Improvements in Forming Lips in Earthenware Jugs and like Vessels.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Nov., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Aug., 1889-Accepted, 21st Sept., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Forming Lips in Earthenware Jugs and like
Vessels.
I, AMBROSE BEVINGTON of Blyth Bridge, Stoke on Trent, in the County of
Stafford, Potter, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
At the present time the lips of jugs and like vessels are formed either by moulding
or by the workman's fingers whilst the clay is still plastic.
According to this invention I support the mouth of the vessel whilst the lip is
being formed. I first throw or mould the jug and form in it by the fingers a lip in
the usual manner.
This lip is at the top approximately of the form desired for the
finished article, but it only runs a very short distance down. I then put on the top
of the jug a lid of plaster or other material which fits the mouth and entering a
short distance supports the top of the jug and keeps it to the proper shape whilst the
clay at the two sides of the lip from the top downwards is pressed in by the fingers.
By thus supporting the mouth I am enabled to form a lip running a considerable
distance down the jug, a thing that has heretofore been impossible for any but a very
highly skilled workman.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Forming Lips in Earthenware Jugs and like
Vessels.
I, AMBROSE BEVINGTON of Blyth Bridge, Stoke on Trent, in the County of
Stafford, Potter, 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:-
At the present time the lips of jugs and like vessels are formed either by moulding
or by the workman's fingers whilst the clay is still plastic.
According to this invention I support the mouth of the vessel whilst the lip is
being formed. I first throw or mould the jug and form in it by the fingers a lip in
the usual manner. This lip is at the top approximately of the form desired for the
finished article, but it only runs a very short distance down. I then put on the top
of the jug a lid of plaster or other material which fits the mouth and entering a short
distance supports the top of the jug and keeps it to the proper shape whilst the clay
at the two sides of the lip from the top downwards is pressed in by the fingers. By
thus supporting the mouth I am enabled to form a lip running a considerable distance
down the jng, a thing that has heretofore been impossible for any but a very highly
skilled workman.
In order that my said invention may be fully understood and readily carried into
effect I will proceed to describe the drawings hereunto annexed.
Figure 1 is a plan.
Figure 2 is a side elevation of the lid which is placed on the top of the jug in order
to support it whilst the sides of the lip are being formed.
Figure 3 is a vertical section of the partly formed jug, and
Figures 4, 5 and 6 are sections on the lines 1, 1. 2, 2. 3. 3, Figure 3 respectively.

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
The use in the manufacture of earthenware jugs and like vessels of a lid to support
the top of a jug or vessel and keep it to the proper shape whilst the clay at the two
sides of the lip is being formed.
A. BEVINGTON.