IMPROVE- MENTS IN FUNNELS OR FUNNEL MEASURES FOR THE MEASURING AND POURING OF LIQUIDS INTO VESSELS
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Emanuel Smethurst, of Stockport, in the County
of Cheshire, Cotton Taper or Dresser, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN FUNNELS OR FUNNEL MEASURES FOR THE MEASURING AND POURING
OF LIQUIDS INTO VESSELS."
Sealed the 1st April 1870, and dated the 5th October 1869.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Emanuel Smethurst at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 5th October 1869.
I, EMANUEL 8METHURST, of Stockport, in the County of Cheshire;.
Cotton Taper or Dresser, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN FUNNELS OR FUNNEL MEASURES FOR THE MEASURING
AND POURING OF LIQUIDS INTO VESSELS," to be as follows, that is to say :-
This Invention relates to measuring and pouring liquids into bottles
and vessels, and consists of a measuring funnel into which the liquid is
drawn directly from the wholesale vessel and measured, and out of'
which the liquid can be discharged into the retail vessel directly, so that
separate measures may be thereby dispensed with.

page_text: The improved funnel is intended to be used by retailers of liquids, and
may be made of metal, glass, or other material. At the bottom of the
funnel there is a pipe or spout, to which a valve is fitted closed by a
spring and opened by a lever connected thereto by a chain or wire. On
the sides of the measure or funnel are rims or grooves which indicate the
quantity to be measured into or out of the funnel. By passing the
valved pipe or spout into the bottle or vessel and then pressing the lever
the whole or any fractional portion of the liquid contained in the funnel
will be discharged into the retail or other vessel.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Emanuel Smethurst in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 5th April 1870.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, EMANUEL
SMETHURST, of Stockport, in the County of Cheshire, Cotton Taper or
Dresser, send greeting.
. WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fifth day of October, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, in the thirty-
third year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Emanuel Smethurst, Her special licence
that I, the said Emanuel Smethurst, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said Emanuel Smethurst, my exe-
cutors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and
no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the
term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise,
and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN FUNNELS OR FUNNEL MEASURES FOR THE MEASURING AND POURING OF LIQUIDS
INTO VESSELS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
Emanuel Smethurst, my executors or administrators, by an instrument
in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should
particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention,
and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same
to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months
next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Emanuel Smethurst, do hereby
declare the nature of my said 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 measuring and pouring liquids into bottles
and vessels, and consists of a measuring funnel into which the liquid is
drawn directly from the wholesale vessel and measured, and out of
which the liquid can be discharged into the retail vessel directly, so that
separate measures may be thereby dispensed with.
The improved funnel is intended to be used by retailers of liquids
or others, and may be made of metal, glass, or other material, and of
any required shape and size. At the bottom of the funnel there is a
branch pipe or spout, where also a valve is fitted closed by a spring or
weight and opened by a lever fitted to the top edge or rim of the funnel,
and connected to the said valve by a chain or wire; this valve, which
may be a rising and falling or tipping valve, is fitted in an opening in
the bottom of the funnel through which the contents are discharged.
On the sides of the measure or funnel are rims or grooves which indicate
the quantity to be measured into or out of the funnel. By passing the
valved pipe or spout into the bottle or vessel and then pressing the lever
the whole or any fractional portion of the liquid contained in the funnel
will be discharged into the retail or other vessel. A strainer or filter
may be formed under the valve by the insertion of one or more perforated
plates with or without any suitable fine or coarse granulated matter
between them. This straining or filtering medium may either be fitted
in the pipe of the funnel, or a filter chamber may be formed at the
bottom of the funnel.
I claim the improvements substantially as described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Emanuel Smethurst, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Second day of April, in the year of
EMANUEL SMETHURST. (L.S.)