US701305A - Holder for handles of kitchen utensils. - Google Patents

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No. 70l,305. Patented June 3, "902.

W. R. DAUGHTRY.

HOLDER FOR HANDLES 0F KITCHEN UTENSILS.

(Application filed Oct. 5, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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\VILLIAM R. DAUGHTRY, OF MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA.

HOLDER FOR HANDLES OF KITCHEN UTENSILS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 701,305, dated June 3, 1902.

Application filed October 5,1901. Serial No. 77,737. (No model.)

To all 1.077.077) it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM R. DAUGHTRY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mont gomery, in the county of Montgomery and State of Alabama, have invented a new and useful Holder for Handles of Kitchen Utensils, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to holders for handles of kitchen-utensils or devices; and the object of the same is to provide asimple and effective device for protecting the hand from contact with heated surfaces or handles while lifting the latter and the pans or other devices to which they are attached from a heating medium or disposing said pans or devices on the latter or when conveying such heated devices from one point to another or in operations where heated handles are frequently grasped, the improved device being strong and durable, always ready for immediate use without adjustment, and comparatively inexpensive in the cost of manufacture.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of the several parts, which will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved handle-holder shown applied. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the improved holderin normal condition and ready for use. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section of the holder as it appears in closed condition around a handle. Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3, showing a modification in the construction.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

In both forms of the device shown the numerals 1 and 2 designate elongated semitubulargrip-se'ctions, preferably formed of heat non-conducting material, such as wood, and having terminal guard-flanges 3 at opposite ends. The sections 1 and 2 are first arranged with their inner edges spaced apart from each other a suitable distance, their inner surfaces having been first coated with an adhesive substarice- A continuous felt lining 4 is then firmly pressed into the interior or inner surfaces of the sections and substantially coincides with the end and side edges of the latter, the modified form of the device having one edge extended beyond the adjacent edge of the one section and bent inwardly at an angle to provide a shield 5. By separating the sections 1 and 2 the hinge therefor is formed by the felt lining 4, as at 6, and the introduction or application of the said lining as stated disposes the sections in the normal condition shown by Fig. 2, so that they will have a natural tendency to open when grasped and applied to the handle of the utensil or other device. The guard-flanges at the ends of the sections prevent the hand of the operator or user from slipping beyond either terminal of the holder, and it will be seen that when the holder is applied to a handle the felt and wood of which the device is composed will prevent the hand of the user from being burned or injured by contact at any point with the heated handle. The improved holder through the medium of the felt lining at is given a natural resiliency, so that when the sections are released they will tend to'fly open, thereby always maintaining the device in convenient condition for immediate application and without requiring an arrangement of the parts thereof previous to use.

.When the sections 1 and 2 are drawn together around a handle, thehinge portion of theliningt is confined between the contiguous edges at one side of the sections and the opposite free edges of the lining are held between the opposite contiguous-edges of said sections, and the inclosed portion of the handle is thus prevented from heating the hand of the operator or user by radiation.

The modified form of the holder shown by Fig. 4; is intended for use enlarge or small handles, and in the event that the handle engaged is of such diametrical or cross-sectional extent as to force the sections apart when the latter are closed as much as possible the shield 5 will extend over the opening between the side edges of the sections at one side of the holder, and thereby prevent the hand of the user from being affected by the heated and inclosed portion of the handle. It will also be seen that in both forms of the device the felt lining 4: acts as a cushion and gives a firmer grasp on the handle engaged, as Well as serving in the capacity of a strong and durable hinge.

The preferred forms of the improved. de-

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vice have been shown and described; but it will be understood that changes in the form, proportions, dimensions, and minor details may be resorted to Without departing from the principle of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is l. A device of the class described comprising two semitubnlar handle-sections, and a lining of flexible material secured to the inner faces of the tubular handle-sections and connecting the same to form 'a hinge-joint, said material being doubled and interposed between the sections at the said hinge-joint and possessingsnfficient resiliency to open the I sections automatically when the said sections are free to open, substantially as described.

2. As an improved article of manufacture a holder for kitchen utensils comprising two semitubular sections with an inner lining of fabric forming the hinge therefor and having one edge extended beyond the sections and deflected at an angle.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signaturein the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM R. DAUGHTRY.

Witnesses:

Lows 13. FARLEY, D. F. HARRIS.

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