IMPROVED MEANS OR APPARATUS TO FACILITATE THE REMOVAL OF THE ENDS OF EGGS
Year: 1864

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alexander Watt, of Ash Cottage, Putney, in the
County of Surrey, Chemist, for the Invention of "IMPROVED MEANS OR
APPARATUS TO FACILITATE THE REMOVAL OF THE ENDS OF EGGS."
Sealed the 3rd March 1865, and dated the 10th September 1864.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Alexander Watt at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
10th September 1864.
I, ALEXANDER WATT, of Ash Cottage, Putney, in the County of Surrey,
Chemist, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVED
MEANS OR APPARATUS TO FACILITATE THE REMOVAL OF THE ENDS OF EGGS," to be as
follows:-
The Invention relates to improved means or apparatus to facilitato the
removal of the ends of eggs, by the use of which such ends may be
removed in a cleanly and convenient manner. For this purpose I employ &
plate of metal, porcelain, or other suitable material of a convenient size,
formed with an opening of such size and shape as will allow of the end of an
egg desired to be removed being passed through it; which end may then be
removed by drawing the blade of a knife along the surface of the plate, and
across the opening on that side of it from which the end of the egg to be cut
off protrudes, the egg meanwhile being held in an egg cup or otherwise
supported. And to protect the fingers which may hold the apparatus at the
end or side of it towards which the edge of the knife is drawn from being cut;

page_text: I form the apparatus with a guard or stop on that side of the opening in such
a position that it may stop the knife from further progress in that direction.
That part of the plate which contains the opening may be formed flat, or in
some cases it may be dished, or may have a raised edge, and I form a portion
of the plate as a bandle, or a handle may be attached to the plate by which it
may be conveniently held, and the plate may be formed with legs or studs, on
which it may stand or rest when not in use. Instead of using a separate
knife, the apparatus may have a blade or knife attached to it, applied so that
it may be drawn across the opening when required. Such blade or knife
may be secured at one end by pin joint, and may if desired be rendered self-
acting by the application of a spring or springs. Instead of a plate with an
opening, wire bent into a suitable form may be employed. By these means
the ends of eggs may readily be removed in a cleanly and convenient
manner.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Alexander Watt in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
9th March 1865.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ALEXANDER
WATT, of Ash Cottage, Putney, in the County of Surrey, Chemist, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Tenth day of September, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, in the twenty-eighth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
Alexander Watt, Her special licence that I, the said Alexander Watt,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
Alexander Watt, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
Juring the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVED MEANS
OR APPARATUS TO FACILITATE THE REMOVAL OF THE ENDS OF EGGS," upon the con-
dition (amongst others) that I, the said Alexander Watt, my executors or
administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of
their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of
the said Invention, and in what manner the samo was to bo performed, and

page_text: cause the sanie to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar
montbs next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Alexander Watt, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to bo
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof, that is to say:-
The Invention relates to improved means or apparatus to facilitate the
removal of the ends of eggs, by the use of which such ends may be removed
in a cleanly and convenient manner. For this purpose I employ a plate of
metal, porcelain, or other suitable material of a convenient size, formed with
an opening of such size and shape as will allow of the end of an egg desired
to be removed being passed through it, which end may then be removed by
drawing the blade of a knife along the surface of the plate, and across the
opening on that side of it from which the end of the egg to be cut off protrudes,
the egg meanwhile being held in an egg cup or otherwise supported. And to
protect the fingers which may hold the apparatus at the end or side of it
towards which the edge of the knife is drawn from being cut, I form the
apparatus with a guard or stop on that side of the opening in such a position
that it may stop the knife from further progress in that direction.
But that the Invention may be fully understood, I will by the aid of the
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cause the sanie to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Offico within six calendar
montbs next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Alexander Watt, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof, that is to say:-
The Invention relates to improved means or apparatus to facilitate the
removal of the ends of eggs, by the use of which such ends may be removed
in a cleanly and convenient manner. For this purpose I employ a plate of
metal, porcelain, or other suitable material of a convenient size, formed with
an opening of such size and shape as will allow of the end of an egg desired
to be removed being passed through it, which end may then be removed by
drawing the blade of a knife along the surface of the plate, and
across the
opening on that side of it from which the end of the egg to be cut off protrudes,
the egg meanwhile being held in an egg cup or otherwise supported. And to
protect the fingers which may hold the apparatus at the end or side of it
towards which the edge of the knife is drawn from being cut, I form the
apparatus with a guard or stop on that side of the opening in such a position
that it may stop the knife from further progress in that direction.
But that the Invention may be fully understood, I will by the aid of the
accompanying Drawings proceed to describe means which I employ in
carrying the same into effect.
. DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 shows a plan view Figure 2, an edge view, and Figure 3 a
transverse section of apparatus arranged according to my Invention.
a is a plate of metal or other suitable material, with a hole a' through it,
which prefer to be of size corresponding with the average. size of that
portion of the end of an egg required to be removed in order more con-
veniently to get to its interior. Supposing the egg to be supported in a
suitable cup or other support, with as is usual the end to be removed upper-

page_text: a' of the pinte a is intended as a handle to hold the apparatus on the egg, and
tho turned up portion a³ will act as a guard to protect the hand whilst holding
the apparatus in use by preventing the knife from going too far in that
direction. The handle of the apparatus may be separately applied, or tho
form of it and of others of the parts may be varied. And that part of the
plate which contains the opening a' may in some cases bo dished, or it may
have a raised edge, and the plate may be formed with legs or studs, on which
it may stand or rest when not in use. The part a³ may also be hinged to tho
part a, to admit of its lying flat, and more out of the way when the apparatus
is not in uso; or for convenience of packing, instead of using a separate
knife, the apparatus may have a blado or knifo attached to it, applied so that
the blade may be drawn across the opening when required; such blade or
knife may be secured at one end by pin joint, and if desired bo rendered self-
acting by the application of a spring or spings.. Instead of a plate with an
opening, wire bent into a suitable form may be employed. By these means
tho ends of eggs may readily be removed in a cleanly and convenient
nanner.
Having thus described my improvements, I would have it understood that
what I claim is, the improved means or apparatus to facilitate the removal of
the ends of eggs in manuer substantially as explained.
In witness whereof, I, the said Alexander Watt, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Eighth day of March, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
ALEXANDER WATT.
L.B.)