Improvements in Foot Warmers.
Year: 1896

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Foot Warmers.
I CHARLES PHILLIPS of Bridge Street Castleford in the County of York
Earthenware Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The object of my invention is to produce a foot warmer of such a form and
material, that it fulfills in itself all the requirements which may be desired in a foot
warner; without having to have resource to the use of hot water, which latter
necessitates the use of cork or screw plugs or other fittings, which may become loose-
and allow the water to escape.
My invention consists in making the foot warmer of fire clay or earthenware of a
sufficiently refractory composition and of the form or forms hereafter described,
and preferably afterwards glazing the foot warıner on the outside, or on both the
outside and the interior; the glaze being of any desired colour. The foot warmer is
moulded so as to be semi-circular, or D shaped, or quadrant shaped, or half D shaped
cross section, or of approximate cross section to the above. From one end to near
the other end the foot warmer is formed hollow, but always so that the walls are of
comparitively excessive thickness. The closed end of the foot warmer is moulded or
formed with a handle shaped projection or knob, by means of which the foot warmer
can be readily handled.
The above described foot warmer can be formed solid instead of hollow, but both.
for manufacture and use, the first described hollow or perforated form is the best.
Dated this 3rd day of February 1896
J. CLARK JEFFERSON,
30 Park Row, Leeds, Agent for Applicant.
Improvements in Foot Warmers.
I CHARLES PHILLIPS of Bridge Street Castleford in the County of York
Earthenware Manufacturer 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 :-
The object of my invention is to produce a foot warmer of such a form and
material, that it fulfills in itself all the requirements which may be desired in a foot
warmer; without having to have resource to the use of hot water, which latter
necessitates the use of cork or screw plugs or other fittings, which may become loose
and allow the water to escape.
My invention consists in making the foot warmer of fire clay or earthenware of a
sufficiently refractory composition and of the form or forms hereafter described and
preferably afterwards glazing the foot warmer on the outside, or on both the outside

page_text: and interior; the glaze being of any desired colour. The foot warmer is moulded so
as to be semicircular or D shaped, or quadrant shaped or half D shaped in cross
section or of approximate cross section to the above. From one end to near the
other end the foot warmer is formed hollow, but always so that the walls are of
comparitively excessive thickness.
The closed end of the foot warmer is moulded or formed with a handle shaped
projection or knob, preferably in the centre of a hemispherical recess, by means of
which the foot warmer can be readily handled.
The open end, or what for the sake of distinction is herein referred to as the open
end, is provided with an opening considerably smaller than the hollow portion of the
foot warmer, so that it may be closed by a cork or plug, and thus prevent the escape
of the heated air in the interior.
And in order that my invention and the manner in which the same is to be
performed may be more readily and clearly understood I have annexed hereto the
accompanying drawings which are perspective views from opposite ends of a foot
warmer constructed in accordance with my invention.
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 use and construction of foot warmers of fire clay earthenware and the like, of
or approximately of D or half D section and having the walls of relatively great
thickness and the hollow interior open to the outside only through one end sub-
stantially as and for the purpose herein set forth and illustrated.
Dated this 2nd day of November 1896.
J. CLARK JEFFERSON,
30 Park Row, Leeds, Agent for Applicant.