A New or Improved Combination Vessel and Measure.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Jan., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 29th May, 1895-Accepted, 6th July, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Combination Vessel and Measure.
We WILLIAM MILLETT EDGE and WILLIAM SPENCER MILLETT EDGE,
both of Porthill, Longport, in the County of Stafford, Earthenware Manufacturers,
and SAMUEL WEBSTER DEAN, of 240 Waterloo Road, Burslem, in the said
county, Earthenware Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to a new or improved combination vessel and measure, and
has for its object to construct vessels of every kind, such as mugs, tankards, jugs,
and the like, in such a manner that they will automatically measure a predetermined
quantity of the liquid which is being poured into them. In carrying our invention
into practice, we provide a drinking or other vessel, such as a mug or a jug for
instance, of earthenware, glass, metal, or other suitable material, with a hollow
handle, and we form a perforation in the side and in the handle of such vessel, this
perforation being made at the height which will be reached by the level of the
liquid poured therein, as soon as a predetermined quantity of this liquid (such as
a half-pint, a pint, or the like) has been drawn off into the said vessel, when the
Smallest supplementary quantity of liquid will cause an overflow through the
handle aforesaid.
Dated this 18th day of January 1895.
WILLIAM JORDAN,
120 Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicants.
A New or Improved Combination Vessel and Measure.
We, WILLIAM MILLETT EDGE, and WILLIAM SPENCER MILLETT EDGE,
both of Porthill, Longport, in the County of Stafford, Earthenware Manufacturers,
and SAMUEL WEBSTER DEAN, of 240 Waterloo Road, Burslem in the same
county, Earthenware 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:-
Our invention relates to a new or improved combination vessel and measure, and
has for its object to construct vessels of every kind, such as mugs, tankards, jugs,
and the like in such a manner that they may be used to measure a predetermined
quantity of liquid at the time when the same is being poured into them.
In accordance with our invention we manufacture drinking or other vessels as
aforesaid, of earthenware, glass, metal, or other suitable material, with perforated
handles, whereby a passage is formed leading from the inside of the vessel, through
the handle, to the outside. The perforation or opening is made in the vessel at
such a height that it will be reached when the liquid poured therein has attained to
the predetermined quantity (such as a half-pint, pint, or other required amount).
Any excess of the predetermined quantity of liquid immediately overflows and
escapes through the passage in the handle.

page_text: And in order that our said invention may be particularly described and
ascertained, reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawing, being a
sectional elevation of a drinking vessel according to our invention.
a is the vessel, having a perforated handle.
d is the passage formed in and through the handle. A hole is bored in the side,
somewhere between the levels of x and y, as at c (shown by dotted lines) leading
into the passage d; the position of the opening c being selected so as to render the
vessel capable of holding some definite quantity up to that point, and no more,
such as an imperial pint, half pint, or other required measure.
When liquid of any kind has been poured into the vessel to the height of the
opening c, the predetermined measure or quantity has been reached; and in case
any greater quantity should happen to be poured into the vessel, the surplus
overflows and escapes through the passage c; thus preventing the delivery of any
greater quantity of liquid than that arranged for by the construction of the
vessel.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
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1. A new or improved combination vessel and measure, substantially as and for
the purposes described.
2. The combination of a vessel for containing and measuring a certain quantity
of liquid, the cubical contents being arranged so that, to the height of an overflow
passage c, a predetermined quantity of liquid is measured, substantially as
hereinbefore described and illustrated by the drawing.
Dated this 29th day of May 1895.
WM. JORDAN,
120 Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicants.
WM. JORDAN,
120 Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicants.