An Improved Measuring Glass
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Feb., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 15th Nov., 1897-Accepted, 24th Dec., 1897
I, CHAMBERS EMMETT KEMBLE (Druggist) of 905. Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn in the
County of Kings and State of New York, United States of America, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention, to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to an improved measuring glass especially, adapted for
druggists' use.
According to this invention the body portion of the vessel is made of glass and
may be of the usual shape and provided with the ordinary scale. The body is
made to terminate in a screw threaded shank or stem and the base is made of a less
frangible material such as wood, hard rubber, celluloid or the like and is provided
with a neck having a screw threaded opening into which screws the shank or stem.
of the measuring glass.
In this manner in the event of the body becoming broken it may be readily
removed from the base and another body substituted.
The stem or shank of the measuring glass is provided with an annular flange,
which when the body is screwed onto the base will engage with the top of said
base and limit the extent to which the shank is to be introduced; furthermore the
flange will maintain the body at such a height above the base as will enable the
glass to be handled without the fingers interfering in the slightest degree with
the scale, thus enabling the smallest quantity of material to be accurately measured.
Any equivalent however of the flange may be substituted, as for example cavities
may be made in the shank above the thread for the reception of the fingers.
An Improved Measuring Glass.”
I, CHAMBERS EMMETT KEMBLE (Druggist) of 905. Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn, in the
County of Kings and State of New York, United States of America; do hereby
declare the nature of this Invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement: -
The object of my Invention is to provide a measuring glass especially adapted
for druggists' use, in which the body of the vessel is made of a transparent
material (glass for example) and the base of a less frangible material such as hard
rubber thereby adding materially to the lifetime of such an article, since should
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page_text: the body break another body may be substituted and the base being of a hard and
comparatively non-destructible material will not become shattered, chipped, or
mutilated when brought violently in contact with a support.
The Invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several
parts as will be hereinafter fully set forth and pointed out in the claims.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this
Specification in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts
in both the Figures. Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved measuring
glass. Figure 2 is a similar view of the measuring glass with the base separated
from the body and represented in section.
In carrying out the Invention the body portion A. or measuring vessel is made
of glass and may be of the usual shape and graduated in the ordinary way. The
body is provided with a screw-threaded shank or stem B and the base Ŭ of the
measuring glass (which is made of a less frangible material than that of the body
such as wood, hard rubber, celluloid, or the like) is provided with a neck D having
a central through opening E threaded to receive the screw-threaded shank or
stem B of the measuring glass.
With such a construction of measuring glass it is evident that the base will not
add greatly to the weight of the vessel and in the event of the vessel becoming
broken it may be readily removed from the base and another one substituted.
The stem or shank B of the measuring glass is provided with a flange F adjacent
to the body which when the body is screwed on to the base will abut against the
top of the base and limit the extent to which the shank can be screwed therein;
furthermore the flange F will maintain the body at such a height above the base
that the glass may be handled in the customary manner without the fingers of the
hand obscuring the scale in the slightest degree thus enabling the smallest quantity
of material to be accurately measured in the glass with the same facility as a larger
quantity of material. Any equivalent however of the flange F may be substituted,
capable of serving the same end, as for example cavities may be made in the shank
above the thread for the reception of the. fingers.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:-
:
1. A measuring glass substantially as herein shewn and described.
2. A measuring glass consisting of a body portion and a threaded shank adapted
for attachment to a base substantially, as described.
3. A measuring glass provided with a threaded shank and a flange between the
thread and body of the glass as and for the purpose specified.
4. A measuring glass provided with a threaded shank and rests for the fingers
between the threaded surface of the shank and the body, of the glass substantially
as described.
5. A measuring glass consisting of a transparent body terminating in a threaded
shank and a base of a less frangible material than the body, fitted to receive the
said shank, the base and body being removable one from the other as and for the
purpose set forth.
6. A measuring glass consisting of a transparent body terminating at its lower
end in an exteriorly threaded shank, the said shank being provided with a flange
adjacent to the union of the shank with the body and a base formed of a material
less frangible than the material of the body, the said base being provided with a
central neck and a threaded opening extending through the neck and the body
portion of the base from the top to the bottom of the latter, the said opening being
adapted to receive the threaded shank of the body and the neck of the base being
arranged to engage with the flange on the shank of the body whereby when the
body and the base are connected the base may be held in the hand without the
fingers obscuring the scale on the body and whereby also in the event of the body
becoming broken another may be substituted and quickly secured to said base and

page_text: whereby, further, the base of the measuring glass will not be liable to breakage
when brought in violent contact with a support, as and for the purpose specified.
Dated this 15th day of November 1897.
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
Chartered Patent Agents. 53. Chancery Lane. London.