IMPROVED ARRANGEMENT OF COMBINED PUBLIC AND TEA OR COFFEE HOUSE
Year: 1885

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I WILLIAM MUIR of 143 Brockley Road, New Cross, Surrey, Engineer do
hereby declare the nature of my said invention for IMPROVED ARRANGEMENT OF
COMBINED PUBLIC AND TEA OR COFFEE HOUSE" to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to so arrange or construct the combined public and
tea or coffee house that either trade can be shut off when desired and the other
trade carried on without interfering with the comfort of visitors or customers, thus
enabling working men to have a proper place to go into to have meals without
having spirits and ales put before them.
The invention is based upon a previous patent granted to me on January 2nd
1865 No 1 of that series.
For the purpose of my invention I separate the coffee house part from the public
house by a partition having a sliding door, such door being preferably lined with
sheet iron. When the door in the partition is open, free access can be had from
one house to the other and whatever refreshments are required in the public house
department can be conveyed from the coffee bar, while when the door is closed and
the door of the bar parlour is also closed the public house is completely shut off.
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page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Arrangement of Combined Public and Tea or
Coffee House.
I WILLIAM MUIR of 143 Brockley Road, New Cross, Surrey, Engineer, do
hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to
be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
The object of my invention is, to so arrange or construct combined public and
tea or coffee house that either trade can be shut off when so desired and the other
trade be carried on without interferring with the comfort of the visitors or
customers, the object being also to provide against intoxication and immorality by
enabling working men to have a proper place to go into, to have meals without
having spirits and ales put before them.
This invention is based upon a previous Patent granted to me on January 2nd
1865 N° 1 of that series.
The manner of carrying my present invention into effect will be understood by
the following description with reference to the annexed drawings.
Figures 1 and 2 are two plans of a combined public house and coffee house, the
plan being capable of alteration to suit the locality. The coffee house part A is
separated from the public house B by a sliding door C in the partition D such door
to be preferably lined with sheet iron. When the door C in the partition D is slid
into the position shown on the drawings free access can be had from one house to
the other and whatever refreshments are required in the public house department
can be conveyed from the coffee bar, while when the door C is in the position
shown in dotted lines at E and the door F of the bar parlour is closed. the public
house is completely shut off.
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
The combination of. a public house and a coffee house separated from each other
by a partition containing a sliding door in such a manner that one house can be
closed without interferring with the other for the purpose set forth and as shown
on the annexed drawings.