An Improvement in Articles of Chamber-ware.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Apr., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 8th Jan., 1892-Accepted. 20th Feb., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Articles of Chamber-ware.
I, GEORGE HENRY WILLSON, of Twenty-three Great Queen Street Lincoln's-
Inn-Fields, in the County of London, Journalist, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
The several articles of chamber ware, wash-hand basons, ewers and bowls, are
made without the usual projecting rim or ledge at the bottom upon which they
are intended to rest. In place of this, the base of the uter sil is grooved, moulded
or shaped close to the edge in such a manner as to receive a suitably designed
attachment of india rubber. This is so fixed and fitted as to form a raised rim or
ledge running all round the base, upon which the article may safely rest when
standing. The improvement which the invention is claimed to effect consists in
this substitution of an india-rubber rim or edging for the usual projecting rim of
china or earthenware. The rubber acts as a buffer, lessening the risk of breakage
when the utensil is hurriedly or suddenly set down on a marble slab wooden floor,
or other hard surface; and while tending directly to render the article more
durable facilitates also the handling of it.
Dated this Seventh day of April 1891.
GEORGE HENRY WILLSON.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Articles of Chamber-ware.
I, GEORGE HENRY WILLSON, of 14 Eastlake Road Camberwell in the County
of London (late of 23 Great Queen Street Lincoln's Inn), Journalist, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
When shaping the ewer, basin, or other article of chamber ware in the clay,
the base is left flat without any projection or rim upon which it may stand. Close
to the edge of the base, a groove or channel is moulded or cut all round the
bottom. The groove may be from three-sixteenths to three-eighths of an inch
deep, and from one-half to three-quarters of an inch in width and it may be
three-sixteenths to one-half an inch from the edge everywhere, according to the
size, shape, and thickness of the article itself. A section or profile of such a
simple groove is shown in the accompanying drawing where it is marked A.
When the article has been fired and finished, a ring or tyre of india-rubber is
prepared, of exactly the same length as the groove in the base. This rubber
ring must be made with such a section that part of it will fit into and fill the
groove, the rest projecting and forming a rim. The section of such a ring is
shown in the drawing annexed and marked B. The upper portion a, is shaped to
fit exactly the groove A; the lower portion 6 (which projects when it is fitted)
being circular or conical. The rubber is inserted in the groove and fixed there
by means of strong suitable cement. The projecting portion, which forms the
rim upon which the article is to stand, is afterwards painted to resemble the
earthenware to which it is attached. C shows the section of the rubber rim fixed
in the groove.
The shape or section of the groove in the base may be varied, the shape or
section of the rubber ring being varied accordingly to fit it. A A shows such an
alternative section of groove, B B the rubber ring shaped to fit it, the upper part a
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page_text: being moulded to suit A A.
CC shows the section as it appears when fixed.
The rubber ring may also be made in two portions, one having the section of a,
the other the section of the former being moulded or pressed into the groove
in a soft condition, and the latter afterwards united with it."
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
To have effected au improvement in articles of chamber-ware by providing such
articles with an india-rubber projecting rim at the bottom, in the manner before
described, such rim facilitating the handling of the articles, and lessening the risk
of breakage when they are set down on hard surfaces such as marble-topped stands.
The addition of such india-rubber rim constituting a novel feature, and never before
having been attempted or described.
Dated this Seventh day of January 1892.
GEORGE HENRY WILLSON.