Exact cup measuring tea kettle with spiral spring

In combination, a hollow container including a closed top and bottom, a peripheral wall extending between said top and bottom and a pour spout opening outwardly of the interior of said container adjacent one side thereof and at an elevation generally horizontally registered with said closed top, a handle including a first lower portion pivotally supported from said container for oscillation relative thereto about a generally horizontal axis spaced inwardly of and adjacent the side of said container remote from said one side and disposed at generally right angles relative to a path extending between said one side and said remote side, said handle including an upper elongated horizontal portion generally paralleling said path and a depending portion supported from and depending downward from the end of said horizontal portion adjacent said one side, said depending portion and closed top including opposing abutment surfaces establishing a downward limit position of movement of said depending portion relative to said top, spring means operatively connected between said depending portion and said closed top yieldingly biasing said depending portion toward said limit position, indicator means connected between said handle and container operative to indicate the amount of upward movement of said depending portion from said limit position, said axis being horizontally spaced above the level of said spout, said upper horizontal portion of said handle including a hand engageable mid-portion centrally disposed above said closed top.