Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 31st May, 1885.
Complete Left, 28th Feb., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 29th Mar., 1887.
We, WILLIAM HENRY WOOD and WILLIAM HENRY WOOD Junr., trading together
as W. Randle & Co., of 103 and 104, Lionel Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire,
Manufacturers of Iron and Tin Plate Goods, and LAWRENCE DOLAN, of 8, Claremont
Mews, Pentonville, London, Commercial Traveller, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
Our Invention consists of the improvements in tea-pots and coffee-pots hereinafter
described our object being to provide means whereby the tea leaves and dust and the
coffee grounds in the infusion will be effectually retained in the pot and prevented
from passing out through the spout.
We will describe our Invention as applied to a metal or earthenware tea-pot.
According to one arrangement of our Invention we dispense with the ordinary
perforated grating in the tea-pot at the entrance to the spout and provide instead
thereof a coarsely perforated sheet metal partition which extends from the bottom
of the tea-pot towards or nearly to the top thereof, thus cutting off a small seginent of
the tea-pot and forming a chamber in connection with the spout. Within the said
segmental chamber and between the perforated partition and the entrance to the spout
is a second partition of finely perforated sheet metal which is free to be moved up and
down in suitable guides or withdrawn from the top of the tea-pot. The coarsely
perforated partition prevents the larger tea leaves entering the segmental chamber and
the finely perforated sliding partition arrests all the fine leaves and dust so that the tea
can be poured out through the spout in a clear state. By removing the sliding
partition it can be readily cleaned and any sediment contained in the chamber washed
out through the spout and as the partitions are of large area they are not liable to
become choked.

page_text: Instead of using perforated sheet metal for the partitions as above described wire
gauze may be used for one or both of them or if preferred fine linen, muslin or other
suitable textile material may be substituted, a suitable wire or sheet metal frame or
frames being employed on which the textile material or gauze is stretched and
secured.
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Although we prefer to use two partitions as above described still if desired the fine
sliding partition may be used alone and the other partition dispensed with.
Our Invention can be applied to coffee-pots similarly as above described with
reference to a tea-pot.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
128, Colmore Row, Birmingham,
Agent for the Applicants.

page_text: We, WILLIAM HENRY WOOD and WILLIAM HENRY WOOD Junr., trading together
as W. Randle & Co., of 103 and 104, Lionel Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire,
Manufacturers of Iron and Tin Plate Goods, and LAWRENCE DOLAN, of 8, Claremont
Mews, Pentonville, London, Commercial Traveller, 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 :-
Our Invention consists of the improvements in tea-pots and coffer s hereinafter
described our object being to provide means whereby the tea leaves and dust and the
coffee grounds in the infusion will be effectually retained in the pot and prevented
from passing out through the spout.
We will describe our Invention as applied to a metal or earthenware tea-pot.
According to one arrangement of our Invention we dispense with the ordinary
perforated grating in the tea-pot at the entrance to the spout and provide instead
thereof a coarsely perforated sheet metal partition which extends from the bottom of
the tea-pot towards or nearly to the top thereof, thus cutting off a small segment of
the tea-pot and forming a chamber in connection with the spout. Within the said
segmental chamber and between the perforated partition and the entrance to the spout
is a second partition of finely perforated sheet metal which is free to be moved up and
down in suitable guides or withdrawn from the top of the tea-pot. The coarsely
perforated partition prevents the larger tea-leaves entering the segmental chamber
and the finely perforated sliding partition arrests all the fine leaves and dust so that
the tea can be poured out through the spout in a clear state. By removing the
sliding partition it can be readily cleaned and any sediment contained in the chamber
washed out through the spout and as the partitions are of large area they are not
liable to become choked.
On the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 represents a metal tea-pot with our Invention
applied, part of the side being represented as broken away to shew the perforated
partitions; Fig. 2 represents part of the tea-pot shewn by Fig. 1 the coarsely
perforated partition being in part removed; Fig. 3 is a part sectional plan of the
same tea-pot and Fig. 4 represents in front elevation, side elevation and sectional plan
the fine perforated partition of the same tea-pot separately.
a is a metal tea-pot of which is the spout, c the hinged lid or cover and d the
handle. The ordinary perforated grating at the entrance to the spout is dispensed
with and the coarsely perforated partition e is soldered or otherwise fixed in the
tea-pot so as to form a small chamber in connection with the spout b. y is the
moveable partition made preferably of finely perforated sheet metal free to be moved
up and down in the guides h which fit and are soldered to the sides and bottom of the
pot between the fixed partition e and the spout opening so that when the partition g
is in its place the liquid in the pot can only escape through the perforations therein.
At the top of the chamber is a covering piece ƒ which is fixed to the side of

page_text: tea-pot and to the top of the partition e and having a narrow slit i for insertion of the
moveable partition 9 and on the top of the moveable partition g is a segmental
piece g which covers the slit i when the partition g is in its place, and hinged to the
segmental piece g' is a ring g² by which the partition can be removed when required.
The larger tea leaves in the pot are by the fixed partition e prevented from entering
the small chamber and all dust and fine particles are arrested by the moveable
partition g the tea thus being poured out through the spout in a clear state. When
the partition is removed it can be effectually cleansed and any sediment in the
chamber can be swilled out through the spout. The fixed partition e preferably
consists of a piece of sheet metal perforated only about the centre as shewn by Fig. 1
and the moveable perforated sheet metal partition 9 is preferably provided with a
sheet metal frame of U-section and extending down the two sides and along the
bottom (see Fig. 4) so as to strengthen the perforated part and ensure a perfect fit in
the guides.
Instead of using perforated sheet metal for the partitions as above described wire
gauze may be used for one or both of them or if preferred fine linen, muslin or other
suitable textile material may be substituted a suitable wire or sheet metal frame or
frames being employed on which the textile material or gauze is stretched and
secured.
Our Invention can be applied to earthenware tea-pots and to coffee-pots similarly as
above described with reference to a metal tea-pot such alterations only being made
as are required to adapt it to the particular shape or make of the tea or coffee-pot to
which it is applied.
We are aware that moveable gratings have been used in tea-pots and coffee-pots
previous to the date of our said Invention and we therefore do not make any exclusive
claim to such but
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said Invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we claim is:
In tea-pots and coffee-pots the application and use of a fixed coarse partition e
substantially as described, in combination with a fine partition g moveable in guides h;
all arranged substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described and illustrated
by the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 26th day of February 1887.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicants.