Improvements in the Lids or Covers of Saucepans and other like Utensils.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Lids or Covers of Saucepans and other like
Utensils.
İ, GEORGE WILLIAM NICHOLSON, 7, Queen's Gardens, Northbrook Road; Ilford,
Essex, No Occupation, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in the lids or covers of saucepans and other
like utensils, and the objects are to provide means for obviating the lifting of the
lid to prevent boiling over, and also to allow of the liquid being strained from the
other contents.
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In carrying my invention into effect, I proceed in or in about the following
manner. I form or provide in the lid or cover of the utensil an opening extending
preferably from near the handle to the rim of the lid. This opening is filled with
perforated or gauze material, to act as a strainer or as an exit surface for the steam
given off by the boiling contents of the utensil. The perforated part may be covered
by a hinged or other cover so that it can be wholly or partly opened or closed as, and
when, required. Instead of baving an opening and filling it with perforated material,
a space in the lid or cover itself may be perforated. By raising the cover from the
perforated part, the steam may be allowed to escape to prevent over boiling, or the
fluid can be strained off from the other contents of the utensil.
Dated this 5th day of November 1897.
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23, Coleman Street, London, E.C., Agents for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Lids or Covers of Saucepans and other like
Utensils.
I, GEORGE WILLIAM NICHOLSON, 7, Queen's Gardens, Northbrook Road, Ilford,
Essex, No Occupation, 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 the lids or covers of saucepans and other
like utensils and the objects are to provide means for obviating the lifting of the
lid to prevent over-boiling and also to allow of the liquid being strained from the
contents. In carrying my invention into effect I proceed in or in about the following
manner making reference as an example to the accompanying drawings of which
Fig. 1 is a plan of a saucepan lid and Fig. 2 a side view of it. I form or provide
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page_text: in the lid or cover a of the utensil an opening 6 extending preferably from near
the handle c to the edge of the lid. The opening b is filled with perforated or
gauze material d which will act as a strainer or as an exit surface for the steam given
off by the boiling contents of the utensil. The perforated part may be covered by a
hinged or other cover as shown in dotted lines e in the case of its being hinged so
that it can be wholly or partly opened or closed as and when required. Instead of
having an opening and filling it with perforated material a portion of the surface of
the lid or cover itself may be perforated. By raising the cover from the perforated
portion the steam may be allowed to escape to prevent over-boiling or to permit the
fluid to be strained from the contents of the utensil.
I do not confine myself to precisely the shape shown in the drawing, as the idea is
capable of some variation without departing from its essential features.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In lids or covers of saucepans and other like utensils the provision of a perforated
space or an opening covered by perforated material, the said space or opening having
a suitable hinged or other lid or cover by which the perforated space or the opening
can be more or less opened or closed as and when required, the whole substantially
as described in the above specification and exemplified in the accompanying drawings.
2. The improvement in the lids or covers of saucepans and other like utensils
carried into effect substantially as described in the above specification and exemplified
in the accompanying drawings.
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23, Coleman Street, E.C., Agents.