IMPROVEMENTS IN HOT WATER JUGS AND OTHER VESSELS, AND IN BALANCE COVERS FOR THE SAME
Year: 1879

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Read, of Denbigh Street, Hanley, in the County
of Stafford, Potters' Foreman, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN HOT
WATER JUGS AND OTHER VESSELS, AND IN BALANCE COVERS FOR THE SAME"
Sealed the 29th August 1879, and dated the 11th March 1879.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Read at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 11th March 1879.
JOSEPH READ, of Denbigh Street, Hanley, in the County of Stafford, Potters'
Foreman. "IMPROVEMENTS IN HOT WATER JUGS AND OTHER VESSELS, AND IN
BALANCE COVERS FOR THE SAME."
:
The object of this Invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive self acting
balance cover for hot water jugs and other vessels which can be easily adjusted in
position, and to give greater strength to the jug or other vessel at the points of
suspension of the cover with less liability to fracture of such parts than when
formed in the manner heretofore adopted.
In carrying my Invention into effect, in lieu of forming two inclined slots open
at the top in the upper edge of the jug or other vessel to receive the pivots of the
cover, I form two small holes near the upper edge of the jug or other vessel to
receive such pivots, and in lieu of employing fixed pivots on the cover I form one
or both of such pivots moveable and to slide in a guide or guides fixed to the cover.
The moveable pivot or pivots is or are provided with a knob or handle to actuate
the same in one or both directions, and it or they may be operated in one direction
by a spring, and when no spring is used the knob or handle actuating the moveable
pivot or pivots is held in one position by a suitable stop or catch.
By these means one or both pivots may be made moveable, so as to enable them
to be readily withdrawn from their bearings in the sides of the jug or other vessel,
thus avoiding the necessity for cutting slots in the top edge of the vessel and
enabling me to substitute for such slots small holes, as before described, thereby
avoiding much loss in the manufacture of the jugs or other vessels and the
possibility of the cover falling off when pouring liquid from the vessel.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent nied by
the said Joseph Read in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 11th September
1879.
JOSEPH READ, of Denbigh Street, Hanley, in the County of Stafford, Potters'
Foreman. "IMPROVEMENTS IN HOT WATER JUGS AND OTHER VESSELS, AND IN
BALANCE COVERS FOR THE SAME."
The object of this Invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive self acting
balance cover for hot water jugs and other vessels which can be easily adjusted in
position, and to give greater strength to the jug or other vessel at the points of
suspension of the cover with less liability to fracture of such parts than when
formed in the manner heretofore adopted.
In carrying my Invention into effect, in lieu of forming two inclined slots open
at the top in the upper edge of the jug or other vessel to receive the pivots of the
cover, I form two small holes near the upper edge of the jug or other vessel to
receive such pivots, and in lieu of employing fixed pivots on the cover I form one
or both of such pivots moveable and to slide in a guide or guides fixed to the
cover. The moveable pivot or pivots is or are provided with a knob, or handle to
actuate the same in one or both directions, and it or they may be operated in one
direction by a spring, and when no spring is used the knob or handle actuating the
moveable pivot or pivots is held in one position by a suitable stop or catch.
By these means one or both pivots may be made moveable so as to enable them
to be readily withdrawn from their bearings in the sides of the jug or other vessel,
thus avoiding the necessity for cutting slots in the top edge of the vessel and
enabling me to substitute for such slots small holes, as before described, thereby
avoiding much loss in the manufacture of the jugs or other vessels and the possibility
of the cover falling off when pouring liquid from the vessel.
And in order that my said Invention may be more clearly understood and
readily carried into effect, I will proceed, aided by the accompanying Drawings,
more fully to describe the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
1
Figure 1 is an elevation, and Figure 2 is a plan of a jug with one form of my
Invention applied thereto; Figure 3 is a plan partly in section, and Figure 4 is a
cross section of the cover and parts carried thereby, and Figure 5 is a plan of the
same with parts removed, and Figures 6 and 7 are plans of a cover in which the
supporting pivots are both moveable.
In carrying my Invention into effect in lieu of forming two inclined slots open
at the top in the upper edge of the jug or other vessel to receive the pivots of the
cover I form two small holes a near the upper edge of the jug or other vessel to
receive such pivots, and in lieu of employing fixed pivots on the cover I form one
or both of such pivots moveable and to slide in a guide or guides fixed to the
cover.
In the arrangement represented in Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, the cover b is pro-
'vided with a fixed pivot b¹ and a moveable pivot b², the moveable pivot 62 is formed
of the end of a rod 63 which is capable of sliding within a tubular guide c fixed
across the cover b, a spring & contained within the tubular guide c acts upon the
rod 6 to cause the end or pivot b² to project from the side of the cover b, but when
desired such pivot 62 may be drawn within the guide c by means of a knob or
button e fixed to the rod b³.
A slot 64 is formed in the guide c to permit of the required motion of the rod 6s
and knob or button e; fis a guard or cover attached to the knob or button e, which
is employed to cover the slot 64 and prevent dust and dirt from entering the
tube c, and thereby interfering with the action of the spring d.

page_text: When it is desired to apply the cover to or remove it from the jug or other vessel
the rod 68 is acted upon by the knob or button e to draw the moveable pivot b²
within the tubular guide c, when the cover can be adjusted with the pivots b¹, b²,
within the holes a or removed therefrom.
In the arrangement represented at Figures 6 and 7 the spring d is dispensed
with and both pivots 61, 62, are made moveable, such pivots being formed of the
projecting ends of the rod 6. The shank of the knob or button e in this case is
also capable of being moved to and fro in the slot 64, but such slot communicates
with an opening 65 at right angles thereto in order that when the rod 63 is in the
position shown in Figuure 6, the shank of the knob or button e may by lying in
such opening 65, retain the rod bs with its ends or pivots 61, 62, both projecting from
the guide c. By moving the shank of the knob or button e to the end of the
slot 6 opposite to that with which the opening 65 communicates the end or pivot b²
is drawn within the tubular guide c, and consequently the end or pivot b¹ is caused
to project further than shown; in this position, however, the cover can be readily
placed in position or removed from the jug or other vessel.
I would here remark that the moveable pivot or pivots may be otherwise mounted
without departing from the nature of my Invention.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and the mode in which
I carry the same into effect, I would have it understood that what I claim is,-—
First. Forming small holes in lieu of inclined slots open at the top in the upper
edge of jugs or other vessels for supporting the balanced covers thereof, substantially
as herein shown and described, and
Second. I claim forming one or both of the pivots of balanced covers moveable,
substantially as herein shown and described and for the purpose stated.
In witness whereof, I, the said Joseph Read, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Ninth day of September, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy nine.
TOSEDIT DEAD