AN IMPROVED SYRUP JUG OR PITCHER
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Robert Lake, of the Firm of Haseltine,
Lake, & Co., Patent Agents, Southampton Buildings, London,
for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED SYRUP JUG OR PITCHER." —A
communication from abroad by George McLain Irwin, of Pitts-
burgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Manufacturer and
Merchant.
Sealed the 26th June 1874, and dated the 4th May 1874.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Robert Lake
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 4th May 1874.
I, WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co.,
5 Patent Agents, Southampton Buildings, London, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED SYRUP JUG OR PITCHER,"
sination to be as follows •.

page_text: the manufacture of pottery wares. The mouth and lip or pouring spout of
the said jug or pitcher is provided with a lid; I furnish it with an inner
lip or pouring spout, so arranged with relation to the outer spout or
lip that in the operation of pouring syrup from the pitcher the drip,
which usually falls on the exterior of the pitcher and its spout, will fall
between the outer and inner lip and flow back into the body of the
pitcher, whereby the smearing of the exterior of the vessel is entirely
obviated.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said William Robert Lake in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 3rd November 1874.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
ROBERT LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co., Patent Agents,
-Southampton Buildings, London, send greeting.
..
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fourth day of May, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, in the thirty-
seventh year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said William Robert Lake, Her special
licence that I, the said William Robert Lake, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said William Robert Lake,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at 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 "AN
IMPROVED SYRUP JUG OR PITCHER," a communication to me from abroad
by George McLain Irwin, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of
America, Manufacturer and Merchant, upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said William Robert Lake, my executors or
administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one
of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain 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
9

page_text: Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date
of the said Letters Patent..
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Robert Lake, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement, reference being had to the accompanying
Drawing forming a part of this Specification :-
The body of my improved jug or pitcher for syrup is constructed of
metal or metallic alloy, glass, porcelain, or such material as is used in
the manufacture of pottery wares. The mouth and outer lip or spout
of the said jug or pitcher, which may be made of any suitable form,
are provided with a lid; and I furnish the same with an inner lip or
pouring spout, so arranged with relation to the outer spout or lip that in
the operation of pouring syrup from the pitcher the drip which usually
falls on the exterior of the pitcher and its spout will fall between the
outer and inner lips and flow back into the body of the pitcher, whereby
the smearing of the exterior of the vessel is entirely obviated.
In the accompanying Drawing, which is a vertical section of a jug
or pitcher, I have shewn an example of the manner of carrying my
Invention into practice. a is the outer spout and 6 is the inner or
pouring spout or lip of the said jug or pitcher; c is the lid or cover of
the same, hinged to the jug at c¹. When closed this lid covers the
spout or lip b.
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It will be seen that the inner spout 6 occupies such a position with
regard to the outer spout a that when the jug or pitcher is held in the
proper position the syrup or other liquid in the said jug or pitcher may
be freely poured therefrom without touching the spout a; but when
the jug or pitcher is placed on a table, after pouring, the syrup or liquid
that drips from the inner or pouring spout 6 will be caught by the
spout a and returned into the pitcher at the sides of the spout b, instead
of falling on the table or running down and smearing the exterior of
the jug or pitcher.
Having thus fully described the said Invention as communicated to
me by my foreign correspondent, and the manner of performing the
same, I wish it understood that I claim, a jug or pitcher with an outer

page_text: spout and an inner spout or lip, and with or without a lid or cover, as
herein set forth and for the purpose specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Robert Lake, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Third day of November, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four.
Witness,
JA". EDWARDS,
.8, Southampton Buildings,
London.
W. ROBT. LAKE. (L.S.)