IMPROVEMENTS IN VESSELS FOR HOLDING LIQUIDS, AND IN CASES OR RECEPTACLES. FOR THE SAME
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Walter Mallock Gee, of No. 446, Strand, in the
County of Middlesox, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN VESSELS
FOR HOLDING LIQUIDS, AND IN CASES OR RECEPTACLES. FOR THE SAME."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Walter Mallock Gec
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at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 12th January 1875.
I, WALTER MALLOCK GEE, of No. 446, Strand, in the County of Mid-.
dlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN VESSELS FOR HOLDING LIQUIDS, AND IN CASES OR RECEPTACLES
FOR THE SAME," to be as follows :—
This Invention relates to "Improvements in Vessels for Holding.
Liquids, and in Cases or Receptacles for the same, and consists of a
jar or similar vessel with parallel sides or slightly bellied in section, with
apertures for holding a glass gauge upon the outside in a vertical manner -
for indicating the height of the contents. The vessel has an inclined
bottom to lead the liquid to an aperture into which a draw off tap is:

page_text: inserted, the distance the tap is inserted regulating the amount of dregs
permitted to remain, so that when the vessel is used for wine, for which
it is chiefly intended, the dregs or sediment can be kept back as
desired.
The case in which my improved vessel is fitted is of square or rectan- {
gular shape, with a hinged lid and a hinged front door, the former
permitting the vessel to be refilled when tho lid is raised, and the latter
to permit of the tap being got at when the contents of the vessel have
to be drawn. The case is formed with legs or feet, and provided with
castors, so that the wholo apparatus can be moved about without dis- 1
turbing the contents to too great a degree, the legs being of sufficient
height for a decanter or bottle to be placed under the tap when the front
door is open.
I prefer to arrange the tap with a pipe of curved form, so that the
outlet can be arranged under the case, otherwise the projecting tap 1
nozzle will have to be encased in a pocket formed cither in the door or
in the bottom of the case or receptacle. The lid is so fitted that it cannot
be raised except when the front door is open, and the front door I
propose should have a self-fastening lock.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, 2
filed by the said Walter Mallock Gee in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 12th July 1875.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WALTER
MALLOCK GEE, of No. 446, Strand, in the County of Middlesex, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twelfth day of January, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in the thirty-
eighth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Walter Mallock Gee, Her special license 3
that I, the said Walter Mallock Gee, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said Walter Mallock Gee, my exe-
cutors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and
no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the

page_text: 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 Ise of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN VESSELS FOR HOLDING LIQUIDS, AND IN CASES OR RECEPTACLES FOR THE SAME,"
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Walter Mallock
Gee, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under
my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describo
and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner”
the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the
Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and imme.
diately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Walter Mallock Geo, 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 :-
This Invention relates to improvements in vessels for holding liquids,
and in cases or receptacles for the same, and consists of a jar or similar
vessel with parallel sides or slightly bellied in section, with apertures for
holding a glass gauge upon the outside in a vertical manner for
indicating the height of the contents. The vessel has an inclined bottom
to lead the liquid to an aperture, into which a draw-off tap is inserted,
the distance the tap is inserted regulating the amount of dregs permitted
to remain, so that when the vessel is used for wine, for which it is chiefly
intended, the dregs or sediment can be kept back as desired.
The case in which my improved vessol is fitted is of square or rectan-
gular shape, with a hinged lid and a hinged front door, the former
permitting the vessel to be refilled when the lid is raised, and the latter
to permit of the tap being got at when the contents of the vessel have to
be drawn. The case is formed with legs or feet, and provided with
castors, so that the whole apparatus can be moved about without dis-
turbing the contents to too great a degree, the legs being of sufficient
height for a decanter or bottle to be placed under the tap when the front
door is open.
I prefer to arrange the tap with a pipe of curved form, so that the
outlet can be arranged under the case, otherwise the projecting tap
nozzle will have to be encased in a pocket formed either in the door or in
the bottom of the case or receptacle. The lid is so fitted that it cannot

page_text: be raised except when the front door is open, and the front door I propose
should have a self-fastening lock.
My Invention is clearly represented in the accompanying Drawings,
in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of an apparatus before referred to.
A is a casing, with the door B open to show the vessel C, the lower front i
part of which is provided with a tap D, by which the contents of the vessel
can be drawn off, as required, preferably into decanters or bottles, which
can be placed under the tap for the purpose, the height of the bottom of
the casing A, the legs E, E, of the casing, and the vessel O being such
as to admit of it.
Figure 2 is a perspective view of an apparatus with the top lid E'
thrown up and held by a hinged strap F to enable the cap G of the
vessel C to be removed for fresh wine or other liquid to be poured into
the vessel. The vessel C has an inclined bottom H, as in Figure 3, where
the vessel is shown in section, the incline being from the back to the 1
front, where the tap hole is situated, so that the whole or nearly the
whole of the liquid can be drawn off without tilting the vessel.
The quantity of liquid in the vessel can be seen from the outside at
any time by the glass tube I, one leg or bend of which is attached to
the bottom, and the other to the top of the vessel. The tube I can be 2
marked off to represent pints or other quantitics, so that not only the
height of the liquid can be read off at any moment, but the quantity
also.
The apparatus, as shown in Figures 1 and 2, mounted upon castors,
can be moved about with facility, the tap being protected by the front 2
door when the casing is closed and locked.
The vessel O may be of earthenware, glass, or other material, and in
the use of glass for the purpose the gauge tube can be dispensed with.
The case A is preferably of wood, and can be got up in any stylo or
finish, or inlaid, or have metal mounts to give it a handsome appearance 3
for the drawing, dining, or other room, or it may be of painted deal wood
for placing into a cellar or cupboard, as desired, in which case the legs
and castors can be dispensed with.
I do not limit the shapes of my cases A to square or rectangular, as
circular ones can be made to stand upon a side board or other piece of a
furniture, or form part of a piece of furniture; they can also be urn

page_text: shaped, as in Figure 4, into which the vessel can be placed after
removing the lid, or the lid can be dispensed with, and the vessel inserted
through the door.
And having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim,—
The construction and use of an apparatus composed of a casing con-
taining a vessel for holding liquids, such vessel having a tap which can
be protected by the door being closed, all as described and as shown in
the accompanying Drawings, Figures 1, 2, and 3.
Secondly. I claim the combination of vessel and casing as described
with reference to Figure 4 of the Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Walter Mallock Gee, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twelfth day of July, One thousand
eight hundred and seventy-five.
WATTER U Ann