US882151A - Kitchen utensil. - Google Patents

Description

PATENTED MAR. 17, 1908.

A. KOEPPBN.

KITCHEN UTBNSIL.

APPLICATION FILED APR.15, 1907.

ffwezz/iar 5. New York,

A L BERT KOEPPLN,

OE BUFFA LO, NEW YORK.

KITCHEN UTENSIL.

( Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March i7, 1908.

Application filed April 15, 1907. Serial No. 888,205.

To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, ALBERT Kosrrnx, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of have invented a new and useful Improvement in Kitchen Utensils, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates more particularly to combined stove-lid or griddle and utensil lifters.

The object of the invention is to provide a combined lifter of this character of simple and inexpensive constructionysilnilar in general a earanoe to the well known stove-lid or gri fffle lifter, and which can be used for -"ii'fting cooking utensils of various shapes and sizes, the device being so constructed that the utensil can be firmly grasped and held between the clam in jaws of the lifter and moved or lifted w iet ier or not suchutensil is provided with the usual edge head or flange.

A further object of the invention is to so construct the lifter that the movable lampingrod, when not in use, will remain in its rctracted position, close to the body of the lifter, so not to interfere with the use of the device for lifting lids or griddles, and when extended to be tL')I)li(-ll to a utensil, will tend to remain in such extended position so that the lifter can be readily engaged with the side of the utensil preparatory to lifting the same.

in the accomp nying drawings: Figure l is a longitudinal sectional view of a 'combined stove-lid and utensil lifter embodying the invention, showing by solid lines the clamping rod extended ready to be applied to the side of a utensil, and by broken lines the retracted position of the clamping rod. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the lifter in lifting position, on the side of a utensil. Fig] 3 is a front elevation. of the lifter. Fig. 4 is a cross section of the same, in line 4 4, Fig. 1.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the siweral figures.

A represents the handle or body of the combined stove-lid and utensil lifter, provided with a. downwardly curved portion at the end of which is a projci'lil'm or foot l3 adapted lo engage with the usual lugs on the stovwlids or rriddlcs'for liftin the same."

The foot l3 corresponds in size and shape to the foot of the ordinary stovehd lifters. Stationary lugs or aws t. C project upwardly and forwardly from the curved portion of the l the foot B and the l l l l handle A, at opposite sides thereof and a short distance above the foot B. The jaws are preferably of the triangular sha )0 shown and diverge or flare apart upwarrhy s01ne what, as shown in Fig. 3.

D represents a movable clamping rod provided at its outer or. front end with a hook or clamping jaw d which is adapted to engage the inner side of a ute nsil and clamp the same against the stationary jaws C C. This clamping; rod D passes loosely through a hole (Z in the handle A which acts as a guide for the same, and is pivotally connected at its inner end to an operating lever E which in turn is pivoted at the underside of the handle A on a pin or rivet e connecting lugs (I a de pending from opposite sides of i116 handle, or in any other suitable manner. The outer end of the lever has a flat linger portion adapted to be engaged by the fore-finger of the hand grasping the handle of the lifter, for operating the lever. The inner end of the lever preferably extends beyond the pivot and is provided with flat or cam end faces e 0 see Fig. 1, arranged at an angle to each other.

any other desired manner, and its free end bears against one or the other of these end faces a and 1' of the lever l) The angle of the two faces to each of her is such that when the lover I) is in position to hold the clamping rod 1 in its retracted position, the spring F boars flat against the end face e as shown in broken lines in Fig. 1, uni f when the lover is moved to advance the clamping rod to its extended position, the spring in turn bears flat against the other end face (4, as shown in solid lines in Fig. 1. By this means the movable clamping rod or jaw is held stationary in either.position. The pressure of the spring, however while normally holding the lpfor in either its forward or rearward position,'is not sufficient to interfere with the ready movement thereof in either direction when pressure is applied to the finger portion of the lever arm.

ln usinp the device for lifting pans, dishes, or other utensils, the linger lever is advanced to move the clamping; jaw into its forward position, where it is held by the spring F. The lifter is then placed in position over the edge of the utensil tobe lifted in such a manner that. the movable clamping jaw d extends downwardly within the dish while nigs C C rest against the A flat spring l is secured to they under-side of the handle A by lugs], or m ling er lever E is bllf, Cr nping rod .1 dish firmly between the stationary jaw/s men he readily lifted, 'nst the side of the ti inrry jaws and forming at ruin point for the handle of the lifter.

ii the utensil is pmvided with head or flange, the holder is placed so. that the slatioi'niry jaws C will engage the side of the utensil direetlyhenenth this flange, thus 0htziining a firm grip and, wvoidi ng the danger of thelugs slippinp'froin the side. Snchu rim or flange, however I1Hl-Ii0(f(".1-if-lill fortheopemtien of the de for the reason that, :is the s ionery jaws I 1'.) are spzu-r-d apart and, the nievnhle jaw he on the wall of the utensil he'tweei'i the v cnl planes of the stationary j; and nhove the foot ll. :1 four point eng geinent of the lifter with the utensil is secured, giving :1. ve lirin and IQlillldu ip for lifting the {'LfUllrl in such it case, itis neeessmry to exert it somewhat greater ferce en. the finger lever l) in order that the side of the utensil may he gripped firmly, and. it is side thereof. 11 operated. t0 elmnp the the movable I I C C. The utensil the foot re same below the .4

also advise-hie ihat the stationnny jaws {l (l should engage the side of the utensil as lair below the up dge thereof as the dumping rod will pern to prevent the jaws from slipping over 1 .J edge'of the utensil in vase sullicient forre should not he at first applied to the elarnp linger lever to hold the utensil iirmly. l he four point contact of the jaws and f the lifter with the utensil n firm grip is Ained Without the pinehii and hendingz' .2 the metal, which freqlientfv results when the side of the utensil (lumped between d ctiy opposiin arms, and the or tilt sidewise hetween utensil cannot re the clamping 3?. .v The litter is of ample and compact conl l V l s l sti'nction. The handle With its lid-lifting foo and jaws (.3 C eon he east in one piece and the lever ind ehnnping' red can be inside and secured thereto with comparatively little worl ,-.so shot the lifter can be cheaply and economically manufactured.

l. claim as my invention:

l. in a, (omhinod lid and utensil lifter, a shank having at its end a lid-engaging feet, spliced opposite lugs projeeting upwardly from said. shrink in the rear of and spaced from said foot whereby a stationary utensilengaging aw is rovided having three beerin; ilflillb and n iii-w ineinl'ier 'n'iovably mounted on said shank and lnwing an engaging pin-t opposed to said stationary at a point hetvw :11 its three hearing points, substz'intiz'illy as set forth.

2. in :1. lifter of the character described, a shank having a. ilownwarilly-extending portion provided at its end with n lid-engaging foot, spaced opposite lugs projecting upwardly from said downwerdly-extending portion of said shank in the rear of and spaced from said. foot wl'ierehy a stationary utensil-engaging jaw is provided having three hearing points, a clamping rod having a sliding hearing on said downwardlyextending portion-of said shank and extending beyond. the same, a utensil engaging jaw on the forward and. of said rod in advance ofamd opposed to said stationary jitw at a point he tween its three hearing points, and means at the rear end of said red for operating the some, substantially as forth.

ALBERT KOEPPEN.

llitnesses:

G. Dinosn, E. C. llAm).

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