Improvements in Teapots, Oil Cans, and like Liquid Containers.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Teapots, Oil Cans, and like Liquid Containers.
I, ALEXANDER DEARN SCOTT DALGLIESH, of 56, Palmerston Drive, Litherland,
near Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to teapots, kettles, oil cans, and other liquid containers
which generally bave loose lids which allow the contents to overflow unless great care
is exercised in pouring; and the object is to provide means whereby the disadvantages
which result from such overflowing, such as loss of liquid, staining of tablecloths, and
damaging or dirtying of surrounding objects by the spilling of the liquid, may be
obviated.
For this purpose
provide a teapot or other container with a projecting piece at
the top which forms a channel or hollow space, surrounding or partly surrounding the
the lid, or I form a channel in the body of the teapot, into which channel or hollow
space any liquid overflowing past the lid will run, and from such channel I provide a
tube leading into the spout of the teapot in such manner that any liquid overflowing
into the channel will pass therefrom into the spout and be discharged with the liquid
passing through the spout in the ordinary way, thus any spilling of liquid by reason
of the overflowing is prevented.
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Improvements in Teapots, Oil Cans, and like Liquid Containers.
I, ALEXANDER DEARN SCOTT DALGLIESH, of 56, Palmerston Drive, Litherland,
near Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be par-
ticularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement, reference
being had to the accompanying drawings:-
This invention relates to teapots, kettles, oilcans and other liquid containers which
generally have loose lids which allow the contents to overflow when pouring unless
great care is exercised in pouring; and the object is to provide means whereby the
disadvantages which result from such overflowing, such as loss of liquid, staining of
tablecloths, and damaging or dirtying of surrounding objects by the spilling of the
liquid, may be obviated.
For this purpose I provide a teapot or other container with a projecting piece at the
top which forms a channel or hollow space surrounding or partly surrounding the lid,
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page_text: or I form a channel or hollow space in the body of the teapot into which channel or
hollow space any liquid overflowing past the lid will run, and from such channel I
provide a tube leading into the spout of the teapot in such manner that any liquid over-
flowing into the channel will pass therefrom into the spout and be discharged with
the liquid passing through the spout in the ordinary way, thus any spilling of liquid by
reason of the overflowing is prevented.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 is a side elevation and Fig. 2 is a vertical section of a teapot constructed
according to my invention. a is the body of the pot, b is the lid fitting into an
opening c in the top d of the pot as usual, e is a piece formed with and projecting up from
the top d all round the opening c and lid b. This projecting piece forms with the
top da channel or hollow space f all round the lid into which channel or hollow space
any liquid overflowing, through the opening c past the lid, will run. g is a tube or
passage communicating from the channel to the spout h of the pot so that any
liquid which may flow into such channel f from the opening c when liquid is being
poured from the spout will flow through such tube g into the spout and be discharged
with the liquid passing through the spout. Thus there is no liability of liquid which
may overflow through the opening c being spilled over surrounding objects.
Fig. 3 is a side elevation partly in section of a modified construction of teapot
under my invention. Here the channel is formed partly in the body a of the pot
and below the top d but the action or function is the same as under Figs. 1 and 2.
Any liquid overflowing through the opening c past the lid falls into the channel f,
and is thence conducted to the spout h by the tube or passage g. Instead of the
channel being carried all round the lid it may only be carried partially round
and on that side nearest the spout, as in most cases overflowing only takes place
when the pot is tilted in the direction of the spout.
Fig. 4 is a side elevation partly in section of an oil can embodying my im-
provements. Like letters indicate similar parts as in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 and the
action or function is the same; the projecting piece e being soldered or otherwise
attached to the top d and forming a channel which communicates with the spout h
by the tube g.
Fig. 5 is a perspective view shewing my invention as applied to a watering
can. Here the projecting piece e is shown only partly surrounding the lid, the
hollow space or channel formed thereby communicating with the spout h by
the tube y as before described.
It will be obvious that my invention may be applied to all kinds of liquid con-
tainers where it is desired to prevent damage or annoyance from overflowing and
also that various modifications other than those illustrated might be made without
departing from the nature of my invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
The combination with a teapot or other liquid container having a channel or
hollow space surrounding or partly surrounding the lid, of a tube or passage com-
municating from such channel or hollow space to the spout of such teapot or other
container substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
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