or other vessel of its contents, and
greater control exercised over it.

page_text: And in order that my Invention may be more fully understood and readily
carried into effect, I will proceed to describe the Drawing hereunto annexed
and refer to the figures and letters marked thereon..
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a can having my Invention applied
thereto.
It will be seen that the handle of the can or other vessel consists of three parts
a, b, and c, which are hinged together and to the body of the can or other
vessel. The back portion of the handle marked c is connected at c¹ near to the
lower portion of the body of the can or other vessel, whilst the front portion b
thereof is connected at or near the top of the can or vessel at 6¹. The central
portion a of the handle is hinged at a¹ to the part b, and at a³ to the part c of
the handle of the can or other vessel, as shown. The handle herein described
may be formed by stamping, casting, forging, or by other suitable means, and
may be formed of any desirable material, and may be altered in form to suit
the article to which it is intended to be applied.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner of
carrying the same into effect, I wish it to be understood that I do not confine
myself to the precise details herein shown and described so long as a jointed
handle of the character described is employed, by which greater facility is
given to empty the can or other vessel of its contents, and greater control is
exercised over it.
In witness whereof, I, the said Ebenezer Stevens, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Fifteenth day of August, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.
Witness,
FRED*. HARRIS,
Patent Agent,
35, Southampton Buildings,
Chancery Lane.
E. STEVENS. (L.S.)