Improvements in Ewers and other like Vessels.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 19th July, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 1st May, 1891-Accepted, 6th June, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Ewers and other like Vessels.
I, CHARLES TOFT, of Woolstanton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, Artist, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference more particularly to ewers for use with wash hand
basins but it is similarly applicable to like vessels for other purposes.
An ewer for a wash hand basin constructed and arranged according to this
invention is supported on a horizontal cross axis about which the ewer can be
turned. The said axis is supported by a suitable stand or bracket adjacent to the
basin and preferably at the side thereof. The said axis may either consist of two
pips on the ewer one at either side thereof which take into corresponding bearings
in the said bracket or, and this is what I prefer, inverted bearings are recessed in
the ewer one at each side thereof which take on to corresponding horizontal pins
formed with the said bracket or stand. The said axis is by preference slightly
above the centre of gravity of the ewer so that the latter will remain vertical
when not otherwise supported.
To pour water from the ewer into the wash hand basin it is only necessary to tilt
the ewer on its axis far enough for the water to run out.
On the ewer being
turned back into its upright position the wash hand basin will be ready for use.
Thus in pouring water from the ewer the latter does not have to be lifted and
consequently the risk of breaking the ewer and basin is diminished.
The ewer is preferably made with a cross handle above the axis in a plane
parallel thereto and with two lips one at either side of the axis but this arrangement
may be modified according to taste.
Instead of supporting the ewer on a single cross axis as above described two of
such axes may be used parallel with each other and a short distance apart one at
either side of the vertical centre line of the ewer. The ewer is turned on one of
the axes when pouring water therefrom and rests on both axes when vertical.
A suitable stop or stops is, are or may be provided on the ewer or on the
stand or both for preventing the ewer being turned too far and for retaining
the ewer in a vertical position when made with the cross axis out of the central
vertical line.
Dated this 18th day of July 1890.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Ewers and other like Vessels.
I, CHARLES TOFT, of Woolstanton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, Artist, 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:-
This invention has reference more particularly to ewers for use with wash hand
basins but it is similarly applicable to like vessels for other purposes.
An ewer for a wash hand basin constructed and arranged according to this
invention is supported on a horizontal cross axis about which the ewer can be
turned. The said axis is supported by a suitable stand or bracket adjacent to the
basin.. The said axis may either consist of two pips on the ewer one at either side

page_text: thereof which take into corresponding bearings in the said bracket or stand or
inverted bearings are recessed in the ewer one at each side thereof which take on
to corresponding horizontal pins formed with the said bracket or stand. The said
axis is by preference slightly above the centre of gravity of the ewer so that the
latter will remain vertical when not otherwise supported."
On the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 represents an ewer and stand arranged
according to this invention the ewer being shewn tilted forward as when water is
being poured therefrom into the basin; and Fig. 2 represents the ewer separately;
Figs. 3 and represent in side and front elevation respectively the same ewer
arranged on a swivel stand and Fig. 5 is a reduced scale plan of the same shewing
how.it can be arranged relatively to two wash hand basins to pour water into either.
Fig. 6 is a front elevation, Fig. 7 is a side elevation and Fig. 8 a plan of part of a
wash hand stand and basins and the same ewer supported by a swivel bracket fixed
to the back of the wash hand stand; and Fig. 9 is a side elevation and Fig. 10 a
front elevation of the same with the ewer carried by a fixed bracket. Figs. 11,
12, 13 and 14 illustrate a modified method of arranging the cross axis of the ewer;
Figs. 15 and 16 shew a further modification.
The same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts in all the
figs. of the drawings.
The
A is the ewer furnished with a horizontal cross axis above the centre of gravity
this axis consisting of two pips either formed with the ewer at either side
thereof (see Figs. I to 10 both inclusive) or made separate from the ewer on a ring
or collar C (Figs. 11, 12 and 14). E is the bracket or stand for supporting the
ewer furnished with the bearings el e in which the pips 2 fit. This bracket or
stand can be made either of pottery wood marble metal or other suitable substance
or substances and of various designs according to taste and either portable or as a
fixture to the wash hand stand and either to swivel or not. The said bracket is by
preference made high enough as shewn to allow of the ewer being tilted far enough
for all the water to run out. On my drawings I have illustrated as examples
several different kinds of brackets and stands for supporting the ewer.
stand E illustrated in Fig. is portable and adapted to stand either at the back
or side of the basin or between two basins to pour into either. The stand E shewn
in Figs. 3, 4 and 5 is made of metal and is furnished with a bottom shank e free to
turn in the base et so that when, as shewn in the small scale plan Fig. 5, the stand
and ewer are placed between and partly behind two basins the ewer can be swivelled
round to pour into either basin. Or, as shewn in Fig. 15, the shank may pass
through the wash hand stand and be secured by a nut e' underneath so as to make
the stand a fixture. In Figs. 6, 7 and 8 the bracket E stands out from and is
jointed to a back plate e which is fixed to the back of the wash hand stand. In
this case the bracket E can be turned in a horizontal plane on its jointed end so as
to bring the ewer A in position to pour into either of the basins as shewn by
the dotted lines in Fig. 8. In the arrangement shewn by Figs. 9 and 10 the
bracket is rigid and fixed to the back of the wash hand stand immediately behind
the basin.
To pour water from the ewer into the wash hand basin it is only necessary to
tilt the ewer on its axis far enough for the water to run out. On the ewer being
turned back into its upright position the wash hand basin will be ready for use.
Thus in pouring water from the ewer the latter does not have to be lifted and
consequently the risk of breaking the ewer and basin is diminished.
The ewer is preferably made with a cross handle a' above the axis in a plane
parallel thereto and with two lips a a³ one at either side of the axis as shewn but
this arrangement may be modified according to taste.
Figs. 15 and 16 illustrate a modification of my invention in which instead of the
pips inverted bearings a' a' are recessed in each side of the ewer to take on to
corresponding horizontal pins e e formed on the bracket or stand E.
When the axle pins are formed on a metal or other ring or collar fitting
round the ewer as shewn in Figs. 11 and 12 the bearings e¹ e² in the bracket or

page_text: stand are or may be made solid as shewn by Fig. 13 or with caps as the ring or
collar does not require to be lifted out of the bearings. The ewer can be lifted out
of the ring or collar C and when made to be carried by a ring or collar the ewer
has a lip a (Figs. 11 and 14) which fit on to the top of the ring.
Instead of supporting the ewer on a single cross axis as above described, two of
such axes may be used parallel with each other and a short distance apart (as in
the example shewn by Figs. 17 and 18) one at either side of the vertical centre
line of the ewer.
The ewer is turned on one of its axes as shewn by the dotted
lines when pouring water therefrom and rests on both axes when vertical.
The bearings in the bracket or stand have to be made to correspond with the
two axes.
I construct and arrange ewers and jugs for containing milk or cream, or water
for various purposes other than for wash hand basins similarly as hereinbefore
described and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. Supporting a jug or ewer on a bracket or stand by a central horizontal cross
axis constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore
described and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
2. Supporting a jug or ewer on a bracket or stand by two horizontal cross axes
one on either side of the vertical centre line of the ewer or jug constructed and
arranged substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described and illustrated
by Figs. 17 and 18 of the accompanying drawings.
3. The combination with a jug or ewer of two side pins 61 6 formed therewith
and constituting a cross axis above the centre of gravity of the jug or ewer on
which the ewer or jug can turn in bearings on a bracket or stand as herein before
set forth and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
4. The combination with a jug or ewer of two side pins & formed on a ring or
collar such as C, the two pins constituting a horizontal cross axis on which the
ewer or jug can turn in bearings on a bracket or stand as herein before set forth and
illustrated by Figs. 11, 12 and 14 of the accompanying drawings.
5. The combination with a jug or ewer of the two recesses a a formed in the
sides thereof and adapted to fit on to corresponding pins such as ees on a bracket
or stand for the purpose and substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated
by Figs. 15 and 16 of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 30th day of April 1891.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.