Improvements in Drinking Vessels, and in Appliances connected therewith.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 10th June, 1897
Complete Specification Left, 9th Dec., 1897-Accepted, 22nd Jan., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Drinking Vessels, and in Appliances connected
therewith.
I, WILLIAM BODEN, of 8 and 9, Corn Exchange Buildings, Sheffield, in the County
of York, Brewers' Manager, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be
as follows:-
The object of my invention is to provide an appliance partaking of the nature of
a portable moustache guard whereby beverages such as bottled ale, stout, or other
effervescent liquors, may be.drunk or poured out from a drinking vessel without the
inconvenience usually experienced from the frothy head which accumulates on such
liquors, or it may be used for drinking non effervescing beverages such as tea, coffee
and the like.
I carry out my invention by constructing a simple and inexpensive portable
appliance which can be readily adapted for use with a tumbler, tankard, cup or other
drinking vessel and although applicable to a variety of such vessels, a description of
it as applied to an ordinary tumbler glass will suffice.
or cover
My improved appliance partakes partly of the nature of a lid
and partly of the nature of a deflector or guard, and may be made of
glass, porcelain, horn, celluloid, ebonite, wood, metal, or other suitable substance
or combination of substances. For convenience I will describe it as made
of metallic plate, say German silver or pewter, a thin sheet of which I cut
or stamp when flat into the required shape, one half or thereabouts, which forms the
lid or cover portion, I make semi-circular or in the form of a segment of a circle the
chord of which is slightly greater than the diameter of the tumbler glass with which
it is to be used, the other part, which forms the deflector or guard I cut or stamp to
the required shape so that when it is bent down to the required angle the edge of
the same fits the inside of the tumbler but not too closely to allow of the liquor to
flow up to the lips of the tumbler free or comparatively free from froth.
From the foregoing description it will be seen that the lid portion of the appliance
is semi-circular and large enough to rest upon and cover over about half the diameter
of the top of the tumbler. The other or deflector portion being semi-elliptical and
formed to fit downwards inside the tumbler at such an angle that its lowest and front
edge dips below the surface of the froth in a full glass, so that liquor free or
comparatively free from froth may be drunk or poured therefrom leaving the froth at
the back of the deflector. To facilitate the flow of the liquor when the lid and
deflector are in use I provide a small hole in the lid portion to act as a vent.
Sometimes provide the lid or cover portion of the appliance with a flange or flanges
to fit inside or outside the tumbler and sometimes I make the lid or deflector, or
both, concave or otherwise than flat as first described. Sometimes I use the appliance
as a inedium for advertizing.
Dated this 9th day of June 1897
R. HEBER RADFORD,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Drinking Vessels, and in Appliances connected
therewith.
1. WILLIAM BODEN, of 8, Corn Exchange Buildings, Sheffield, in the County
of York, Brewers' Manger, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention aud
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 provide an appliance pariaking, of the nature of a
portable moustache guard whereby beverages such as bottled ale, stout or other
effervescent liquors may be drunk or poured out from a drinking vessel without the
inconvenience usually experienced from the frothy head which accumulates on such
liquors, or it may be used for drinking non-effervescing beverages such as ten, coffee
and the like.
I carry out my invention by constructing a simple and inexpensive portable
appliance which can be readily adapted for use with a tumbler, tankard, cup or other
drinking vessel and although applicable to a variety of such vessels, a description
of it as applied to an ordinary tumbler glass will suffice.
The nature of my invention will be better understood on reference to the
accompanying sheet of drawings in which,
Fig. 1. Is a top view or plan of my improved appliance.
Fig. 2. len side view of the same, and,
Fig. 3. Is a side view of an ordinary tumbler glass shewing the appliance in
position for use as it would appear when the tumbler was tilted at an angle for
drinking purposes.
The same letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.
My improved appliance partakes partly of the nature of a lid or cover and partly
of the nature of a deflector or guard, and may be made of glass, porcelain, horn,
celluloid, ebonite, wood, metal, or other suitable substances or combination of
substances. For convenience I will describe it, as made of metallic plate, suy German
silver or pewter, a thin sheet of which 1 cut or stamp when flat into the required
shape. One half or thereabouts, which forms the lid or cover portion, I make semi-
circular or in the form of a segment of a circle the chord of which is slightly greater
than the diameter of the tumbler glass with which it is to be used, the other part,
which forms the deflector or guard Ient or stamp to the required shape so that when
it is bent down to the required angle the edge of the same fits the inside of the
tumbler but not too closely to allow of the liquor to flow up to the lips of the tumbler
free or comparatively free from froth, as shewn at a, and 6, Figs. 1, 2, & 3.
From the foregoing description it will be seen that the lid portion, a, of the
appliance is semi-circular and large enough to rest upon and cover over about half
the diameter of the top of the tumbler, c. The other or deflector portion, b, being
semi-elliptical and formed to fit downwards inside the tumbler at such an angle that
the lowest and front edge dips below the surface of the froth in a full glass, so that
liquor free or comparatively free from froth may be drunk or poured therefrom
leaving the froth at the back of the deflector. To facilitate the flow of the liquor
when the lid and deflector are in use provide a small hole, d, in the lid portion to
net as a vent, Sometimes provide the lid or cover portion of the appliance with a
flange or flanges, e, to fit inside or outside the tumbler as shewn by the dotted lines,
and sometimes I make the lid or deflector or both, concave or otherwise than flat.
as first described. Sometimes I use the appliance as a medium for advertizing.
The dotted line,, represents the level of the liquor within the tumbler when
tilted, the space, y, above, being occupied by the froth.

page_text: 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. In a portable appliance adapted for use with a drinking vessel, partaking of the
nature of a lid or cover and partly of the nature of a deflector or guard, the particular
shape or configuration of the whole in combination with the angle of deflection of the
guard portion of the appliance in the manner and for the purposes substantially as
Tierein described and illustrated in the accompanying sheet of drawings.
2. In a portable appliance adapted for use with a drinking vessel as described in
Claim 1, the addition of a flange or flanges in the manner and for the purposes
substantially as herein described and illustrated by the dotted lines, e, on the
accompanying sheet of drawings.
R. HEBER RADFORD,
Agent for the Applicant.