A Strainer applicable to Tea Pot, Coffee Pot, or other like Receptacle.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Feb., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 7th June, 1894-Accepted, 7th July, 1894
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
· A Strainer applicable to Tea Pot, Coffee Pot, or other like
Receptacle.
THOMAS GADDES, 104, Station Parade, Harrogate, County of Yorks, Dental
Surgeon, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The application of strainer to the spout of a tea or coffee pot or other like
receptacle.
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The apparatus consists of a tubular funnel, terminating in a lip, & containing a
strainer, or more than one strainer, of gauze, or perforated metal, or different
material. At the other extremity is a disc of rubber, or such like elastic substance,
secured into a suitable extension of the funnel.
This elastic disc is perforated, & through that hole passes the spout of the tea
or coffee pot, or other like receptacle, & by means of which the strainer is secured
thereto.
Dated this 19th day of Februarv 1894.
THOMAS GADDES.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Strainer applicable to Tea Pot, Coffee Pot, or other like
Receptacle.
I, THOMAS GADDES, M.D., 104, Station Parade, Harrogate, Yorkshire, Dental
Surgeon, 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 :-
The apparatus consists of a tubular funnel terminating in a lip, or the lip may be
absent.
At the other extremity is a disc of rubber, or such other like elastic substance,
retained in a suitable extension of the funnel. This elastic disc is perforated, &
through that hole passes the spout of a tea or coffee pot or other like receptacle, &
by means of which the strainer is secured thereto.
The box or extension of the funnel retains the elastic disc, & by means of two
opposable ridges the disc is gripped.
Instead of the boxed disc as already described, I also use a similarly perforated
elastic disc the outer rim of which is turned back, so that it can be stretched over,
& can embrace, the extended flange of the funnel.
Within the funnel is a sieve, or more than one sieve or strainer, of gauze or
perforated metal.
To elucidate the foregoing description, I shall now refer to the accompanying
drawings
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Fig. 1. The tubular funnel a may terminate in a lip b; & the sieves c,
shown in position within the funnel a, & also in elevation c". The elastic disc d,
also shown in elevation d', is contained in the box e, the lid or cover of which ƒ is
likewise shown in f¹. The elastic disc is secured in the box by the bossed
ridges g g', the lid or cover of which is fixed by the edge h being planished over;
or the entire box e may be flared out of the funnel substance. Another method by
which I fix the funnel to the spout or mouth of a receptacle is by means of a
perforated elastic disc Fig. 2 d, the outer rim of which is turned back so as to
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page_text: embrace, when stretched over, the extended flange e¹ of the funnel a.
-the extended flange e¹ is not boxed as shown in Fig. 1 e.
In this case
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, & in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
⚫ claim is :
1. A funnel or spout, with a strainer, having a perforated elastic disc by means
of which it can be fixed upon such receptacles or conduits as are herein
mentioned.
2. The securing of an elastic disc by opposable ridges as described & shown
herein.
3. A perforated elastic disc with its outer margin turned upon itself in the
manner herein described & shown.
Dated this 6th day of June 1894
THOMAS GADDES.