Improvements in Stew-pans.
Year: 1892

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Stew-pans.
We,
CALVIN TURNER, of Bangor, State of Maine, United States of America,
Salesman, and WILLIAM FRANKLIN WELD, of Malden, State of Massachusetts,
United States of America, Apothecary, 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 :--
This invention relates to a stew-pan having a cover and bail, and it consists in
means for connecting the bail with the pan and the cover, whereby the cover may
be operated by movement of the bail, as hereinafter set forth.
In the drawing forming part of this Specification:
Figure is a perspective view of a stew-pan embodying the invention, and
illustrates the manner of raising the cover by manipulation of the bail.
Figure 2, is a plan-view of the hinge and of parts of the bail, cover and pan, the
cover being down.
Figure 3, is a side view of the hinge and part of bail, and a section of part of
cover and pan, the cover being down.
Figure 4 is a face-view of the hinge, and part of cover, pan and bail, with the
cover raised.
Figures 2, 3 and 4 are drawn on a larger scale than Figure 1.
The pan A is constructed with a protruding nose a, and a bail-ear b near said
nose. Nearly or quite diametrically opposite to the ear and nose a is another bail
care, and upwardly projecting hinge-lugs ff. These lugs are connected by a
pivotal rod, furnishing means for attaching the cover B, which is of the usual
form to cover the pan. This cover is connected to the pan by means of a hinge-
attachment C fastened thereto, as by means of rivets. This attachment has a
hook, adapted to hook on to the pivotal rod g. The hinge-attachment is further
provided with a projection i, extending beyond the hook h, which projection is
formed, curved and turned to one side to maintain connection with the bail, as
shown, so that the cover may be lifted by means of the bail.
The bail D, preferably of stiff wire, is for the larger part approximately of the
form of a semi-circle of greater diameter than that of the cover, and has at one end
a hook j to engage with the ear b. The bail is bent at k, near the other end, at
about right-angles, and has a hook to engage with the car e. Secured to the
shorter part of the bail, which is at or nearly at right-angles with the longer part,
is a sleeve m adapted to receive the projection i, and allow movement of this
projection therein. I prefer to have the sleeve m formed by a piece adjustably
secured to the bail, so that the bail and sleeve may be adapted more readily to
different covers.
The
In operation, by swinging the bail down towards one side of the pan, as illustrated
in Figure 1, the sleeve m will bear on the projection i, so that, the hinge-
attachment C acting as a lever, the cover will be swung to uncover the pan.
reverse movement of the bail will allow the cover to fall in position to cover the
The cover may be readily disconnected froin the pan, for cleaning the parts
or for other purposes, by disengaging the hook from the rod y and withdrawing.
the projection i from the sleeve m.
pan.
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. In combination with a pan and cover hinged to the pan and provided with a

page_text: and move upon said projection substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore
set forth.
2. The combination of a pan, a pivotal rod secured to the pan, a cover provided
with a hinge-attachment having a hook to engage with said rod and a projection
extending beyond said hook, a bail hinged to said pan and having parts thereof at
about right-angles to each other and provided with a sleeve to engage with said
projection, substantially as and for the purposes hercinbefore set forth.
Dated the 28th day of June 1892.
HERBERT J. ALLISON,
Agent for the Applicants.