Improvements in Vessels having Lids, such as Teapots, Kettles, and the like.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Mar., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 15th Apr., 1893-Accepted, 20th May, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Vessels having Lids, such as Teapots, Kettles,
and the like.
I, CARL JOHANN PAUL BIENGRÄBER, of 4 Roedingsmarkt, Hamburg,
Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to vessels having loose lids such as teapots, kettles
and the like. Such vessels as ordinarily made have the drawback that the lid is
liable to fall off, when the can is inclined for the purpose of pouring out the
contents. Attempts have been made to obviate this disadvantage by securing the
lid by means of a bayonet-joint arrangement, but this method is not satisfactory for
the reasons, first that the lids must always be cut out accurately to suit the
shoulders on the vessel, so that it is difficult to replace a defective or damaged lid
and secondly because the closure is not absolutely secure as the lid may easily
become accidentally rotated to such an extent that its recesses will correspond with
the projections on the vessel and the lid fall off.
According to this invention the above drawbacks are obviated while at the same
time any ordinary lid can be used so long as its size corresponds to the size of the
mouth of the vessel; and the lid cannot fall off in any position in which the vessel
may be held.
The accompanying drawings illustrate a vessel according to my invention.
Fig. 1 being an elevation partly in section, and
Fig. 2 a plan with the lid removed.
The invention consists in providing the front portion of the mouth of the vessel
with an overhanging lip or Hange a which dies away gradually into the rim bat
both sides. Between the lip or flange a and the edge c of the vessel on which the
lid d rests is thus formed a recess e in which the front edge for the time being of
the lid can pass and by which the lid is prevented from falling when the vessel is
inclined.
Dated this outh dow of March 1802
C. J. P. BIENGRABER,
By L. W., per F. B.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Vessels having Lids, such as Teapots, Kettles,
and the like.
I, CARL JOHANN PAUL BIENGRÄBER, of 40 Roedingsmarkt, Hamburg, Germany,
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 reference to vessels having loose lids such as teapots, kettles
and the like. Such vessels as ordinarily made have the drawback that the lid is
liable to fall off when the can is inclined for the purpose of pouring out the contents.
Attempts have been made to obviate this disadvantage by securing the lid by means
of a bayonet-joint arrangement, but this method is not satisfactory, for the reasons,
first, that the lids must always be cut out accurately to suit the shoulders on the
vessel, so that it is difficult to replace a defective or damaged lid, and, secondly,
because the closure is not absolutely secure as the lid may easily become acci-
dentally rotated to such an extent that its recesses will correspond with the
projections on the vessel and the lid fall off.

page_text: According to this invention the above drawbacks are obviated while at the same
time any ordinary lid can be used so long as its size corresponds to the size of the
mouth of the vessel; and the lid cannot fall off in any position in which the vessel
may be held.
The drawings filed with my Provisional Specification illustrate a vessel according
to my invention,
Fig. 1 being an elevation partly in section, and
Fig. 2 a plan with the lid removed.
The invention consists in providing the front portion of the mouth of the vessel
with an overhanging lip or flange a which dies away gradually into the rim bat
both sides. Between the lip or flarge a and the edge c of the vessel on which the
lid d rests is thus formed a recess e in which the front edge for the time being of
the lid can pass and by which the lid is prevented from falling when the vessel is
inclined.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
A vessel such as a teapot or the like provided with a rim having an overhanging
lip or flange at the part thereof that will be lowest when the vessel is inclined for
discharging its contents, the arrangement being such that when the vessel is so
inclined the front edge of the lid for the time being will enter the recess beneath
the said lip or flange and the lid will be prevented by the lip or flange from falling
off substantially as described and shewn.
Dated this 15th day of April 1893.
C. J. P. BIENGRÄBER,
By L. W., per F. B.