Improved Means to Facilitate the Use of Saucepan Covers in Straining Liquid which is being Poured from Saucepans, and to Enable Boiling Over to be Prevented or Stopped.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Nov., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 31st July, 1896-Accepted, 5th Sept., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means to Facilitate the Use of Saucepan Covers in
Straining Liquid which is being Poured from Saucepans, and
to Enable Boiling Over to be Prevented or Stopped.
I, RICHARD CLAYTON, Managing Director of the Cannon Hollowware™
Company Limited!. of Deepfields, near Bilston in the County of Stafford,
Hollowware Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
This invention has for its objects, (1) to facilitate raising or tilting the cover of
a saucepan such distance and in such manner as may be required to enable 'liquid
to be poured out. therefrom while any solid contents are kept back, or to stop or
prevent boiling over, and to enable the cover to be securely held 'in such position;
and (2) to combine, with means for facilitating the raising or tilting of such cover
for the purposes or either purpose just stated and for enabling it to be securely
held in the raised or tilted position, means by which an increased passage-way
may be provided for the flow of the liquid, or escape of steam, from the sauce-
pan beyond that which is due merely to the raising or tilting of the lid by the
means employed therefor.
The object (1) above stated is accomplished, according to this invention,"by"
fixing to the saucepan cover a handle which, when the cover is placed down upon
the saucepan in proper position, extends outwards over the saucepan handle, and is ..
so shaped and is in such relation to the saucepan handle that its outer end is
grasped together with the saucepan handle and is thus drawn down against such
handle, with the effect of raising or tilting the saucepan cover: The weight' of the
cover normally keeps the outer end of the handle away from the saucepan handle,
and when the outer end of the former handle is moved down the parts turn on the
inner edge of the cover. The leverage, and movement of the outer end of the
cover handle, are of course so proportioned that the front edge of the cover is *.
raised or tilted only to the height which is required.
It will be seen that the cover may be raised or tilted, either for straining out "
the liquid contents from the saucepan or for preventing or stopping the saucepan
from boiling over, and may be securely held, by the hand which is used to grasp
the saucepan handle. The inconvenience is thus avoided, which is commonly
experienced in straining out liquid contents from a saucepan, of having to hold the
saucepan with one hand and the cover with the other, with the liability of getting
scalded; and the risk is avoided also which is incidental to the practice of lifting
a cover in the ordinary manner to stop boiling over.
The cover handle is conveniently formed of flat metal preferably 'curved' in
transverse section towards its outer end to suit the curved surface of the saucepan."
handle against which it is moved.
The object (2) above stated is accomplished by combining, with the handle
above described used for raising or tilting the saucepan cover; a hole or a number
of holes formed through the rim of the cover, or by cutting away a portion of the -
rim of the cover, or by setting back or slanting back a portion of such rim, in such
position in either case in relation to the handle aforesaid of the cover, preferably
on the opposite side of the cover thereto, that when the cover has been raised or
tilted up in the manner described a clear passage-way from the interior of the
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page_text: saucepan to the outside will be formed through such hole or holes, or through the
portion of the rim which has been cut away, or up the front of the set-back or
slanting portion of such rim, thus allowing the liquid contents of the saucepan to
be poured out therefrom, or the steam to escape, more rapidly than if such means
were not used in combination with the means for raising or tilting the lid.
Dated this 31st day of October 1895
Improved Means to Facilitate the Use of Saucepan Covers in
Straining Liquid which is being Poured from Saucepans, and
to Enable Boiling Over to be Prevented or Stopped.
1, RICHARD CLAYTON, Managing Director of the Cannon Hollowware
Company, Limited, of Deepfields near Bilston in the County of Stafford,
Hollowware Manufacturers, 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 for its object, firstly, to facilitate raising or tilting the cover
of a saucepan, such distance and in such manner as may be required to enable liquid
to be poured out therefrom while any solid contents are kept back, or to prevent or
stop boiling over, and to enable the cover to be securely held in such position; and,
secondly, to combine, with means for facilitating the raising or tilting of such cover,
for the purposes or either purpose just stated, and for enabling it to be securely
held in the raised or tilted position, means by which an increased passage-way may
be provided for the flow of the liquid, or escape of steam, from the utensil beyond
that which is due merely to the raising or tilting of the cover by the means
employed therefor.
The object firstly above described is accomplished, according to this invention,
in the manner shewn by Figures 1 to 5 inclusive of the drawings herewith, of
which
Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of the upper part of a saucepan, with the cover
close down;
Figure 2 is a corresponding view to Figure 1, but shews the cover in its raised
or tilted position;
Figure 3 is a plan of the saucepan and cover when the latter is close down ;
Figure 4 is an elevation of the upper portion of the saucepan and cover as seen
from the opposite side thereof to that at which the saucepan handle occurs, and
shews the cover in its raised or tilted position; and
Figure is a detached transverse section through the two handles hereinafter
described, taken at the point indicated by line ax of Figure 1.
To the cover A of the saucepan B is fixed a handle a, which when the cover is
placed upon the saucepan in proper position, as shewn by Figures 1 and 3, extends
outwards over the ordinary handle 6 of the saucepan, and is so shaped and is in such
relation to the handle b, as shewn, that its outer end is or may be grasped together
with the handle b and thus drawn down against such handle, with the effect of
tilting the cover, as shewn by Figures 2 and 4. The weight of the cover A
normally keeps it close down upon the saucepan, with the outer end of the handle a
away from the saucepan handle b; and, when the outer end of the handle a is moved
down, such handle and the cover turn on the top edge or rim of the saucepan, that
is to say,
the side of the cover A which is adjacent to the handle 6 turns ou the
corresponding side of the saucepan rim. The leverage, and movement of the outer

page_text: end of the cover handle a, are of course so proportioned that the front edge of the
cover is raised or tilted only to the height which is required.
It will be seen that the cover may be tilted, either for straining out the liquid'
contents from the saucepan or for preventing or stopping the sancepan from boiling
over, and may be securely held in its tilted position by the hand which is used to.
grasp the saucepan handle b. The inconvenience is thus avoided, which is commonly
experienced in straining out liquid contents from a saucepan, of having to hold the
saucepan with one hand and the cover with the other, with the liability of getting
scalded, and the risk of getting scalded which is incidental to the practice of
lifting a cover in the ordinary manner to stop boiling over, is avoided also.
The handle a is conveniently formed of flat metal, preferably curved in transverse
section, as shewn by Figure 5, towards its outer end, to suit the curved surface of
the saucepan handle b against which it is moved.
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The object secondly above described is accomplished in a manner which is also
illustrated by Figures 1, 2 and 4, that is to say, the cover A, which is capable of
being tilted by means of the handle a in the manner described, has a number of
holes c formed through the rim d, in such position in relation to the handle a,
preferably at the opposite side of the cover as shewn, that when the cover has been
tilted up into the position shewn by Figures 2 and 4, a clear passage-way from the
interior of the saucepan to the outside will be formed through such holes, thus
allowing the liquid contents of the saucepan to be poured out therefrom, or the steam
to escape, more rapidly than if such means were not used in combination with the
means described for tilting the cover.
Figures 6 to 10 inclusive illustrate alternative means which may be used in lieu
of the holes c, if desired. Of these figures, Figure 6 is a front elevation of a.
saucepan cover having a long hole or slot e through the rim d thereof. Figure 7 is
a corresponding view to Figure 6, but shews a portion of the rim d cut away for the
whole depth thereof to leave a gap e'. In this figure, for the sake of clearness of
illustration, the line shewing the bottom of the portion of the rim which is exactly
opposite to the gap el is omitted. Figure 8 is an underside view of a saucepan cover,
and Figure 9 a front elevation of the same, the rim d being shewn as formed with a
portion which is set back nearer to the centre of the cover than the remaining portion.
Figure 10 shews, in vertical section, the upper portion of one side of a saucepan and
the side of the cover which is remote from the handle a, and shews the sectional
shape g of the rim d of the cover to be slanted back at such side. This slanted-
back portion extends only for a length corresponding to that of the slot e above-
described. The slot e, the gap e, the set-back portion of the rim, and the
slanted-back portion g of the rim, will either of them give an increased passage-way
for the flow of liquid or the escape of steam from the sauce pan, when the cover has.
been tilted in the manner above described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-.
tion, and in what manner the same is to be perforined, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A cover for a saucepan, having a handle fixed thereto which when the cover
is properly placed upon the utensil projects a considerable distance over the
saucepan bandle, but leaves a space between itself and such latter handle, and
which may consequently be grasped by the same hand which is used to grasp the
latter handle, and its outer end be thereby drawn down towards or against such
latter bandle, and the cover be thus raised or tilted, substantially as described.
2. A cover A having a handle a connected thereto at one end only, for use with
a saucepan B having a handle 6 connected thereto at one end only, substantially as
described and shewn by Figures 1 to 4 of the drawings herewith.
3. A cover for a saucepan, having a handle fixed thereto which when the cover
is properly placed upon the utensil projects a considerable distance over the
saucepan handle but leaves a space between itself and such latter handle, and which
may consequently be grasped by the same hand which is used to grasp such latter

page_text: handle, and its outer end be thereby drawn down towards or against such latter
handle, and the cover be thus raised or tilted, in combination with means by which
an increased passage-way may be provided for the flow of liquid, or escape of steam,
from the utensil beyond that which is due merely to the raising or tilting of the
cover, substantially as described.
4. A cover A having a handle a connected thereto at one end only, and
openings c, or an opening e, or a gap el, formed through the rim d of such cover, or
a portion for g of such rin set back or slanted back, for use with a saucepan having
a handle b connected thereto at one end only, substantially as described and shewD
by the drawings herewith.
Dated this 29th day of July 1896
STEPHEN WATKINS,
Wolverhampton, Agent for the Applicant.
STEPHEN WATKINS,
Wolverhampton, Agent for the Applicant.