IMPROVEMENTS IN STANDS FOR HOLDING VESSELS CONTAINING MILK, ICES OR OTHER SIMILAR REFRESHMENTS AND FOR PROTECTING THE CONTENTS FROM DUST, FLIES, ETCETERA
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Frank Arnold Colley and John Wingfield both of
Sheffield in the County of York for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
STANDS FOR HOLDING VESSELS CONTAINING MILK, ICES OR OTHER SIMILAR
REFRESHMENTS AND FOR PROTECTING THE CONTENTS FROM DUST, FLIES,
ETCETERA
""
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Frank Arnold Colley and
John Wingfield at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the
31st January 1883.
FRANK ARNOLD COLLEY and JOHN WINGFIELD, both of Sheffield in the
County of York " IMPROVEMENTS IN STANDS FOR HOLDING VESSELS CONTAINING
MILK, ICES, OR
SIMILAR REFRESHMENTS, AND FOR PROTECTING THE
OTHER
CONTENTS FROM DUST, FLIES, ETCETERA
"
Our Invention relates to improvements in Stands for holding Vessels containing
Milk, Ices, and suchlike refreshments, (but more particularly glasses of milk) in a
secure and convenient manner, so as to effectually protect the milk from dust and
flies, and also to allow the attendant to withdraw with facility one or more of the
glasses when required.
Our invention relates more particularly to such Stands as are intended to
remain upon the Counters or tables of Refreshment Rooms in contradistinction to
portable milk frames that are carried about by hand, and it consists in the use and
arrangement of a glass plate or cover that shall fit closely upon or over the tops of
the said vessels, and so arranged that it may be easily and quickly removed, either
by raising it vertically, by rotating it, or an equivalent movement.
In carrying out one arrangement of our invention, for example, we make a tubular
upright or shaft, rising vertically from a base, which may be made sufficiently heavy,
or large, that the stand will not require securing to the counter, or it may be fastened
thereto by screws or equivalent fastenings. At a suitable height from the base we fix
a table by preference circular in shape, on which the vessels rest, being further
secured by a light framework, or series of rings in which the vessels are placed→

page_text: Over the tops of the milk vessels, we fix a glass plate, circular in shape and having
a centre hole for the tubular upright to be passed through, on which it is arranged
to slide, and to be retained in any desired position by means of a balance weight
suspended inside the tubular upright and connected to the glass plate by chains,
or by the elasticity of a telescopic slide, so that when the glass plate or cover is
Instead of the glass
raised, it may be left while the attendant removes the vessels.
plate being arranged to move vertically, the table may be made to descend with the
vessels, with the same result. As a modification of our invention as above
described, the glass plate or cover may be made stationary over the tops of the
milk vessels, and the table with the glasses, or milk vessels, may be made to revolve;
the glass plate has a portion of its edge cut away, sufficient to allow the milk vessels
to be withdrawn as they arrive opposite the opening or vice versa, the table may
be stationary, and the glass plate with the aperture may revolve over the milk
vessels, as may be prefered.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Francis Arnold Colley and John Wingfield in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 31st July 1883.
FRANCIS ARNOLD COLLEY and JOHN WINGFIELD, both of Sheffield in the
County of York "IMPROVEMENTS IN STANDS FOR HOLDING VESSELS CONTAINING
MILK, ICES, OR
OTHER SIMILAR REFRESHMENTS AND FOR
CONTENTS FROM DUST, FLIES, ETCETERA
PROTECTING THE
Our Invention relates to improvements in stands for holding Vessels or receptacles
containing milk, ices, and suchlike refreshments, or confection, but more particu-
larly for holding glasses of milk, so as to effectually protect the milk or other
contents of the vessels from the intrusion of flies or dust, and so conveniently
arranged that the attendant may readily withdraw any of the vessels when
required
Our invention refers more particularly to Stands intended to remain upon the
counters or tables of refreshment rooms, either permanently fixed thereto, or loose
and removeable, in contradistinction to portable stands that are intended to be
carried about by hand; and it consists in the combination with a stand or support,
of a coverplate, preferably of glass, that is made to fit closely upon or over the open
tops of the vessels in which the milk is placed, and which by a vertical or rotary
motion can be removed so as to allow the attendant to withdraw one or more of
the vessels.
And in order that our invention may be fully understood we will now describe
more particularly one arrangement of our invention as applied to the construction
of a stand for milk vessels (for example) and which is represented in the
accompanying sheet of drawings, in which the same letters of reference indicate the
same parts in all the figures.
We make a tubular upright A, fixed centrally upon a suitable base B, which may
be secured permanently to the counter, or may be made heavy enough to dispense
with fastenings. At a suitable height from the base, we fix a table C, by preference
made of glass, and circular in form, on which the vessels D, stand, and they are
further secured by being placed in a light framework of rings E, supported by the
tubular standard A. Over the tops of the milk vessels D, we fix a glass plate F,
which corresponds in shape with the table C, and is attached to and supported by
a slide G, which fits over the upper portion of the tubular standard A. A spiral
spring in the interior of the tubular standard may be seen through the vertical
slot H, a similar slot is cut through the opposite side of the standard, and both are
provided with short horizontal slots J, which are so placed, that when the plate F
pressed down (which is best done by the hand placed on the top of the slide G)
and secured by turning the plate slightly causing a pin to enter the slot; the plate
F, is close down upon the tops of the vessels D, thus preventing the entrance of
dust or flies. A slight turn of the plate withdraws the pin out of the slot, and the
compressed spring raises the plate to its highest position which enables the
attendant to take the vessels out of the rings.
Fig. 1, represents the Milkstand closed.
Fig. 2, represents the same stand open, the plate F being raised.
Fig. 3, is a plan, showing the rings E.
The spiral spring may be dispensed with, and other equivalent means may be
applied, such as a weight, or the elastic friction of a telescopic slide, or the plate F
may be fixed, and the table C be made to descend.

page_text: portion cut out of the edge sufficient to enable a vessel to be withdrawn, the table
would be made to revolve, so that any of the vessels could be brought opposite the
opening and withdrawn, or vice versa, the table may be stationary and the cover
plate revolve.
Having now described and fully ascertained the nature of our said invention and
the manner in which it may be carried into practice, we would observe in conclusion
that what we consider to be novel and original and therefore claim as the
invention secured to us by the hereinbefore in part recited Letters Patent is :-
First Stands for holding vessels for containing milk, or other refreshments provided
with a coverplate fitting closely over the mouths of such vessels, and capable
of being raised to release the said vessels substantially as described and
illustrated.
Second Stands for holding vessels for containing milk or other refreshments,
provided with a coverplate, having a portion cut out of the edge for the
purpose of releasing the vessels and as hereinbefore described as a modifi-
cation of our invention.
In witness whereof I the said Francis Arnold Colley, for myself and on
behalf of John Wingfield, have hereunto set my hand and seal, this
twenty eighth day of July, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight
hundred and eighty three.
FRANCIS ARNOLD COLLEY (L.S.)