Improvements in the Construction of Non-conductors for the Handles of Vessels, and for other Purposes.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Jan., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 19th Oct., 1897-Accepted, 27th Nov.,
1897
Improvements in the Construction of Non-conductors for the Handles
of Vessels, and for other Purposes.
I, JAMES WILLIS DIXON of Cornish Place in the City of Sheffield, Manufacturer,
do hereby declare the nature of my invention to be as follows:
My invention relates to improvements in the construction of non-conductors or
insulators, and more particularly to non-conductors of heat such as are used to
prevent the passage of heat from the body of a vessel containing hot liquid (such
for example as a teapot) to the handle of same.
In carrying out my invention for such a purpose, I firmly secure to the side of
the vessel to which the handle is to be attached, a projecting screw at each point
of attachment, provided with a nut to screw upon the outer end.
Upon the handle in each position where it is to be joined to the vessel, I
solder or otherwise fix a narrow hoop, preferably but not necessarily round, so
arranged that the beforementioned projecting screws will pass through the hoops
centrally.
The non-conductor proper may be of any suitable material and is made in two
parts each part having a centre hole for the passage of one of the projecting
screws.
Each part is made to fit into the hoop from opposite sides, and is provided with
an outside flange to prevent further movement and to avoid metal coming in
contact with, metal.
When both parts or halves of the conductors are placed in the hoops and passed
over the screws into position they are finally secured by screwing on the nuts.
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ROBT. F. DRURY, C.P.A.,
Bank Buildings, George Street, Sheffield, Agent for Applicant.
Improvements in the Construction of Non-conductors for the Handles ·
of Vessels, and for other Purposes.
I, JAMES WILLIS DIXON of Cornish Place in the City of Sheffield Manufacturer
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same has
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:-
My invention relates to improvements in the construction of non-conductors or
insulators, and more particularly to non-conductors of heat such as are used to

page_text: prevent the passage of heat from the body of a vessel containing hot liquid (such
for example as a teapot) to the handle of same.
The annexed drawings illustrate the method of applying my invention to the
handle of a Teapot, but it must be understood that the details may be modified.
Fig. 1, represents three views of one of the two facsimile parts of the non-
conducting material.
Fig. 2, the screw which secures the parts in position..
Fig. 3, the handle complete and secured to the side of teapot, part being shown
in section.
In carrying my invention into practice in the manner shown, A is a metallic
handle usually made hollow as indicated in the sectional part, and B & B2, are
sockets of plain or ornamental design which are soldered to the side of the Tea-
suitable
pot C.
The non-conductor consists of two parts 1 and D2, made from any
non-conducting material such for example as horn, ivory or the like, and in this
arrangement they are facsimiles.
Each part consists of a body and a collar, and is provided with a central hole
for the passage of the screw E.
The handle is provided with openings to receive the two parts of the non-con-
ductor, and the proportions are so arranged that when the ends of the bodies meet,
the inner sides of the collars also bear against the handle.
When these parts are in position the holes in both are in line and the screw E,
is passed through them, the screwed end is then passed through a hole in the
socket B, and the several parts secured together by the nut F. The lower non-
conductor is fixed in a similar manner, and the sockets B, and B3, are then
soldered to the side of the vessel.
As a modification the screw E, may be reversed and the nut may be placed
outside, or where the head of the screw is shown in Fig. 3, and in some cases the
part D2, may be screwthreaded and form the nut.
It is not essential that the body part of parts D, 12, should be round, they may
be square or of other configuration with the same result, neither is it necessary
that the two parts of the non-conductor should be facsimiles, as for example one
may be long and the other short.
In some patterns of handles instead of making the openings for the non-con-
ductors through the body of the handle, I attach a short length of tube to the
handle in the desired position, which answers the same purpose.
A non-conductor or insulator constructed as above described, may be used for
various other purposes such for example as electrical mechanism.
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:
Tho improved construction of a non-conductor or insulator for the handles o
Teapots and for other like purposes, substantially as hereinbefore described and
set forth.
A non-conductor or insulator consisting of two parts of non-conducting
material D, and D2, with collars and a centre hole, supported and held togethe
by a screw such as E, constructed and applied as hereinbefore described and
shown.
ROBT. F. DRURY,
Bank Buildings, George Street, Sheffield, Agent for Applicant.