Improvements in Kettles, Bottles, Pots, Cans, Feeders, and other Vessels having Spouts attached thereto.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Dec., 1898-Accepted, 21st Jan., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Kettles, Bottles, Pots, Cans, Feeders, and other
Vessels having Spouts attached thereto.
We, RUPERT GROSVENOR NEWTON, JOHN THOMAS SHAKESPEARE, and WILLIAM
HUNT, all members of the Firm of Newton Shakespeare and Company, of Garrison
Works, Garrison Lane, Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturers,
do hereby declare the nature of our said invention and in what manner the same
is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the fol-
lowing statement:-
Our invention has for its object improvements in kettles, bottles, pots, cans,
feeders and other vessels having spouts attached thereto and which are stronger
and better adapted for discharging the liquid when made in accordance herewith
more regularly.
In order that our invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried
into practical effect we have appended hereunto a sheet of drawings upon which
we have illustrated an oil can as giving one example of the same and from which
it will be understood how the invention is to be applied to any other vessel
requiring a spout.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of an oil can of a well known type and made accord-
ing to our invention.
Figure 2 is a plan view of the same oil can.
Figure 3 is an enlarged cross section through the spout S on the dotted line
1-2 shewing how the spout is constructed when made according to Figures 1
and 2 but the particular construction of the spout may be varied as will be here-
after explained.
The oil can A illustrated by Figures 1 and 2 is such as is used for oiling
machines of various kinds and is fitted with the filler F and valve V and handle H.
The spout S may be of any length or shape so far as the more general appear-
ance is concerned and will of course be made in length and general formation
made to suit the particular article whether a kettle, teapot or other vessel. The
particular construction and formation of the spout is however of the greatest im-
portance and this is shewn in cross section at Figure 3 where s¹ is the upper
portion and is the lower portion and 3 is the stiffener while the seams or
junctions are represented by st. Our spouts are always made with a V shaped
under piece which must terminate in a more or less angular finish. We
also prefer to make the top s curved as shewn with this upper part al overlapping
the edges of the lower or V piece s³ as seen so as to hide the junction in a great
measure. By this construction we obtain a very strong spout to resist con-
cussions either sideways or upwards. The upper portion of the spout may how-
ever be of any other desired shape, and while we prefer to manufacture the spout in
two pieces with the seams or junctions at the side we may make it from one
piece of metal with only one junction which may be at the side or other part but
we find it best not to make the junction at or near the angle . These spouts
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page_text: may be made from any sheet metal or they may be cast but we prefer the sheet
metal.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is:-
CLAIMS.
First The improvements in vessels having spouts formed with the under
portion finishing with an angle at s whether made with one or more pieces of metal
and whether from wrought metal or cast substantially as herein set forth.
Second: In vessels having spouts forming the spout with the underside
thereof of shape with the upper portion united thereto by the one lapping over
the other so as to form seams s4 substantially as herein set forth and as shewn upon
the accompanying sheet of drawings.
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RUPERT GROSVENOR NEWTON.
JOHN THOMAS SHAKESPEARE.
WILLIAM HUNT.
By George Barker,
Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Patent Agents,
Agent for Applicants,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham.