An Improved Manufacture of Lids for Cooking Vessels and the like,
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 30th June, 1899-Accepted, 5th Aug., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Manufacture of Lids for Cooking Vessels and the like,
I, GEORG BAUMANN, Manufacturer, of the Firm Joh. Baumann's Wwe, of
Amberg, in the Kingdom of Bavaria, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion 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 the manufacture of a lid or cover of sheet metal of a
dished form having all round it a flat rim having two openings for handles
formed therein so that the cover and handles are formed of one piece. The great
value of this mode of construction consists in its greater strength and durability
and in its capability of more extensive uses.
The handles rivetted or otherwise attached to the lids as hitherto made are
With the improved
liable to rust or to break off if the fastening is insufficient.
construction of lid formed in one piece with the handles, this cannot occur,
because the fastenings for the handles are done away with.
Referring to the accompanying drawing, Fig. 2 shews a plan view of the
improved cover and Fig. 1 a cross section on line AB, while Fig. 3 shews a part
plan and Fig. 4 a part section of a cover as heretofore constructed.
For the purpose of fastening the handles to the ordinary lids hitherto in
use as at Figs. 3 and 4, the handles must be provided with lugs h to which the
lid can be fixed. These lugs h form at those places on the lid to which they
are attached projections which render the cleaning of the lids more difficult.
Besides this, in the case of lids provided at their outer turned up rim with handles
attached for the purpose of piling up the cooking vessels and so saving space,
these projections cause the vessels to wabble about, thus reducing the value of
these appendages, because either only smaller vessels can find place within the
turned up rim of the flat lids, or larger ones can be put thereon which wabble
in an unsafe manner and may be upset.
In the improved lid which is made in one piece with the side handles, these
The vessels
projections on the outer rim are avoided in a practical manner.
to be laid thereon rest firmly on this outer rim so that such vessels may be of
larger diameter than the cover below.
The absence of the fastening lugs of the handles also facilitates the cleaning
of the lids.
It should also be remarked that the new lids occupy less space in the kitchen
than the usual kind, because as they have no upward projections, they can be
laid closely one on the other.
The mode of manufacture of these lids presents great advantages over those
hitherto in use. As is known, sheet metal is rolled to rectangular shapes, so
that for making a round lid, the circular blanks must be cut out of a square
piece of suitable size, the four corners being cut off. The scrap thus produced
represents about one tenth of the value of the sheet metal so that the production
of this scrap represents an appreciable loss in value.
With the ordinary lids, it is necessary to make the handles separately and
to fasten them on.

page_text: In the manufacture of my improved lids out of one single piece of metal not
only is this expense avoided by leaving two of the corners for the purpose of
forming the handles but by this means the above mentioned waste of scrap is
reduced to one half.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is;
As an article of manufacture a lid for cooking vessels which is made of sheet
metal dished in such manner as to have a flat outer rim, parts of which are
formed into looped handles, so that the handles and lid are formed of one piece,
substantially as described.
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Dated this 30th day of Juno 1800
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.