Improvements in Pots or Vessels for Containing Made Mustard, Condiments, and the like.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Oct., 1887
Complete Specification Left, 26th July, 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 31st Aug., 1888
RESERVE CO
Improvements in Pots or Vessels for Containing Made Mustard,
Condiments, and the like.
.
I, ROBERT HUNTER FINLAY of 109 Hope Street, Glasgow, in the County of Lanark,
Commission Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This Invention which relates to pots or vessels for containing made mustard, chutney
and other condiments and the like has for its object to dispense with the use of a spoon
or fork for the the purpose of serving the condiment, spoons or forks when left in the
pot or vessel of ordinary construction being liable to corrode and have an effect upon
the condiment injurious to health.
The pot or vessel constructed in accordance with this Invention consists of a
cylindrical part which is open at both ends, the upper end having screwed or other-
wise secured to it a portion which constitutes the neck of the vessel, the said neck
being provided at its upper end with a cap or cover which may be screwed or simply
pushed on. At its interior the cylindrical part contains a movable piston or disc
which is packed tight enough to prevent the passage downwards of the viscous or
other matter contained in the pot, whilst at the same time it is sufficiently free to
enable it to be pushed upwards by hand and to sink downwards by its own weight.
At its lower open end the cylindrical body of the pot has an inwardly projecting
collar or flange against which the piston or disc, when at its lowest position rests, or
instead of the said collar a flanged ring of metal or other material may be secured on
the lower end of the cylindrical part.
When it is desired to serve or discharge the condiment the cap is removed from the
upper end of the pot or vessel and the piston is pushed upwards from the lower end
thereby discharging the contents through the opening at the neck.
Dated this Twenty-seventh day of October 1887.
CRUIKSHANK & FAIRWEATHER,
62, Saint Vincent Street, Glasgow,
Agents.

page_text: Improvements in Pots or Vessels for Containing Made Mustard,
Condiments, and the like.
I, ROBERT HUNTER FINLAY, of 109 Hope Street, Glasgow, in the County of Lanark,
Commission Agent, 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 :-
This Invention which relates to pots or vessels for containing made mustard
condiments and other viscous materials has principally for its object to dispense with
the necessity of using a spoon or fork for the purpose of serving the condiment these
when made of metal and left in pots or vessels of ordinary construction being liable
to corrosion or oxidation and to have an effect on the contents of the vessel injurious
to health.
On the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is an elevation of the improved, pot or
vessel.constructed in accordance with my.Invention.
Figure 2 is a vertical:section of Figure 1 and figure 3 is another vertical section
with a modified arrangement of stopper.
As shown by these figures the improved pot or vessel consists of a tubular or
cylindrical part a, opon at both ends the upper extremity having fitted into it a
portion b constituting the neck.of the vessel the said part being closed with a plug e
as at figures.1 and 2 or with a screwed.cap.or.cover cas.at figure 3. or the said cap
or cover may be pushed on. At the part where the neck fits into the cylindrical
body. it is preferably recessed or countersunk.and a ring of india-ribber, leather or
.other .flexible and elastic material.is placed upon the countersunk or recessed portion
as shewn to ensure that the joint.shall be liquid tight. The parts a and b may be
made of metal in which case they are enamelled on the inside to prevent corrosion or
.they may be made of glass, carthenware, wood, vulcanite or the like or the part a may
be made of one material and the part of another and when they are joined as shown
by figures 2 and 3 to hold them more securely together the cylindrical body alis
slipped into an open or close metal.or other casing.e which has a ledge or collar at
at its. lower end for the bottom of the cylinder .a to rest upon whilst at its upper end
the said casing e has a cover g (enclosing the neck 6).screwed or othewise secured
to it. The neck b itself may however be screwed to the "body rain which case the
cover g and casing e are dispensed with and the inwardly turned ledge cor collar fis
formed on or secured, to the lower end of the body a. At its interior the body a
contains a movable piston or expeller which when in its lowest position rests upon the
ledge or collar the said piston being preferably composed of three parts namely a
part 7 next to the mustard, or other viscous material and which fits the interior of the
pot freely enough to enable it-to-be pushed up or down easily. The part is packed
tight enough to prevent the leakage of the viscous contents of the pot by a disc i of

page_text: india rubber leather or the like which is held in position by a screw j and nut m the
screw being passed through a solid disc and through the disc into or through
the part h.
When it is desired to serve from the pot the stopper or cover c or c¹ is removed and the
piston is pushed upwards with the thumb or finger from beneath thereby expressing
the contents through the opening at the upper end of the neck. To refill the pot
the neck b is removed and the piston pushed down to the lower end of the tube a and
when it is necessary to clean the vessel the parts of which it is composed are easily
taken asunder.
With this Invention besides the advantages of dispensing with a spoon it is found
that the contents of the vessel are maintained in much better condition.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The general arrangement and combination of parts constituting the improved pot
or vessel for containing and dispensing made mustard and other viscous inmaterials
substantially as described.
2. In a pot or vessel for containing made mustard and other viscous materials the
combination of the body a removable neck and the moving piston or expeller
substantially as described with reference to the annexed drawings.
CRUIKSHANK & FAIRWEATHER,
62, Saint Vincent Street, Glasgow,
Agents.