An Improved Spice or Condiment Receptacle.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 4th July, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 18th July, 1894-Accepted, 18th Aug., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Spice or Condiment Receptacle.
I, ARTHUR SCHIERHOLZ of Plaue, Thuringia, Germany, Manufacturer, do
bereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
A spice or condiment receptacle according to my invention is divided by one or
more partitions into several compartments for the purpose of holding various kinds
of spices, each compartment having an opening or openings in the wall or sides of
the vessel, the arrangement being such as to allow only one kind of condiment or
spice to be discharged at a time.
Referring to the accompanying drawings,
a is a vessel divided by means of a partition & into two compartments c c¹.
There may if desired be more partitions than one so as to provide more than two
compartments as will be well understood. Each compartment is as shewn provided
with holes or openings d d and is at its lower part closed by means of stoppers
made of cork, wood, china, glass or other non-corrosive substance. In consequence
of the openings d d being arranged at the outer side of each compartment it is
impossible to discharge any but the desired spice or condiment from the box at
a time.
The several compartments may have written on their outer surfaces the names
of the various condiments or spices they coutain and can be ornamented according
to fancy.
In my new spice or condiment box there is no metal or other corrosive substance
with which the contents can come into contact; an improvement of great value,
from a sanitary point of view.
F. WISE HOWORTH,
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, Loudon, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Spice or Condiment Receptacle.
I, ARTHUR SCHIERHOLZ, of Plaue, Thuringia, Germany Manufacturer, 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:-
A spice or condiment receptacle according to my invention is divided by one or
more partitions into two or more compartments for the purpose of holding various
kinds of spices or condiments each compartment having an opening or openings in
the wall or sides of the vessel, the arrangement being such as to allow only one
kind of condiment or spice to be discharged at a time.
In the drawings filed with my Provisional Specification,
Figs. 1 and 2 are respectively a side elevation and a vertical section showing a
spice or condiment receptacle according to this invention.
a is a vessel divided by means of a partition & into two compartments c c¹. There
nay if desired be more partitions than one so as to provide more than two
compartments, as will be readily understood. Each compartment is as shewn

page_text: provided with holes or openings d d in its outer wall, and at its lower end is closed
by means of stoppers made of suitable non-corrosive substance such as cork,
wood, china, or glass. In consequence of the openings d d being arranged at the
outer side of each compartment, it is impossible to discharge more than one spice
or condiment from the box at a time.
The several compartments may have written on their outer surfaces the names
of the various spices or condiments they contain and can be ornamented according
to fancy.
In my new spice or condiment receptacle there is no metal or other corrosive
substance with which the contents can come into contact the receptacle and its
partition or partitions being made of non-metallic material such for examples as
glass, china and earthenware. This feature is an improvement of great value, as
it obviates all liability of the spices or condiments being contaminated by metallic
matter and so rendered injurious to health.
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 :-
A spice or condiment receptacle comprising a vessel a divided by one or more
partitions into two or more compartments c c' each having discharge holes or
openings d in its outer side and a charging opening at one end normally closed by
a stopper the said discharge holes or openings being so arranged that only one kind
of spice or condiment can be obtained at a time, substantially as herein described.
Dated this 18th day of July 1894.
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F. WISE HOWORTH,
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.