AN IMPROVED POCKET CHALICE OR COMMUNION CUP, APPLICABLE ALSO AS A DRINKING CUP FOR THE USE OF TRAVELLERS AND OTHERS
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
I, ALEXANDER MELVILLE CLARK, of the firm of A. M. and Wm. Clark, of
53, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Fellow of the Institute of Patent
Agents, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for AN IMPROVED
POCKET CHALICE OR COMMUNION CUP, APPLICABLE ALSO AS A DRINKING CUP FOR
THE USE OF TRAVELLERS AND OTHERS a communication to me from abroad by
Charles Jared Curtis, of Washington, District of Columbia, United States of
America, Clergyman to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a chalice or communion cup for the use of missionaries
and travelling clergymen, and it consists in making said chalice in three separate
parts, a bowl, a base and an intermediate stem or shank, having, corresponding
screw threaded projections and sockets, which parts are capable of being fastened
together as a chalice or goblet, or of being taken apart and the base and stem
portion packed within the bowl to reduce its size to the smallest possible compass,
so that it may be carried in the pocket.
The bowl is made with straight flared sides, with a screw threaded socket at its
lower side. The stem or shank piece is for the sake of lightness made hollow with
a screw threaded projection at its upper end, which fits the socket on the bottom of
the bowl, and at its lower end has a screw threaded socket, that fits upon a screw
threaded projection on the base, which has also a screw socket underneath the
same.
When the parts of the chalice are to be disposed for more compact portability,
the base, bowl, and stem are all detached from each other. The stem is then placed
inside the base, and its screw projection is turned into the socket of the base and
the base then inverted and dropped into the bowl.
This improved pocket cup is also applicable for the use of travellers, tourists,
sportsmen and otherwise where compactness and easy portability are desired.

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I, ALEXANDER MELVILLE CLARK, of the firm of A. M. and Wm. Clark, of
53, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Fellow of the Institute of Patent
Agents, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED
POCKET CHALICE OR COMMUNION CUP, APPLICABLE ALSO AS A DRINKING CUP FOR
THE USE OF TRAVELLERS AND OTHERS (a communication to me from abroad by
Charles Jared Curtis of Washington, District of Columbia, United States of
America, Clergyman,) and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This Invention relates to a chalice or Communion cup for the use of Missionaries
and travelling Clergymen and it consists in making said chalice in three separate
parts, a bowl, a base and an intermediate stem or shank having corresponding
screw threaded projections and sockets which parts are capable of being fastened
together as a chalice or goblet, or of being taken apart and the base and stem
portion packed within the bowl to reduce its size to the smallest possible compass
so that it may be carried in the pocket.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this
Specification in which
Figure 1 is a vertical section of the Chalice when its parts are adjusted for use
and Figure 2 is a section of the same when adjusted in more compact form for
transportation.
A represents the bowl, B the shank or stem and C the base which when
connected together as in Figure 1 form a chalice or communion cup. The bowl A
is made with straight flared sides with a screw threaded socket ; at its lower side,
The stem or shank piece is for the sake of lightness made hollow with a screw
threaded projection e at its upper end which fits the socket on the bottom of the
bowl and at its lower end has a screw threaded socket k that fits upon a screw
threaded projection f on top of the base C, which base C has also a screw socket g
underneath the same. Now when the parts of the chalice are to be disposed for
more compact portability, the base, bowl, and stem are all detached from cach
other. The stem B is then placed inside the base, and its screw projection is
turned into the socket g of the base and the base then inverted and dropped into
the bowl as shown in figure 2.
In making use of the invention it may be employed for other purposes than a
Communion Cup, that is to say it may be used generally for travellers, tourists, or
sportsmen, or it may have any other application for which its compactness and easy
portability may recommend it.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
1st A chalice or cup composed of the three detachable parts, the bowl, the base,
and the intermediate stem or shank portion, having a screw threaded connection
with each other as and for the purposes described.

page_text: 2nd A chalice or cup composed of the bowl A with screw socket j, the shank or
stem B with screw projection e and socket k and the base C having screw threaded
projection f above and socket g underneath, as and for the purpose described.