AN IMPROVED JUG. OR PITCHER
Year: 1870

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Frank Theophilus Ferguson, of Boston, Massa-
chusetts, United States of America, now of No. 8, Southampton
Buildings, London, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED JUG. OR
PITCHER."
Scaled the 8th April 1870; and dated the 10th February 1870.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Frank Theophilus
Ferguson at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 10th February 1870..
I, FRANK THEOPHILUS FERGUSON, of Boston, Massachusetts, United
States of America, now of No. 8, Southampton Buildings, London, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED JUG OR
PITCHER," to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to the novel construction of the spout or lip of
a jug or pitcher, and -is chiefly-designed-for-jugs-or-pitchers-of-earthen
or ceramic ware or glass for containing iced beverages and other
beverages or liquids containing floating bodies or substances which it is
desirable not to pour out with the liquid. For this purpose I form

page_text: the lip, spout, or beak of the jug or pitcher with a cover or top in such
a manner that an aperture or opening is left of sufficient size to allow
the free passage of the water or other liquid at the end of the spout,
while the cover or top prevents the escape of floating pieces of ice or
other solid substances. The cover if desired may be extended nearly 5
over the whole of the opening of the jug or pitcher.
This method of constructing the jug or pitcher is also advantageous
for ordinary water jugs or covers, as it prevents spilling the water in
pouring the same hastily into a washing basin or other vessol; and in
this respect my Invention is particularly advantageous for use on board 1
seagoing ships and vessels, whose motion renders it difficult to handle an
ordinary jug or pitcher without spilling its contents.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Frank Theophilus Ferguson in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 9th August 1870.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, FRANK
THEOPHILUS FERGUSON, of Boston, Massachusetts, United States of
America, now of No. 8, Southampton Buildings, London, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Tenth day of February, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy, in the thirty-third
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto me, the said Frank Theophilus Ferguson, Her special licence
that I, the said Frank Theophilus Ferguson, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Frank Theophilus
Ferguson, 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 "Ar
IMPROVED JUG OR PITCHER," upon the condition (amongst others) that I,
the said Frank Theophilus Ferguson, my executors or administrators, by
an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and
scals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and

page_text: cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Frank Theophilus Ferguson, do
hereby declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner
the samo is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer;
tained in and by the following statement, reference being had to the
accompanying Drawing forming a part of this Specification:-
My Invention relates to the novel construction of the spout or lip of
a jug or pitcher, and is chiefly designed for jugs or pitchers of earthen or
ceramic ware or glass for the reception of iced beverages and other
beverages or liquids containing floating bodies or substances which it is
desirable not to pour out with the liquid. For this purpose I form the
lip, spout, or beak of the jug or pitcher with a cover or top in such a
manner that an aperture or opening is left of sufficient size to allow the
free passage of the water or other liquid at the end of the spout, while
the cover or top prevents the escape of floating pieces of ice or other
solid substances. The cover if desired may be extended nearly over the
whole of the opening of the jug or pitcher.
This method of constructing the jug or pitcher is also advantageous
for ordinary water jugs or ewers, as it prevents spilling the water in
pouring the same hastily into a washing basin or other vessel; and in
this respect my Invention is particularly advantageous for use on board
seagoing ships and vessels, whose motion renders it difficult to handle an
ordinary jug, pitcher, or ewer without spilling its contents.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figure 1 is an exterion elevation of a jug or pitcher with a covered
spout according to my Invention; Figure 2 is a plan of the top of the
same; Figure 3 is a section on the line x, x, Figure 2.
The body a of the said jug may be of any desired shape or con-
figuration and of any desired capacity, and as my Invention is confined
to the peculiar formation of the upper portion of the jug without having
for its object any alteration in the material of which such articles arc
usually formed or the manner-of-producing them, there will be no
increase in their cost or other inconvenience attending their manu-

page_text: according to the particular use for which the jug or pitcher is designed.
The cover or guard c is preferably made as shewn in the Drawing, but
it may be more or less extended over the top of the jug as desired.
It will be observed that my Invention has no resemblance to jugs
with hinged metal covers, which are already in common use, although if 5
desired I may manufacture my improved jugs, pitchers, and other
articles entirely of metal or of any other material used for such
purposes.
Having thus clearly described my said Invention, I wish it understood
that I claim, a jug, pitcher, ewer, or other like article having a cover 1
which is so formed as to leave an aperture in the end of the spout, and
which extends therefrom partially across the top of the jug or other
article for the purposes herein set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Frank Theophilus Ferguson, have
hercunto set my hand and seal, this Ninth day of August, in 1
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy.
Witness,
D. L. WAGNER.
FRANK THEOPHILUS FERGUSON. (L.S.),