Improvements in and connected with Saucepan Covers.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Sept., 1856-Accepted, 3rd Oct., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Saucepan Covers.
1, GEORGE CURLEY, of 345, North 1st Street, Salt Lake City, in the County
of Salt Lake and State of Utah, one of the United States of America, Bricklayer,
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 :-
My invention relates to improvements in covers for saucepans and the like, the
object of the same being to provide a cover which can be easily applied to and
removed from the top of saucepans and which will permit the pouring off of the
boiling water contained in said saucepan without danger of burning the hands.
The invention consists of a cover made up of a flat disc of metal, an arched
strip secured to the top surface thereof and a handle pivoted to one side of said
disc, passing beneath said arched strip and curved outwardly throughout that part
of its length which extends over the top surface of said disc, engaging the under
surface of said strip and holding paid handle and cover in frictional engagement
one with the other, the said handle being provided with a key-hole slot which is
adapted to fit over and be engaged by a headed pin or projection on the pan
handle.
The invention also cousists in other details of construction and combinations of
parts which will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.
In the drawings forming a part of this specification :
Figure represents a perspective view of my saucepan cover, shown applied,
the said cover being shown in dotted lines in the position which it assumes when
it is desired to pour off the boiling water contained in said pan.
Figure 2 is a longitudinal section through the same.
Figure 3 is a plan view of the cover detached.
Like reference numerals indicate like parts in the different views.
The saucepan 1 has a handle 2 extending outwardly from one side thereof which
has a projection 3 upon its under side for a purpose which will appear later. On
the top surface of said handle is a pin 4 having a head 5 upon its upper end.
My improved cover is made of a flat disc of metal 6 and has secured to the upper
side thereof an arched strip 7 having a projection 8 thereon, by means of which
said cover may be shifted. Pivoted at one side of the cover 6 is a handle 9 which
is curved outwardly, as shown at 10, passes beneath the arched strip 7 and bears
with spring pressure against the under side of said strip. The said handle 9
extends outwardly in line with the handle 2 of the saucepan 1 and has a key-hole
slot 11 therein which fits over the pin 4 on the handle 2 nud is engaged by the
hend 5 on said pin when the cover is in its closed position. The handle 9 is
slightly longer than the handle 2, by means of which it may be easily shifted upon
the pan and is provided with a slot or opening 12 in its outer end, by means of
which it may be hung up.
When the cover 6 is in place upon the top of a saucepan, the same is hell from
displacement by the engagement of the head 5 on the pin 4 with the narrow portion
of the key-hole slot 11 in the handle 9. If it be desired to partially open the
pan, the same may be readily done by shifting the outer end of the handle 9 upon
its temporary pivotal connection ou the pin 4. To remove the cover, the handle 9
is drawn rearwardly bringing the head 5 of the pin 4 opposite the colarged portion
of the slot 11, when the same may be readily removed. During both these

page_text: operations the pan may be held steady by pressing with the fingers against tho
projection 3 upon the under side of the handle 2. If it be desired to drain off
the boiling water in the pan 1, the handle 9 is held rigidly in contact with the
handle 2 and the cover 6 shifted by the handle or projection 8 upon the strip 7.
In whatever position the cover 6 is adjusted relatively to the handle 9, the same is
held in such position and prevented from displacement by the frictional engagement
of the curved portion 10 of the handle 9 with the under side of the strip 7. The
said saucepan may thereby be held partially open and the boiling water poured
therefrom.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what munner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :
1. The combination with a saucepan having a handle projecting outwardly
therefrom, of a cover therefor, a handle attached to said cover, extending outwardly
therefrom, resting upon the handle of said pan and pivotally connected theroto,
substantially as and for the purpose described.
2. The combination with a saucepan having a handle projecting outwardly
therefrom, with a headed pin upon its upper side, of a cover for said pan having a
handle extending outwarilly therefrom, resting upon the handle of said pan aud
provided with a key-hole slot within which said headed pin fits, whereby a pivotal
connection between said handles is formed and whereby said cover may be readily
detached from the handle of the pan.
3. The combination with a saucepan having a handle projecting outwardly
therefrom with a headed pin upon its upper side and a projection upon its under
side, of a cover for said pan having a handle extending outwardly therefrom,
resting upon the handle of said pan, extending slightly beyond the outer end
thereof and provided with a key-hole slot therein, within which said headed pin
fits, whereby a pivotal connection between said handles is formed and whereby
said cover handle may be readily detached from the handle of the pan.
4. The combination with a saucepan having a handle projecting outwardly
therefrom, of a cover for said pan, having an arched strip of metal upon its upper
side and a handle for said cover pivotally connected thereto near one edge thereof,
extending outwardly beneath said arched strip and curved slightly so that it
engages the under side of said strip and holds said cover in frictional contact
therewith.
5. The combination with a saucepan having a handle projecting outwardly
therefrom, of a cover for said pan having an arched strip of inetal upon its upper
side, a projection on said strip and a handle for said cover pivotally connected
thereto near oue edge thereof, extending outwardly beneath said arched strip and
curved slightly, so that it engages the under side of said strip and holds said cover
in frictional contact therewith.
Dated this 1st day of September 1896.
JENSEN & SON,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.