Improvements in Coffee, Tea, and other similar Pots.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Oct.. 1888
Complete Specification Left, 10th July, 1839-Accepted, 10th Aug.. 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by PIERRE ARNOULD MOREAUX, Senr., of Paris, in the
Republic of France.].
Improvements in Coffee, Tea, and other similar Pots.
I, NESTOR FRÈRE, of No. 13, Upper Westbourne Terrace, in the County of
Middlesex, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
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My invention relates to improvements in the construction of coffee, tea, and other
pots, in which infusions are prepared.
In carrying it into effect, I provide two vessels similar in external appearance and
mutual relation to the well-known cafetière.
The bottom of the upper vessel is plain, instead of being finely perforated, and has
one, or more, tubes fitted in it. These tubes are perforated, thereby establishing a
communication between the upper or infusion chamber or the lower one or reservoir.
Each tube is fitted with a loosely fitting plug the position of which in the tube regulates
the clear way from the infusion-vessel to the reservoir.
Dated this 10th day of October 1888.
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PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
Agents for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Coffee, Tea, and other similar Pots.
I, NESTOR FRÈRE, of No. 13, Upper Westbourne Terrace, in the County of
Middlesex, Engineer, 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 :-
My invention relates to improvements in the construction of coffee, tea, and other
pots, in which infusions are prepared.
In carrying it into effect, I provide two vessels similar in external appearance and
mutual relation to the well-known cafetiere.
The bottom of the upper vessel is plain, instead of being finely perforated; and has
one, or more, tubes fitted in it. These tubes are perforated, thereby establishing a
communication between the upper or infusion-chamber and the lower one or
reservoir. Each tube is fitted with a loosely fitting plug, the position of which
in the tube regulates the clear way from the infusion vessel to the reservoir.
In order that my invention, and the means by which the same may be carried into
practical effect, may be thoroughly understood, I will now proceed to describe the
same in detail, referring in so doing to the accompanying figure, which is to be taken
as part of this specification and read therewith.
.The figure illustrates, by way of sectional elevation, the application of the invention
to the well known cafetiere.
A is the upper or infusion-chamber; a, the plain bottom thereof; and B, the
lower vessel or reservoir.
C is a perforated tube; and c, a loose plug or stopper adapted to stand at any
height within the tube for the purpose above mentioned. The stopper is provided
with a suitable terminal c¹ for adjusting it.
The well known presser is used, and its handle is modified as required by the
presence of the tube C.
The tube is kept closed during the process of infusion, and the length of the process
determined by the position of the stopper, the result in practice being that the
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infusion is obtained of any desired strength, the flow of the infusion is quick, and
the infusion itself as limpid as can be desired.
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 :-
:-
The combination of infusion vessel having a plain bottom, one or more perforated
tubes fixed to the said bottom so as to establish a communication from the infusion
vessel to the reservoir, and adjustable plugs or stoppers adapted to more or less close
their respective tubes, as set forth.
Dated this 10th day of July 1889
PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
No. 22, Southampton Buildings,. Chancery Lane, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.