Combination Funnel and Strainer.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Feb., 1899-Accepted, 18th Mar., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Combination Funnel and Strainer.
I, CHARLES GOERGEN, of 1213, North Thirteenth Street, St. Louis, Missouri,
U.S.A, Merchant, 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. —
My invention relates to improvements in funnels and more particularly to
straining devices for use in connection with funnels. The object of my invention
is to provide a straining device which may be adapted for use with a glass or
enamelled metal funnel, which heretofore could not be supplied with strainers
owing to the difficulty of attaching such devices without forming weakening and
impurities collecting seams and joints. A further object is to permit the use of a
funnel with or without a strainer, which to that end is made readily attachable
and detachable and therefore may be readily cleaned, thus preventing the accumu-
lation of impurities in a manner common to many forms of tunnel strainers.
In the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 is a vertical sectional view taken through a
funnel having my strainer device applied thereto, and Fig. 2 is a view of the
strainer attaching or detaching hook.
A is a funnel of common form. Inserted within the funnel at a point about half
way down its converging sides is a strainer B which is cylindrical in shape and
'formed with a rim b and a perforated portion c which may be of wire gauze or
other form to permit the passage of quid in comminuted quantities. Secured
to the strainer at any suitable point, and pendant therefrom, is a coil spring C,
to the lower end of which are attached wires 1, 1) which are bent up at their
lower ends to form flanges or hooks d adapted to embrace the edge of the neck a
of the funnel. The wire is bent upon itself to form an eye e by means
the
be drawn
of which and a hook k, the said wires and
spring may
down to readily permit the detachment of the strainer from the funnel.
The hook consists of a single piece of wire bent to form a hook proper at one
end and a handle at its opposite end, to facilitate hooking on to the eye e
The normal tendency of the spring is to hold the rim of the sieve or strainer
in close contact with the sides, the spring being expanded by the tension of the
wines which grasp the edges of the funnel in the manner described.
Instead of two, as shewn, only one grasping wire need be employed, and the
detaching hook may be permanently attached to such wire, though I prefer to
employ two wires and make the hook detachable.
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. A strainer for funnels composed of a sieve portion adapted to fit within the
converging sides of a funnel, a spring secured to and pendant from said sieve,
and means for removably connecting said spring with the edge of the neck of a
funnel. substantially as described.

page_text: 2. A strainer for funnels composed of a sieve portion adapted to rest on the
converging sides of a funnel and formed of a perforated plate, a coil spring secured
to said sieve, and one or more wires secured to said spring and bent to grasp the
lower edge of the neck of a funnel substantially as set forth.
3. A strainer for funnels composed of a perforated plate adapted to rest on the
converging sides of a funnel, a retractile spring secured to said plate and pendant
therefrom, a wire secured to the lower end of said spring, and having formed there
in an eye or loop, and a hook adapted to engage said eye or loop, for the purpose
and in the manner set forth.
Dated this 10th day of February 1899
THOMAS R. SHILLITO,
15, Tooks Court, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant