Improvements in Coffee-pots or Coffee-urns.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Jan., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Oct., 1890-Accepted, 22nd Nov., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Coffee-pots or Coffee-urns.
1, EBENEZER BOYES of Albert Road Peckham in the County of Surrey,
Wholesale Coffee Dealer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
:-
My invention has for its object the production of a cheap and convenient coffee pot
or coffee urn having the coffee chamber preferably of glass or earthenware.
For this purpose I mount the coffee chamber in a water vessel which I according
to one arrangement mount on a stand provided with a receiver and guard for a night
light or short candle, a spout or tube is hermetically fixed in the side of the water
vessel and its inner end passes through the bottom of the coffee chamber to which it is
fixed by a nut and washer, the inner end of the said spout or tube projects somewhat
above the bottom of the coffee chamber and has screwed thereon a strainer and it also
serves as the seat for a valve carried at the lower end of a rod the upper end of which
passes through the cover of the coffee chamber and is provided with a removeable ring,
knob, or handle to enable the cover to be removed when required or it may have its
upper end cylindrical and somewhat larger than the stem to pass through a suitable
hole in the cover to enable it to be conveniently handled.
The water vessel has a mouth or aperture by which it can be supplied with water
and when the coffee chamber is of glass or earthenware a guard is fixed in the
interior of the water chamber in such position as to direct the water away
therefrom.
In some cases instead of carrying the spout through the side of the water vessel I
make it to pass through the bottom thereof and to extend a short distance
downwards therefrom in which case after the coffee is made the pot or urn can
be removed from its support and placed over a vessel which receives the coffee liquor
therefrom.
In making coffee with my improved coffee pot or urn I place the required charge
of coffee and hot water in the coffee chamber and I supply the water vessel with hot
water. I then light the night light or short candle which will boil the water in the
water vessel this will heat the contents of the coffee chamber and when the coffee has
been long enough under treatinent the coffee liquor is drawn off through the spout by
aising the valve rod projecting through the cover of the coffee chamber.
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MUDI
EBENEZER BOYES.
By Harris & Mills,
23, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Coffee-pots or Coffee-urns.
I, EBENEZER BOYES, of Albert Road, Peckham, in the County of Surrey,
Wholesale Coffee Dealer, do bereby 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 invention has for its object the production of a cheap and convenient coffee
pot or coffee urn, having the coffee chamber preferably of glass or earthenware.
For this purpose I mount the coffee chamber in a water vessel, which I, according
to one arrangement, mount on a stand provided with a receiver and guard for a night
light, short candle, or small lamp; a spout or tube is hermetically fixed in the side of
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page_text: the water vessel, and its inner end passes through the bottom of the coffee chamber,
to which it is fixed by a nut and washer; the inner end of the said spout or tube
projects somewhat above the bottom of the coffee chamber, and has screwed thereon,
a strainer, and it also serves as the seat for a valve carried at the lower end of a rod,
the upper end of which passes through the cover of the coffee chamber, and is provided
with a removeable ring, knob, or handle, to enable the cover to be removed when
required, or it may have its upper end cylindrical and somewhat larger than the
stem to pass through a suitable hole in the cover, to enable it to be conveniently
handled.
The water vessel has a mouth or aperture, by which it can be supplied with
water and, when the coffee chamber is of glass or earthenware, a guard may be
fixed in the interior of the water chamber in such position as to direct the water away
therefrom.
In some cases, instead of carrying the spout through the side of the water vessel,
I make it to pass through the bottom thereof and to extend a short distance
downwards therefrom, in which case, after the coffee is made, the pot or urn can
be removed from its support and placed over a vessel which receives the coffee liquor
therefrom.
And in order that my said invention may be more clearly understood and readily
carried into offect, I will proceed aided by the accompanying drawings more fully to
describe the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a sectional clevation of a coffee pot or coffee urn constructed acccording
to my invention, and
Figures 2 and 3 are vertical sections of parts showing slight modifications.
I will first describe the arrangement shown at Figure 1.
a is the coffee chamber, which is mounted, by an annular undercut flange a¹ thereon,
on the upper edge of the water vessel b, so that the lower portion of the coffee
chamber a is immersed within such vessel b. The water vessel b is mounted on a
stand provided with a small lamp d, by which the water in the vessel may be
boiled and kept to the required temperature. Or instead of the stand e being provided
with a lamp, it may be provided with a receiver and guard for a night light or short
candle.
A spout or tube e is hermetically fixed in the side of the vessel b, and its inner end,
which is screw threaded, passes through the bottom of the coffee chamber a, to which
it is fixed by a nut e' and washer e² acting in combination with a flange or seat e³ cast
on the tube e; the inner end of the said spout or tube e projects somewhat above the
bottom of the coffee chamber a and has screwed thereon a strainer f, preferably
formed of a casting, consisting of an internally screw threaded ring f¹ at the lower
part connected by pillars to a disc f3 at the upper part, a slight recess or rebate
being preferably formed around the parts f¹, f³, to receive a cylinder of wire gauze
which completely encloses the space between the parts f¹, f³. The tube e also is
provided with a seat in the interior thereof for a valve g at the lower end of a rod g¹,
the upper end of which passes through the cover a² of the coffee chamber a and may
be provided with a removeable ring, knob, or handle, to enable the cover to be removed
when required or, as shown in the drawings, it may have its upper end 92 cylindrical
and somewhat larger than the stem g₁ to pass through a suitable hole in the cover a³,
to enable it to he conveniently handled. The lower part of the stem g₁ of the valve g
is provided with two joints 93, 94, at right angles to each other, to enable the valve g to
seat itself correctly on its seat within the tube e. The upper joint g* will also permit
of the stem gl with the handle g2 being placed to one side of the coffee chamber when
the cover is removed, thereby enabling the band to be inserted for cleaning out the
same and for other purposes. The tube e is perforated at e* to permit the free flow of
the coffee liquor therethrough at the lowest possible point.
The water vessel has a mouth or aperture b¹, by which it can be supplied with
water and, when the coffee chamber is of glass or earthenware, a guard b² shown

page_text: by dotted lines may be fixed in the interior of the water chamber b, in such
position as to direct the water away therefrom.
In some cases, as represented at Figure 2, instead of carrying the spout e through
the side of the water vessel b, I make it to pass through the bottom thereof, to
which it is hermetically fixed and to extend a short distance downward therefrom,
in which case, after the coffee is made, the pot or urn a, b, can be removed from
its support c and placed over a vessel which receives the coffee liquor therefrom.
Or, as represented at Figure 3, the tube e may be made to project only a short
distance below the bottom of the coffee chamber a and to be entirely disconnected
from the water vessel b, in which case the coffee chamber a can be removed from
the water vessel b and placed over another vessel into which the coffee liquor
is discharged therefrom, whilst the water vessel 6 can be left in position on the
stand c to keep the water therein hot for the reception of another coffee chamber a.
In making coffee with my improved coffee pot or urn, I supply the water vessel b
with hot water and light the lamp, night light, or short candle, so as to boil the water
in the vessel and thereby thoroughly heat the coffee chamber a. I then place the
required charge of coffee in the chamber a, pour boiling water thereon, and then
cover it up and leave it till the coffee is required, when the coffee liquor is drawn off
through the spout or tube e by raising the valve rod projecting through the cover of
the coffee chamber.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In a coffee pot or urn, the combination with a coffee chamber and a water
vessel and heater below such coffee chamber, of a strainer fixed in the bottom of the
coffee chamber, a tube or spout also fixed in the bottom of such chamber, having its
upper end rising within the strainer and its lower end passing through the side or
bottom of the water vessel, to which it is hermetically fixed, a valve acting in com-
bination with a seat within the upper part of the tube or spout, and a valve rod passing
through the top of the strainer and out through the centre of the cover, substantially
as herein shown and described.
2. In a coffee pot or urn the combination of a coffee chamber, a strainer fixed in
the bottom thereof, a tube or spout fixed in and descending a short distance below the
bottom of such chamber, the upper part of such tube rising within the strainer, a
valve acting in combination with a seat within the upper part of the tube or spout,
and a valve rod passing through the top of strainer and out through the centre of the
cover, substantially as herein shown and described.
Dated this 22nd day of October 1890.