Improvements in Detachable Collapsible Handles for Saucepans, Pots, and like Vessels.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Aug., 1898--Accepted, 1st Oct., 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Detachable Collapsible Handles for Saucepans,
Pots, and like Vessels.
I, MARTIN THOMPSON, of Latrobe, in the Colony of Tasmania, Bootmaker, 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:-
The object of this invention is to provide a convenient handle or means of
lifting, carrying, supporting and tilting saucepans, flower pots, fern tubs, and
a variety of other vessels or articles which need not be enumerated, but which
either have no handles, or have handles which on account of the weight, size, or
shape of the vessel or article are less convenient to use than in this invention.
The handle I employ is or may be manufactured entirely of wire, of sufficient
stoutness to bear the strains for which it is intended, each handle being adapted
to be adjusted to fit vessels of several i.e. two or more sizes in circumferential
measurement.
In attaching my handle to a vessel I secure its horizontal band (or one of its
bands) underneath the lip, flange, hoop, ears or other protuberant part by which
the vessel is characterized, preferably near the upper end of such vessel.
The vessel is then so encircled as to be larger above the band than just below
it. Consequently my invention is not applicable for attachment to some vessels
such as those which have a smooth cylindrical exterior. Referring now to the
accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows in perspective a saucepan with my
handle attached thereto, underneath the projecting upper edge, or flange round
the rim thereof. Figure 2 shows in side elevation the handle in Figure 1 attached
to a crock or vessel having no flange or projecting lip round its upper rim, but
which bulges out between its ends.
Figure 3 is a plan view of Figure 2 from beneath.
Figure 4 represents a cask of usual form to which my handle is applied in
slightly modified form, that is whilst a main band encircles the cask below its
centre, as in Figure 2, the ears or bails which extend above its centre are con-
nected by another band for greater strength and security.
In these drawings Z is the vessel, and X is the exterior of the vessel at the part
where it is gripped by the band or one of the bands of my appliance. The cir-
cumference of the vessel is greater above this band than that of the band itself
when the latter is adjusted properly by means of the hook hereafter described.
A is the gripping band having the extremity of one end C passed through an
eve D at the extremity of the other end E of said band. The extremity of C is
hooked as shown by B and this hook cannot pass through eye D, hence when the
hook is touching that eye the band is at the greatest diameter to which it can
be adjusted and it may be used in that position to encircle the vessel to be sup-
ported. The ordinary position however of the hook is in engagement with one
or other of a series of loops F which are provided on or near the part E as shown,
and by reason of such engagement the band may be adjusted to tightly fit the
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page_text: vessel at the part X. The bails or uprights G of the band extend upward and
obliquely outwardly and are each provided with several pockets or the like H
to serve as a series of sockets for the reception of the ends of the handle proper J.
The handle J which may be of any shape preferred must be somewhat resilient
at the ends i.e. allow the distance between the ends to be contracted, and it is
then adapted not only to be placed diametrical or nearly so, no matter in which
of the loops F the hook B may be adjusted, (so altering the diameter of band A)
but the said handle can also be intentionally placed when required to one side
of the diametrical line. The latter style of support is indicated by the dotted
line K on Figure 3 and it is often useful; for example where the contents of a
heavy vessel have to be gradually tipped or poured out over the upper edge,
such an arrangement will cause the vessel to tip automatically to a slight extent.
As will be seen from Figure 2 the obliqueness of uprights G enables the
gripping band to be used when encircling a vessel at a plane which is both at a
distance below its widest part, and also a distance below its centre of gravity.
There will however be no tendency for the vessel Z to tip over and part company
with the band, the pivotal points of sockets H where the handle engages the bails
being expressly made to reach higher than the centre of gravity of the vessel,
and as will be evident this height is obtained by means of the use of high bails
in such cases.
Where these bails are of considerable length there are two bands used, viz. the
gripping band A and a higher band L connecting the bails, and making the.
appliance more rigid and more secure in its attachment to the vessel.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is-
1. In combination in a handle appliance of the class indicated a wire. band A
with ears or bails, an eye 1) at one end of said band and a plurality of loops F
near said end, and at the other end a hook B adapted to be engaged with one of
the loops F, or to be retained by the eye D substantially as set forth.
2. A handle appliance having in combination the parts A to J substantially
as set forth and illustrated.
3. In a handle appliance the adjustable bands A and L, the uprights G, the
sockets H. and the handle J, all in combination substantially as and for the pur-
poses set forth.
Dated this 15th day of August 1898.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.