Improvements in Tea-pots.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 12th June, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 10th Mar., 1894-Accepted, 9th June, 1894
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I, EDWARD SADLER of 46 Bolingbroke Grove, Wandsworth Common,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows
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This invention relates to an improved teapot intended to provide an arrangement
by which the tea after a proper time for infusion has elapsed can be withdrawn
from the hot water to the top of the pot and retained there, without requiring any
inconveniently projecting arms or other parts.
The tea is placed in a box or receptacle of wire or perforated sheet metal with
suitable lid to allow the tea to be inserted and removed. This box is not connected
to the pot, but is loose, lying, when placed inside on a small light frame or carriage
of bent wire or like material, hinged to the pot at one end, and furnished with an arm
projecting through the top, by which it can be raised or lowered. This arm when
pressed down, raising the frame, is retained in position by a small spring catch of
any ordinary construction which engages with it. The receptacle with tea is thus
raised to and retained at the top of the water and can be dropped into it whenever
desired by releasing the arm and allowing the frame to fall.
Dated this 12th day of June 1893.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in Tea-pots.
EDWARD SADLER 46 Bolingbroke Grove Wandsworth Common Surrey no
calling 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 an improved tea pot intended to provide an arrangement
by which the tea after a proper time for infusion has elapsed can be withdrawn
from the hot water to the top of the pot & retained there, without requiring any
inconveniently projecting arms or other parts.
The tea is placed in a box or receptacle of wire gauze, perforated sheet metal,
or other suitable material with suitable lid to allow the tea to be inserted & removed.
This box is not connected to the pot but is loose, lying when placed inside on a
small light frame or carriage of beut wire or like material, hinged to the pot at one
end, & furnished with an arm projecting through the top by which it can be raised
or lowered. This arm when pressed down raising the frame, is retained in position
by a small spring catch of any ordinary construction which engages with it.
The receptacle with tea is thus raised to & retained at the top of the water &
can be dropped into it whenever desired, by releasing the arm & allowing the frame
to fall.
My invention will be better understood by referring to the accompanying
diagrams, where in Fig. 1, A is the box made of perforated sheet metal, wire gauze,
or other suitable material-(in which the tea is placed)-laying in the frame or
carriage of bent wire or other like material B, the whole being held in position at

page_text: the top of the pot by the projecting arm C engaging with, & being held by, the
spring catch D.
Fig. 2 represents my invention when the arm C having been released by
pressing back the catch spring D, the aforesaid box containing the tea is allowed
to sink into the pot when the water can be poured in. After a sufficient time has
allowed for the proper infusion to take place, the arm C is pressed down until it
engages with & is held down by, the catch spring D, thus raising the box containing
the spent tea leaves above the level of the liquid when the whole will resume the
position as shown in Fig. 1.
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion & in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
⚫ claim is.
The combination with a teapot or other like vessel of a perforated container-to
hold the tea or other material-lying in a frame as previously explained the whole
being capable of being lowered, or raised to the top of the pot, by means of a
lever action & of being held in position when raised substantially as herein
before described.
Dated this 20th day of May 1894.
EDWD. SADLER.