Articles that require a Cover.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Oct., 1886.
Complete Left, 22nd Mar., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 22nd Apr., 1887.
Articles that require a Cover.
JOSEPH READ Earthenware Manufacturer 23 George Street Hanley Stoke on Trent
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
The object of this Invention is to provide a Cover for Teapots and other vessels,
which will not fall off, when liquid is poured from the vessel-In carrying my
invention into effect, I form a groove in the vessel, immediately under the top, and at
the back or near the handle; I take out a small portion of the extreme top, to allow
of the introduction of a small projection, which I form on the edge of the cover;
when the cover is put on, there should be a slight turn given to it, to bring the
projection within the groove, the cover cannot then possibly fall off.
Lock Lid for Teapots, Coffee Pots, Kettles, Jugs and such like
Articles that require a Cover.
I, JOSEPH READ, of 23, George Street, Hanley, near Stoke-upon-Trent, in the
County of Staffordshire, Manufacturer, 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 teapots and other vessels having loose
(i.e., not hinged) lids with one constructed in such a way that it cannot fall off when
the vessel is tilted forward for the purpose of pouring liquid from it, and the invention
consists in the combination with a circular groove forined in the inner face of the

page_text: throat of the vessel, and immediately above the ledge upon which the lid rests, with a
rearward extension of the lid-rim and a notch down which the said extension drops
upon the ledge when the lid is put on the pot or vessel.
In order that my invention, and the means by which the same may be carried into
practical effect, may be thoroughly understood, I will proceed to describe the same in
detail, referring in so doing to the accompanying drawing which illustrates the
application of my invention to a teapot, the latter being an article of familiar use and
one to which the invention is particularly applicable, although, as I have pointed out,
above I wish it to be distinctly understood that my invention is not confined to
teapots.
Fig. 1 is a vertical section of a teapot shewing the lid in the position it occupies
when it has been put on, the extension being at the bottom of the notch.
Fig. 2 is a plan of the same teapot with the lid turned through a quarter of a circle.
A is the loose cover; a, its rim; and a¹ the rearward extension thereof.
B is the body of the teapot; b, the ledge; b, the groove formed in the inner face
of the throat; and 62 the notch.
The diameter of the mouth of the pot taken along a line passing through the
groove is equal to the diameter of the lid plus the projection of the rearward
extension a¹. So that in putting the lid on, the front of the rim must be introduced
into the front part of the groove & before the extension a¹ can drop down the notch b
on to the ledge b. When the lid is on, or in the position shewn in Fig. 1, it is turned
through about a quarter of a circle either to the right or the left. This turn carries
the extension a¹ into the groove, and keeps the opposite part of the lid-rim also in the
groove, locking the lid therefore on each side to the extent of preventing any amount
of tilting given to the pot from releasing it.
I do not confine myself to the exact position of the notch, as the same may be varied,
neither do I lay claim to the use of a notch in connection with the retaining of loose
lids upon their vessels when the latter are tilted forward for pouring, but
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of said my invention,
in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is
1. The combination of groove formed in the throat of the vesel, a notch leading
into said groove, a rearward extension of the lid-rim which passes down the notch
when the lid put on the vessel, and which, when turned to the right or left along
the groove keeps the opposite part of the lid rim on the groove, substantially as
described with reference to the accompanying figures.