IMPROVEMENTS IN OR ADDITION TO CLARET JUGS AND OTHER VESSELS, WHEREBY THEY ARE RENDERED SELF-CLOSING AND AIR- TIGHT
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Albert Kelley, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick,.
for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN OR ADDITION TO CLARET JUGS
AND OTHER VESSELS, WHEREBY THEY ARE RENDERED SELF-CLOSING AND AIR-
TIGHT."
Sealed the 7th February 1879, and dated the 9th August 1878.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Albert Kelley at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 9th August 1878.
ALBERT KELLEY, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick.
"IMPROVEMENTS
IN OR ADDITION TO CLARET JUGS AND OTHER VESSELS, WHEREBY THEY ARE
RENDERED SELF-CLOSING AND AIR-TIGHT."
My Invention consists of certain improvements herein-after described in the
construction or combination of certain parts for the more effectually closing the
mouth or aperture of jugs and other vessels.
I will now describe my Invention thus:-I dispense with the hinge hitherto
employed for connecting the lid to the body by arranging to the under part of the
said lid a collar screwed exteriorally with a corresponding to the mouth or aperture
of the vessel screwed interiorally and fitted to receive the same.
To the interior of the jug or vessel, extending from the handle to the lip or spout,
I construct permanently a cylindrical tube carrying in its interior what may be
designated a piston and rod, one end of the said rod projecting through the side of
the jug and approaching the handle. This piston and rod is held in its position by
means of a spiral spring fed upon its exterior. By applying an outward pressure
to that part of the piston rod projecting, the spring will yield, carrying the piston,
and expose an aperture in the lip or spout through which the liquid will flow, but
upon releasing the rod it will regain its normal position.

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SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Albert Kelley in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 8th February
- 1879.
ALBERT KELLEY, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick.
"IMPROVEMENTS
IN OR ADDITION TO CLARET JUGS AND OTHER VESSELS, WHEREBY THEY ARE
RENDERED SELF-CLOSING AND AIR-TIGHT."
My Invention consists of certain improvements herein-after described in the con-
struction or combination of certain parts for the more effectually closing the mouth
or aperture of jugs and other vessels.
I will now describe my Invention thus:-I dispense with the hinge hitherto
employed for connecting the lid to the body by arranging to the under part of the
said lid a collar screwed exteriorally with a corresponding one to the mouth or
aperture of the vessel screwed interiorally and fitted to receive the same.
To the interior of the jug or vessel, extending from the handle to the lip or spout,
I construct permanently a cylindrical tube carrying in its interior what may be
designated a piston and rod, one end of the said rod projecting through the side of
the jug and approaching the handle. This piston and rod is held in its position by
means of a spiral spring fed upon its exterior. By applying an outward pressure to
that part of the piston rod projecting the spring will yield, carrying the piston and
expose an aperture in the lip or spout through which the liquid will flow, but upon
releasing the rod it will regain its normal position.
And in order that this my said Invention may be fully understood I shall
now proceed more particularly to describe the same, and for that
shall
purpose
refer to the accompanying Sheet of Drawings and to the letters of reference indicated
thereon.
Figures 1, 2 are side views in elevation, the former in section; Figures 3, 4 are
also side views in elevation, the former in section.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts.
In Figures 1, 2 "a" is the body of the jug or vessel, approaching the mouth of
which is permanently affixed the tube b, the said tube being connected to the handle
at "c," and the spout at d. In the interior of b is a second tube,e working freely in
either direction; to this is connected the rod f passing through a guide slot in the
inner part of the handle g at h; i is a spiral spring fed upon but working in b;
jis the lid or cover which is screwed exteriorally at k, the mouth of the vessel
being screwed interiorally at 7 to receive the same.
By lifting the vessel by the handle g as in the act of pouring, and applying an
outward pressure to the rod f, the inner tube e will move, compressing the spring i
and opening the ports a¹ and a², thus allowing the liquid to pass from the body and
spout. By releasing the pressure it will regain its normal position.
In Figures 3, 4 a is the body of the jug or vessel; b is the handle of same;
c is the lid or cover, the mouth a being fitted to receive the same (the screwed parts
as illustrated and described of Figures 1 and 2 being here dispensed with); d is a
lever passing through the upper part of band moving in an horizontal line. This
said lever carries the angular levere working upon the pins f, f, held in position by
the projecting arm g; his a plug; i is a spiral spring fed upon the arm g.
When the vessel is raised for pouring out its contents, pressure being applied to
the study of the lever d, it will move horizontally, forcing the angular lever e from
its position, and compressing the spring i and moving the plug h, thus opening the
port a through which the liquid will pass to the spout. By releasing the pressure
of the stud j it will regain its normal position.
Having now described and ascertained the nature of this my said Invention, and
the manner in which the same is or may be performed, I would observe in con-
clusion that I do not limit myself to the precise details herein given, and shewn on

page_text: the accompanying Drawings, as various modifications may be made therein while
retaining the essential features of my said Invention; but what I claim as new
and desire to be secured to me by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent
is, the improvements in or addition to claret jugs and other vessels, whereby they are
rendered self-closing and air-tight, substantially as herein-before described, and
shewn on Drawings, or any nere modification thereof.
In witness whereof, I, the said Albert Kelley, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Seventh day of February, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine.
Witness,
THOMAS KENDRICK.
ALBERT KELLEY. (L.S.)