IMPROVEMENTS IN TEA AND COFFEE POTS, AND OTHER VESSELS OF A LIKE NATURE
Year: 1885

page_text: a like Nature.
MATTHEW BOYD, 39 Church Road Brixton, London SW in the County of
Surrey, Grocer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS
IN TEA AND COFFEE POTS, AND OTHER VESSELS OF A LIKE NATURE to be as
follows
My invention consists of placing inside any description of pot, urn, or other
vessel used in the preperation, making or infusing of tea, coffee or any other article
of a like nature, a tube minutely perforated, stretched across the interior of the pot,
urn, or other vessel, as the case may be, from the opening to which the spout is
attached to the opposite side thereof The tube will be connected and fastened on
each side of the vessel by a collor made of similar material to the vessel in which
it is placed, and the tube will be made of such material as may be the least liable
to be affected by the heat, or to effect the infusion in which it is placed This will
obviate the evil which exists to a greater or less degree in all vessels now used for
making & straining Tea Coffee & other beverages & liquids by preventing the tea
leaves, Coffee grounds, and other sediments filling into the spout or other outlet of
the vessel in which it is placed and permitting the liquid to pass out therefrom
perfectly free and clear from all sediment.

page_text: & like Nature.
I MATTHEW BOYD, of 39 Church Road Brixton, in the County of Surrey Groce
do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN TEA AND
COFFEE POTS AND OTHER VFSSELS OF A LIKE NATURE," and in what manner the
same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following Statements
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My invention relates to vessels wherein any infusion of herbs or other substances
takes place, such as, for instance, tea and Coffee pots, and it is designed to enable
the liquid to be drawn off clearly and without sediment, and and to prevent the
clogging of the spout or outlet pipe
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In order that my invention may be clearly understood, I proceed to describe the 1
same in relation to the sheet of drawings hereunto annexed in which,―
Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of a Tea Pot fitted with my
device.
Figure 2 is a similar section shewing alternative method of fixing
It will be seen that to effect my purpose I combine with the body of the 1
Vessel A, to contain the liquid and materials from which an infusion is to he
effected, a finely perforated tube B passing from the inner orifice of the spout C
(which it entirely surrounds) across the vessel to the opposite side, being securely
fastened by collars or other means D
At 2
A convenient method of securing my device in places is shown in Figure 2
one side of the Vessel-the spout side in the Figure is a recess, and on the
opposite side is a projection E One end of the tube B fits into the recess at D,
whilst the other end is provided with a spring pressed collar F, which is held back
when the tube is inserted, and springs into place on the projection E when
released Where the substance of the tube is not sufficiently strong to resist the 2
spring pressure, one or more stiffening pieces G may be provided
This method of securing the tube in place permits of its removal for cleansing
purposes and the application of my device to Vessels of earthenware.
This tube, though shewn of circular form, may be of any suitable section, and, in
place of perforated material, may be formed of Wire or other gauze The use of my 3
device will enable the material from which the infusion is being made to be used
in a pulverised condition, and a more effective infusion therefore obtained My
device is not only applicable to tea and coffee pots, but may, with advantage, be
used in stalls, or in combination with any Vessel from which it is dosired to draw
clear liquor separated from a sediment.
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page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1* The combination with an infusing vessel of a tube of perforated material or
wire gauze fastened around and completely surrounding the outlet therefrom, and
stretched across and secured in the said Vessel, substantially as specified
2nd The combination of a perforated or gauze tube with a sliding spring pressed
collar, to engage with opposite recess and projection in an infusing Vessel,
substantially as specified
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