Improvements in and connected with Tea Pots, Coffee Pots, and Tea Urns, and in the Manufacture of the same.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 26th July, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 26th Apr., 1894-Accepted, 2nd June, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Tea Pots, Coffee Pots,
and Tea Urns, and in the Manufacture of the same.
We, FRANK IORNS GIBBS, and WILLIAM WRIGHT, trading together as
Gibbs and Wright, of 81 and 83, Angelina Street, in the City of Birmingham,
Tinplate Workers and Metal Platers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
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This invention consists of the hereindescribed Improvements in and connected
with Tea Pots, Coffee Pots and Tea Urns and in the Manufacture of the same.
We will describe this invention as applied to oval tea pots.
According to one part of this invention we stamp the tea pot body from sheet
steel or other sheet metal or alloy in one piece by means of suitable dies or tools
worked in a stamp or press.
This tea pot body has formed with it the bottom rim
in which the bottom fits and the top rim upon which the lid fits the top rim being
also formed in a piece with the front bash which latter is a small plate usually made
loose and fixed to the front of the top part of the tea pot to prevent the contents
running over the top when pouring from the tea pot. We make the said bottom
rim of the body in the form of a rebate that is to say the metal is flanged outwardly
and downwardly forming an enlarged recess in which the bottom fits the said bottom
being by preference also flanged inwardly round the edge so as to fit into the
bottom part of the body where it is secured by soldering or other means. Or
instead of the rebated bottom rim being formed in a piece with the bottom of the
tea pot body this rebated rim may be made separate with a projecting flange which
will just fit inside the bottom of the tea pot body where the said rim is secured by
soldering or by other means. Or instead of the front bash above referred to being
made in a piece with the tea pot body the said front bash may be made separate
and soldered to the body in the usual way. Also instead of the top rim of the tea
pot body being made in a piece therewith as above described the said top rim may
be made separate from the tea pot body either in a piece with the front bash or
separate therefrom and fixed to the top of the body by fitting thereon. The said
top and bottom rims may either be formed during the process of stamping or raising
the body as above described or the body may be stamped plain that is without the
top rim and bottom rim and then the top rim and bottom rim be formed by wheeling
The above described
the body in a wheeling machine or by other means.
improvements in the formation of the top and bottom rims of the body and the
fixing of the bottom to the body and the making of the bash in a piece with the top
rim are also applicable to those tea pot bodies which are made in the usual way
from a piece of sheet tin or other metal bent to the required shape and jointed
vertically, the said top and bottom rims in this case being formed by wheeling the
body in a wheeling machine or by other means.
Another of our improvements consists in enamelling a steel or other common
metal body inside and electro-plating it outside with nickel or other metal. We
are thus able to manufacture at a low cost a tea pot which has a very good
appearance and is not liable to corrosion inside or to have an injurious effect upon
the tea as is the case with some other metal tea pots.
Another of our said improvements consists in making the hinges of the lids as
herein described whereby the labour in making the said hinges is considerably
reduced and the hinges will last longer in wear than will those which are made in
the usual way. Our improved hinge consists of three or more short lengths of
small round brass or other metal tube drawn with a longitudinal web or fin projecting

page_text: therefrom. This web or fin forms the flap of the hinge to which the lid and the
top part of the tea pot are soldered and the round part of the tube through which
the hinge pin passes forms the knuckle. The said metal tube to form the hinges is
drawn in long lengths of the section above described and then cut across into short
pieces as may be required to form the hinges.
Our invention is applied to other shaped tea pots and to coffee pots and tea urns
similarly as above described with reference to oval tea pots.
Dated this 25th day of July 1893.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Tea Pots, Coffee Pots,
and Tea Urns, and in the Manufacture of the same.
We, FRANK JORNS GIBBS, and WILLIAM WRIGHT, trading together as
Gibbs and Wright late of 81 and 83 Angelina Street, in the City of Birmingham,
now of 70 Lower Hurst Street, in the said City, Tinplate Workers and Metal
Platers, 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:―
This invention consists of the herein described Improvements in and connected
with Teapots, Coffee Pots and Tea Urns and in the Manufacture of the same.
It is well known that a common sheet steel or other sheet metal teapot coffee pot
or tea urn made of several parts soldered together in the usual way cannot be
enamelled inside as the heating of the teapot coffee pot or tea urn during the enamelling
process would melt the solder and then the teapot coffee pot or tea urn would
come to pieces. Now according to the first part of this invention we construct
the bodies of sheet steel or other common metal teapots and coffee pots and
tea urns as hereindescribed so as to enable them to be enamelled inside and
electro plated outside. We are thus able to manufacture at a low cost a teapot
coffee pot or tea urn which has a very good appearance and is not liable to
corrosion inside or to have an injurious effect upon the tea or coffee as is the
case with some other metal teapots coffee pots or tea urns. Part of our said
improvements are as hereindescribed applicable to teapots coffee pots and tea urns
which are not enamelled inside or electro plated outside.
We will describe this invention by referring to the accompanying drawings on
which
Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation of an inverted stamped sheet steel or other sheet
metal teapot body made according to this invention and Fig. 2 is an inverted plan
of the same; Fig. 3 shews an ordinary oval bottom for fixing to the said body this
bottom forming no part of this invention.
Fig. 4 is a plan and Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation of two parts of the teapot lid and
Fig. 6 shews in plan and in sectional elevation a sheet metal stamping for the
lid as it leaves the dies.
Fig. 7 is a plan and Fig. 8 is a sectional elevation of a complete teapot (but
without the handle) made in accordance with this invention ;
Fig. 9 shews in sectional elevation an alternative method of securing in the
bottom of the said teapot and Fig 9* shews in sectional elevation the stamping from
which is formed the metal ring shewn in Fig. 9 for securing the bottom of the
teapot to the body of the same;
Fig. 10 shews an alternative method of forming the teapot body;
Fig. 11 represents in plan and in cross section a peculiar form of sheet metal tube
made with a longitudinal web or fin projecting therefrom for forming, in accordance

page_text: with this invention, hinges for the lids of teapots conee pots and tea urns and
Fig. 12 shews one of the hinges thus formed.
The same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts in all the
figures of the drawings.
We will describe this invention as applied to oval tea pots.
According to one method of carrying out the first part of our invention we
stamp the teapot body A from sheet steel or other sheet metal or alloy in one piece
by means of dies worked in a stamp or press such dies having the form necessary
to shape the teapot body to the shape shewn by Figs. 1 and 2 and make the bottom
rim E rebated as shewn for the bottom B of the teapot to fit in, that is to say, the
metal is as shewn flanged outwardly at e¹ and downwardly at e² thus forming an
enlarged recess E in which the bottom fits as shewn in Fig. 8 the said bottom B
being also by preference flanged inwardly at 6' round the edge in the usual way so
as to fit into the bottom part of the body where, when the body is to be enamelled,
the bottom is secured by the flange e² being swaged over the bottom B as shewn
in Fig. 8. Or when the body is not required to be enamelled then the bottom can
be secured to the body by soldering round the outside as usual. The body A has
also formed with it the top rim F upon which the lid C of the teapot fits this
rim being recessed as shewn in Fig. 1 and made in a piece with the front
bash d (Figs. 1 and 2) which latter is a small plate usually made loose and fixed
to the front of the top part of the teapot to prevent the contents running over the
top when pouring the tea from the teapot. When the teapot body A with its top
rim F and bottom B is made as above described the inside of the teapot can be
enamelled as there is no soldered joint in the same.
Instead of the rebated bottom rim E being formed in a piece with the bottom
of the teapot body A. as shewn in Figs. 1 and 8 this rebated rim E may as shewn
in Fig. 9 be made separate with a projecting flange which will just fit inside the
bottom of the teapot body A where the said rim e³ is secured by soldering. When
the teapot is required to be enamelled this separate rim E shewn by Fig. 9 has
to be fixed on to the bottom B by the part e² being swaged over the bottom and
then this rim E and the bottom B are enamelled together; the body A is also
enamelled and then the rim is inserted in the bottom of the body as shewn
in Fig. 9 and secured by soldering round the outside the superfluous solder being
afterwards cleaned off so as not to shew when the teapot is plated on the outside.
This separate rim marked E is by preference made from a sheet metal plate
stamped to the form shewn by Fig. 9* the outer flange e and the central portion e
being afterwards cut away leaving the rim ready for fixing to the bottom B as
above described.
Instead of the front bash d being stamped in a piece with the teapot body A as
above described this front bash & may be made separate and soldered to the body in
the usual way.
Instead of the top rim F of the teapot body being made in a piece with the same
as shewn in Figs. 1 and 8 this top rim F may as shewn in Fig. 10 be made separate
from the teapot body either in a piece with the frout bash d or separate therefrom
and fixed to the top of the body A by fitting thereon as shewn and by being
soldered round the outside. This top rim F is made recessed all round at f' for
the edge of the lid to fit into.
Instead of the top and bottom rims F and E being formed during the process of
stamping or raising the body A as above described the body A may be stamped
plain that is without the top rim F and bottom rim E and then the top rim and
bottom rim may be formed by wheeling the body in a swaging machine so that the
said top and bottom rims will respectively have the forms shewn by Fig. 1.
The above described improvements in the formation of the top and bottom rims
of the body A and the fixing of the bottom B to the body A in the manner
described and the making of the bash d in a piece with the top rim are also
applicable to those teapot bodies which are made in the usual way from a piece of
sheet tin or other metal bent to the required shape and jointed vertically the said

page_text: top rim F and bottom rim E in this case being formed by swaging or wheeling the
body in a swaging machine or by other means.
We
We prefer to make the teapot lid C₁ C² as shewn in Figs. 4, 5 and 6, that is to
say, we first raise the lid from sheet metal to the form shewn in Fig. 6 and then
clip off the flange cand then divide the lid into two portions marked
respectively C C one of which C' is soldered to the top rim of the teapot
and the other part C2 is hinged to the part C¹ but it is to be understood that this
method of making the lid forms no part of this invention.
Another of our said improvements consists in making the hinges of the lids as
hereindescribed whereby the labour in making the said hinges is considerably
reduced and the hinges will last longer in wear than will those which are made in
the usual way. Our improved hinge consists of three or more short lengths of
small round brass or other metal tube G (see Figs. 11 and 12) drawn with a
longitudinal web or fin g' projecting therefrom. This web or fin g¹ forms the flap
of the hinge to which the lid and the top part of the teapot are soldered and the
round part G of the tube through which the hinge pin passes forms the knuckle.
The said metal tube G to form the hinges is drawn in long lengths of the section
above described and shewn in Fig. 11 and then cut across into short pieces as may
Le required to form the hinges one of such hinges being shewn by Fig. 12.
Our invention is applied to other shaped teapots and to coffee pots and tea urns
similarly as above described with reference to oval teapots.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is-
1. The hereindescribed improved manufacture of teapots coffee pots and tea_urns
consisting in making the body in a piece with the top rim F for the lid and the
bottom rim E for the bottom and securing the bottom to the body in the manner
set forth and shewn and enamelling the combined body and bottom inside and
electro plating the same outside as set forth.
2. In teapots, making the front bash d in a piece with the rim F, or in a piece
with the combined body A. and rim F, in the manner substantially as hereinbefore
set forth and shewn by the accompanying drawings.
3. In teapots coffee pots and tea urns securing the bottom to the body by means
of the separate rim E constructed and applied to the bottom and body
substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by Figs. 9 and 9* of the
accompanying drawings.
4. Making the hinges of the lids of teapots coffee pots and tea urns of short
pieces of brass or other metal tube drawn with a web or fin on one side to form
the flap of the hinge as hereinbefore described with reference to Figs. 11 and 12
of the accompanying drawings.
5. In teapots coffee pots and tea urns making the body with a top rim F of a
separate piece of metal shaped as shewn to fit on to the top of the body and form
a recess for the lid to fit in as hereinbefore set forth.
Dated this 25th day of April 1894.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicants.