An Improvement relating to Saucepans and like Utensils.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Aug., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 15th Mar., 1897-Accepted, 3rd Apr., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement relating to Saucepans and like Utensils.
I THOMAS BAss of 1 Melbourne Road, Leyton in the County of Essex,..
Mechanical Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention has for its object to enable the lid of a saucepan or the like to be:
opened and shut without having to touch such lid.
According to one way of carrying out this invention I hinge the lid to the "
saucepan or the like and on to the top of said lid I slide a piece of wire in a suitable:
guide soldered on to the lid. I turn down the tail end of the said piece of wire so
as to form a crank, the angle of which I pivot in bearings fixed on the handle of
the saucepan, the end of said wire passes into the interior of said handle which.
latter I make hollow. I attach to the tail end of said cranked wire, another wire
which passes up through the handle and projects through the end of same so that.
upon pushing this latter wire it will force one end of the aforesaid cranked wire
up, and thus open the lid and upon pulling the same wire, the crank will be worked
in an opposite direction to close the lid.
By the use of this invention the lid may be opened either entirely or partially-
and held in position.
Dated thie Fifth dar of August 1896
i
BROWNE & Co.,
9 Warwick Court, Gray's Ion, London, W.C.,.
Agents for the Applicant.
I THOMAS BASS of 1 Melbourne Road, Leyton in the County of Essex,.
Mechanical Engineer, 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 has for its object to enable the lid of a saucepan or the like to be
opened and shut without having to touch such lid.
According to one way of carrying out this invection I hinge the lid to the:
saucepan or the like and on to the top of said lid I slide a piece of wire in a suitable
guide soldered on to the lid. I turn down the tail end of the said piece of wire so
as to form a crank, the angle of which I pivot in bearings fixed on to the handle.
of the saucepan, the end of said wire passes into the interior of said handle which
latter I make hollow. I attach to the tail end of the said cranked wire another
wire which passes through the handle and projects through the end of same so.
that upon pushing this latter wire it will force one end of the aforesaid cranked
wire up, and thus open the lid and upon pulling the same wire, the crank will be.
worked in an opposite direction to close the lid.

page_text: By the use of this invention the lid may be opened either entirely or partially
and held in position.
And in order that my said invention may be better understood I will now
proceed to describe the same with reference to the drawing accompanying this
specification in which Fig. 1 shews an elevation of a saucepan, for example,
constructed according to my said invention; Fig. 2 shews a plan of part of
same.
The same letters of reference denote the same parts in both the views.
a shews body of saucepan, b hollow handle, e lid attached to the saucepan by
means of the hinge d. The wire e forms the pivot of the hinge d, so that upon the
said wire being withdrawn from the hinge, the lid c may be removed from the
saucepan for cleaning or for any other purpose. f shews an arm or lever, one end
of which slides in the guide g at the top of the lid c. The arm fis pivotted at j
on to the supporting collar h fixed to the handle b. The end i of the lever or
arm is cranked or bent so as to enter the hollow handle b and is. pivoted to a
rod k which passes up through the hollow handle band terminates in a knob or
disc l.
It will be seen that by pressing the disc 7 down to the position shewn by dotted
lines at the rod k will turn the arm f about its pivot at ; and thus open the lid c
into the position shewn by dotted lines at c¹. To close the lid again, the disc lis
pulled up into its original position.
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. An improvement relating to saucepans and like utensils substantially as
described.
2. In saucepans and like utensils, the employment of a rod passing up or through
the handle, such rod being connected with the lid, for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 15th day of March 1897
BROWNE & Co.,
9 Warwick Court, Gray's Inn, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.
BROWNE & Co.,
9 Warwick Court, Gray's Inn, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.