Improvements in or appertaining to Lids for Frying and other Pans.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Jan., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 9th Oct., 1891-Accepted, 14th Nov., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or appertaining to Lids for Frying and other Pans.
I, CAROLINE HARTLEY, of No. 3,437, Reece Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
United States of America, Gentlewoman do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in or appertaining to the lids of frying
and other pans and its object is to provide a hinged attachment for connecting the
lid to the pan and allow it to be freely raised and lowered or swung laterally and also
readily detached from the pan.
For this purpose I employ a clamp adapted to be fixed to the handle or other
convenient part of the pan. Said clamp has a projecting lug preferably connected
by a swivel joint. An arm which may be of curved form is fixed at one end to
the lid and the other end is pivoted to the said lug and a spring washer or other
device is introduced to form a friction joint to support the arm and lid at any angle
whilst the swivel lug allows them to be swung laterally.
Dated this 8th day of January 1891.
DRACUP & NOWELL,
Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or appertaining to Lids for Frying and other Pans.
I, CAROLINE HARTLEY, of 3,437, Reece Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
United States of America, Gentlewoman, 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 improvements in or appertaining to the lids of frying
and other pans, and its object is to provide a hinged attachment for connecting
the lid to the pan and allow it to be freely raised and lowered or swung laterally and
also be readily detached from the pan.
To fully describe my invention reference is made to the accompanying sheet of
drawings forming a part of this Specification in which similar letters of reference
indicate corresponding parts in each of the figures.
Figure 1, represents a perspective view of a frying pan and lid provided with my
improved attachment.
Figure 2, represents a transverse section through the pan handle showing a rear
view of the clamp fixed on the handle.
Figure 3, represents a transverse section of a form of clamp for securing the lid
to a round handle.
Figure 4, represents a partial rear view and a partial vertical section of another
form of clamp.
A, designates a frying pan, and B the handle thereof, each being of any well
known form of construction.
C, designates a lid or cover to which is secured one end of an arm D, the
latter which is preferably of curved form, being pivoted at its other end by a
bolt E to a clamp F.
The said clamp F is provided with a lug G in which the bolt E is secured
in any suitable manner and which lug is fixed to one limb of the said clamp
as shown in Figures 1 and 2, while in the form shown in Figure 4, the lug is
swivelled to the clamp. In the former figures, the upper limb conforms to the
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page_text: shape of the under side of the handle, so that when the screw H, which passes
through the lower limb of the clamp, and bears against the handle is operated,
the upper limb of the clamp bears uniformly upon the said handle, and interlocks
therewith.
On the bolt E is a coiled spring J, which bears against the eye K of the arm D,
thus producing a friction joint, whereby said arm may be held in a raised position,
without the use of the hand.
It will be seen that owing to the pivotal connections of the armn D with the
clamp, by means of the bolt E, the lid can be swung upward in the manner shown
by the dotted lines Figure 1, or owing to the swivelled connections of the lug G
with the clamp F, it may be moved laterally so as to be swung from over the pan
to either side thereof. The lid as thus connected, can be readily detached from the
handle of the pan, so that the latter can be used without the said lid, and the pan
and lid may be conveniently packed, transported, etc.
In Figure 3, I show the clamp formed of separate parts F', F', which are
connected at one end by the bolt or screw H, and at the other end by the
hook-shaped piece F, which is formed on one part and enters an opening in the
other part. This construction is more especially designed for round handles.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare what I
claim is:
1. A pan having a swinging lid detachably connected with the handle thereof by
a friction joint, substantially as herein shown and described..
2. A lid for a pan having an arm, and a clamp to which said arm is pivoted, said
clamp being attachable to the handle of the pan, substantially as herein shown and
described.
3. A pan having a lid with an arm adapted to engage the handle of the pan, and
a clamp with which said arm has pivotal connection, so as to be adapted to either
be swung upward or be moved laterally, substantially as and for the purpose
described.
4. A clamp adapted to be secured to the handle of a pan, an arm pivoted to said
clamp, and a lid secured to said arm, substantially as described.
Dated this 8th day of October 1891.
DRACUP & NOWELL,
Bradford, Agents.