IMPROVEMENTS IN MEDICATED Από
Year: 1862

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Frederick William Brearey, of No. 53, Cornhill,
in the City of London, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MEDICATED
Από το Ποσοσττο της Ποτυπικά ΟποπΛΩΡΟ
Sealed the 3rd October 1862, and dated the 8th April 1862.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Frederick William Brearey
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
8th April 1862.
I, FREDERICK WILLIAM BREAREY, of No. 53, Cornhill, in the City of
London, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN MEDICATED CUPS OR VESSELS FOR DRINKING PURPOSES," to be as
follows:-
This Invention relates, firstly, to an improvement on what are known as
bitter cups," by means of which the medicinal qualities of steel, iron, or
other metals or combination or alloy of metals are combined with the tonic
or aromatic qualities of the bitter wood or bark, so as to increase or qualify
the medicinal effect of the same. This part of the Invention consists in
forming such cups of a combination of metal or alloy of metal with the quassia,
sassafras, or other medicinal or medicated wood, or Peruvian or other bark,
in such a way that they shall both be at the same time in contact with the
water or other liquid to be impregnated, the oxydation or decomposition of the
metal being promoted by slightly acidifying the water or other fluid, or by.
other suitable means.
The second part of the Invention relates to the production of a metallic
medicinal cup, and consists in making a cup or vessel of steel, iron, or other

page_text: metal or alloy, and oxydizing the interior of the same by means of acids or
otherwise, so that upon placing water or other fluid therein it shall become
medicated or impregnated with the medicinal properties of the metal.
The third part of the Invention relates to the production of what I propose
to call the "galvanic cup," which consists of a cup or vessel made of alternate
rings, strips, or other combination of opposite or electro-positive and electro-
negative metals, such as zinc and copper, so that upon placing in the vessel
slightly acidulated water or other fluid, a galvanic action is produced, and
the water or other fluid in the vessel becomes chemically affected in a cor-
responding degree.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Frederick William Brearey in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 8th October 1862.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, FREDERICK
WILLIAM BREAREY, of No. 53, Cornhill, in the City of London, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eighth day of April, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, in the fifth year of Her reign, did,
for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
Frederick William Brearey, Her special licence that I, the said Frederick
William Brearey, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as
I, the said Frederick William Brearey, or my executors, administrators, and
assigns, should in 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
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MEDICATED CUPS OR VESSELS FOR DRINKING PURPOSES," upon
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Frederick William Brearey,
my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or
their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascer-
tain 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 Frederick William Brearey, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is

page_text: to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, that is to say.:-
My Invention has for its object improvements in medicated cups or other
vessels for drinking or other purposes.
The first improvement of my said Invention consists in the formation of a
cup or vessel upon a combined medicating principle, in and by which the
medicinal qualities of steel, iron, ironide, or other suitable metal, metals, or
metaline, or their oxydes, or mineral or mineraline, simple or compounded,
and the tonic or aromatic qualities, or medicinal virtues of bitter wood,
bark, or other vegetable matter are combined and imparted simultaneously to
the water or other liquid contained therein. The drinking vessels formed upon
this principle I denominate "the improved medicated steel bitter cup."
The second improvement of the said Invention consists in the formation of
a similar cup or vessel, the bowl, of which is formed. wholly of steel, metal, or
mineral (antimony excepted) otherwise than when used as herein-after
described, or of metals or minerals compounded or alloyed with antimony,
and the inner surface of such bowl, or cup, or vessel, being oxydized by the
application of acids or ammonia in and by which the water or other liquid
contained therein is medicated by being impregnated with the. medicinal
qualities or virtues of the said metals or mineráls. The drinking vessels
formed upon this principle I denominated the improved medicated "mineral
cup."
The third improvement of my said Invention consists in the formation of
similar cups or vessels in and by which the principle of galvanic action is
obtained either in combination with the medicinal qualities above mentioned
or otherwise. The drinking vessel form upon this principle I dénominate
the improved medicated "galvanic cup."
In applying the first-mentioned improvement, I make a cup or other vessel
in two or more parts, one portion being composed of metal, metals, or mineral,
simple or compounded, and oxydized on the inner surface, and the other
portion composed of wood or other vegetable matter, possessing in itself the
required bitter, tonic, or aromatic, or other medicinal qualities, or impregnated
or saturated therewith, the wood or vegetable portion being fitted to the metal
or mineral portion so as to be water-tight when joined together. The water
or other liquid is then medicated is then poured into the cup or vessel, where
it comes in contact with and is acted upon by the oxydized surface or surfaces
of the metal or mineral portion; and where it also comes in contact with
and is acted upon by the surface or surfaces of the wood or vegetable portion,
and the combined medicinal qualities of the metal or mineral, and the wood,

page_text: bark, or vegetable portions are thus simultaneously imparted thereto.
The
cup or vessel may be made of any convenient or required form, and of any
required capacity.
The form of vessel of this Invention which I have hitherto adopted for
drinking purposes, consists of a metal foot and stem terminating in a hollow or
shallow cup (having a small hole in the bottom extending partially into the
said stem) and of an open cylindrical top of wood, bark, or vegetable, as the
case may be, fitted water-tight into the top of the metal portion, a lamina or
packing of cork or other suitable material being inserted between the two
parts for rendering the joint impermeable in the interior of the metal portion
of the cup thus formed. I also fit an inner cup of wood or vegetable, termi-
nating in a stem, which stem is pressed down firmly and securely into the
small hole in the bottom of the metal portion, before described. This inner
cup serves the double purpose of increasing the surface of the wood or.
vegetable matter in contact with the liquid, and also conceals the oxydized
metal portion. By preference, I oxydize the latter by the application of a
small quantity of liquid ammonia before inserting the same cup; this gives
a regular crust of oxyde to the metal or metallic surface. I should also
here remark, that I find it preferable to desiccate or compress the wood or
vegetable matter before fitting the same to the metal.
The combined and simultaneous action herein described may be effected in
various ways, as, for instance, by forming a cup or other vessel for drinking
or other
purposes of
I any suitable material, and by inserting or imbedding
therein the metal or mineral oxyde, metaline or mineraline, and medicinal
wood, bark, or vegetable, or by placing the same in suitable cavaties formed
for receiving the same either in a solid, granulated, or mechanically separated
condition; and the vessel may also be so made as to vary and regulate the
proportions of the mineral and vegetable impregnating effects by varying the
disposition and extent of the respective surfaces and the holding capacity of
the vessel.
The mode of applying the second-mentioned improvement is already above
described, but I may here observe, that when necessary minerals having
various medicinal qualities, as sulphur, antimony, and the like may be inserted
or imbedded in the inner surface of the mineral cup, so as to produce a
combined medicating action simultaneously or otherwise, and the outer surface
may be coated with glass or other protecting or ornamenting matter.
In applying the third above-mentioned improvement of my said Invention,
I make a cup or other suitable vessel (for drinking or other purposes) also in
two or more parts, and either form the same upon either of the medicated

page_text: principles above described, or otherwise, as may be required, and fix or insert
therein a voltaic or galvanic pile, and galvanize and medicate the water or
other liquid placed therein by slightly acidulating the same. By preference,
however, I form the foot, stem, and outer bowl of these cups or vessels of
glass, china, or other non-conducting material, having three or more water-
tight cells or compartments therein separated one from the other. I make
the centre compartment occupy nearly the whole of the internal space, and
make the two side compartments small, but sufficiently large to contain the
galvanic media. The latter compartments are closed at the top by moveable
stoppers; the central compartment is made open for containing the medicated
water or other liquid to be galvanized. The internal surfaces of the
central compartment I line with metal or mineral on one part and with
wood or vegetable, as before described. Extending across this compartment,
and forming a metallic connection between the two side cells, I fix a bar or
perforated plate of metal. When using this galvanic cup, the water or other
liquid is first placed in the centre compartment, where it is medicated; then
by filling the side compartments, one with granulated copper and fine sand
and the other with granulated zinc and fine sand, and adding to each a little
acidulated liquid, the galvanic essence will pass or flow along and over the
metal bar or perforated conductor through the medicated water or liquid, and
will impart its medicinal virtues to the same, and thus a combined medicated
and galvanized action will be obtained.
Having thus described and ascertained the nature and object of the improve-
ments of my said Invention, and in what manner the same may be performed,
I hereby further declare that I do not restrict the application of the said
principal of combined simultaneous medicating action to the precise forms of
vessels or modes of constructing the same herein described, but include all
such modifications in form and construction as are obviously applicable upon
and identical with the principal of my said improvements and Invention.
In witness whereof, I, the said Frederick William Brearey, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Eighth day of October, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.
F. W. BREAREY. (L.s.)