other Vessels Supported upon Stands.
Year: 1885

page_text: other Vessels Supported upon Stands.
I AUSTALL GODWIN DOWLER of Ellesmere Vesey Road Wylde Green in the
County of Warwick Commercial Clerk do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN TEA POTS COFFEE POTS TEA URNS KETTLES AND
OTHER VESSELS SUPPORTED UPON STANDS to be as follows:-
My invention consists in constructing and arranging the parts of tea pots coffee
pots tea urns kettles and other vessels supported upon stands such for example as
milk jugs milk cans and hot water jugs in the manner hereinafter described
whereby the pouring out of the contents of the pot or vessel is facilitated and the
other minor advantages hereinafter pointed out obtained.
For convenience of description I will describe my improvements as applied to a
tea pot.
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I support the tea pot upon a stand by means of two pivots or axes one on each
side and near the middle and top of the pot. Upon the said pivots or axes the pot
can be turned for pouring out its contents the said pivots or axes being so arranged
that the pot automatically takes its vertical or upright position when at liberty to
move. By means of a stop on the underside of the pot striking against a cross bar
on the stand the said pot is prevented from passing beyond a vertical position.
The said stop and cross bar also prevent motion in the pot except in the direction
proper for depressing the spout end of the pot. Instead of making the spout at
about the middle or lower part of the body as usual I arrange the spout at the
extreme top of the body using by preference a short spout the top of the spout
being at a slightly higher level than that part of the top of the body on which the
lid seats itself. By this position of the spout the pouring out of the contents of
the pot is much facilitated and the choking of the spout by tea leaves or sediment
is effectually prevented. I use at the back of the pot a nearly straight handle
made of ivory bone or other non-conducting material the upper end of the handle
being by preference curved or bent forward over the body of the pot. I do not
however limit myself to this form or position of handle.
In order to pour out the contents of the pot it is only necessary to press the
handle forward when the pot turns upon its pivots and the spout end is lowered

page_text: to the desired extent. On removing the pressure from the handle the spout end
rises and the pot resumes.its vertical position. For the purpose of locking the
pivots in the stand during the carrying or lifting of the combined pot and stand
I provide the jointed handles of the stand with balls or projections at their joint
euds which balls or projections when the handles are lifted into a horizontal
position for carrying the stand project over the slots in the stand into which the
pivots on the teapot drop. By this means the said pivots cannot rise out of their
slots and the accidental detachment of the pot from the stand while being carried
or lifted is prevented When the handles are in the vertical or hanging position the
pivot slots are not obstructed by the knobs or projections on the said handles and
the pot can be lifted from the stand.
I apply my improvements to coffee pots tea urns and the other articles enumerated
substantially in the manner herein before described with respect to a tea pot.

page_text: Improvements in Tea Pots, Coffee Pots, Tea Urns, Kettles, and
other Vessels Supported upon Stands.
I AUSTALL GODWIN DOWLER of Ellesmere, Vesey-Road, Wylde Green in the
County of Warwick Commercial Clerk, do hereby declare the nature of my
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN TEA POTS COFFEE POTS TEA URNS KETTLES
AND OTHER VESSELS SUPPORTED UPON STANDS" 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 in constructing and arranging the parts of tea pots, coffee
pots, tea urns, kettles and other vessels supported upon stands, such for example,
as milk jugs, milk cans and hot water jugs, in the manner herein after described
whereby the pouring out of the contents of the pot or vessel is facilitated and the
other minor advantages hereinafter pointed out obtained.
´ For convenience of description I will describe my improvements as applied to a
tea pot.
I support the tea pot upon a stand by means of two pivots or axes one on each
side and near the middle and top of the pot. Upon the said pivots or axes the pot
can be turned for pouring out its contents, the said pivots or axes being so
arranged that the pot, when at liberty to move, automatically takes its vertical or
upright position.
By means of a stop on the underside of the pot coming against a cross bar on
the stand, the said pot is prevented from passing beyond a vertical position. The
said stop and cross bar also prevent motion in the pot except in the direction.
proper for depressing the spout end of the pot. Instead of making the spout at
about the middle or lower part of the body as usual, I arrange the spout at the
extreme top of the body using by preference a short spout, the top of the spout
being at a slightly higher level than that part of the top of the body on which
the lid seats itself. By this position of the spout the pouring out of the contents
of the pot is much facilitated and the choking of the spout by tea leaves or
sediment is effectually prevented.
I use at the back of the pot a nearly straight handle made of ivory bone or other
non conducting material, the upper end of the handle being by preference curved
or bent forward over the body of the pot. I do not however limit myself to this
form or position of handle.
In order to pour out the contents of the pot it is only necessary to press the
handle forward when the pot turns upon its pivots and the spout end is lowered to
the desired extent. On removing the pressure from the handle the spout end
rises and the pot resumes its vertical position. For the purpose of locking the
pivots in the stand during the carrying or lifting of the combined pot and stand
I provide. the jointed handles of the stand with balls or projections at their joint
ends which balls or projections when the handles are lifted into a nearly horizontal
position for carrying the stand, project over the slots in the stand into which the
pivots on the tea pot drop. By this means the said pivots cannot rise out of their

page_text: slots and the accidental detachment of the pot from the stand while being carried
or lifted is prevented. When the handles are in the vertical or hanging position
the pivot slots are not obstructed by the knobs or projections on the said handles
and the pot can be lifted from the stand.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawings represents in side elevation and
Figure 2 in plan a tea pot and its stand constructed according to my invention,
the teapot being represented in its vertical or upright position; Figure 3 represents
the same view as Figure 1, the spout end of the pot being depressed for pouring
out its contents; Figure 4 represents in front elevation and Figure 5 in side
elevation the supporting stand detached; Figure 6 represents in side elevation
partly in section the stand and a portion of the pot, the said Figure 6 exhibiting
the arrangement of parts for locking the pivots in the stand during the carrying or
lifting of the combined pot and stand.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several Figures of
the Drawings.
a is the body of the teapot and. b the stand, the said body a being supported
upon the stand by the pivots or axes c, c (see Figures 2 and 6) at opposite sides
taking into slots d, d in the said stand. Upon the said pivots or axes c, c the pot
can be turned for pouring out the contents, the said pivots or axes being so arranged
that the pot a when at liberty to move automatically takes the vertical or upright
position represented in Figure 1, a stop e on the underside of the pot coming
against the cross bar f on the stand preventing the said pot passing beyond a
vertical position. The stop e and cross bar f prevent motion in, the pot excepting
in the direction proper for depressing the spout end of the pot; g is the spout of
the tea pot situated at the extreme top of the body as represented. It is preferred
to use a short spout of the kind shown in the drawing. By an examination of
Figures 1 and 3 it will be seen that the top of the spout 7 is at a slightly higher
level than the seat h on the body on which the lid shuts down. The position
represented of the spout g with respect to the body a facilitates the pouring out of
the contents of the pot and the choking of the spout by tea leaves or sediment is
effectually prevented.
is the handle at the back of the pot made of ivory, bone or other non-
conducting material. The said handle is nearly straight, the upper end being
curved or bent forward over the body of the pot. The non-conducting handle k is
fitted in the metallic socket 7, the lower part of which is formed into the stop e of
the teapot. By pressing the handle k so as to turn the body of the pot upon the
pivots c, c the spout end g is lowered as represented in Figure 3 and the contents
may be poured from the pot. On removing the pressure from the handle k the
spout end rises and the pot resumes the normal or vertical position represented in
Figure 1 the stop e bearing against the cross bar f of the stand; m, m are the
handles of the stand by which it is lifted and carried about. The said handles are
jointed to the stand at n, n and fall when at liberty to move into the vertical
position represented in Figures 1, 3, 4 and 5. Each handle m has near its joint
end a ball or projection P which balls or projections p, p when the handles m, m
are lifted into a nearly horizontal position for carrying the stand b and pot a
project over the slots d, d in the said stand as illustrated in Figure 6 and the
pivots c, c cannot rise out of their slots and the accidental detachment of the pot
from the stand while being carried or lifted is prevented. On loosing the
handles m, m the balls p, p take such a position that they do not obstruct
the pivot slots d, d and hence the pot can be lifted from the stand. The balls or
projections p, p also act as stops to limit the rising motion of the handles m, m to a
horizontal or nearly horizontal position.
I do not limit myself to the hemi-spherical or globular figure represented of the
body of the pot as the pot may have other figures given to it; for example, the pot
may have an elongated body as illustrated in Figure 7 and instead of the knobs p, p
for locking the pivots in their slots, discs q, q (or other shaped projections) as illus-
trated in section in Figures 8 and 9 may be used, Figure 8 representing the handle m

page_text: raised and the pivot locked in its slot and Figure 9 representing the handle in its
depressed position and the pivot slot unobstructed by the locking disc q.
In Figure 7 the upper end of the non-metallic handle k is bent backwards instead
of forwards as in Figures 1 and 3.
I apply my improvements to coffee pots, tea urus and the other articles
enumerated substantially in the manner herein before described and illustrated
with respect to a tea pot.
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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 of "Improvements in tea pots coffee pots tea urns kettles and other
vessels supported upon stands"
First. In a tea pot or vessel supported upon pivots as described and represented,
the combination of the stop e on the underside of the tea pot or vessel with the
cross barf on the stand for the purpose of preventing the pot or vessel passing
beyond a vertical position and for preventing motion in the pot or vessel except in
the direction proper for depressing the spout end of the pot or vessel substantially
as herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying Drawings.
Secondly. The arrangement of the spout with respect to the body of the pot
or vessel for the purposes and substantially as herein before described and illustrated
in the accompanying Drawings.
Thirdly. The construction and combination of parts herein before described and
illustrated in the accompanying Drawings for locking the pivots of the teapot or
vessel in their slots in the stand during the carrying and lifting of the combined
pot or vessel and stand.
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