An Improved Method of Locking the Lids of Tea-pots, Coffee Pots, and the like.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Apr., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Aug.. 1889-Accepted. 14th Sept. 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Method of Locking the Lids of Tea-pots, Coffee Pots,
and the like.
LEONARD FORESTER, Manufacturer, Phoenix Works, Longton, in the County of
Stafford, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
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My invention relates to an improved method of locking the lids of tea-pots, coffee
pots and the like to their respective vessels; and my said invention consists in
forming a bead or projecting piece on the flange of the lid for about one third of the
circumfrence of the flange; and in forming a corresponding aperture in the flange
round the mouth of the vessel.
To lock the lid to its vessel, said lid is so placed that the bead or projecting piece is.
through the aperture made to receive it in the flange round the mouth of the vessel.
The lid is then partly rotated, bringing the bead or projecting piece under the flange
of the vessel and thus locking it.
Dated the 20th day of May 1980
BILLINGTON & NEWTON,
Potteries Patent Agency, Longport, Staff., Agents for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Method of Locking the Lids of Teapots, Coffee Pots,
and the like.
LEONARD FORESTER, Manufacturer, Phoenix Works, Longton, in the County of
Stafford, 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 an improved method or means of locking the lids of
earthenware teapots, coffee pots, and the like to their respective vessels to prevent
the lids from falling off when the said vessels are tilted.
My invention consists in forming a bead or projecting piece on the flange of the lid
for about one third of the circumfrence of the said flange; and also in forming a
corresponding aperture in the flange round the mouth of the vessel.
The annexed drawings illustrate my invention as applied to a teapot. The same
letters of reference being employed to denote different views of the same object.
Fig. 1 is a side view of a teapot with lid in position, the upper part being in section
to show my improvement. Fig. 2 is a plan of Fig. 1 with the lid removed. Fig. 3
is a side view of the lid. Fig. 4 is a plan of the lid from the under side. Fig. 5 is
a view of the template used in forming the aperture in the flange of teapot, and Fig. 6
is a view of the template used in making the lid.
The bead or projecting piece A on the lid bis formed whilst said lid is in the clay
state. The lid being first formed with the bead or projecting piece extending entirely
round the flange, it is then cut to template shown by Fig. 6. The aperture c in
flange d round the mouth of teapot e is formed in a similar manner.
The flange is
made entirely round the mouth of the teapot, and whilst in the clay state, template,
Fig. 5, is placed on and aperture c cut out. and g are knobs for holding the
templates respectively.
Although I have described and illustrated my invention as applied to a teapot; it
is equally applicable to other similar articles.

page_text: 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 :-
The method or means of locking the lids of teapots, coffee pots and the like to their
respective vessels, consisting of a bead or projecting piece on the lid fitting under the
flange round the mouth of the vessel, substantially as herein set forth and shown.
Dated this 2nd day of August 1889.
BILLINGTON & NEWTON,
Potteries Patent Agency, Longport, Staffordshire, Agents for Applicant.