Improvements in Flower Pots.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 6th July, 1891
Complete Specification Left, 4th Apr., 1892-Accepted, 7th May, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Flower Pots.
We THOMAS WHITE of Thorpe Hesley Kimberworth Rotherham in the County
of York Engineer and HORACE BROUGHTON NASH of Victoria Road Barnsley
in the County aforesaid Mining Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to flower pots or vases the object being to construct and
arrange the same in order that a better preservation of the live plants is secured
when placed for instance for ornamental purposes on dining tables or other places
to attain which we arrange our improved flower pot or vase in two portions namely
an upper and lower portion.
The upper portion contains the earth or other soil and root of the plant and the
lower portion contains water or other irrigating fluid.
The bottom of the upper portion is suitably perforated so that the moisture
arising from the fluid in the lower portion ascends through said perforation and
constantly keeps the soil and root moist thus preserving the plant..
The said lower portion has preferably arranged at its upper part an annular
undercut or groove arranged with two or more vertical slots and the bottom part
of the upper portion is arranged with two or more projections corresponding in
position to the vertical slots aforesaid so that they may be passed down the same
and the upper portion of pot or vase turned round in order that said projections
may rest in the annular groove thus firmly securing the upper portion to the lower
portion of the pot or vase.
Dated this 4th day of July 1891.
H. F. BOUGHTON, M.I. Mech. E.,
London, Sheffield, and Barnsley, Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Flower Pots.
We THOMAS WHITE of Thorpe Hesley Kimberworth Rotherham in the County
of York Engineer and HORACE BROUGHTON. NASH of Victoria Road Barnsley
in the County aforesaid Mining Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be perforined, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:―
This invention relates to flower pots or vases the object being to construct and
arrange the same in order that a better preservation of the live plant is secured
when placed for instance for ornament on dining tables or other places to attain
which we arrange our improved flower pot as set forth in the accompanying sheet
of drawings in which
Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation, Fig. 2 an inverted plan of top part and Fig. 3
a plan of lower portion of our improved flower pot or vase.
Similar letters of reference denote corresponding parts in each view.
Our said flower pot or vase is arranged in two portions namely of upper
portion A and a lower portion B.
The portion A contains the earth or other soil and root of the plant and the
portion B contains water or other irrigating fluid.
The bottom of the upper portion A is suitably perforated with holes a¹ so that
the moisture arising from the fluid in the lower portion B ascends through said
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page_text: perforations a¹ and constantly keeps the soil and root moist in the portion A. thus
preserving the plant.
The said lower portion B has preferably arranged at its upper part an annular
undercut or groove arranged with two or more vertical slots 62 and the bottom
part of the upper portion A is arranged with two or more projections a² corre-
sponding in position to the vertical slots aforesaid so that they may be passed
down the same and the upper portion A subsequently turned round in order that
the projections a² may rest in the groove & thus firmly securing the upper portion A.
to the lower portion B of said flower pot or vase.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is
1. In a flower pot or
vase the combination of parts A and B arranged to be
fitted together substantially in the manner described and illustrated.
Dated the 2nd day of April 1892.
H. F. BOUGHTON, M.I. Mech. E.,
Agent for the Applicants.