An Improved Strainer or Drainer for Sinks.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Mar., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Dec., 1898 -Accepted, 18th Mar., 1899
An Improved Strainer or Drainer for Sinks.
I, ALEXINA MARGARET MURRAY REID, of Mackiston, High, Crosshill, Ruther-
glen, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a protector or basket-strainer for sinks in which
refuse can be collected and readily removed when necessary. The protector
prevents refuse gaining access to and clogging up the waste pipe of the sink.
In carrying out the invention I make the basket in the form of a receptacle
which is of a triangular or somewhat triangular shape in section and is adapted
to fit into the sink without taking up much space. The front side or all the
sides of this basket is or are perforated. The bottom is also perforated and
there may be a perforated rim round the bottom.
The basket is provided with a slot or hole whereby it can be hung in position.
The basket is made of perforated or partly perforated sheet metal which is
galvanized.
The basket can be made or moulded into shape by means of a die or a series
of dies.
The front of the basket is preferably made lower than the back.
If desired the basket may be made of wire or partly of wire and partly of metal.
Dated this 21st day of March 1898.
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
70, Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.
I, ALEXINA MARGARET MURRAY REID, of Mackiston, High Crosshill, Ruther-
glen, near Glasgow, 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 a strainer or drainer for sinks in which refuse can
be collected and readily removed when necessary. The strainer prevents refuse
gaining access to and clogging up the waste pipe of the sink.
And in order that my said invention may be properly understood I have here-
unto appended an explanatory sheet of drawings which show, by way of example,
one form of the device.

page_text: On the drawings:-
Fig. 1 is a front view and Fig. 2 a plan view of the drainer or strainer.
In carrying out the invention I make the strainer or drainer in the form of a
receptacle a which is of a triangular or somewhat triangular shape in plan, as
shown at Fig. 2, and is adapted to fit into the sink without taking up much
space. The front side or all the sides of this drainer is or are made with
perforations c. The bottom has also perforations as shown (Fig. 2) and the
rim e round the bottom may likewise, if desired, be perforated.
A slot or hole f is made in the upper part of the drainer so that it can be
hung in position in the sink.
The front b of the drainer is preferably made lower than the back as shown
at Fig. 1.
The strainer or drainer is adapted to be fitted in a corner of the sink and to
serve as a receptacle for tea leaves, etc. The perforations allow the liquid matter
to drain off without permitting the solid matter to enter the sink and clog up the
waste pipe.
The drainer can be made up (or moulded into shape by means of a die or a
series of dies) from galvanized sheet metal; or plain metal may be used and the
article galvanized or enamelled afterwards.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I consider novel and desire to claim is :-
A sink strainer or drainer made substantially as hereinbefore described with
reference to the drawings annexed.
Dated this 21st day of Documber 1808