A New or Improved Portable Luncheon Case or like Apparatus.
Year: 1889

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Portable Luncheon Case or like Apparatus.
I, JOSEPH HENRY BURRIDGE of 34 Randolph Road Southall in the County of
Middlesex Preacher do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement, that is to say :-
or like
My invention has for its object a new or improved portable luncheon case
apparatus which I call "The travellers comfort" and which is a small and compact
arrangement by which travellers without inconvenience may carry sufficient apparatus
ingredients and liquids to make either tea, coffee, beef tea, or bovril with all the
necessary additions of milk & sugar for the tea and coffee or pepper salt and other
additions in the case of beef iea or bovril and it will be at once apparent that any
other class of refreshment may replace those above mentioned as it may with ease be
made as a portable apparatus for making toddy or other such drinks.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried into
practice I have appended hereunto a double sized sheet of drawings upon which I
have illustrated my apparatus having an arrangement of parts and conveniences for
making both tea and coffee and from which the application to other requirements will
readily be seen.
Figure 1 is a general view of my apparatus A with the lid A' open shewing it
packed complete ready for travelling.
Figure 2 is a section through "Figure 1 on the line 1-2 but with the lid A'
closed.
Figure 3 is a section through Figure 1 on the line 3-4. also with lid A¹
closed.
Figure is a view of the receptacle B for containing pepper, salt, sugar, mustard
&c. Figure 4 being the lid B of same.
Figure 5 is a view of the spirit lamp D.
Figure 6 is a view of the can E for containing the spirits for lamp.
Figure 7 is an inverted view of the tray F for holding the spoon fork or other
similar articles.
In carrying my invention into practical effect it will readily be seen that the
details may be very greatly varied without departing from the essence of the
invention which I will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying
drawings.
The outside casing or body A of the apparatus may be made of any suitable metal
or material but preferably of tin which would be the lightest it may however be
jappaned or may be covered with leather or may be contained in a leather case and is
provided with a handle A³ for case in carrying. Within this body I form the
reservoirs H and J that of H being the larger by reason of the division as shewn
by dotted lines being closer to one end of the body than the other which reservoir
would be so constructed as to contain water the smaller one J being for milk or any
other liquid which may be required. These reservoirs may be made so that they may
be taken out of the case or body A for cleansing and are provided in the present
instance with screw stoppers 3 and 2 to allow of filling and by the taps and so
as to allow of the required quantity of liquid being drawn off but I do not however
confine myself to this ordinary kind of tap or screw stoppers as
thumb pressure or stop tap.
may use a small
The lower part of the body A is divided into two compartments in any suitable
manner in the one of which is the spirit lamp D having upon it the kettle K which is
provided with the folding handle and a sliding lid, but I do not confine myself to
the shape of this kettle or lamp. Above, the kettle provision is made to receive the

page_text: spirit can E which may be made to slide into a socket either square round or oval as
may be required by the shape of the spirit can which may be used the spirit can being
provided with the screw stopper e' or other equivalent. At the top of the compart-
ment on the other side the divided receptacle B is made to slide in and is divided so
as to be capable of containing sugar, pepper salt and other such ingredients and is
provided with the lid B' sliding in the grooves which are made to receive it. This
receptacle is so shaped as to miss the tap. The lower portion of the compartment
is filled by the cap M tea masher m¹ and lid m² which is placed for convenience up
side down and is now a well known arrangement for mashing tea. The bottom of
this cup M is retained in position by the ears f¹ on the tray F which keeps the cup
from shaking the tray also forming a receptacle for the spoon N in which it is
secured by the pin n' but I do not confine myself to the number of articles, I may
provide or to the method shewn of securing them in the tray.
The lid A may be hinged to the bottom as shewn or to the sides or in any con-
venient way and I may secure it by any class of fastening that shewn being only
one of a number of ways in which the same or a better result may be effected.
Another or smaller cup may be made to fit in the larger one for use in case of
making bovril or other such liquid.
Having now particularly described the nature of my said invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
The new or improved portable luncheon case or like apparatus consiting of the
self contained case for holding the various requisites for producing various refresh-
ments substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth and as shown upon the
drawings.
Dated this 24th day of December 1889
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.