IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF TEA POTS
Year: 1884

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
I THOMAS EDMUND POWELL of Priory End, Frognal, Hampstead in the County
of Middlesex, Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF TEA POTS 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 the Construction of Tea Pots" and
has for its object an improved apparatus for the manufacture of tea as a beverage,
whereby the liquor may be separated with great facility from the ten leaves. It
is a fact well known to tea drinkers and strongly insisted on by emminent medical
men, that certain acids and poisonous qualities of tea are developed by allowing
the potable liquor to remain with the leaves for too long a period, and that a
few minutes only are requisite, after the application of the boiling water, to
infuse the tea and extract the full aroma, and wholesome strength contained in
the tea leaves.
In my Invention I form two chambers placed [preferably one above the other,
and connected to one another by a pipe or pipes fitted with a small stop valve or
stop valves, so that I am able to open or close communication between the two;
these pipes are supplied at their upper extremity with a rose or screen to prevent
the admission of tea leaves or other material.-By means of my Invention the tea
when brewed can thus be taken off the leaves at once, and kept in a wholesome
state for drinking any length of time, while water can be added to it if required,
either through the vessel or through the aperture in the lower vessel, which
aperture is made for that purpose.
I will now more particularly describe my Invention by aid of the Drawings
attached, in which in which Figuro 1 represents a sectional elevation and
Figure 2 a side view of two teapots of different patterns, constructed according
to my Invention.
In carrying my Invention into practise, the tealeaves are put into the upper
vessel A. as at C and water is poured upon them through the lid in the usual
manner, the stop valve or valves D, being closed. After a short period, during
which infusion takes place. I open the valves D D. Figure 1 or the valve D.
Figure 2 and allow the brewed tea to pass through the pipe or pipes F into the
lower vessel B. which I form of larger capacity than A. and having the usual air
inlet at E: or I may so construct the handle as to form the connecting pipe
supplied in the same way with a stop valve as shown dotted at G. Figures 1 and 2.
ID 1

page_text: The pipes F. are fitted at the upper ends with gratings, roses or analogous
protectors to prevent the admission of tea leaves to the lower vessel B; out of
which the tea is then poured in the usual manner; an aperture can be formed in
the lower vessel for pouring in hot water direct if it be desired as shewn at H.
Figures 1 and 2, in order to prevent the deleterious qualities of the tea leaves
being carried into the lower vessel as would be the case if the water passed
through the upper vessel.-I can also by my Invention so construct the teapot
that the top part can be lifted off if desired.
.said
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my .
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is ;-
The construction of teapots having two separato vessels A. and B. connected
together by the pipe or pipes F. fitted with stop valves D D substantially as and
for the purposes herein before described.