Year: 1886

page_text: We FREDERICK WINKLE and WILLIAM WOOD trading as Winkle and Wood,
of Hanley in the county of Stafford, Manufacturers do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to constructing the lids or covers of tea-pots, jugs, and the
like so that they shall be slid or turned round off and over the top or opening of
the tea-pot or the like when it is required to open and close the same, instead of
being lifted hingewise as has hitherto been the case.
For this purpose I pivot the lid or cover at a suitable point near the edge of the
usual opening in the tea-pot or the like in such a manner that it can only be moved
in a horizontal direction when required to open or close the same; a suitable catch
or stop is provided for holding the lid or cover in the required position when
closed and the lid or cover is fitted with a knob or the like to allow of the same
being operated.
G. F. REDFERN,
Agent for the Applicants.
We FREDERICK WINKLE and WILLIAM WOOD, trading as Winkle and Wood, of
Hanley in the county of Stafford, Manufacturers do hereby declare the nature
of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performned to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to providing tea-pots, jugs and like vessels with lids or
covers arranged so that they can be slid or turned off and over the top or opening
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page_text: of the tea-pot or the like when it is required to open and close the same, instead of
having to be lifted hingewise as has hitherto been the case.
For this purpose we pivot the lid or cover at a suitable point near the edge of
the usual opening in the tea-pot or the like in such a manner that it can only be
moved in a horizontal direction when required to open or close the same; a suitable
catch or stop is provided for holding the lid or cover in the required position when
closed and the lid or cover is fitted with a knob or the like to allow of the same
being operated.
In order to enable our invention to be fully understood we will proceed to
describe the same by reference to the accompanying drawing in which figure 1
represents a side elevation partly in section of a tea-pot having our improvements
applied thereto and figure 2 is a plan of the same. Similar letters in both the
figures represent similar parts.
a, represents a tea-pot having the usual opening b, at the top thereof as shewn ;
c, is the lid or cover which we pivot to the top of the tea-pot at the rear end of
the opening b, and near the edge thereof by means of a pin such as d, which is
screw threaded to receive a thumb-nut e, and provided with a washer e¹. By this
arrangement it will be obvious that the lid or cover c, can only be moved in a
horizontal direction around the pin d, when required to open or close the same.
;
In figure 2 we have represented the open position of the lid c, in dotted lines
f, is a stop for stopping the lid or cover c, when moved into the closed position;
g, is a knob on an extension h, at the rear end of the lid c, by means of which the
lid c, can be conveniently operated, or we can dispense with this knob
and use
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only the usual knob c. Although we have only shewn our invention as applied
to tea-pots it will be obvious that it is equally applicable to water jugs and
the like.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is:-
1. A tea-pot, jug or like vessel having its lid or cover so attached to the vessel
that the lid or cover can be slid or turned horizontally when required to open and
close the vessel substantially as hereinbefore described.
2. The improved tea-pot herein before described and represented in the
accompanying drawing.