US511925A

US511925A - Bail for pots

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Publication number: US511925A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1894-01-02
Anticipated expiration: 1911-01-02

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(No Model.)

BAIL FOR POTS, PAILS, &c. Y

Patented Jan. 2, 1894.

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JOHN XV. BARTON AND GEORGE L. NICHOLS, OF BLUE RAPIDS, KANSAS.

BAIL FOR POTS, PAILS, 89C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 511,925, dated January 2, 1894.

Application tiled April 24, 18 93.

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN 1V. BARTON and GEORGE L. NICHOLS, citizens of the United States, residing at Blue Rapids,in the county of Marshall and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Bail for Pots, Pails, and Kettles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to bails for pots, pails, kettles, and the like, and it has for its object to provide a device of the character set forth that will relieve the dead weight or pull on the hand in rigid bails by forming a dexible grip from which the connectingarms eX- tend and are continuous therewith.

With this and other ends in View, the invention consists of the construction and arrangement of the parts thereof as Will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective View of a pail, showing the improvements applied in connection therewith. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the bail detached and showing the coiled grip thereof broken awa-y to illustrate the form of construction of the same. Fig. 3 is aperspective view of a modified form of the bail.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts inthe several figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the grip of the bail, which in each instance is formed of coiled wire to provide a yielding or spring-action and as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the opposite ends of the coil are passed through the latter, as at 3 and 4, in reverse directions and bent downwardly, as at 5, to form abutting stops that bear against the opposite ends of the grip and from thence are continued in the form of connecting-arms 6,that are suitably attached to the pail, pot, kettle, or other device, at their lower ends. The abutting stops 5 prevent the parts of the arms adjacent to the grip from being forced under the said grip and thereby obviating pinching or squeezing of the hand when the weight is relaxed, or

Serial No. 471.604. (No model.)

the device to which the bail is attached is placed in a position of rest.

The construction shown by Figs. 1 and 2, wherein the ends of the 'coil forming the grip are passed through said grip in opposite directions and exit at the ends thereof, opposite to thatat which they terminate in coiled form, provides for the use of very light Wire and prevents spreading ofv the coil, as the Wires draw in opposite directions and strengthen the coil, but at the same time producinga sufficient elastic `or yielding movement.

In Fig. 3 abail is shown formed of a heavier grade of wire and wherein the arms 6 extend directly from the opposite ends of the coil to Which they are adjacent. bail is intended for heavier vessels or devices, but the yielding action is the same as in the form previously described.

The advantages of the form of bail set forth are its cheapness, simplicity, and durability, and completely does away with that dead weight on the arm or shoulders though the weight may be the same to carry,but the natural spring of the coil affords a great relief and makes the load much easier to carry.

The device constructed as set forth both gives and takes and adapts itself to the motions of a persons body While walking, and the flexibility of the coil produces an easy bearing on the hand; and further, the bail retains its proper form at all times, or returns to its normal shape, because the strain is overcome by the spring of the coil.

The device is especially adapted for pots and kettles that are placed over hot fires, because the grip being of tubular form permits a circulation of air therethrough and materially reduces the temperature thereof so that it can be readily engaged without the employment of a nonconducting covering. The grip being of metal will not, of course, become burned as in the employment of Wooden grips, and is therefore much more durable.

Changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or This form of the In testimony that We claim the foregoing as ro our oWn We have hereto affixed our signatures in the presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN W. BARTON. GEORGE L. NICHOLS.

Witnesses.

C. W. HIGGANBOTHAM, J. G. STRONG, Jr.