IMPROVED DISH COVER HANDLE LOCK AND KEY
Year: 1885

page_text: We THOMAS HENRY DANIEL and THOMAS RICHARD ARTER trading as Daniel
and Arter, Globe Works, Highgate Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire, Manu-
facturers of Electro plated wares, do hereby declare the nature of our invention
for IMPROVED DISH COVER HANDLE LOCK AND KEY, to be as follows:-
Improved dish cover handle lock and key consists of a small hollow metal lock
(Fig. 1) fixed on to the dome of the dish-cover and a handle plate (Fig. 2) fitting
onto the metal lock. The handle is fixed onto a plate, the centre of the underpart
of which is hollowed or recessed to the shape of the lock.
The key (Fig. 3) being stamped into the plate.
The top of the lock has a slot cut or stamped in it, as shown in figure N° 1 to
admit the key, in the recessed part of the plate.
The key is placed in the slot and being turned either to the right or to the left
becomes locked in the lock.
The position of the handle at once shows whether the latter is locked or not, as
if locked it is in a straight line with the dish cover and vice versa.
The key and handle plate being stamped out of a solid piece of metal (our
improvement) makes the handle more secure (as it cant break off) than the ordinary
dish cover handle lock and key to which the key is soldered or otherwise attatched
to the handle plate.
THOMAS H. DANIEL,
THOS R. ARTER.

page_text: We THOMAS HENRY DANIEL and THOMAS RICHARD ARTER trading as Daniel
& Arter of Globe Works Highgate St Birmingham Warwickshire, Manufacturers
of Electro-plated Wares do hereby declare the nature of our invention for
IMPROVED DISH COVER HANDLE LOCK AND KEY and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:—
Our invention consists in forming a Dish-cover Lock & Key in the following
manner; we form the Key by raising, by means of pressure, from a conveniently
sized plate of metal, a projection of suitable form (Fig. 1) in height about twice
the thickness of the metal used, the shaded portions A. A (Fig. 1) are then cut
away leaving the projecting tongues B. B (Fig. 1) attached by a hollow centre
stud C. to the base D, the finished key has then the appearance of Fig. 2.
The Lock Fig. 3 is formed by piercing a suitable plate of metal in such manner
that the tongues and centre stud of the Key can pass readily through the orifice,
the Key being then turned engages itself by means of the tongues B B Fig. 1,
under the solid parts of the lock Fig. 3 F. F. and be held securely. The Lock and
Key may also be cast in metal if desirable.
We use preferably the form of Lock & Key shewn in the diagrams but we do
not confine ourselves to any particular shape or form, provided that such Key is
formed of a single piece of metal, the object of our invention being to avoid the
risk of breakage or loosening which is liable to occur when the Key is made of two
or more portions secured together by means of rivets or solder.
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
A dish-cover handle Lock and Key in which the Key is formed of one piece of
metal with the Key plate for the purpose and in the manner described in the
foregoing specification.
THOMAS H. DANIEL.
THOS R. ARTER.