Improvements in Funnels for Deoanting Liquids.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Aug., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 11th Nov., 1898-Accepted, 12th Dec., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Funnels for Deoanting Liquids.
1, GEORGE JOHN BEESLEY, Corn Factor, of 40, Sheep Street, Stratford-on-
Avon, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in funnels for decanting or pouring
liquid from one vessel into another, and has for its object to so form the said
funnels as to permit of the escape of the air contained in the vessel into which the
liquid is decanted.
Heretofore funnels used for this purpose have been formed of a circular conical
shape so that the liquid poured therein fills up the whole space and consequently
the air in its efforts to escape from the vessel into which the liquid is decanted
forces some of the said liquid back, and down the sides of the vessel, thus spilling
the liquid and causing unnecessary waste, and the object of my invention is to
obviate this inconvenience.
For this purpose instead of forming the funnel of a circular shape, I construct
the upper or conical part of square or rectangular shape, the sides sloping
downwards at an angle to meet the lower part or spout of the funnel, the said
spout being likewise formed square in cross section.
By means of this construction of funnel the air contained in the vessel or
bottle into which the liquid is decanted is permitted to escape up the spaces
formed by the sides of the funnel thus preventing overflowing and waste of the
said liquid.
Dated this 18th day of August 1898.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in Funnels for Decanting Liquids.
I, GEORGE JOHN BEESLEY, Corn Factor, of 40, Sheep Street, Stratford-on-
Avon, 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 relates to improvements in funnels for decanting or pouring
liquid from one vessel into another, and has for its object to no form the said
funnels as to permit of the escape of the air contained in the vessel into which the
liquid is decanted.
Heretofore funnels used for this purpose have been formed of a conical shape so
that the liquid poured therein fills up the whole space and consequently the air in
its efforts to escape from the vessel into which the liquid is decanted forces some
of the said liquid back and down the sides of the vessel, thus spilling the liquid

page_text: and causing unnecessary waste, and the object of my invention is to obviate this
inconvenience.
For this purpose instead of forming the funnel of a circular shape in plan,
I construct the upper part of square' or rectangular shape, the sides sloping
downwards at an angle in pyramidal form to meet the lower part or spout of the
funnel, the said spout being likewise formed square in cross section.
By means of this construction of funnel the air contained in the vessel or
bottle into which the liquid is decanted is permitted to escape up the spaces
formed by the sides of the funnel thus preventing overflowing and waste of the
Baid liquid.
In order that the invention may be more clearly understood, reference is had to
the accompanying drawing, which shows a funnel constructed according to my
invention in perspective.
The upper part or body A. of the funnel is of pyramidal form being mado square
or rectangular in plan or cross section. The spout B is also of similar form, spaces
being thus provided between the flat sides of the funnel and the circular sides of
the month of the vessel into which it is placed.
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.
An improved funnel for decanting liquids, having its body of square or
rectangular form in cross section, substantially as and for the purposes specified.
Dated this 10th day of October 1896.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant.