Improvements in Apparatus for Making Infusions of Tea, Coffee, or the like.
Year: 1886

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Making Infusions of Tea,
Coffee, or the like.
I, FREDERICK EDWARD VESEY BEANES, of 5 Duke Street, Adelphi, in the
County of Middlesex, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention
to be as follows:-
My Invention has for its object to provide urns or vessels in which infusions of
tea leaves or of coffee or of other materials are to be made with means whereby
instead of the leaves or materials from which the infusion is made being allowed
to remain in the liquid the whole of the time the infusion remains in the vessel, or
is being used, the said leaves or materials are supported so that they are situated
or can at the proper time be withdrawn or elevated to such a distance above the
bottom of the urn or vessel as to attain the desired object, and the infusion is
therefore unaffected by the leaves or materials remaining in the liquid for a greater
length of time than is desirable.
The object of my Invention can be conveniently attained by a strainer fixed or
fitted in or adjustable towards the upper part of the urn or receptacle which may
be jacketted with non-conducting material. There may be a second finer strainer
beneath that first mentioned, which second strainer may be removeable from the
orifice through which the liquid is withdrawn. The strainer may be adjustable
and fixable in position by any suitable means. A simple plan will be to make
projections on the strainer which engage and can be raised and lowered in longi-
tudinal slots or grooves in the urn or vessel, branch slots, grooves, or notches
opening from the longitudinal slots or grooves at different elevation so that the
projections on the strainer can be turned into such of these as will support it at
the desired elevation.

page_text: Coffee, or the like.
I FREDERICK EDWARD VESEY BEANES late of 5 Duke Street Adelphi but at
present of No. 25 Craven Street Charing Cross in the County of Middlesex
Gentleman, 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:-
My Invention has for its object to provide urns or vessels in which infusions of
Tea leaves or of Coffee or of other materials are to be made with means whereby
instead of the leaves or materials from which the infusion is made being allowed
to remain in the liquid the whole of the time the infusion remains in the vessel or
is being used the said leaves or materials are supported so that they are situated
or can at the proper time be withdrawn or elevated to such a distance above the
bottom of the urn or vessel as to attain the desired object and the infusion is
therefore unaffected by the leaves or materials remaining in the liquid for a greater
length of time than is desirable.
I will described my Invention with reference to the accompanying Drawing
Figure 1 of which is a vertical section and Figure 2 a horizontal section of an
apparatus constructed according to my Invention.
A is the vessel in which the infusion is made and from which it is drawn for use
by the pipe B and tap C. It is provided with a cover D and may be mounted
upon a wooden (or equivalent non conductor of heat) block E beneath which may
be any suitable stem and foot or support. F is a strainer provided with lugs ff
which can be rested upon the ledges a a on the sides of the vessel A so that the
said strainer is adjustable as regards the height at which it is supported in the
vessel A. The said vessel A may be jacketted with non-conducting material or it
may be provided with a cosy as at G. There may be a second finer strainer
beneath that first mentioned which second strainer is shewn as being inserted in
the opening to the pipe B and removable therefrom. It is shewn separately in
Figure 3.
The strainer F may be adjustable and fixable in position by any other suitable
means instead of the lugs f and ledges a as shewn.
It will be evident that the Invention may be applied to vessels from which the
infusion is poured in the ordinary way of pouring from tea pots and then it will be
desirable to furnish the strainer with trunnions in place of the lugs shewn these
trunnions resting in recesses formed for them in the ledges on the interior of the
vessel so that the strainer will swing and keep its horizontal position during
pouring.
The spaces between the ledges a allow the strainer to be raised or lowered when
the lugs are turned into these spaces and then the strainer can be turned so that
the lugs rest on those of the ledges which will support it at the desired elevation.
The leaves or material from which the infusion is to be made are put into the
strainer F and boiling water is then poured over them until the level of the liquid
in the vessel A is nearly flush with the top of the strainer. At the end of say five

page_text: or six minutes the infusion is ready for use and the process of infusion is
terminated either by pouring or drawing off for use so that the level of the liquid
lowers below the leaves or materials supported by the strainer or the strainer may
be removed from the vessel or if it be not supported by the highest ledges it may
be raised out of the liquid and supported on ledges above those on which it was
originally supported.
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 an apparatus for making infusions of tea or the like the combination of a
strainer or its equivalent with a vessel or urn so that the strainer can be supported
at various heights in the vessel or urn and is removeable therefrom substantially
as described.