improvements in Stands or Supports for Soufflé Cups or the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 9th May, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 9th Feb., 1897--Accepted, 20th Mar., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
improvements in Stands or Supports for Soufflé Cups or the like.
We, MANSELL, HUNT, CATTY AND COMPANY, LIMITED, of Cressy Road,
Hampstead, in the County of Middlesex, Manufacturers, and FREDERICK
HOUCHIN TAYLOR of No. 19 Amerland Road, West Hill, Wandsworth, in the
County of Surrey, Director of a Public Company, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to improvements in stands or supports for soufflé cups or
the like and consists principally in the material of which the said supports or stands
are made and of the shape given to them.
In carrying the invention into effect, the materials we make use of are straw,
straw-plait, chip, chip-plait, manilla, manilla-plait, or any other dry vegetable
growth, or like material, spun, twisted, plaited or woven.
The shape in question may be roughly described as that of a hat or cap or other
head covering consisting, as the latter generally does, of a body and brim. For
the purpose of our invention, however, the brim serves as a foot and the usual top
or crown is cut away, so making the body provide a cavity for the reception of
the cup.
It is to be understood, however, that the present invention does not limit us in
respect of the shape to any which fairly falls under the designation of that of any
known head covering, but includes any analogous combination of foot and body,
using the two latter terms in the senses in which they are used above.
Deted the 0th day of Mar 1896
PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
Agents for the Applicants.
Improvements in Stands or Supports for Soufflé Cups or the like.
We, MANSELL, HUNT, CATTY AND COMPANY, LIMITED, of Cressy Road,
Hampstead, in the County of Middlesex, Manufacturers, and FREDERICK
HOUCHIN TAYLOR of No. 19 Amerland Road, West Hill, Wandsworth, in the
County of Surrey, Director of a Public Company, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention and in what manner the saine is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
Our invention relates to improvements in stands or supports for soufflé cups or
the like and consists principally in the material of which the said supports or stands
are made and of the shape given to them.
In carrying the invention into effect, the materials we make use of are straw,
straw-plait, chip, chip-plait, manilla, manilla-plait, or any other dry vegetable
growth, or like material, spun, twisted, plaited or woven.
The shape in question may be roughly described as that of a hat or cap or other
head covering consisting, as the latter generally does, of a body and brim. For

page_text: the purpose of our invention, however, the brim serves as a foot and the usual top
or crown is cut away, so making the body provide a cavity for the reception of
the cup.
Referring to the accompanying figures which are to be taken as part of this
specification and read therewith :-
Figure 1 is a perspective of a soufflé cup in a stand made after the pattern of a
flat brimmed straw hat.
Figure 2 is a transverse section corresponding therewith.
Figure 3 is a side elevation of a soufflé cup in a stand made after the pattern of
a felt bowler hat.
Figure 4 is a transverse section and Figure 5 a plan corresponding therewith.
a, a, a are the supports and b, b, b the soufflé cups. The hole a' in the crown of
the support has, of course, the same shape as the soufflé cup. The invention
imposes no limits in this respect. Those in Figures 1 to 4 are round, while
Figure 5 shews that it is indifferent whether the hole be hexagon or circular.
It is to be understood, however, that the present invention does not limit us in
respect of the shape to any which fairly falls under the designation of that of any
known head covering, but includes any analogous combination of foot and body,
using the two latter terms in the sense in which they are used above.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. The hereinbefore described improved stand or support for a soufflé cup or
the like.
2. The herein before described combination of stand or support and soufflé
or the like.
Dated this 9th day of February 1897.
PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
No. 22, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicants."