Improvements in or relating to Flower Pots.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 10th May, 1899-Accepted, 17th June, 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Flower Pots.
T, ERNST MARTIN HUGO LONITZ, Manufacturer of Neuhaldensleben, Germany,
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: —
The present invention relates to a flower pot which is represented in Figure 1
of the accompanying drawing in elevation and in Figure 2 in vertical section.
The device consists of a glazed pot or vessel A painted, or otherwise ornamented
on the outside, and an inner pot or lining 13, the portion of which, intended to
be placed inside the pot A, being of unglazed, i.e., porous, material and of somewhat
smaller dimensions than the outer pot A. This inner pot B is provided also with
a rim or flange glazed or painted or otherwise ornamented and of larger
circumferential dimensions than the pot A, so that the rim of the inner pot B
rests on the top of the outer pot, A. At the bottom of the inner pot B which
contains the earth etc., are one or more holes intended for the draining of the
water, which thus accumulates in the bottom of the outer pot.
To facilitate the evaporation of the water and to produce a better aeration of
the earth within the pot, passages or orifices o are provided at the lower surface
of the rim of the inner pot B, communicating with the inner space A¹ of the outer
pot A. In consequence of the outer pot A the earth contained in the inner pot,
and hence also the roots of the plant are protected against extreme changes of
heat and cold, as well as against sudden changes in temperature and the danger
of being dried up. The plant is also protected against rot and other ills due to
over-watering, since the plant itself is kept suspended above the drained water.
In consequence of the slow evaporation of the water not only the bottom of the
inner pot, but also the sides of the same are kept constantly moist.
The unsightly appearance of pots as used at present, produced by the formation
of salts and lime as well as by the growth of mosses and other parasitic plants
and the drawbacks experienced in handling pots with dirty surfaces, are all
avoided in the present flower pot.
These pots are easily used and kept clean and the moist and soiled surfaces of
the inner flower pot are covered and hidden by the outer pot. The handling of
the inner flower pot is also more clean and easy in consequence of the glazed rim b
with which it is provided.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. A flower pot consisting of a glazed outer pot painted or otherwise ornamented
and of an inner pot the lower portion of which is unglazed and porous and
provided at the bottom with one or more holes and is of somewhat smaller dimen-
sions than the outer pot, while the upper portion of the inner pot is provided
with a rim or flange somewhat wider than the outer pot by means of which the

page_text: inner pot is suspended in the outer pot, the said rim being glazed and painted
or otherwise ornamented on the outside and provided with openings which
communicate with the interior of the outer pot substantially as described.
2. A flower pot constructed substantially as described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.