Improvements in the Form of Saggars for Potters' use.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Form of Saggars for Potters' use.
HAROLD EMERY Ashford House Ashford Street Stoke-on-Trent Potters'
Manager do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention has for its object the economising of space in Saggars used for the
firing of Glazed Ware. I propose to construct a Saggar with vertical grooves in
the inner side thereof, which grooves shall admit of the placing therein of a
suitably shaped claw, wherein the Thimble-pins are socketed.
The terms Claw and Thimble-pins are well known to and understood by all
persons engaged in the potting trade.
Dated this 19th do-
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"Improvements in the Form of Saggars for Potters' use."
I, HAROLD EMERY, of Ashford House, Ashford Street, Stoke-on-Trent, in the
county of Stafford, 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:
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My invention relates to saggars used for the firing of glazed pottery ware.
The saggars used for this purpose as heretofore constructed have had the claws
and thimble pins supporting the articles to be fired projecting beyond the inner
wall of the saggar so that the saggars have had to be made considerably larger
than the articles to be fired. The object of my invention is to provide means
whereby the saggars may be made smaller than heretofore in order to economize
space and to this end I arrange the claws and thimble pins in vertical grooves or
channels formed in the walls of the saggar.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe the same by
reference to the accompanying drawing, in which:-.
Figure 1 is a sectional plan of a saggar constructed according to my invention :
Figure 2 is a section drawn to an enlarged scale on the line 2-2 figure 1; and,
Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-3 figure 2.
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a indicates the sagger which is of a size and shape adapted to receive the articles
to be fired, b, b are the claws and c, c are the thimble pins for supporting the said
articles in the saggar. d, d are the vertical grooves which are formed on the inner
walls of the saggar in suitable positions the said grooves being of such depth that
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page_text: only the portions of the thimble pins c, c upon which the articles to be fired are
supported project out of the said grooves as will be clearly understood by reference
to the drawing.
Although I have shown and described claws and thimble pins as being arranged
in my grooves it is to be understood that the said grooves also serve for containing
props, pins or similar articles used for slinging or suspending pottery in saggars.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
1. A saggar provided internally with vertical grooves or channels for receiving
the claws and thimble pins, substantially as, and for the purpose, described.
2. The manufacture and use of saggars provided with vertical grooves or
channels for receiving claws and thimble pins, substantially as hereinbefore
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated the 5th day of November 1897
G. F. REDFERN & Co.
4, South Street, Finsbury, London. Agents for the Applicant.