Improvements in and connected with Workmen's Tea Cans.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Mar., 1893-Accepted, 10th June, 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Workmen's Tea Cans.
I NATHAN JOSEPH of No. 1, Temple Street, Bristol, Tin-ware Manufacturer,
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 workmen's tea cans, and has for its
object to provide cans that may readily be cleaned in every part, and will show at a
glance whether they are clean or not, and will contain in combination a cup for
drinking purposes and separate compartments for holding tea, coffee, cocoa, sugar,
and the like without making any appreciable increase in the bulk of the can.
This invention and the means of carrying it into effect will be readily understood
from the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which
Fig. 1 is a view of the can complete, with the cup and other parts shown (mostly)
by dotted and broken lines;
Fig. 2 is a view of the circular cup, with a ring which is screw-threaded, soldered
or otherwise fastened round the outside; and
Fig. 3 is a view of an inner cylinder, divided into two compartments as shown.
A is an ordinary can, made either round, elliptical, or other suitable shape
having a circular mouth, the interior of which is screw-threaded the mouth is
made sufficiently large to afford a view of all parts of the interior of the can, and
to allow it to be easily cleansed C is a cylinder closed at one end and the other
end made smooth at the edges to form a suitable vessel from which the contents of
the can may be drunk: a cap c is used to close the cylinder when required; around
the cylinder is a ring or band B, the lower part of which is screw-threaded to fit
closely in the mouth of the can: D is a cylinder of slightly smaller diameter than
the cup, a division E in this cylinder forms two compartments, a small one F which
may be conveniently used for tea, coffee, or cocoa, and the larger one G for sugar:
the compartments are respectively closed by caps and g.
The can being provided as described, the tea and sugar or other substances are
put in the compartments of the cylinder D and the caps put on, and the cylinder
placed in the cup C and covered by the cap c which forms & stopper for the
can when the screw around the cylinder has been inserted in the mouth: when the
can has been filled with hot water, the contents of the compartments are put in and
the beverage is ready, which may be partaken of by using the cup C.
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 manufacture of cans with large mouths, for which circular drinking
cups with screw-threaded bands on the periphery form stoppers, substantially as
and for the purpose herein described and set forth in the accompanying drawings.
2. In the manufacture of workmen's tea-cans, enclosing a second cylinder, divided
into compartments, within the cup-stopper for the purposes herein described and set
forth.
3. In the manufacture of workmen's tea-cans, a combination of a cup for drinking
purposes with a stopper, and compartments for holding the ingredients for the
beverage, without materially increasing the bulk of the cans, the whole being so
constructed that dirt adhering to any part of the can or its fittings may be readily
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page_text: seen and easily removed, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth and
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 17th day of March 1893. ·
J. G. WESTLAKE,
2, John Street, Bristol, Applicant's Agent.