An Improved Mustard-pot for the more Convenient Serving of Mustard at Table, and for its Better Preservation.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Apr., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 7th Aug., 1889-Accepted, 7th Sept., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Mustard-pot for the more Convenient Serving of
Mustard at Table, and for its Better Preservation.
HENRY THOMAS LILLEY Schoolmaster, St. Clair, Victoria Road, Southsea, Hants,
and WILLIAM SCHLUMPF CONRAD, Schoolmaster St. Edward's, Southsea, Hants, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The pot is provided with a spout through which the Mustard is expelled as required,
either by air-pressure applied by means of a collapsible attachment, or by means of a
piston actuated by suitable mechanism. The mustard, being protected from the free
action of the atmosphere, is preserved longer in a condition fit for use.
Tave of Anni 1000
HENRY THOMAS LILLEY.
WILLIAM SCHLUMPE CONRAD
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Mustard-pot for the more Convenient Serving of
Mustard at Table, and for its Better Preservation.
We, HENRY THOMAS LILLEY of St. Clair, Victoria Road, Southsea, Hants, school-
master, and WILLIAM SCHLUMPF CONRAD, of St. Edward's, Southsea, Hants school-
master do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
This invention relates to an improved Mustard-pot and has for its objects the more
convenient serving of made mustard and other semi-liquid condiments, and the better
preservation of the same.
These objects are effected by the use of a piston and piston-rod which are pierced so
as to form a tube, one end of which communicates with the portion of the pot which
contains the mustard, while the other end is either formed into, or has attached to it,
a nozzle or spout for the delivery of the mustard. The details of the nozzle and the
mode of actuating the piston are hereinafter more particularly described.
In the accompanying drawing (Fig. I.) the pot A is made of any suitable material
which does not exert any deleterious effect on the mustard. The piston B packed,
preferably with a ring of india-rubber, so that it can be moved up and down inside the
pot as easily as possible consistent with preventing leakage of the mustard. The mustard is
expelled up the tube Cand through the orifice E by pressing on the part D. If the piston
is packed with india-rubber, the elasticity of the rubber will generally, when pressure is
removed from D, suck the mustard back so as to leave the part F empty. By turning
the part F into the position shown in Fig. Il, the mustard in the tube C is protected
from the action of the air, and all danger of accidental expulsion of the mustard
avoided. The orifice E may be closed by means of a plug G. The lid or cover H
may be attached to the pot A by screw-joint, bayonet-joint, friction or similar means,
or may be attached to an outer covering of metal or other material enclosing the
pot A.
The following modifications may be made :-
:
The piston instead of being actuated by the pressure applied to part D), may be
pressed downwards by a spring coiled round the rod C between the piston B and the
cover H, which is in this case firmly attached to the pot in this case also, the
passage through the part F is only opened when the mustard is being actually served.
In other cases, when the spring is not used, the spout or nozzle may be made so that
the part F is not movable.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim, is
:
1. The use of a piston and piston-rod which are pierced so as to form a tube, for the
purpose of expelling mustard and other semi-liquid condiments from a pot.
2. The general arrangement of the pot, piston, piston-rod and spout, substantially as
described.
Dated this Seventh day of Angust. 1889
HENRY THOMAS LILLEY.
WILLIAM SCHLUMPF CONRAD.