Improvements in or appertaining to Kettles or other similar Utensils.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 29th July, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Mar., 1893-Accepted, 29th Apr., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or appertaining to Kettles or other similar
Utensils.
We, RICHARD CHALLENOR of Rochdale Road, Manchester in the County of
Lancaster, Trunk Manufacturer, and HERBERT WALKER of Dover Street,
Chorleton-on-Medlock, Manchester aforesaid, Grocer, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows, that is to say :-
It consists of the application of means to the apertures or openings in
the tops of kettles or similar other utensils, whereby we are enabled to make
use of lids or coverings of a more durable while less costly nature than it is
possible to use in connection with those articles constructed in the usual manner
and without the aid of our said means.
Our means consist of an annular piece of metal (preferably cast or malleable
iron) which we form to fit within the said apertures or openings.
This annular piece of metal has a flange, formed radially ou its upper outer edge,
which is made to fit over the upper covering or walls of the kettle or the like
surrounding said aperture in order to prevent same from falling into said kettle.
On the inner bottom edge of the annular piece is formed another flange in such
a manner that a common simple bent or even flat lid or disc may be placed
thereon in which position it answers all the purposes of an ordinary lid while its
cost of production is considerably less than said ordinary lid, and since it is not
required to be bent or folded its thickness, consequently its durability, may be
increased as compared with said ordinary lid.
This annular piece may be only loosely applied to the kettle or the like, or it
may have pliable pieces of inetal cast or otherwise fixed to it so that it may be
thereby securely attached to the kettle to which it is applied or other means may
be employed for thus securely fixing same.
An extra projecting piece if desired may be attached to the annular piece so as
to overhang the back edge of the lid or cover when same is in position, thereby
preventing same from falling out of place when the kettle is tilted to discharge its
contents.
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RICHARD
CHALLENUK,
HERBERT WALKER,
Per Samuel Hey,
Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or appertaining to Kettles or other similar
Utensils.
We, RICHARD CHALLENOR of Rochdale Road, Manchester in the County of
Lancaster, Trunk Manufacturer, and HERBERT WALKER of Dover Street,
Chorleton-on-Medlock, Manchester aforesaid, Grocer, 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, that is to say :-
It consists of the application of means to the apertures or openings in
the tops of kettles or similar other utensils whereby we are enabled to make
and use lids or coverings of a more durable while of a less costly nature than
it is possible to use in connection with those articles constructed in the usual
manner and without the aid of our said

page_text: In the accompanying sheet of drawings illustrative of our invention,
Fig. is part sectional side elevation of a portion of a kettle showing the
application of our improvements.
Fig. 2 is a side elevation illustrative of our improved means ou an enlarged
scale.
Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the article shown by Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is a sectional side elevation enlarged scale of the upper part of a kettle
or other utensil, and shows the application of our improved means together with a
flat or simple kind of lid or covering.
Fig. 5 is a perspective view of our most approved form of covering.
The same letters and figures of reference indicate the same parts throughout
the several views.
Our improved means consist of an annular piece of metal a (preferably cast or
malleable iron) which we form to fit within the aperture or opening in the top of
a kettle bor other utensil.
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This annular piece of metal a has a flange formed on its upper outer edge, this
flange being made to fit over the upper covering of the kettle or over the
upper edges or walls of any like utensil as will be understood, in order to prevent
same from falling into said kettle or other utensil.
On the inner bottom edge of the aunular piece a is formed another flange e in
such a manner that a common bent lid as shown by Fig. 5 may be placed thereon,
or even a flat lid or mere disc y as shown by Fig. 4 may be used these answering
all the purposes of the old form of lid, while their cost of production is con-
siderably less than said ordinary lid, and since neither the form of the lid f nor
that of the lid y necessitates any unusually large amount of bending and folding it
naturally follows that its thickness does not interfere with its production so that
very strong and cheap material may be employed while this increased thickness,
as compared with the old form of lid, considerably enhances the durability.
The annular piece of metal a may be only loosely applied to the kettle or like
article or it may have pliable piece of metal cast or otherwise fixed to it so that
it may be securely attached to the article on which it is mounted by means of these
pieces being bent over the edges as shown by Figs. 1 and 4.
An extra projecting piece k may be formed on or attached to the piece a so as to
overhang the edge of the lid or cover as shown by Fig. 4, this lid or cover being
thus prevented from falling out of place or position when the kettle or the like is
tilted to discharge its contents.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. The combination of an annular piece having flanges as shown, a kettle or
other utensil to receive same, and a lid of the formation or shape described
substantially as and for the purposes specified.
2. The annular piece having Hanges formed on the outside and inside thereof
and pliable projecting pieces to enable its attachment substantially as described.
Dated this 22nd day of March 1893.
RICHARD CHALLENOR,
HERBERT WALKER,
Per Samuel Hey,
Agent.