An Improved Waiter or Appliance for Carrying Glasses.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 28th June, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 9th Mar., 1894-Accepted, 9th June, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Waiter or Appliance for Carrying Glasses.
I, JAMES LANG Hairdresser 193 Fountainbridge Edinburgh in the County of
Midlothian, North Britain, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to an improved waiter or appliance for carrying glasses
at bars and other places; and is applicable to glasses having stems. The appliance
consists of a flat piece of wood or other material with two, three or other number
of slotted openings so that a number of glasses can be taken off the bar counter or
table by presenting the appliance to the stems of the glasses so that the stems are
thus placed within the slots and the glasses can thus be taken off the table so that
a number of glasses can be taken up at the same time; and also dispensing with the
necessity of taking up the glasses with the fingers.
When the glasses are standing on the table with their mouths downwards, they
can be at once reversed for filling, by the appliance; and after the glasses have
been set down, the appliance can at once be withdrawn. The face of the appliance
may be covered with rubber or like material to prevent the glasses slipping.
Dated this 27th day of June 1893.
JOHNSONS,
115, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Petitioner's Agents.
COMPLIM DI DUIFICATION.
An Improved Waiter or Appliance for Carrying Glasses.
I, JAMES LANG, of 193 Fountainbridge, Edinburgh, in the County of Midlothiau,
North Britain, Hairdresser, 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 :-
This invention relates to an improved waiter or appliance for collecting and
carrying glasses at bars and other places; and is applicable to glasses having
stems. The appliance consists of a flat piece of wood or other material with two,
three or other number of slotted openings forming fingers between which the
stems of the glasses are received, so that a number of glasses can be taken off the
bar, counter or table at the same time by presenting the appliance to the stems of
the glasses; thus dispensing with the necessity of taking up the glasses with the
fingers of the hand. The appliance whilst imitating the fingers of the hand enables
a large number of glasses to be taken up at the same time and without any liability
of spilling the contents of the glasses.
Figure 1 is a plan of the waiter and Figure 2 is a sectional elevation along the
liney. Figure 1 showing one glass held within one of the slots a but of course in
practice the five slots could take up five glasses.
As shown more particularly in Figure 1 recesses b are provided to receive the
bottom e of the tumbler and thus the tumbler is prevented from slipping out of the
slotted openings, should the waiter be canted over. The recesses 6 may be formed
by providing the thickened portion b'.
The underside of the waiter is preferably so formed as shown at e, Figure 2, as
to allow the fingers to be inserted between the counter or table and the underside

page_text: of the waiter so that the waiter can be conveniently taken up; supporting legs d
being provided.
Holes g may be provided for hanging up the appliance.
I prefer to use glasses having short stems, as shown in Figure 2, as the said
construction of glasses is better adapted to the waiter, the foot of such a glass
assisting in retaining the glass within the slot of the waiter, by reason of the
foot of the glass, when the waiter is held at an angle, bearing against the underside
of the waiter.
The waiter may be constructed of wood as shown, but it may be made of any
material, for example, of metal, or papier maché, which may be moulded or stamped
into the required shape.
The back portion of the waiter can be used for carrying other glasses or bottles
in the ordinary way.
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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 waiter or appliance for collecting and carrying glasses substantially as and
for the purposes herein before described and shown in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 8th day of March 1894.
JOHNSONS,
115, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Agente.