Improvements in Tea-cosies and the like.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 14th May, 1891
Complete Specification Left, 15th Feb., 1892-Accepted, 9th Apr., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Tea-cosies and the like.
I, PERCIVAL PHILPOT of 13 Lawrence Lane, Cheapside, in the City of London,
Manufacturer and Agent, do hereby declare the nature of my invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to the cosies or covers commonly employed for placing
Sometimes also little
over tea-pots and the like for keeping the contents warm.
cosies are made to fit over eggs for the same purpose. The improved invention
while originally designed as a cosey to fit over a tea-pot may be used for the same
purpose with other articles such as dishes, eggs and so forth. Hitherto these cosics,
particularly tea-pot cosies have been made of soft material wadded and adapted to
fit more or less closely upon the pot to be kept hot, with the not infrequent result of
upsetting the tea-pot when the cosey was removed; but by my present invention I
get over this difficulty.
In carrying out my invention I prefer to connect the non-conducting material or
portion of the apparatus with a suitable rigid frame so that the cover may be
This
removed from the pot or other article without the danger of tilting it over.
cover may be made of the usual materials and appearance or may be entirely rigid
and can be simply placed over the article to be kept warm and removed like a dish
cover or it may be hinged or jointed to a suitable stand or bottom thus making as
it were a complete hot chamber in which the article to be kept warm is placed.
The lid can then be turned on its hinge so as to expose the article for use.
desired this may be made into a veritable hot chamber by the use of a spirit or
other flame to heat the air inside or it may be provided with hollow walls for the
reception of a heating or nonconducting medium.
If
If desired the cover or cosey may be divided so that a portion only is turned
back to expose the contents.
Dated this 14th day of Max 1801
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Tea-cosies and the like.
J, PERCIVAL PHILPOT, of 13 Lawrence Lane, in the City of London, Manu-
facturer, and Agent, 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 the cosics or covers commonly employed for placing
Sometimes also little
over tca-pots and the like for keeping the contents warm.
Cosies are made to fit over eggs for the same purpose. The improved invention
while originally designed as a cosy to fit over a tea-pot may be used for the same
purpose with other articles such as dishes, eggs and so forth. Hitherto these cosies,
particularly tea-pot cosies have been made of soft material wadded and adapted to
fit more or less closely upon the pot to be kept hot with the not infrequent result
of upsetting the tea-pot when the cosey was removed, but by my present invention
I get over this difficulty.
1-form the cosy of a rigid frame of iron or wire or other suitable material upon
which is placed the soft or non-conducting material and by this means the cosy may
be removed from the pot or other article without the danger of tilting it over.
If

page_text: desired the cosy may be hinged to a metal wood or other stand; the invention will
however be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings in which
Fig. is a perspective view of the cosy and stand, open.
Fig. 2 is a view of the skeleton or framework of the cosy showing its mode of
attachment to the stand or tray.
A is the stand which may be made of wood, metal, or other suitable material, but
preferably of wood, standing upon feet a.
B B is the frame of the cosy and is preferably composed of iron, wire or rigid
strips, and the frame is preferably formed at its lower part of a suitably shaped
hoop of metal B to which the lower ends of two or more arched or other shaped
strips 1 forming the upper portion of the frame are secured.
The frame is covered with an exterior covering C and inside lining D between
which is some soft non-conducting material, usually wadding.
E is a hinge one leaf of which E' is secured to the stand A, the other E2 being
secured to the hoop B. By this means the cosy may be turned back on its hinge
and the article removed without actually lifting the cosy off its stand.
In many cases the stand A may not be required, when this cosy will simply be
used alone, or if desired it may be hinged to a tea-board or tray.
If desired the cosy and stand may both be made of metal, papier mache or other
substance with an inside lining of soft material.
The cosy may be converted into a hot chamber by the use of a spirit or other
flame to heat the air inside or it may be provided with hollow walls for the reception
of a heating or non-conducting medium.
If desired the cover or cosy may be divided so that a portion only is turned back
to expose the contents.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is,
1. A cosy such as described having a rigid framework.
2. In a cosy the combination with a rigid frame of a soft covering substantially
as described.
3. The combination with a cosy having a rigid framework of a stand substantially
as described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
4. The combination with a tea-board or tray of a cosy hinged thereto, and having
a rigid framework substantially as described.
Dated this 12th day of February 1892.
P. PHILPOT,
W. P. Thompson & Boult,
Agents for the Applicant.