Improved Lid for Tea Pots, Kettles, Milk-cans and other like Vessels.
Year: 1893

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Date of Application, 14th Mar., 1893-Accepted, 27th. May, 1890
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION,
Improved Lid for Tea Pots, Kettles, Milk-cans and other like
Vessels.
A communication by BAUMANN BROTHERS, of the firm trading as John Baumann's
Widow, of Amberg, Bavaria, in the Empire of Germany.
I, WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON, F.C.S., M.I.M.E., of the Agency for
Foreign Patent Solicitors, 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, and 6, Bank Street,
Manchester, both in the County of Lancaster, and 323, High Holborn, in the
County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, 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 :-
This invention has for its object a lid for vessels of all kinds, more particularly
for milk jugs, coffee and tea pots, and kettles, the edge of such lid being provided
at one side with a sloping projection which, when liquids are poured out of the
vessel, even if the latter be entirely turned upside down, retains the lid attached to
the vessel and prevents its troublesome falling off, and that without any need of
hinges, etcetera, being used for connnecting the same with the vessel.
Further, the lid may be taken off and easily cleaned like any ordinary lid;
owing to the absence of hinges, the vessel may be more cheaply constructed and
repairs are dispensed with, which, more particularly in the case of enamelled
vessels with hinges, are disproportionately expensive, and often cannot be done
without injuring the vessel.
On the accompanying drawing :-
Figures 1 and 2 show this improved lid applied to vessels, whilst
Figure 3 shows a section and plan view of the lid respectively.
This improved lid a, as shown in Figure 3, is a very simple arrangement of the
usual or any other suitable form, and has also a rim b, which has, however, for
about of its circumference, a sloping or projecting part c, whilst the remaining
part of the rim stands at right angles to the lid.
The most extended point of the rim, that is to say, the centre of the sloping or
projecting part, is indicated by a knob-like projection d formed on the top of
the lid.
To put the lid on it is inserted into, and under the edge of, the vessel, and then
worked round until it rests properly on the rim of the vessel.
The part c rests in the case of conical, skittle-shaped, or bulging vessels, behind
the top edge of the same, against the wall which widens out or expands
downwards, so that the rectangular, non-projecting part of the lid rim may easily
be inserted in the remaining opening.
In cylindrical and less conical vessels, a fluting or channel e, Figure 1, is
5 impressed behind the upper edge in which the sloping or projecting part engages.
When the vessel is bent down in order to pour out the contents, the sloping or
projecting part of the lid rim, pressing against the edge of the vessel, entirely
prevents the lid from falling off.
In order to allow of the lid being easily removed, it is first lifted in front at the
10 spout where the rectangular position of the lid rim offers no hold or resistance.
When the lid is tight on, the knob d must always stand at the rear opposite to
the spout, as, in this position, any falling off of the lid, when the can is inclined to
the front, is prevented.
This improved arrangement may be employed with lids and vessels of any
45 suitable enamelled metal, glass, porcelain or other suitable material, and of any
suitable form.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by
my foreign correspondents, I declare that what I claim is :-
An improved lid for tea pots, kettles, milk cans and other like vessels, having a
sloping or projecting part or extension c of the lid-rim b, which, when in use, can
rest behind the edge of the vessel a against the extended wall of the same, or in a
fluting e formed in the same, and, when placed in a position opposite to the spout,
will prevent the lid from falling off the vessel, the right position of the lid being
indicated by means of, à mark (d) formed on the upper side of the lid.
Dated this 13th day of March 1893
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.