A New or Improved Stand for Tea and Coffee Pots.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Nov., 1894—Accepted, 15th Dec., 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Stand for Tea and Coffee Pots.
I, WILLIAM JOSHUA FOOT of 114 New North Road, Islington, in the County of
Middlesex, Knife Cleaning Machine 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 :-
My invention consists of a new or improved stand to be placed upon the breakfast
or tea table, for the deposit of the tea or coffee pot in use, and upon which is
provided a hinged platform, capable of being raised at its unhinged end, by the
means of a lever or its equivalent, operated by a handle at the side or other
convenient part of the stand, or by any other suitable and convenient means, the
object of my said invention being that the tea or coffee pot when placed and fixed
upon the said hinged platform, may be tilted by means of the said handle or its
equivalent, and the contents or any desired portion of the contents thereof be
poured through the spout into a cup or cups placed in a suitable position for
receiving same, without the need of touching the usually more or less hot handle of
the vessel.
In order that my invention and the manner of its operation may be clearly
understood I have hereunto appended a sheet of drawings, in which,
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my said improved stand, substantially as I
prefer to construct the same, the platform of which in this view is shewn raised.
Fig. 2 is a plan view of same with the platform down.
Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same with the platform down, and a tea pot
placed in position thereon.
Fig. 4 is a like elevation with the platform raised.
Figs. 5 and 6 are detached details hereinafter referred to.
For the purposes of my invention I construct of any kind of metal or com-
bination of metals, precious and otherwise, or of bone, wood, ivory, vulcanite,
earthenware or any other material or combination of materials suitable for the
purpose, a preferably but not imperatively rectangular stand A, of any design or
configuration desired, having four or more legs B, which may be of such a height
as to permit a spirit or other lamp to be placed beneath the stand if required, and to
accommodate the presence of this I prefer to construct the roof of the said
stand of open work as shewn, and preferably edged by a fancy vertical border,
such as D, but I do not confine myself to this, which may in some cases be
dispensed with. The roof C is, or may be, provided with a central opening E,
and to C, at either end of said opening, is hinged a platform F, preferably of
metal, and of some open pattern, and upon the upper surface of the hinged end
of F a concave nosing G is provided, arranged at such an angle as to conveniently
receive and retain the spout of almost any form of tea or coffee pot H when seated
upon F, as for instance that shewn in Fig. 3, and upon the opposite end of F is
fixed or formed therewith a vertical projection J, having a threaded hole passing
horizontal therethrough, which receives a threaded rod K, having at one end a
suitable hand hold L, and loosely connected at its opposite end to a crescented
piece M; an enlarged view of the combination M, K, L, is shewn detached
at Fig. 6.
A preferably rectangular wire or other frame N, is pivoted at O, upon the
frame A, or the roof C thereof, near to the hinges of the platform F, and provided
with a suitable handle P by which it may be raised or lowered, the raising of N
operating to raise the platform F, as at Figs. 1 and 4, and in order that this may
also effect the lowering of F when itself is lowered, I provide upon the platform F,

page_text: a spring plate R, between which and F the upper portion of N can freely slide, or
as an alternatively arrangement by which I may dispense with the plate R, I may
screw or otherwise fix upon the under surface of the platform F, a pair of angle
plate S and S¹, and provide upon the upper or free portion of the frame N, pro-
jections T and T capable of engaging with, and sliding in the plates S S¹ an
illustration of which is shewn at Fig. 5.
The tea or coffee pot H being seated upon the platform F, with its spout placed
within the nosing G, the screw K would be turned or rotated until the crescented
portion M thereof abuts against the lower back portion of H, as at Figs. 3 and 4,
thereby preventing the displacement of H, when the platform F is raised in the
manner stated, and shown more graphically by Fig. 4.
In some large warehouses or other business places where all or certain portions
of the employes are boarded, coffee rooms, boarding houses and other establish-
ments, an abnormally large tea and coffee pot or pots is or are sometimes employed,
and when my invention is required for these, its dimensions would have to be
proportionate thereto, and with this in view I wish it understood that I do not
confine myself to any dimensions in carrying my invention into effect, but for pots
in general use the length of the screw K would be such as to accommodate any
shape or size of these as illustrated by Figs. 3 and 4.
I may where considered necessary provide upon each side of the upper surface of
the platform F, suitable spring or other clips, or stops, to guard against the dis-
placement of the tea or coffee pot H in a lateral direction, and I may in lieu of the
frame N provide upon the stand A at either side or at the back end a suitable and
pivoted lever, the depression of which may effect the raising of the platform F,
but I prefer to employ the frame N substantially as shewn.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is,
1st. In an improved table requisite for pouring out the contents of a tea and
coffee pot without the need of touching the handle for that purpose, the con-
struction and use of the herein described stand, and the several parts constituting
the same, connected combined and operating substantially as herein set forth and
shewn by the accompanying drawings.
2nd. As an improved table requisite the construction and use of a stand such
as A, B, C, D, having a platform such as F, hinged to the portion C, and provided
with a nosing G and adjustable screw K and its accessories L and M, and arranged
to be raised and lowered by a suitable lever, such as N, operated by a handle P,
and kept in loose contact with F by the means of a plate R, or provided with lugs
or extensions T and T' capable of engaging with angle plates such as S and S',
fixed upon the platform F as described, and operating as illustrated by Fig. 5, the
whole connected, combined, and operating substantially as and for the purposes
herein set forth, and shewn by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 3rd day of November 1894.
GEO. THOS. HYDE,
1, Broad Street Buildings, Liverpool Street, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.