IMPROVEMENTS IN APPA- RATUS FOR PRESERVING PROVISIONS
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Farmer, of Fulham Brewery, High
Street, Fulham, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPA-
RATUS FOR PRESERVING PROVISIONS."
Sealed the 16th November 1858, and dated the 24th September 1853.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Farmer
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 24th September 1853.
I, WILLIAM FARMER, of Fulham Brewery, High Street, Fulham,
do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPARATUS FOR PRESERVING PROVISIONS" to be as follows:—
The Invention consists of using two waterproof vessels, one being
placed within the other, leaving a space between the two cases of two
or three inches, more or less, for the purpose of containing water. The
. provisions are placed in the interior vessel, which is provided with lids
.on hinges for the purpose of putting in and removing the provision
when required. On the cover of the outer case there is a projection or
flange which, when shut down, enters the water in the space between

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said William Farmer in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 24th March 1854.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I,
WILLIAM FARMER, of Fulham Brewery, High Street, Fulham, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fourth day of September, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, in the
seventeenth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and succes-
sors, give and grant unto me, the said William Farmer, Her special
licence that I, the said William Farmer, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said William Farmer, my execu-
tors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and
no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the
term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise,
and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN APPARATUS FOR PRESERVING PROVISIONS," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said William Farmer, by an instrument in writing
under my hand and seal, should particularly describe and ascertain the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the sanie was to be
performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent
Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date
of the said Letters' Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Farmer, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement thereof (that is to say):
The Invention consists of using two waterproof vessels, one being
placed within the other, leaving a space between the two cases of two

page_text: or three inches, more or less, for. the purpose of containing water.
The provisions are placed in the interior vessel, which is provided with
lids on hinges for the purpose of putting in and removing the provisions
when required. On the cover of the outer case there is a projection or
flange which, when shut down, enters the water in the space between
the cases, and the provisions being thus excluded from the atmosphere
will be found to keep fresh for a considerable time.
Having thus stated the nature of my said Invention, I will proceed
to describe the manner of performing the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
The Drawing shows a perspective view of an apparatus constructed
and combined according to my Invention. The apparatus is made of
slate, and consists of two vessels, the one to contain the provisions, and
the other to contain water to surround the other vessels on all sides
and at bottom. a, a, is the outer vessel, which is made like a slate
cistern, and is to be of a size depending on the quantity of provisions
which are to be contained in the inner vessel. b, is a lid or cover to
the outer vessel, there being a projection c, on the inside thereof, as
shown, so that when the lid or cover is shut down the edges of the
projection c, will enter the water and form a water joint, and thus
exclude more air passing to the provisions than is contained with the
provisions in the inner vessel. The provisions thus closed in will not
be liable to vary materially in temperature, though the temperature
of the outer atmosphere may materially increase. d, d, is the inner
vessel, which also has its cover e, e; and the interior of the inner
vessel d, is fitted with grooved ledges f, f, in which plates g, g, slide, so
as to form a series of shelves or platforms, one above the other, in the
vessel d, d. And in order to admit of any of the plates g, g, being
taken out there is an opening in each of the ledges to allow of their
being taken out and replaced as required in order to put in or take out
provisions. The arrangement of the interior chamber or vessel may be
varied.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and the

page_text: manner of performing the same, I would have it understood that what
I claim is, the combined apparatus herein described.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Farmer, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twenty-fourth day of March, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-
four.
Witness,
S. CARPMAEL.
WILLIAM FARMER. (L.S.)