Improvements in an Adjustable Apparatus for Holding Lids_or Covers on China or Earthenware Tea Pots, Coffee Pots, Hot Water Jugs, and other such like Vessels.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Jan., 1894-Accepted, 17th Feb., 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in an Adjustable Apparatus for Holding Lids_or
Covers on China or Earthenware Tea Pots, Coffee Pots, Hot
Water Jugs, and other such like Vessels.
I, SAMUEL DAVIES, of 1 Devonshire Street, Portland Place, in the County of
London, Hotel Keeper, 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 :-
My invention relates to improvements in an adjustable apparatus for holding lids
or covers on china or earthenware tea pots, coffee pots, hot water jugs and other
such like vessels, which consists of mechanism fixed to the handle and knob of the
cover or to any part of the cover of any of the aforesaid vessels by means of
adjustable lined jaws and a pivoted or hinged lever for opening or closing the lid
or cover.
I attain these objects by the illustration in the accompanying drawings, in
which :-
Fig. 1, is a plan of the apparatus fixed to a tea pot.
Fig. 2, is a side view of a hinged lever.
Fig. 3, is a plan of the apparatus fixed to a water jug with spring lever split
at base.
Fig. 4, is a tea pot handle with a groove to receive the jaws.
Fig. 5, is a water jug handle with a groove to receive the jaws.
Fig. 6, is a front view of the split spring lever.
Fig. 7, is a side view of Fig. 3.
Fig. 8, is a side view of Fig. 1, part of this figure is in section.
Fig. 9, is a side view of one of the jaws.
Several of the figures are broken off for want of space.
Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.
This invention is constructed with two metal jaws fone for the right hand and
the other for the left hand, each jaw fis lined with leather l, cork, india rubber,
or other suitable material the said leather being fixed to the jaw f by parts of the
metal being burred or hammered over at m m as in Fig. 9. At the top of the jaw f
I drill one or more holes in order to support a screwed spindle k.
with
To the aforesaid jaws f is attached a screwed spindle k and a lever arm
or without washers between the jaws f and the lever g; and at each end of
the screwed spindle is placed a knurled nut i. The lever g is drilled through the
boss for the purpose of fixing the knob o to the cover a by a nut and screw.
preferable the hinged lever j as in Fig. 2, may be used if required in place of the
lever g.
If
The aforesaid apparatus is fixed to the plain handle e of a tea pot b so that a
metal cover a may rest on the ordinary flange p as in Figs. 1, and 8; the lever g
and jaws fare provided with several holes so as to adjust the apparatus to any
tea pot where the original lid or cover has been broken or lost. The apparatus is
screwed up rigidly by the nuts i and the lever g acts as the thumb lever and
hinge for raising or lowering the lid or cover a.
At either end of the screwed spindle a lock nut may be placed to prevent the
action of lifting the lid or cover from loosening the grip of the jaws on the handle
by vibration.
In Figs. 6, and 7, is shown a spring lever h attached to an ordinary water jug c,
this said spring lever h is constructed with parallel or curved bars bent either from

page_text: the front or back and with a split boss n so that the said split boss will spring open
and grip any size knob or neck of any size knob on an ordinary lid or cover, of a
water jug or other like vessel.
For china or earthenware lids or covers with knobs of same the front split boss n
of the lever h opens with a spring and when closed encompass the neck of the
knob, but when used for metal lids or covers it is bent round and split at the back
with a swell n' in the front so that the neck of knob can pass through and be fixed
to the lid or cover.
The back part of either of the levers are curved or turned up from the hinge to
act as a thumb lever for the purpose of lifting the lid or cover by the same hand
that holds the vessel.
Handles e of tea pots, water jugs or other like vessels may be constructed with a
groove or recess d as in Figs. 4, and 5, in order to receive jaws that are padded or
formed to embed themselves in the said groove or recess d.
It will be understood that I do not bind myself to make the foregoing exactly as
illustrated, that is to say I do not intend to depart from the principles of the
invention, but any part or parts may be adorned with any shape or degree of
ornament or elaboration.
The object of my invention is to provide an adjustable apparatus with lids or
covers, to be fixed on china or earthenware tea pots, coffee pots, or hot water jugs
where the covers have been lost or destroyed and to re-use the said tea pots, coffee
pots or hot water jugs which have been hitherto discarded, or for specially
constructed vessels. The levers g and h may if preferable be fixed to the cover in
any position otherwise than the centre of the said cover, either to a knob or by
means of rivets.
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 :-
1. In teapots, the combination of the lever g screwed spindle k nuts i jaws fand
lining, adjusted to a tea pot to support the lid a, substantially as herein described
and according to Figs. 1, 8, and 9, of the accompanying drawings.
2. The right and left hand jaws f with leather 1 cork or india rubber linings
fixed together, substantially as described and for the purpose specified.
3. In tea pots, the combination of the solid lever g or hinged lever j hinged to
the jaws for supporting the lid or cover, substantially as described.
4. In water jugs or other vessels, the combination of the curved spring lever h
with split boss n hinged to the jaws f and screwed spindle with lock nuts i,
substantially as herein described and according to Figs. 6, and 7, of the accom-
panying drawings.
5. The parallel curved spring lever h and the split boss n, hinged to the jaws f,
substantially as herein described and for the purpose specified.
6. The groove or recess d in the handles of tea pots, coffee pots, hot water jugs
or other like vessels, substantially as described.
7. The levers, jaws, or other parts of the apparatus to receive any degree of
ornament, substantially as herein described.
8. The parallel curved lever h split at the back and boss n', hinged to the jaws f
substantially as herein described and according to Fig. 3, of the accompanying
drawings.
Dated this 8th day of Jana 1001
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, W., Agent for the Applicant.