IMPROVE- MENTS IN COFFEE-CUPS, MORE PARTICULARLY THOSE KNOWN AS MOCHA COFFEE-CUPS
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Denton Abel of Nº 28 Southampton Buildings
Chancery Lane in the County of Middlesex for an Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN COFFEE-CUPS, MORE PARTICULARLY THOSE KNOWN AS MOCHA
COFFEE-CUPS" communicated to him from Abroad by M. D. Pasvouri of
Smyrna, in Asia Minor
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Denton Abel at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 15th February 1883.
CHARLES DENTON ABEL of N° 28 Southampton Buildings Chancery Lane in the
County of Middlesex "IMPROVEMENTS IN COFFEE-CUPS, MORE PARTICULARLY
THOSE KNOWN AS MOCHA COFFEE-CUPS' [communicated to him from Abroad by
M. D. Pasvouri of Smyrna, in Asia Minor]
"
In the manufacture of coffee cups, more particularly those known as mocha
coffee cups, formed of thin porcelain, the proper formation and fixing of the handle
is one of the most difficult problems, as this part is most liable to be broken or
knocked off both in the manufacture, and subsequently when used.
The present invention has for its object to obviate this inconvenience, and
consists first in manufacturing such cups without handles, and secondly, in
afterwards securing detachable handles thereto made of durable material, so that
should the cup get broken the handle may afterwards be used for another cup.
For this purpose, according to one arrangement, the cup is in the first instance
formed with a small hole in its side, through which is afterwards passed a screw,
having a fixed head inside the cup, while upon its projecting outer end is screwed
a handle of a loop or ring shape, formed of metal, wood, ivory or other suitable
material, ornamented if desired with gold or silver mountings, or electro-plated.
A washer of leather, caoutchouc, or other suitable material is interposed between
the cup and the handle to prevent any leakage through the hole.
According to another arrangement the hole in the cup is dispensed with and the
handle is formed of a strip of metal, bent into loop form and with a hook at each
end hooking respectively over the upper and lower rims of the cup.
According to another arrangement a metal ring is secured round the cup at
about the middle of its height, by means of straps passing up from the ring and
hooking over the rim of the cup, and to the ring is secured a handle of metal or
other material.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Charles Denton Abel in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
9th August 1883.
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WIFE,
ATMINTI ADT V
CHARLES DENTON ABEL of No. 28 Southampton Buildings Chancery Lane, in
the county of muddlesex "IMPROVEMENTS
THOSE KNOWN AS MOCHA-COFFEE CUPS " A communication to me from abroad by
M. D. Pasvouri of Smyrna in Asia Minor
In the manufacture of coffee-cups, more particularly those known as mocha
coffee cups, formed of thin porcelain, the proper formation and fixing of the handle
is one of the most difficult problems, as this part is most liable to broken, or
knocked off both in the manufacture and subsequently, when used..
The present invention has for its object to obviate this inconvenience, and
consists first in manufacturing such cups without handles, and secondly, in
afterwards securing detatchable handles thereto made of durable material, so that,
should the cup get broken, the handle may afterwards be used for another cup.
For this purpose, according to one arrangement, the cup is in the first instance
formed with a small hole-in-its side, through which is afterwards passed a screw,
having a fixed head inside the cup, while upon its projecting outer end is screwed
a handle of a loop or ring shape, formed of metal, wood, ivory or other suitable
material, ornamented if desired with gold or silver mountings, or electro-plated.
A washer of leather, caoutchouc, or other suitable material is interposed between
the cup and the handle to prevent any leakage through the hole.
According to another arrangement, the hole in the cup is dispensed with and the
handle is formed of a strip of metal bent into loop form and with a hook at each
end hooking respectively over the upper and lower rims of the cup.
According to another arrangement, a metal ring is secured round the cup at
about the middle of its height by means of straps passing up from the ring and
hooking over the rim of the cup, and to the ring is secured a handle of metal or
other material.
Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings shows a coffee cup with separate handle
constructed according to the above described invention; fig. 2 shews a section of
the cup, and fig 3 shews an end view of the handle. The cup A, before being
fired, has formed in it a hole for the reception of the screw a which serves to
secured the handle B thereto. The handle is formed as a flat ring with a boss b,
through which the screw a is screwed, a washer c being provided between the
handle and the cup, faced with packing, if necessary, to close the hole in a water-
tight manner. Fig. 4 shows an arrangement in which the hole in the cup is
dispensed with, the handle D, shewn separately at fig. 5 being formed of a strip of
metal with booked ends d d¹ to hook on the upper and lower rims of the cup as
shewn, the part being curved to fit closely against the lower curved portion of
the cup. The lower rim of the cup is slightly notched at e, where the handle
passes round it, so that the latter does not project below the rim.
Fig. 6 shews an arrangement in which the handle E is fixed or formed on a
ring F fitting round the cup and shewn detached at fig. 7, the ring being kept in
position by the straps f which hook over the upper edge of the cup.
In all the above arrangements, parts of the handle can be made of wood or
other suitable non conducting of heat, such as the ring B figs 1 and 2, the middle
part of D figs 4 and 5, and the ring E figs. 6 and 7, the other parts being made
of any suitable metal; or the whole can be made of metal.
Having thus described the nature of this invention and in what manner the

page_text: same is to be performed, as communicated to me by my foreign correspondent, I
claim :-
First: Constructing coffee cups with separate handles secured thereto by a screw
passing through a hole in the cup, such hole being closed watertight by a washer,-
substantially as herein described, with reference to figa 1, 2 and 3.
Second: Constructing coffee cups with separate handles formed of a strip of
metal, either alone or in combination with other material, the ends of which are
formed as hooks, hooking over the upper and lower rims of the cup, substantially
as herein described with reference to figs 4 and 5 of the drawings.
Third: Constructing coffee cups with separate handles, formed or fixed on a
ring encircling the cup and held in position by means of hooked straps, substantially
as herein described with reference to figs. 6 and 7 of the drawings.
In Witness whereof I the said Charles Denton Abel have hereunto set my
hand and seal this ninth day of August in the year of our Lord, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-three.
ATTAB D ADET
CHAR DADEY
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