IMPROVEMENTS IN ATTACHING HANDLES TO SAUCEPANS AND OTHER VESSELS
Year: 1884

page_text: I EDWIN THOMAS Luçock of Stourport in the County of Worcester Accountant
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for " IMPROVEMENTS IN
ATTACHING HANDLES TO SAUCEPANS AND OTHER VESSELS" to be as follows:-
In the ordinary method of attaching the handles of saucepans and other vessels
to the said vessels that end of the handle to be fixed to the saucepan or vessel is
bent so as to form an oblique angle with the other part the said bent part being
fixed to the saucepan or vessel by riveting.
In attaching the handles of saucepans and other vessels according to my invention
I bend that part which is to be riveted to the saucepan or vessel at an oblique
handle as usual and I divide the handle by a cross division at a short distance
from the bent part. I will call the part of the handle attached to the saucepan or
vessel the short part of the handle and the other cut off part I will call the long
part of the handle.
In the short part of the handle and near its end I cut or pierce a hole of an
elliptical or lozenge shape and to the long part of the handle and near its inner end
that is the end opposite to that grasped by the hand I fix by riveting or otherwise
a stud or pin having a head similar in size and shape to the hole in the short part
of the handle.
The longer axis of the hole in the short part of the handle crosses the handle
while the longer axis of the head of the stud on the long part of the handle is
situated longitudinally on that part The diameter of the stud is equal to the
shorter diameter of the hole and the length of the stud that is the distance.between
the surface of the part of the handle to which it is riveted and the underside of
the head is equal to the thickness of that part of the handle having the hole
described.
In attaching the handle to the saucepan or vessel the end of the long part of the
handle having the stud is placed upon the end of the short part having the hole
the two parts of the handle being at right angles. In this position of the parts the
stud on the long part of the bandle can be depressed into the hole in the short
part of the handle. After having passed the stud into the hole the long part of the
handle is turned through a right angle so as to bring it in a line with the other

page_text: part of the handle. The head of the stud now crosses the hole and the end of the
short part of the handle is tightly gripped between the end of the long part and
the said stud and the two parts of the handle are thereby fixed together.
Projecting stops or rivets on the opposite sides of the hole in one part of the handle
may be used to prevent the stud on the other part from being turned beyond a
quadrant in fastening the two parts together The position of the fastening parts
of the handle may be reversed the stud being put on the short part of the handle
and the hole in the long part of the handle.
By my invention the long part of the handle can readily be removed and
replaced. In packing for transit or storing the long parts of the handles can be
packed or stored detached from the other parts thus largely economizing room.
In saucepans or vessels having handles attached according to my invention
should any injury occur to the long or principal part of the handle it can be readily
removed and replaced by another without the aid of a workman,
"
I EDWIN THOMAS LUCOCK of Stourport in the County of Worcester Accountant
do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN ATTACHING
HANDLES TO SAUCEPANS AND OTHER VESSELS and in what manner the same is
to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
In the ordinary method of attaching the handles of saucepans and other vessels
to the said vessels, that end of the handle to be fixed to the saucepan or vessel is i
bent so as to form an oblique angle with the other part, the said bent part being
fixed to the saucepan or vessel by riveting.
In attaching the handles of saucepans and other vessels according to my invention
I bend that part which is to be riveted to the saucepan or vessel at an oblique
angle as usual and I divide the handle by a cross division at a short distance from
the bent part. I will call the part of the handle attached to the saucepan or vessel
the short part of the handle and the other cut off part I will call the long part of
the handle.
In the short part of the handle and near its end I cut or pierce a hole preferably
of an elliptical or lozenge shape and to the long part of the handle and near its
inner end, that is, the end opposite to that grasped by the hand, I fix by riveting
or otherwise a stud or pin having a head similar in size and shape to the hole in
the short part of the handle. The longer axis of the hole in the short part of the
handle crosses the handle while the longer axis of the head of the stud on the long
part of the handle is situated longitudinally on that part. The diameter of the
stud is equal to the shorter diameter of the hole and the length of the stud, that is,
the distance between the surface of the part of the handle to which it is riveted
and the underside of the head, is equal to the thickness of that part of the handle
having the hole described.

page_text: In attaching the handle to the saucepan or vessel the end of the long part of the
handle having the stud is placed upon the end of the short part having the hole,
the two parts of the handle being at right angles. In this position of the parts,
the stud on the long part of the handle can be depressed into the hole in the short
part of the handle. After having passed the stud into the hole the long part of the
handle is turned through a right angle so as to bring it in a line with the other
part of the handle. The head of the stud now crosses the hole and the end of the
short part of the handle is tightly gripped between the end of the long part and
the said stud and the two parts of the handle are thereby fixed together.
Projecting stops or rivets on the opposite sides of the hole in one part of the handle
may be used to prevent the stud on the other part from being turned beyond a
quadrant in fastening the two parts together. The said stops also prevent the
unlocking or unfastening of the handle when the vessel is inclined for pouring out
its contents.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawing represents in elevation a saucepan to
which a handle constructed according to my invention is attached; Figure 2
represents the saucepan with the long or principal part of the handle detached from
the short part which is fixed to the saucepan.
:
Figure 3 represents in front elevation the two parts of the handle connected
together detached from the saucepan and Figure 4 represents the two parts of the
handle in the act of being connected together or disconnected from one another
Figure 5 represents in front elevation and Figure 6 in side elevation the long or
principal part of the handle separately and Figure 7 represents in edge view and
Figure 8 in front elevation, the short or fixed part of the handle separately.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several Figures of
the drawing.
a is the short part of the handle fixed by rivetting (or otherwise) to the body of
the saucepan or other vessel and b is the long and detachable part of the handle.
In the short fixed part a of the handle a hole c preferably nearly elliptical or
lozenge shaped is cut (see Figure 8) and to the long part 6 of the handle, and near
its bottom end, a stud or pin d, d' is fixed by rivetting or otherwise the said stud
or pin having a head & similar in shape to but slightly smaller than the hole c in
the short part a of the handle. It will be seen by an examination of Figure 8 that
the longer axis of the hole c in the part a of the handle crosses the said part while
the longer axis of the head d of the stud d, d on the long part of the handle is
situated longitudinally on the said part b as seen in Figures 5 and 6. It will also
be seen that the stem or axis d' of the stud d, d' is nearly equal to the shorter -
diameter of the hole c. The spaces ff between the head & of the stud and the
part 6 of the handle are oqual to the thickness of the part a in which the hole o is
made; e, e are the stops or rivets on opposite sides of the hole c for preventing the
stud from being turned beyond a quadrant in fastening the two parts a, b of
the handle together and preventing the unlocking of the two parts of the handle
when pouring from the vessel as herein before described.
In attaching the long or principal part 6 of the handle to the fixed part a on the
saucepan, the bottom end of the long part 6 is made to cross the end of the short
part a so as to bring the two parts a, b at right angles. The head d of the stud on
the long part 6 can now be passed through the hole c in the short part a as
illustrated in Figure 4. The long part 6 of the handle after the head d of the stud
has been passed through the hole c in the part a is turned through a right angle so
as to bring it into a line with the fixed part a as represented in Figure 3.
The head & of the stud is thereby made to cross the hole o in the part a, the end
of the part a occupying the spaces f. f. between the head d and the part b. The
long part 6 of the handle is thus firmly gripped between the end of the fixed part a
and the head d of the stud and the two parts of the handle connected together.
By an examination of Figure 3 it will be seen that the stops e, e limit the turning
of the stud d to the position in which the part 6 is in a line with the part a.

page_text: In order to detach the long part 6 from the fixed part a the said long part 6 is
turned from the position represented in Figure 3 to that represented in Figure 4,
in which last position the head d of the stud can be withdrawn through the hole c
and the principal part 6 of the handle detached from the saucepan or other vessel.
The position of the fastening parts of the handle may be reversed, the stud d d
being put on the short part a of the handle and the hole o made in the long part b
of the handle.
By my invention the long part of the handle can readily be removed and
replaced. In packing for transit or storing, the long parts of the handles can be
packed or stored detached from the other parts thus largely economizing room and
by this means saving cost of carriage.
In saucepans or vessels having handles attached according to my invention
should any injury occur to the long or principal part of the handle it can be readily
removed and replaced by another without the aid of a workman.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said:
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is of " Improvements in attaching handles to saucepans and other
vessels" :-
Making the handle in two parts and of different lengths, the short part being
fixed permanently to the saucepan or vessel and the long part being capable of
being connected to or disconnected from the short part by means of a headed stud
preferably of a nearly elliptical or lozenge shape on one part being engaged in the
manner described with or disengaged from a corresponding shaped hole in the other
part substantially as herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying
Drawing.
Dated this fifth day of November 1884.