An Improved Soup Plate.
Year: 1899

page_text: An Improved Soup Plate.
I, THOMAS ROWLEY, of 41, Corporation Street, Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Consulting India Rubber Expert, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
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This invention is for an improvement in soup plates primarily for use in trains
and ships but is alike applicable for ordinary domestic use.
The object of my
invention is to prevent the soup or contents of the plate being thrown over the
edge of the plate by the swaying motion of a carriage or the rolling of a ship
and coming in contact with the fingers of the waiter or person carrying or
passing the plate from the server to the guest.
For the purpose of this invention I form the inner edge of the rim of the plate
to curve over inwards so that when the soup or contents tend towards one side
of the plate, it flows under said inwardly curved portion and is thereby projected
back towards the centre of the plate. In order that several of said plates may
be placed one above the other and carried safely, I form either a recess in, or
a ridge on, the outer portion of the rim of the plate and either a ridge or a recess
on the underside of the rim, so that the ridge on the underside of one plate may
fit onto the recess in the rim of the plate upon which it rests, or vice versa.
Dated this 6th day of September 1899.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
Agents for the Applicant,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.
I, THOMAS ROWLEY, of 41, Corporation Street, Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Consulting India Rubber Expert, 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:-
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This invention is for an improvement in soup plates primarily for use in trains
and ships but is alike applicable for ordinary domestic use.
The object of my
invention is to prevent the soup or contents of the plate being thrown over the
edge of the plate by the swaying motion of a carriage or the rolling of a ship
and coming in contact with the fingers of the waiter or person carrying or
passing the plate from the server to the guest.
In the accompanying drawings to which I hereinafter refer, Fig. 1 is a plan,

page_text: Fig. 2 an edge view, and Fig. 3 a transverse section of my improved soup plate,
Fig. 4 shows the manner in which several of said plates may be safely and
conveniently carried. Fig. 5 is a modification in the means of supporting two
or more plates, one on the other. In these views similar letters refer to similar
parts.
For the purpose of this invention I form the inner edge of the rim of the
plate a to curve over inwards so that when the soup or fluid contents tend towards
one side of the plate it flows under said inwardly curved portion and is thereby
projected back towards the centre of the plate.
In order that several plates may be placed one on the other and carried safely,
I form a ridge e on said rim, and a recess d on the underside of the plate, so
that when one plate is placed on another, the ridge e will rest in the recess das
shown in Fig. 4. I do not confine myself to the precise form of ridge on, or
recess in, the plate herein last described, as these may be varied if preferred
either in the manner shown in Fig. 5 or other convenient form by which a
projection on or near the edge of one plate will engage in a recess in another
plate placed thereon.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:
1. A plate in which soup is served to a person at dinner that is formed with
an inwardly curved or inturned edge as b, by which if said plate receives a shock
cr is unevenly carried the soup or fluid contents are prevented flowing over the
edge of said plate substantially as described.
2. A plate in which soup is served to a person at dinner that is formed with
an inwardly curved or inturned edge as b, a ridge as e on the rim and a recess
as d on the underside of the plate all substantially as and for the purpose
herein before described.
3. A soup plate having a ridge or recess on or under the rim of the plate
formed so that said ridge or recess may fit on or in the ridge or recess of a like
formed plate when placed one on the other substantially as and for the purpose
herein before described.
Dated this 22nd day of March 1900.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
Agents for the Applicant,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.