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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.
McDUFFIE BRADFO D, OF NOCONA, TEXAS.
SYt. -ICHRNo. 823,6683.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, MoDUFFIE BRADFORD,
a citizen of the United States, residing at
Nocona, in the county. of Montague and
5 State of Texas, have invented a new and use-
ful Syrup-Pitcher, of which the following is a
specification..
This invention relates to improvements in
attachments to syrup-pitchers, and has for
to its object to provide a simply- constructed
and automatically-operating device whereby
all tendency of the syrup to drip over the
edge of the rim or pouring-spout is obviated
and to arrange the device so that it can be
r5 readily removed for cleaning or for other pur-
poses.
With these . and other objects in view,
which will appearas the nature of theinven-
tion is better understood, the invention con-
ao sists in certain novel features of construction,
as hereinafter fully described and claimed.
In the accompanying drawings, forming a
part of this specification, and in which corre-
sponding'parts are denoted by like designat-
25. ing characters, is illustrated the preferred
form of the embodiment of the invention ca-
pable of carrying the same into practical op-
eration.
Figure .1 is a perspective view of the im-
3o proved device with the lid open. Fig. 2 is a
sectional view with the lid closed. Fig. 3 is a'
perspective view of the movable lip and its
bail detached. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of
the -coupling-bar detached.
35 The improved' device may be readily adapt-
ed to any of the various forms of'theneck
and closure portions of syrup-pitchers by
making slight and immaterial changes in
some of the parts; but for the purpose of illus-
40 tration the device is shown applied to an ap-
proved neck.structure in which the band por-
tion 10' for. encircling the throat of the
pitcher, the outwardly-curving rim 11, the
inwardly-extending flange 12, the lid or clo-
45 sure 13, and the spring-hinge 14, connecting
the lid to the rim, are of .the usual form.
Extending from the flange 12 at opposite
sides are perforated ears 15; and disposed be-
tween these ears is a lip member 16, of resili-
.o ent sheet metal -and provided with oppo-
sitely-extending pintles 17, engaging the ears
15 and upon which the lip swings. The lip
member, corresponds in shape to the pouring-
lips usually employed upon syrup-pitchers,
55 and when in one of its positions or when thex-itentea une 19, 1906.
lid 13 is open the lip, will bear upon the flange
12 and serve the purpose of a pouring-spout in
the ordinary manner, as represented in Fig.
1. Rigidly attached to the lip member 16
and extending rearwardly of the same is a 6o
bail 18, having spaced collars 19 centrally
disposed thereon. The pintles 17 and the
bail 18 are in one piece of wire, the pintles be-
ing formed by bending the ends of the wire
laterally in opposite. directions, extending 65
them through the ends of the lip member 16,
as shown in Fig. 3. Extending from the in-
terior of the lid 13 is a loop or eye 20, and de-
tachably engaging this eye by a hook21at
one end is a rod 22, the other end of the rod 70
having an eye 23, encircling the bail. 18be-
tween the ears 19.
The rod 21 is so formed as to length that
when the lid 13 is in open position, as in Fig.
1, the bail will be drawn upwardly to seat the 75
lip member 16 upon the flange 12 in position
to. serve as a pouring-spout, as in Fig. .1, and
then when the lidis' closed the rod will de-
press the bail and rock the lip upon its pintles
17 and elevate the forward edge of the lip 8o
from 'the flange, as in Fig. 1, to permit the
syrup which'may 'have lodged between the
lip and rim 11 to flow back into the pitcher,
and thus avoid overflow'when the lids again
raised for the next pouring action. 85
The 'lip 16 and bail 18 being of resilient
material, and the hook 21 being of the open
form, the lip-bail and rod 'may be easily de-
tached by simply compressing the lip and its
bail until the pintles 17 are free from the ears 90
15 and then unhooking the rod from the loop-
eye 20. By this means the. whole attach-
ments may be quickly removed when re-
quired for cleansing or when the pitcher is to
be cleansed or for other purposes. 95
Having thus.described the invention, what
is claimed is-
1. In a syrup-pitcher a neck member hav-
ing an 'inwardly-extending flange, a lid
hinged to said neck and provided with an 100
eye depending from its interior, spaced aper-
tured ears extending from said flange, a re-
silient lip disposed between said ears and
bearing upon said flange. and with laterally-
extending pintles movably engaging said 105
ears a bail connected to said lip, and an arm
movably engaging said bail at one end and
with an open hook at the other end for detach- -
ably engaging the eye within said lid.
2. In a syrup-pitcher, a neck member hav- '-xxoSpecification of Letters Patent.
Applicatioe filed November 6, 1906. Serial To. 286,083.
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Bradford, McDuffie. Syrup-Pitcher, patent, June 19, 1906; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth509626/m1/2/: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.