Pan handle
AssigneeHeinrich Baumgarten KG Eisen- und Blechwarenfabrik
InventorGerd D. Baumgarten
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Abstract
A handle for a pan or lid. At least one spring is provided on the handle for holding the handle body to either the lid or the pan. The spring is received in a groove formed in the handle body and is in the form of a leaf spring having a bent over portion forming a hook. A cross-piece is provided and is secured to either the pan or the lid. The back side of the hook is braced against a shoulder formed on the handle body and the hook portion is urged into resilient engagement with the cross-piece to hold the handle body onto the pan or lid.
Claims9
In a handle for a utensil comprising a handle body of plastics material, a cross-piece for connection to said utensil, at least one spring held in said handle body for the purpose of fastening said handle body to said cross-piece, the improvement comprising wherein said handle body has means defining a groove therein and means defining a shoulder thereon, said spring is a leaf spring accommodated in said groove in said handle body, said leaf spring having a part bent over to form a hook having a curved portion, wherein said cross-piece includes for said leaf spring at least one abutment formed by an edge of said cross-piece, the arrangement being such that in the assembled condition of said handle body said leaf spring bears with the back of said hook thereof against said shoulder formed on said handle body and with a part of said curved portion of said hook against said one abutment edge of said cross-piece.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.