Method of attaching a handle to a cooking vessel
AssigneeLincoln Manufacturing Company, Inc.
InventorDavid L. Hellinger
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Abstract
A method for assembling a handle to a cooking vessel, such as a pot or pan, wherein the use of conventional rivets having heads protruding from the inner surface of the cooking vessel is avoided. Studs are welded to the outer surface of the receptacle portion of the cooking vessel, and in the preferred embodiment, the openings in the handle are dimensioned much larger than the diameters of the studs so that the openings can clear the diverging studs. Step washers are then utilized to space the handle and studs so that a tight assembly results when the ends of the studs are expanded against the washers.
Claims7
A method for attaching a handle to a cooking vessel such as a pot or pan including a receptacle at least a portion of which has a curved outer surface, the method comprising:
- securing at least two elongated studs to the curved outer surface of the receptacle wherein the studs extend radially outward from the receptacle outer surface and the studs diverge outwardly from the receptacle outer surface,
- providing a handle with a mounting portion having two openings therein, the openings being larger than the diameters of the studs and being sufficiently large that the handle can be slipped directly over the diverging studs,
- subsequent to securing the studs to the receptacle outer surface, placing the handle openings over the studs so that the studs enter and extend through respective said handle openings,
- inserting a washer into each of the openings and over the respective stud wherein each said washer is disposed between the stud and the respective opening and the washers substantially prevent movement between the handle and the studs, and
- subsequently securing together the handle, washers and the respective studs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.