Improvements in Drainers for Use with Domestic Sinks and the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Aug., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 16th May, 1900-Accepted, 16th June, 1900
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Drainers for Use with Domestic Sinks and the like.
We, HERBERT EVANS MASON and WALTER ESPLIN MASON, both of Horwich,
near Bolton, in the County of Lancaster, Sanitary Engineers, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to drainers for use with domestic sinks and the like,
and its object is to so construct them that efficient drainage will be provided while .
there is no risk of the glasses or other articles slipping off the drainer.
The improved drainer is provided with an upper surface the whole or part of
which is formed or furnished with recesses or grooves alternating with ribs
or projections. The ribs or projections are horizontal or approximately horizontal
in a longitudinal direction along their upper surfaces, while the grooves are
deeper at one end than at the other so as to provide sufficient fall for the flow
of the water.
The grooves and projections may be of any suitable or desired shape in cross
section. The latter may conveniently be rounded or inclined on their upper
surfaces so that any water falling upon them will not lodge thereon but will
immediately fall into a groove.
The improved drainer may be constructed from fireclay, earthenware, wood,
metal or other suitable material, and may be separable from or be formed with
or attached to the sink or the like with which it is to be employed.
A drainer constructed as described thus affords a affords a practically horizontal
upper surface upon which glasses and other articles may safely stand without
fear of slipping off, while sufficient fall is given by the increasing depths of the
grooves to enable any water to at once flow away.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Drainers for Use with Domestic Sinks and the like.
We, HERBERT EVANS MASON and WALTER ESPLIN MASON, both of Horwich,
near Bolton, in the County of Lancaster, Sanitary Engineers, 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:
The object of this invention is to so construct or form drainers or draining

page_text: surfaces for domestic sinks or the like that they will give a practically horizontal
surface upon which glasses or the like may rest while at the same time an ample
fall is given to permit the water to run away quickly. With this construction
there is no risk of glasses or other articles slipping off the drainer and being
broken, a common event with drainers having a sloping upper surface.
The upper face or part of the upper face of a drainer constructed according to
these improvements is recessed or grooved at intervals so that it consists of a
series of alternating grooves and ribs or projections. These ribs or projections
are practically horizontal in the direction of their lengths and are in the same
horizontal plane. Their upper faces form the surface upon which the articles to
be drained are placed. The intervening recesses are lower at one end than at the
other so that water falling into them is quickly conducted away. The deeper
ends of the grooves would, of course, be placed nearer to or towards the sink with
which the drainer is used.
Any desired shape in cross section may be given to the grooves and projections
of which the drainer is formed, but the upper faces of the projections may con-
veniently be transversely rounded and convex, so that any water falling upon
them will be immediately conducted to a groove or recess and thence to the sink
or the like.
The improved drainer may be constructed from or to be composed of any
desired or suitable material, such as earthenware, wood, or metal. It may either
be separable from the sink with which it is to be used or it may form an integral
part thereof. In the former case it may be secured in place by pins, screws or
other well known devices or it may be adapted to fit or slide within dovetail or
other grooves formed in or attached to the body of the sink.
A practically horizontal upper surface is thus afforded by the improved drainer
upon which glasses or other articles may safely stand without fear of slipping off,
while sufficient fall is given by the increasing depths of the grooves to enable
water to flow away at once.
The accompanying drawings to which reference will be made hereinafter
illustrate one form of the improved drainer and its application to a domestic sink.
The sink and drainer are formed in one piece and are of suitable earthenware.
Figure 1 is a representation of the sink and drainer in plan.
Figure 2 illustrates a section taken along the line - Figure 1.
Figure 3 shows a section taken along the line y-y Figure 1.
A indicates the sink which is or may be of any ordinary construction, and B
indicates the drainer. As will be seen the face of the latter is grooved or recessed,
at intervals as shown at C, so that its upper surface consists of a series of ribs
or projections 1) alternating with the grooves C. The upper edges or faces of the
ribs are horizontal longitudinally and are in the same horizontal plane. The
grooves are deepest at their ends which are nearest to the sink, and are
hallowest at their opposite ends, where, if desired, they may run out to nothing.
A sufficient fall is thus given to the grooves to ensure that water entering them
will be rapidly conducted to, the sink. In order that no water may lodge upon
the surfaces of the ribs or the like, these surfaces may be rounded or convex as
illustrated in Figure 3. Any water upon them is thus at once permitted to fall
into the adjacent grooves.
A practically horizontal surface is thus formed by the ribs or projections upon
which glasses or other articles may be placed without any fear of them slipping
or falling off, while at the same time a sufficient slope is provided to quickly and
easily carry off any drainage water.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :-
A combined sink and drainer formed in one piece from earthenware or the
like, the surface of the drainer being composed of approximately horizontal ribs

page_text: or projections alternating with grooves or recesses which are deeper at one end
than at the other, constructed and arranged substantially as herein before described
and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
W. E. HEYS & SON,
Agents for the Applicants.