Improvements in the Manufacture of Kettle Necks or Breasts.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application; 2nd Mar., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Dec., 1892-Accepted, 7th Jan., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Kettle Necks or Breasts.
I, WILLIAM GEORGE GARNETT, of 331, Bradford Street, in the City of
Birmingham, Toolmaker and Machinist, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the manner in which I construct and arrange the necks
breasts or upper portions of tin kettles for receiving oval shaped lids whereby a
smooth edge or rounded bead like surface is given to the aperture for permitting
the hand of any person to be placed therein without the possibility of injury by
cutting, also for strengthening the edge and portion of the metal upon which the
lid or cover rests or is inserted.
In carrying my invention into effect I press up or stamp from a sheet of metal,
an oval dish like top or breast having an oval opening in the centre for the
reception of the lid ; around this opening I form a small flat surface as a seat or
support for the lid at the inner edge. The lid aperture or oval hole I provide
with an edge turned under to form a false wire or bead or ring. The edge of the
metal being turned inside and away from the opening so as to present a smooth
surface or rounded edge instead of a plain single edge of the metal sheet.
I form this false wire or bead or ring by tools arranged in any well known
manner, the metal being stamped or pressed up and then rolled over by dies
and formers or by means of rolling tools which I arrange for this purpose.
Dated this 1st day of March 1892.
MARKS & CLERK,
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Kettle Necks or Breasts.
I, WILLIAM GEORGE GARNETT, of 331 Bradford Street, in the City of
Birmingham, Toolmaker and Machinist, 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 relates to the manner in which I construct and arrange the
necks, breasts or upper portions of tin kettles, tea pots or like articles for receiving
oval shaped lids whereby a smooth edge or rounded bead like surface is given to
the aperture for permitting the hand of any person to be placed therein without
the possibility of injury by cutting, also for strengthening the edge and portion
of the metal upon which the lid or cover rests or is inserted.
In carrying my invention into effect I press up or stamp from a sheet of metal,
an oval dish like top or breast A as shown in Figure of the accompanying
around
drawing, having an oval opening in the centre for the reception of the lid ;
this opening I form a small flat surface A' as a seat or support for the lid at the
inner edge. The lid aperture or oval hole I provide with an edge or rim B
turned under to form a false wire or bead or ring as shown in Figure 2. The
edge of the metal being turned inside and away from the opening so as to present
a smooth surface or rounded edge instead of a plain single edge of the metal
sheet.
I prefer to form an enlarged ridge or protecting bead rim A' around the lid
opening before forming the flat seat A' for the lid.
I form the false wire or bead or ring B by tools arranged in any well known

page_text: manner, the metal being stamped or pressed up and then rolled over by dies and
formers or by means of rolling tools which I arrange for this purpose.
1 sometimes place a wire C within the ring when making very strong kettles
or pots as shown in detail at Figure 3.
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
1. The construction of kettle or like necks or breasts such as A having the
inner edge of metal formed into a bead such as B for the purpose of presenting
a smooth surface to the hand when entering the lid aperture,,substantially as
herein described and as illustrated at Figures 1 and 2 of the accompanying
drawings.
Dated this 1st day of December 1892.
MARKS & CLERK,
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicant.