Abstract: A teakettle for boiling water, the covered kettle having a spout projecting therefrom whose mouth is normally closed by a whistle cap having an extension arm terminating in a pinion mounted for rotation at one end of a bail secured to the kettle and serving as a handle therefor. The pinion is engaged by a rack attached to the front end of an arcuate strip slidable within the hollow bail, the rear end of the strip being coupled through a slot in the bail to an external finger pad. To pour boiling water from the kettle, the user grasps the bail with his hand and manipulates the finger pad with his finger to push the pad forward, thereby advancing the rack and causing the pinion to rotate and lift the cap from the mouth of the spout. Release of the finger pad causes the cap to drop back in place on the spout and to return the finger pad to its initial position.

Abstract: A spice rack and bracket assembly whose rack is adapted to hold an array of bottles containing different spices and whose bracket is selectively adapted to support the rack in any one of these modes, whereby one may hang the rack on a wall, or cause it to lie flat on a counter or to stand thereon. The rack is constituted by a staircase frame having a series of steps, each formed by a landing and a wall normal thereto, the step landing having a row of semi-circular notches therein, each of which lies in registration with a row of semi-circular wells projecting rearwardly from the associated wall to define one half of a bottle-receiving socket which is completed by a semi-circular shield projecting forwardly from the wall. The uppermost landing and lowermost wall of the frame are provided with slots which cooperate with tongues formed on the triangular sides of the bracket to support the rack in any desired mode.

Abstract: An egg beater having a manually-cranked drive wheelwith opposed gear faces which are engaged by a pair of pinions keyed to the shafts of intermeshing beater elements whereby the turning wheel causes these elements to rotate in opposite directions. The drive wheel and pinions are encased in a doughnut-shaped housing having a scalloped periphery, the housing being dimensioned to fit into the palm of one hand of the operator to be gripped by the fingers thereof, so that it also functions as the beater handle. The wheel is turned by a crank arm whose knob is grasped by the other hand of the operator.