Improvements relating to Vessels for Containing Salt.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to Vessels for Containing Salt.
I, JOHN TAYLOR of 12 Mason Street Workington in the County of Cumberland
General Contractor do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
My invention relates to a device for placing inside of table and other vessels
containing salt, and has for its object to effect the loosening of the said salt, when
this has become coagulated, by merely agitating the said vessel.
My invention consists of a metallic, glass, pottery-ware or other rod, the ends of
which are divided, or has connected thereto so as to provide, three or more members,
preferably of equal length, and all spreading out at like angles from the said rod,
the whole being of such dimensions as to be placed with the salt in the castor,
dredge, or other vessel containing the same, so that by merely agitating the said
vessel, the said device will be displaced, moved or thrown about and so break up
the salt when coagulated.
Dated this 92nd der of Santambor
GEO. THOS. HYDE,.
No. 1, Broad Street Buildings, Liverpool Street, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements relating to Vessels for Containing Salt.
I, JOHN TAYLOR of 12 Mason Street, Workington, in the County of Cumberland
General Contractor, 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:―
My invention relates to a device or appliance for placing inside of table and other
vessels containing salt for domestic use, and has for its object, to effect the
loosening or separation of the granules of the said salt when this has become, (or
as a means for preventing the same from becoming) coagulated, by merely
agitating the said vessel.
In order that my invention and the manner of its use may be clearly under-
stood, I have hereunto appended a sheet of drawings in which I have chosen to
assume its application in connection with a caster for table use.
Fig. 1 is an elevation of a caster or table-vessel for containing salt in which my
said invention is shewn.

page_text: Fig. 2 is an elevation of my said invention according to one method of con-
structing the same, while Fig. 4 is a plan view of either end of Fig. 2.
Figs. 3 and 5 are views similar to Figs. 2 and 4 but illustrating an alternative
arrangement of the end members of the said device.
My invention consists of a metallic, glass porcelaine, pottery-ware or other rod A,
the ends of which are divided or split so as to form three members B as at Figs. 3
and 5, or four or more as at Figs. 2 and 4, all radiating from the rod A at the
same angle. Or the said rod A may have three such members at one and a
greater or lesser number at the other. Or when the whole is of glass or other
material not conveniently split or divided, or when for other reason's it may be
desirable, the said members B may be cast or otherwise formed separate from the
rod A, and be subsequently blown therein, or soldered, rivetted or otherwise
connected thereto, or when the latter arrangement is employed I may find it
desirable to form the portion A of a material or substance different to that of the
members B, and when the whole is of glass the portion A may be of one color
while the members B may be of another color or colors.
Whatever may be the means or the material employed in its construction, the
whole or finished article would be of such dimensions as to be easily placed within
the serving, using or store vessel for containing the salt, which said vessel may be
a caster such as C, adaptable for table use, and by merely shaking or otherwise
agitating the said vessel, the said device or appliance would be displaced, moved,
or thrown about, and so break up, loosen or separate the granules of the salt and
prevent this from becoming coagulated, or pulverize the same if so coagulated.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
In a device or appliance for use in vessels containing salt for domestic use,
i.c., chloride of sodium, the combination of a rod such as A having three or more
radiating members B at each end, connected thereto or formed integrally there-
with, substantially as and for the purposes herein described and shewn by the
accompanying drawings.
Date: 04
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GEO. THOS. HYDE,
1 Broad Street Buildings, London, E.C., Agent for the Applicant.