IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR DISCHARGING AND DISTRIBUTING THE CONTENTS OF. TEA POTS, COFFEE-POTS, OR OTHER VESSELS
Year: 1861

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Henry Beddall, of 104, Fleet St., in the
City of London, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR
DISCHARGING AND DISTRIBUTING THE CONTENTS OF. TEA POTS, COFFEE-POTS, OR
OTHER VESSELS."
Sealed the 26th September 1861, and dated the 9th April 1861.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Henry Beddall at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
9th April 1861.
I, WILLIAM HENRY BEDDALL, of 104, Fleet St., in the City of London, do'
hereby declare the nature of the Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS
FOR DISCHARGING AND DISTRIBUTING THE CONTENTS OF TEA-POTS, COFFEE-POTS, OR
OTHER VESSELS," to be as follows:―
This Invention has for its object a more convenient arrangement of the
spout or discharging passage of tea-pots, coffee-pots, urns, or other vessels, and
of the table or tray upon which the cups or other vessels are placed, by which'
the contents of such vessels are more conveniently discharged and distributed*
or conducted into the cups or other receiving vessels. For this purpose I
form the spout of a tea-pot, coffee-pot, or other vessel with several joints and
branches, one or more of which are capable of moving horizontally, and others
vertically, so as to place the end or ends of the several branch pipes in a
position to deliver the contents of the tea-pot or other vessel into a series of'
cups or other vessels arranged in position on a table or tray simultaneously or

page_text: in succession, and each branch is furnished with a stop-cock or tap to cut off
the flow of the liquid when desired. It is preferred to place the tea-pot or
other vessel on a stand capable of adjustment to different elevations. The
tray or table upon which the cups or vessels are placed, to be filled as before
described, is so formed that when they are placed thereon they can be adjusted
in a curved or radial position by coming against the raised edge of the tray, or
when a tray is not used, by coming against a raised curved guide or adjusting
form placed on the table.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Henry Beddall in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 9th October 1861...
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
HENRY BEDDALL, of 104, Fleet Street, in the City of London, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Ninth day of April, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, in the twenty-fourth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said William Henry Beddall, Her special licence that I, the said William
Henry Beddall, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as
I, the said William Henry Beddall, my executors, 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 "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR DISCHARGING THE CONTENTS OF TEA-POTS, COFFEE-
POTS, OR OTHER VESSELS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
William Henry Beddall, 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.
NOW KNOW YE, that, I, the said William Henry Beddall, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement thereof, that is to say :-

page_text: This Invention has for its object a more convenient arrangement of the
spout or discharging passage of tea-pots, coffee-pots, urns, or other vessels,
and of the table or tray upon which the cups or other vessels are placed, by
which the contents of such vessels are more conveniently discharged and
distributed or conducted into the cups or other receiving vessels. For this
purpose I form the spout of a tea-pot, coffee-pot, or other vessel with, several
joints and branches, one or more of; which are capable of moving horizontally,
and others vertically, so as to place the end or ends of the several branch
pipes in a position to deliver the contents of the tea-pot or other vessel into a
series of cups or other vessels arranged in position on a table or tray.simul-
taneously or in succession, and each branch is furnished with a stop-cock or
tap to cut off the flow of the liquid when desired. It is preferred to place
the tea-pot or other vessel on a stand capable of adjustment to different
elevations. The tray or table upon which the cups or vessels are placed, to
be filled as before described, is so formed that when they are placed thereon
they can be adjusted in a curved or radial position by coming against the
raised edge of the tray, or when a tray is not used, by coming against a raised
curved guide or adjusting form placed on the table.
And in order that my Invention may be most fully understood and readily
Figure 1 shows an elevation, partly in section, of a tea or coffee pot or urn
A, having a spout or discharging tube B which is capable of moving hori-
zontally on a joint at C, so as to deliver the contents of the vessel into cups D
arranged in a circle against a guide E upon the table or tray, which arrange-
ment constitutes one of the simplest forms of apparatus constructed according
to my Invention.
Figure 2 shows a plan of the stand for the urn A and the guide E for the
cups and saucers, within or against which they can be readily placed in position
to be filled in succession from the moveable spout or discharging tube B. If
desired, the spout or tube B may be formed with one or several branches of
different lengths, as shown by dotted lines in Figure 2, or it may be formed
with additional joints to move horizontally, as shown at Figure 3, so as to
vary the distance at which the contents of the vessel may be delivered into the
receiving vessels. The discharging tube B may also be formed with a joint,
so as to be moved into a vertical position if desired.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, I would have it under-

page_text: stood that I do not confine myself to the exact details herein described; but
what I claim is, the arrangement of apparatus herein described for discharging.
and distributing the contents of tea or coffee pots, urns, or other vessels moro
conveniently and speedily than heretofore..
In witness whereof, I, the said William Henry Beddall; have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Eighth day of October, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.
WILLIAM HENRY BEDDALL. (L.B.)
Witness,
G. H. BIRKBECK,
Patent Agent,
34, Southampton Buildings.