| 摘要 |
A kettle cooker hinge which comprises two spaced legs joined by a bight section to form an inverted U-shaped member which has fully closed, partially opened and fully opened positions. A first mechanism is provided for pivotally securing the lower end of each of the legs to the inner wall of the kettle at opposite sides thereof. The locations of these first pivot mechanisms lie in a first pair of adjacent quadrants of the kettle. A second mechanism for pivotally securing the bight at the upper end of the inverted U-shaped member to the inner wall of the cover is provided at a location directly above the other two quadrants of the kettle when the cover and the inverted U-shaped member are in their closed positions. This second mechanism extends, for stability, on opposite sides of the vertical plane that divides the other two quadrants of the kettle. The bight lies outside the kettle when the inverted U-shaped member is in its fully opened position. Preferred locations and configurations of the pivot mechanism at the top and bottom of the legs of the inverted U-shaped member are disclosed. In the preferred embodiment, a clip is provided for detachable connection with the rim of the kettle, so that the cover may be held in a generally upright position short of being swung on the hinge so as to be completely free of the kettle in a fully upright position. |
