Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Mar., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 6th Dec., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 2nd Mar., 1889
I, CHARLES HENRY SNELL of the Stock Exchange, in the City of London E.C.
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
By this my present Improved form of Saucer or other article to prevent and avoid
any liquid or moisture surrounding or clinging to the bottom of the cup or other
article in use when raised for drinking or other purposes,-I make or form a Saucer or
such like article of a hollow, curved or well shaped form around its exterior part or
portion, and the inner portion or surrounding I also inwardly curve upwards from the
hollow or well surrounding and thus form an annular or raised ridge or rim which may
be tapered giving an internal circular or other form of cavity or space to receive the
cup or other article to be placed or to fit therein and into around the exterior of the
said ridge or rim the overflow of the liquid falls and is contained in the said hollow
curved or well shaped portion of the saucer or other article, and the bottom or lower
part of the cup or other vessel is kept practically dry and free from moisture or wet
and therefore the frequent unpleasantness (and otherwise) experienced by the dripping
of the liquid or by moisture around and from the base or lower part of the cup or other
article, as is ordinarily the case, is avoided when the article in question is being raised
for drinking or other purposes.
I may propose to provide a few small openings from the inner portion of the rim
or ridge of the cup or other receptacle to the outside thereof, so that any liquid
or moisture that might chance be in that portion of the receptacle may drain
itself off into the outer or lower curved hollow well space surrounding the
same.
Dated this Sirth day of March 1000
HUGHES & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, W C.,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Saucers and similar Utensils.
CHARLES HENRY SNELL of the Stock Exchange London, Gentleman 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:-
My invention relates to an improved pedestal saucer for cups and other similar
articles and has for its object to prevent the bottom of the cups placed on such pedestal
from being wetted by the liquid overflowing therefrom and lience from dripping upon
the table cloth when the same is being raised for drinking purposes.
According to my Invention I form in the centre of a saucer a hollow pedestal having
a flat top whose outer periphery is surmounted by a rim or crest furnished with
perforations having for their object to drain into the well thus formed around the
pedestal in the saucer the liquid which may drop upon the flat portion or top of the
said pedestal upon which is placed the bottom of the cup
And in order that my Invention may be more fully understood-I shall now proceed
to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawing in which Fig. 1 is a
prospective view of my improved saucer carrying a Cup Fig. 2 being a central section
through the same.
S is an ordinary Saucer of china or other material furnished with hollow or recessed
bottom as shewn which being thus raised forms a pedestal A whose top t is flat and
designed to receive the Cup C as shewn in Fig. 1. The upper and outer periphery t
of the pedestal A is surmounted by a rim or crest provided with openings aa a for
allowing any liquid dropped on the flat portion or top of the said pedestal to run into
the well c formed in the saucer S around the pedestal A.
I may also form the pedestal directly on the top of an ordinary saucer without
raising the bottom thereof.
The cup being placed in the ordinary manner on the top of the pedestal A any liquid
overflowing therefrom will run directly into the well c and will thus in no case come
into contact with the bottom of the Cup, so that whenever the cup is raised for
drinking or other purposes the bottom thereof will remain dry and the inconvenience
will be avoided of the table cloth being soiled by the liquid that would otherwise drip
therefrom.
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―
1. My improved pedestal saucer for receiving or supporting cups and other similar
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page_text: said pedesdal being provided with a rim furnished with perforations substantially as
and for the purpose described.
2. Forming a pedestal in the centre of a Saucer for receiving the bottom of Cups
and other similar articles, by either raising the bottom of the said saucer, or by merely
erecting the pedestal upon the centre portion of the inner surface of an ordinary
Saucer substantially as and for the purpose described.
Dated this 6th day of December 1888
HUGHES & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.