An Improved Strainer and Infuser for use with Tea and Coffee Pots and the like.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 11th May, 1891
Complete Specification Left, 11th Feb., 1892-Accepted, 12th Mar., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Strainer and Infuser for use with Tea and Coffee Pots
and the like.
JOHN COATES DANIEL, of 3 Grove Place, Hanley, in the County of
Stafford, Estate Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention for an improved strainer and infuser for use with tea and coffee
pots and the like has for its object to prevent leaves or dregs or grounds in tea and
coffee pots and other vessels from passing off with the liquid when pouring out its
contents, and also to enable the tea leaves or coffee grounds or other substance
treated to be removed in bulk from the infusing vessel after the process of infusion
has been continued for a sufficient time to extract the essential properties of the
substance from it, and consists in providing a cylindrical or other shaped vessel of
earthenware, china, porcelain, or other suitable material open at the top and closed
by a readily removable cover, and having a perforated tube passing through the.
centre of the strainer from the bottom to the top and passing through the lid, the
handle by which the strainer is lifted in or out of the vessel being fastened thereto
so that the tea or coffee or other substance to be infused can be readily inserted,
and the whole being suitably perforated with holes to permit of the free circulation
of the water or other liquid through its interior and amongst its contents.
Dated this 11th day of Nov 1891
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40, Chancery Lane, W.C., Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Strainer and Infuser for use with Tea and Coffee Pots.
and the like.
I JOHN COATES DANIEL of 3 Grove Place, Hanley in the County of
Stafford, Estate Agent, 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 for an improved strainer and infuser for use with tea and coffee
pots and the like, has for its object to prevent leaves or dregs or grounds in tea
and coffee pots and other vessels from passing off with the liquid when pouring out
its contents, and also to enable the tea leaves or coffee grounds or other substance
treated to be removed in bulk from the infusing vessel after the process of infusion
has been continued for a sufficient time to extract the essential properties of the
substance from it; and consists in providing a cylindrical or other shaped vessel of
earthenware, china, porcelain, or other suitable material open at the top and closed
by a readily removable cover and having a central circulating tube, so that the tea
or coffee or other substance to be infused can be readily inserted, the whole being
suitably perforated with holes to permit of the free circulation of the water or other
liquid through its interior and amongst its contents.
In the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings
Fig. 1 is a vertical section of a strainer and infuser constructed according to this
invention,
Fig. 2 is a plan of the same with the cover removed and
Fig. 3 is an inverted plan of the said cover.
A perforated cylindrical vessel a for containing the substance to be infused is.

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provided with a vertical central perforated tube open at the bottom for promoting
the circulation of the liquid through the vessel, and is supported in the containing
vessel on the feet c to permit of the free passage of the liquid underneath the vessel;
and is also provided with lugs d for securing the cover thereto.
The cover comprises a flat perforated disc e having a lip f cut away at and
forming a groove or channel between the said lip and disc e so that, when the
cover is placed on the vessel a and turned through a small angle it is secured, the
stop preventing it from being turned too far. The cover is provided with a small
handle or loop to facilitate its adjustment and the removal of the strainer when
the process of infusion is completed.
h
In a modified arrangement of my invention, the cover of the infuser or strainer
is unperforated and made of a proper size and form to fit in and act as a lid to the
tea pot or other containing vessel, so that, after the process of infusion is
completed the infuser is withdrawn from the said vessel and the cover removed
and replaced on the tea pot or other vessel in the ordinary manner.
Having now particularly ascertained and described 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. A. strainer and infuser for infusing tea, coffee, and the like comprising, a
perforated vessel with a central perforated circulating tube and a cover adapted to
be secured thereto, the whole arranged, constructed and operating substantially as
described.
2. The arrangement and construction of a strainer and infuser for infusing tea,
coffee, and the like substantially as described with reference to the drawings.
Dated this 11th day of February 1892.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40, Chancery Lane, W.C. Agents.