MEASURING SNUFF AND VARIOUS OTHER POWDERS
Year: 1886

page_text: I, BENJAMIN GEORGE FAUX Joiner No. 5 Mulberry Street Hunslet Road Hunslet
near Leeds Yorkshire, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for MEASURING
SNUFF AND VARIOUS OTHER POWDERS to be as follows:-
In the ordinary methods of measuring, weighing, or distributing, Snuff and
various other powders, their strength, quality or flavour, is more or less affected
by temporary exposure to the atmosphere, and loss of time and inconvenience to
the operator are caused by such defective methods. My object is to avoid such
exposure of Snuff or other powders to the atmosphere, and to avoid the loss of
time and inconvenience hitherto experienced by persons measuring or otherwise
manipulating such articles. I accomplish my object as follows; on an ordinary
canister, or other vessel, having an air-tight lid, I mount a cup or measure of the
requisite size, or if necessary expanding to various sizes, for given quantities of
the Snuff or other powders.
The said small measure opens at the inside into the large canister, and is pro-
vided on the inside of the large canister with a slide, moveable from the outside
by means of a handle or lever, and fitting close over the aperture between the large
vessel and the smaller measure.
To measure out a given quantity of powder contained in the large canister,
I shake, turn, or otherwise agitate the said large canister, causing the powder to
fall into, and fill, the required measure. I then by means of the outside lever,
acting on the inside slide, cut off the powder contained in the measure, and upon
taking off lid of the measure, the quantity of powder may be poured out therefrom
without the atmosphere being admitted to the bulk remaining in the larger vessel.
By the means thus described I claim that I obtain the results intended.

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I, BENJAMIN GEORGE FAUX, Joiner, of No. 48 Black Bull St. Hunslet, near
Leeds, in the County of York do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
APPARATUS FOR MEASURING SNUFF AND VARIOUS OTHER POWDERS, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:―
In the ordinary methods of measuring snuff and various other powders, their
strength, quality or flavour is more or less affected by temporary exposure to the
atmosphere, and loss of time and inconvenience to the operator are caused by such
defective methods. My object is to avoid such exposure of snuff or other powders
to the atmosphere and to avoid the loss of time and inconvenience hitherto expe-
rienced by persons measuring or otherwise manipulating such articles. I accomplish
my object as follows; on an ordinary canister or other vessel having an air-tight
lid, I mount a cup or measure of the requisite size, or if necessary expanding to
various sizes, for given quantities of the snuff or other powders. The said small
measure opens at the inside into the large canister and is provided on the inside
of the large canister with a slide, moveable from the outside by means of a handle
or lever, and fitting close over the aperture between the large vessel and the smaller
measure. To measure out a given quantity of powder contained in the large
canister I shake, turn or otherwise agitate the said large canister, causing the
powder to fall into, and fill, the required measure. I then by means of the outside
lever acting on the inside slide, cut off the powder contained in the measure and
upon taking off the lid of the measure, the quantity of powder may be poured out
therefrom without the atmosphere being admitted to the bulk remaining in the
larger vessel.
By the method thus described I claim that I obtain the results intended.
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
1st. That by the means described above I prevent exposure of snuffs and other
powders to the atmosphere during the operations of measuring or otherwise
manipulating them, and that I also economise the time of the persons engaged in
so measuring or manipulating the said powders, in the manner described and set
forth.
2nd. I claim the combination of the cup or measure, expanding or otherwise,
mounted on an ordinary canister or other vessel, in the manner described and set
forth.
3rd. I claim the combination of the cup or measure, expanding or otherwise,
mounted on an ordinary canister or other vessel, with the inside slide, moveable
from the outside by a handle or lever, in the manner described and set forth.
Dated this 9th day of November 1886.