Improvements in Tea Pots, Coffee Pots, and other similar Articles of a like Manufacture.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Mar., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 14th Nov., 1891-Accepted, 19th Dec., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Tea Pots, Coffee Pots, and other similar Articles of
a like Manufacture.
I, STEPHEN HENRY MARTIN of the firm of James Clews and Sons of Manilla
Works, Aston Road, in the City of Birmingham, Manufacturer, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in composite tea pots, coffee pots, milk
jugs, and other similar articles and vessels, of a like manufacture, and consists in
providing an outside metallic shell, which is bottomless, or which is made up of a
series of segments, hinged or connected together in the manner or in the ways as
hereinafter described, with a detachable and interior vessel, of glazed delph, earthen-
ware, porcelain, or the like.
My improvements consist essentially, of the one part, in securing the said interior
vessel of earthenware, or the like, within its metal enclosing, or partially enclosing
casing. In the second part, to building up, jointing, and connecting together the
segments constituting an enclosing casing. In the 3rd part, to the general
construction of metal outside tea pots, and the like, with glazed delf or earthenware
interiors.
By providing the said earthenware vessels, with enclosing casings, they have all
the appearance of silver or metal pots, whilst retaining all the advantages and
properties of earthenware ones, in making the necessary infusions of tea or coffee;
and further, that by the employment of earthenware, the flavour of the beverage
is unimpaired, and the heat from the water within the interior vessel is retained,
thereby keeping the outer casing cool.
In carrying out the first part of my invention, I make the metal casing, of the
form of an enclosed tea pot, with an open bottom, and with the spout thereof a
little shorter than that of the interior earthenware one, which is secured within
the said enclosing casing, by a slide or slides, spring bolt or bolts, or by a turn
or turns, taking or coming under the bottom of the said interior pot or vessel.
The spout of the metal pot is made wider at the bottom and middle, so that the.
delph spout slips up easily. The top of the delph spout is made to fit rather
tight, to prevent the tea or coffee from dripping inside the casing.
To allow the slide or slides, or its or their equivalents, which pass through the
lower and opposite sides of the outer casing, to come under the bottom of the
earthenware interior vessel, I provide the said vessel with knobs or feet upon its
underside. Thus, an earthenware inside vessel, is covered or enveloped by an
outside metal one, with an open bottom only, which passes into position alike unto
a cozy, and is then secured by slides, bolts, or catches, taking under or into recesses
of the interior part.
If necessary the earthenware vessel may be secured to the outer enclosing casing,
by the latter springing over the former. Or the said interior vessel, may be
retained within its casing, by studs upon its lower opposite sides, passing into
coincident bayonet or other slots, formed in the sides of the metal of the outer
casing.
According to the second part of my invention, in connection with a tea pot, I
make the outer enclosing casing in segments, and of a somewhat oval or circular
figure. The lower segment with a foot or rest, and the under portion of the
spout, which is divided longitudinally, is made in one piece, or of a single shell,
whilst the upper portion, is made in segments, and binged flap-wise to the back and
front parts of the lower portion, so as to be capable of opening out or closing in upon
the top portion of the vessel to be enclosed. A catch or other fastener, secures the

page_text: segments, (which have a lid hole at top) together, while the handle is adapted to
be attachedly connected to the said segments, or to turn backwardly when they are
opened out for the removal of the interior vessel.
The upper segment of the spout, in this form of my invention is carried by the
front hinged segment.
The opening segments may be made to be retained closed, by spring actions,
while the spout segments, may be connected together by a ring, and further, the
handle may be made alike unto a jug handle, and connected to the lower part of the
casing only.
As a further form of my invention, the cuclosing metallic casing, may have a
hinge bottom, or a jointed bar or bars at bottom, for the interior vessel to rest.
upon; and further, the spout may be hinged to the fore part of the bottom of the
casing, and segments of it, if any, closed by a slipped on ring.
Thus, the casing may have an encircling part, or divided horizontally or vertically,
and connected together in any desired way.
I wish it to be understood, that I do not confine myself generally to the ways
described for securing the segments of the outer casing together, as the same may
be varied, without departing from the nature of my invention as described. Or the
outer metallic casing or covering may be made and arranged alike unto a spirally
wrapped band, adapted to spring or take upon the earthenware vessel, and further,
the earthenware vessel may carry the handle and spout, which are left exposed,
with the metallic casing, covering only a portion of the body of the said earthen-
ware vessel, and which covering or enveloping casing, may be pierced, ornamented,
or left open at parts.
The lid of a vessel may be made to form the means for connecting the segments,
by a springing-on or sliding movement.
Dated this 3rd day of March 1891.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Tea Pots, Coffee Pots, and other similar Articles of
a like Manufacture.
1, STEPHEN HENRY MARTIN of the firm of James Clews and Sons of
Manilla Works, Aston Road, in the City of Birmingham, Manufacturer, 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 attachable and detachable metal outside casings or
coverings for delph or other like earthenware vessels, such for example as tea-pots,
coffee-pots, cream-jugs and articles of a like manufacture, and my said invention
consists in making the said metallic casings or coverings of two or more shell parts
or sections, as hereinafter described.
By providing or enclosing earthenware or delph vessels as herein described, with
metal outer casings or shells, the composite articles have all the appearance of
silver or metal, whilst retaining all the advantages and properties common to earthen-
ware ones.
Besides the advantages as aforesaid, the delph interiors, which are glazed, admit
of being thoroughly cleaned, and if desired, the infusion within them may be kept
hot, before they are covered up by the shell sections.
Figure 1 represents partly in section, and partly in elevation, a delph tea-pot
casing, constructed, arranged and fitted according to my invention.
Figure 2 represents the spout end of the same, but with the spout in vertical

page_text: section, in order to show the gap for the passing into position of the fastening
means, or a device for connecting the shell of the body part to its spout.
Figure 3 represents a front view of the body casing or shell.
Figure 4 is a vertical section of the body casing separately, while
Figure 5 represents the spout separately, and in the act of being placed upon the
delph interior body part and spout, which is represented at Figure 6.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures
of the drawing,
a is a metallic body shell or casing, open at bottom, and closed at top by a
lida, and having at rear a handle a³, and at front a gap or opening a², a³, aª.
The boundary edge of the open bottom a', has a slight inside beading or turned
in part a', which is adapted to spring over the bottom of the delph interior part,
as herein described, on the former being passed over and upon the latter.
is a shell spout, with a breast plate or part 63, at its lower open end, and
having at the upper front part of it, a catch or fastening turn c, for the affixing of
the spout to the shell casing a, which has an inside diameter of about the same
external diameter as the delph body part d, (plus the breast of the spout 6,) which
carries a spout ', and is open at top d², and closed at bottom d³, hence a complete
vessel with a spout a little longer than the metal one, which has also an interior
diameter alike unto the exterior diameter of the said delph spout.
In fitting the casings or the compound casing, upon the delph body part, which
is to form the interior of the composite vessel, first slip on the shell spout 6, and
then afterwards the shell casing a, with its fore part passing over and covering up
the breast part 63, of the said spout, and when in position, rotate the turn c, when
the parts are united together, hence a composite vessel, having a metallic exterior,
and a delph interior. The metal at the lower part of the shell spout is thickened,
and fits flush within the recess n*.
The beading or slight set off on the boundary edging of the open bottom may be
employed as a means of securing the casing part to the delph part, instead of the
fastening, which may be of any approved construction as desired.
The shell spout, instead of being passed into position before the shell body part,
may be connected afterwards and affixed by any suitable means.
If necessary the beading a', may be dispensed with, or if necessary an equivalent
to the beading may be employed.
The tip of the non-metallic spout is made to extend itself a little beyond that of
the metal one, to prevent the liquid being poured, getting between the metal and
the lining.
The metallic shell body casing may have a lid or not. In the latter case, the
delph pot has a lid, which then protrudes through an open top in the said metallic
casing.
The application of my invention to other articles herein enumerated, differs in
no essential respect from its application to a tea pot, as herein described and
set forth.
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 :-
First In a composite tea-pot, coffee-pot, milk-jug or like vessel, enclosing or
partially enclosing a delph or earthenware lining or interior or part, with shell
casings, consisting of a body part, and a spout part, arranged, combined and
fitted together, substantially in the way, and for the purpose, as described and
set forth.
Secondly-In a metallic shell casing for a delph interior, making the same of
an open bottomed metallic shell with lid, or an open topped metallic shell without
a lid, and having gappings or openings in the front, either for the passage of the
spout, or for the passage of both spout and fastening means, as set forth.
:-
Thirdly metallic shell section spouts, providing the same with a breast or

page_text: shield part 2, for the affixing of the same in position, when beneath or coming over
the metallic body casing, as described and set forth.
Dated this 13th day of November 1891.
STEPHEN HENRY MARTIN.
By Henry Skerrett,
6, Livery Street, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.