Improvements in or connected with Jugs or other Vessels for Containing and Cooling Wine or other Liquid.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Dec., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 7th Oct., 1892-Accepted, 12th Nov., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Jugs or other Vessels for
Containing and Cooling Wine or other Liquid.
I, JOHN THOMAS HEATH of 19 Charterhouse Street in the City of London
Silversmith do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in or connected with jugs or other vessels
for containing and cooling wine or other liquid.
Various attempts have been made to provide in connection with jugs or vessels
intended to contain wine, a receptacle for ice to be immersed in or surrounded by
the liquid contents but such devices have all been more or less objectionable and
impracticable from various causes.
For example a tube closed at the lower end and filled with ice has been
introduced into the liquid after filling the jug or vessel with wine and this was
objectionable inasmuch as it was unsightly and required to be handled before
placing it in the wine and afterwards to be fixed in position by some external
means whilst another arrangement consisted of a similar but fixed tube rising from
the bottom of the vessel and open at the top and this contrivance was also of a very
unsightly character.
A third device consisted of a hollow teat-like projection from the side of the
vessel and which was not closed in any manner and had perhaps the most objection-
able appearance of all, and, furthermore as the device did not reach to the bottom
of the vessel the wine upon being reduced below a given level did not come in
contact therewith.
Now the object of my invention is to construct the jug or vessel with a
self contained and efficient ice holder without detracting from the ornamental
appearance of the vessel and to avoid the other objectionable features above
pointed out.
For this purpose I form the jug or vessel with an opening in the bottom thereof
and from this opening a hollow chamber or ice holder rises centrally of the bottom
of the vessel to any desired height and is constructed preferably of a generally
cylindrical shape terminating in a rounded upper or closed end, or the chamber
may be of conical pyramidal or other suitable shape.
At the lower or open end of this chamber or ice holder that is to say at the
bottom of the jug or vessel I form or fix a seat or fitting to receive a screw or other
stopper or cap which must be of such a character as to efficiently seal the end of
the chamber or ice holder and prevent the leakage therefrom of ice water.
In order to charge the chamber or ice holder the jug or vessel must be
inverted, the chamber or holder packed with ice and the lower end of the
chamber closed by means of the stopper or cap when the jug or vessel may be
handled in the ordinary manner for cleaning or other purposes without danger of
spilling the ice water.
The wine may now be poured into the jug or vessel when it will surround the
charged ice holder and become efficiently cooled and if the wine be of a dark colour
the chamber or ice holder will be completely hidden from view but if on the
contrary the wine be light in colour, the cylindrical pyramidal or other shaped
chamber charged with blocks or pieces of ice of various shapes and rising from
the bottom of the vessel will present an ornamental appearance rather than
otherwise.

page_text: By these means I leave the sides and upper part of the vessel free for orna-
mentation and I obtain a more practical device for effecting the desired object than
heretofore.
Dated this 7th day of December 1891.
WHITE & WOODINGTON,
27, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Jugs or other Vessels for
Containing and Cooling Wine or other Liquid.
I, JOHN THOMAS HEATH of 19 Charterhouse Street in the City of London
Silversmith 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 or connected with jugs or other vessels
for containing and cooling wine or other liquid.
Various attempts have been made to provide in connection with jugs or vessels
intended to contain wine, a receptacle for ice to be immersed in or surrounded by
the liquid contents, but such devices have all been more or less objectionable and
impracticable from various causes.
For example, a tube closed at the lower end and filled with ice has been
introduced into the liquid after filling the jug or vessel with wine, and this was
objectionable inasmuch as it was unsightly and required to be handled before
placing it in the wine and afterwards to be fixed in position by some external
ineans, whilst another arrangement consisted of a similar but fixed tube rising from
the bottom of the vessel and open at the top, and this contrivance was also of a
very unsightly character.
A third device consisted of a hollow teat-like projection from the side of the
vessel and which was not closed in any manner and had perhaps, the most
objectionable appearance of all, and furthermore as the device did not reach to the
bottom of the vessel, the wine upon being reduced below a given level did not come
in contact therewith.
Now the object of my invention is to construct the jug or vessel with a
self-contained and efficient ice holder without detracting from the ornamental
appearance of the vessel, and to avoid the other objectionable features above
pointed out.
For this purpose I form the jug or vessel with an opening in the bottom thereof,
and from this opening a chamber or ice holder rises centrally of the bottom of the
vessel to any desired height and is constructed preferably of a generally cylindrical
shape terminating in a rounded upper or closed end, or the chamber may be of
conical, pyramidal, or other suitable shape.
At the lower or open end of this chamber or ice holder, that is to say at the
bottom of the jug or vessel, I form or fix a seat or fitting to receive a screw or
other stopper or cap which must be of such a character as to efficiently seal the end
of the chamber or ice holder and prevent the leakage therefrom of ice water.
In order to charge the chamber or ice holder, the jug or vessel 'must be inverted,
the chamber or holder packed with ice and the lower end of the chamber closed by
means of the stopper or cap when the jug or vessel may be handled in the ordinary
manner for cleaning or other purposes without danger of spilling the ice water.
The wine may now be poured into the jug or vessel when it will surround the
charged ice bolder and become efficiently cooled, and if the wine he of a dark
colour the chamber or ice holder will be completely hidden from view, but if on the
contrary the wine be light in colour, the cylindrical pyramidal, or other shaped

page_text: chamber charged with blocks or pieces of ice of various shapes, and rising from the
bottom of the vessel, will, when the latter is formed of glass present an ornamental
appearance rather than otherwise.
And in order that the said invention may be more clearly understood, and readily
carried into effect, I will proceed aided by the accompanying drawings more fully
to describe the same.
CODICI CICOT.
Figure 3 is a plan thereof, and
Figure 4 is an underside view thereof.
In the several figures, like parts are indicated by similar letters of reference.
a represents the body of the jug, and represents a metal lid or cover which is
hinged to a metal rim or fitting 6' mounted upon the jug, and which parts are of
ordinary construction.
According to my invention however, the bottom a¹ of the jug a is formed with
an opening therein, from which rises centrally of the bottom a and to any desired
height, a chamber or ice holder c which is constructed preferably of a generally
cylindrical shape terminating in a rounded or dome shaped closed upper end c', or
the chamber may be of conical pyramidal or other suitable shape.
The body a of the jug in the example given is assumed to be formed of
earthenware ornamented upon its exterior surface, but it might be of glass, metal,
or other suitable material, and the bottom a' and chamber c are formed integral
therewith in the process of manufacture.
The chamber or ice holder c, at its lower or open end is formed with a rim c
projecting below the bottom a of the jug a and to this rim is cemented a metal
fitting threaded at c** to receive a screw cap or stopper c which seals the lower
end of the chamber or ice holder c, and prevents the leakage therefrom of ice
water.
Or, in lieu of the screw fitting c³ and screw cap c' any other suitable fitting and
cap or stopper may be employed provided they are of such a character as to
efficiently seal the open end of the chamber or ice holder c.
In order to charge the chamber or ice holder c, the jug a must be inverted, the
screw cap or stopper e removed, the chamber or ice holder e packed with ice and
the lower end of the chamber or ice holder again closed by means of the screw cap
or stopper c when the jug a may be handled in the ordinary way for cleaning or
other purposes, without danger of spilling the ice water.
The wine or other liquid may now be poured into the jug a, when it will surround
the charged ice holder c and become efficiently cooled.
If the wine or other liquid be of a dark colour, the chamber or ice holder c will
be completely hidden from view, but if on the contrary the wine or other liquid be
light in colour, and transparent or semi-transparent, and the jug be formed of clear
glass, the cylindrical, pyramidal, or other shaped chamber e charged with blocks or
pieces of ice of various shapes and rising from the bottom of the jug a will present
an ornamental appearance rather than otherwise.
It will be understood, that although I have hereinbefore shown and described my
invention as applied to a jug, it is equally applicable to other vessels, and I would
also have it understood that in lieu of forming the chamber or ice holder integral
with the jug or vessel; it may be formed separate therefrom, and fixed thereto in
any suitable manner.
By means of my invention, I leave the sides and upper part of the vessel free for
ornamentation, and I obtain a more practical device for effecting the desired object
than heretofore,

page_text: 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 :-
1. In combination with a jug or other vessel, a chamber or ice holder rising from
the bottom thereof and formed with a closed top and an open bottom, substantially
as herein shown and described and for the purpose stated.
2. In combination with a jug or other vessel, a chamber or ice holder rising from
the bottom thereof, and formed with a closed top, an open bottom and means for
hermetically closing such open bottom substantially as herein shown and described
and for the purpose stated.
3. In combination with a jug or other vessel, a chamber or ice holder rising from
the bottom thereof, and formed integral therewith and with a closed top, an open
bottom, a suitable fitting surrounding the bottom and a screw or other cap or
stopper adapted to engage the fitting and hermetically close the open end of the
chamber or ice holder, substantially as herein shown and described and for the
purpose stated.
Dated this 7th day of October 1892.
WHITE & WOODINGTON,
27, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents.