Improvements in Jugs and Vessels to Contain Hot or Cold Liquids
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Dec., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
"Improvements in Jugs and Vessels to Contain Hot or Cold Liquids."
I, WILLIAM ARTHUR SMITH BENSON, of 39, Montagu Square, in the County of
Middlesex, Architect, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
The object of my invention is the construction of a jug or vessel in which water
will remain hot much longer than in a jug of ordinary construction and similarly
in which iced water may be preserved for a considerable time.
The vessel consists of an outside jacket which is formed with a spout and handle
and a receiving vessel which fits within this jacket. The receiver is taper at its
upper end and it may be so throughout, and around its neck there is a packing
ring preferably of vulcanized india-rubber. Within the jacket near the top a corres-
ponding taper seating is formed for this packing ring so that when the receiver is
inserted into its place a tight joint is made. The receiver is inserted into the
jacket from the bottom and the bottom of the receiver may then be closed by a
wooden disc which may be held in its place in any convenient manner and which
preferably is so arranged as to come into contact with the bottom of the receiver
at three points only so that the conduction of heat between the receiver and the
jacket may be as far as possible avoided. Or the bottom of the receiver may be
connected with the jacket at say three points by strips of metal or wire which
from their small sectional area are incapable of conveying any considerable
amount of heat. The space between the receiver and the jacket may either be
left void or may be more or less filled with a non-conducting material which will
check radiation between the interior to the exterior and will check the circulation
of the air confined between the receiver and the jacket.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION!
"Improvements in Jugs and Vessels to Contain Hot or Cold Liquids."
I, WILLIAM ARTHUR SMITH BENSON, of 39, Montague Square, in the County of
Middlesex, Architect, 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:-
The object of my invention is the construction of a jug or vessel in which water
will remain hot much longer than in a jug of ordinary construction and similarly.
in which iced water may be preserved for a considerable time.

page_text: The vessel consists of an outside jacket which is formed with a spout and handle
and a receiving vessel which fits within this jacket. The receiver is taper at its
upper end and it may be so throughout, and around its neck there is a packing
ring preferably of vulcanized india-rubber. Within the jacket near the top a corres-
ponding taper seating is formed for this packing ring so that when the receiver is
inserted into its place a tight joint is made. The receiver is inserted into the
jacket from the bottom and the bottom of the receiver may then be closed by a
cardboard or wooden disc or a metal disc covered with non-conducting material
which may be held in its place in any convenient manner and which preferably is
so arranged as to come into contact with the bottom of the receiver at three points
only so that the conduction of heat between the receiver and the jacket may be
as far as possible avoided. Or the bottom of the receiver may be connected with
the jacket at say three points by strips of metal or wire which from their small
sectional area are incapable of conveying any considerable amount of heat. The
space between the receiver and the jacket may either he left void or may be more
or less filled with a non-conducting material which will check radiation between
the interior to the exterior and will check the circulation of the air confined
between the receiver and the jacket.
The annexed drawings show a vessel made in accordance with this invention.
Figure 1 is an elevation, and Figure 2 is a section.
a is the outside jacket having a lid b hinged to it.
The receiving vessel has attached to its upper end a packing ring ld, which
makes a tight joint with the outside jacket. The receiving vessel is held in place
by two cardboard discs e and f and a metal disc g which is soldered to the outside
jacket.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The combination of a receiving vessel, an outside jacket into which the receiv-
ing vessel is introduced from the bottom and a packing ring between their tops.
2. The combination of a receiving vessel, an outside jacket, a packing ring on
the top of the receiving vessel and a conical seating inside the jacket.
3. A jug or vessel substantially as described and shown in the drawings.
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