Improvements in Vessels for Holding Liquids.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Sept., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Feb., 1894-Accepted, 3rd Mar., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Vessels for Holding Liquids.
I, AUGUSTA CHARLOTTE TAYLOR, of Kingscote Park, Wotton-under-Edge
Gloucestershire, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention refers to vessels of various kinds for holding liquids, and is
designed to prevent their spilling their contents too readily.
It consists of an inverted rim or internal flange formed or placed around the
edge of the vessel.
This rim is proportioned to the size of the vessel. For example on an ordinary
cup or tumbler it would be about half an inch wide, and on a saucepan or stewpan
holding a gallon it would be about three quarters of an inch wide.
It is preferentially bent down to a somewhat sharp angle with the wall of the
vessel, but the angle may vary somewhat with the nature of the fluid which the
particular vessel is designed to hold.
A vessel intended for milk would require a less acute angle than one for water
and so on.
In order to provide for draining or rinsing out the contents, perforations may be
formed through the rim.
My invention is especially suitable for use in railway trains, or on board ship, or
in any position where oscillation is liable to occur.
Dated this 27th day of September 1893.
S. S. BROMHEAD,
97, Newgate Street, London, E.C., Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Vessels for Holding Liquids.
I, AUGUSTA CHARLOTTE TAYLOR, of Kingscote Park, Wotton-under-Edge,
Gloucestershire, 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 refers to vessels of various kinds for holding liquids, and is
designed to prevent their spilling their contents too readily, and is especially
suitable for use in railway trains, or on board ships, or in any position where
oscillation and vibration are liable to occur.
According to my invention I form or place around the edge of the vessel an
inverted rim or internal flange, preferably bent down to a somewhat sharp angle
with the wall of the vessel; but this angle may vary somewhat with the nature of
the fluid which the particular vessel is designed to hold. For example, a vessel
intended for milk would require a less acute angle than one for water, and so on.
The rim is also proportioned to the size of the vessel. For example, on an ordinary
cup or tumbler, it would be about half an inch wide, and on a saucepan or stewpan
holding a gallon, it would be about three quarters of an inch wide.
In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the application of my invention
to glasses or tumblers,
Fig. 1 shews a side elevation of a glass made according to my invention.

page_text: Fig. 2 shews a vertical cross-section of an improved form of glass less liable to
be upset than is the case with tumblers of the ordinary form, and having my
invention applied thereto.
a is the glass, and bis the turned-in lip or mouthpiece.
In order to facilitate the draining or rinsing out of the contents, perforations
may when desired be formed through the rim, as shewn at c in the drawings.
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 vessels of all kinds for holding liquids, the formation of same with an inverted
rim or internal flange placed around the edge of the vessel, with or without
perforations through the said rim, as and for purposes set forth.
Dated this 2nd day of February 1894.
S. S. BROMHEAD,
97, Newgate Street, London, E.C., Agent for Applicant.