IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF GOBLETS, JUGS, AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES."
Year: 1859

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Garrett, of Arundel Place, Haymarket, in
the County of Middlesex, Tinman, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF GOBLETS, JUGS, AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Garrett at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 7th
April 1859.
I, JOHN GARRETT, of Arundel Place, Haymarket, in the County of Middle-
sex, Tinman, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF GOBLETS, JUGS, AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES," to
be as follows:
The object of this Invention is so to construct drinking and other vessels of
glass or analogous material, that when the bowl is broken it may be readily
replaced, and at but little cost in comparison with the present cost of such
articles. To this end I mount the bowl in a setting of metal, which will thus.
in a measure be protected from liability to injury, and may be readily removed
to facilitate the cleaning of the bowl. The metallic portion of the vessel
constitutes the foot and handle or handles of the goblet, jug, or other article;.
and I secure the bowl in place by making it fit at bottom on to a projection
or into a hollow in the metallic foot, and causing the upper part of the handle
(which is connected to the foot) to clip the edge of the bowl.
making a tankard, it is required to apply a lid, I hinge the
When, as in
same. to the.

page_text: handle, and to prevent the bowl from turning round in its setting, I either
notch the bowl to receive a projection from the metallic fitting, or mould a
square projection on the bowl to fit a corresponding recess in the foot.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John Garrett in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 7th
October 1859.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
GARRETT, of Arundel Place, Haymarket, in the County of Middlesex, Tinman,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Seventh day of April, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, in the twenty-second year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said John Garrett, Her special license that I, the said John Garrett,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others às I, the said
John Garrett, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time
agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
CONSTRUCTION OF GOBLETS, JUGS, AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said John Garrett, by an instrument in writing
under my hand and seal, should particularly describe and ascertain the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manuer the same was to be
performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office
within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
Letters Patent.
.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Garrett, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement, reference being had to the Drawing hereunto annexed, and to
the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to say):-
The object of this Invention is so to construct drinking and other vessels of
glass, china, or earthenware, that when by accident the bowl is broken it may
be readily replaced, and at but little cost in comparison with the present cost
of such articles. To this end I propose to mount the bowl in a setting of

page_text: metal, which will thus in a measure be protected from liability to injury, and
may be readily removed to facilitate the cleaning of the bowl. This metallic
portion of the vessel constitutes the foot and handle or handles of the goblet,
jug, or other article; and I secure the bowl in place by making it fit at bottom.
on to a projection or into a hollow in the metallic foot, and causing the upper
part of the handle (which is connected to the foot) to clip the edge of.
the bowl.
In the accompanying Drawing, Fig. 1 shews in side elevation and Fig. 2 in
vertical section, a glass goblet fitted according to my Invention.
a is the metal stem fitted with a projection, which enters a central hole
formed in the bottom of the bowl, and 6 is the handle secured to the metal
stem a, and carrying at its upper part a clip c for clipping the edge of the.
bowl. This clip may be either a rigid projection on the handle, or it may be a.
hinged piece secured by a removeable pin, as shewn in the detached views
(drawn to full size) at Figures 8. The simplest form of my improved
mounting for goblets will have a clip c forming a portion of the handle,.
and a fixed. pin projecting from the foot into a central hole or recess in the
bowl. In this arrangement the elasticity of the metallic handle will be relied
upon for retaining the bowl, which is to be sprung into its metallic fitting.
But in order to allow for variations in the size of bowls when one is replaced.
by another, I prefer to make the pin in the foot a adjustable. This may be
effected in many ways, one of which I will now explain with reference to
Fig. 2. The stem a, it will be seen, is hollow, and fitted with a tube 1, which
has a square or angular opening at its upper end to form a guide for the
adjustable central pin 2, and prevent it from turning round. This pin is
tapped at its lower end to receive a flanged nut 3, which is retained in position
by the edge of its flange being turned over the flange of the central tube 1.
Attached to the upper end of the pin 2 is a cap 4; which forms the seat for the
glass bowl. In order therefore to remove the bowl, whether for cleaning or
otherwise, it is only necessary to lower the cap 4 of the centre pin by turning
the nut 3 (which is provided with a thumb-piece for the purpose), and the bowl
will then become disengaged from the retaining clip c, and may be lifted from
its seat. As this arrangement allows for an increase or diminution of the
distance between the supporting surface of the stem a and the clip c, it will be
evident that bowls varying considerably in size may be readily secured in the
same metallic fitting.
At Figures 4 and 5 I have shewn in side elevation and vertical section a
glass bowl fitted according to my Invention, and forming a tankard. In this
instance the bowl d is provided with a metal lid e, which is hinged to the

page_text: handlef a little in the rear of the clip which bears on the edge of the bowl.
The bowl may be prevented from turning round in its setting (if that be:
desired) either by notching the bowl to receive a projection from the metallic.
fitting, or by moulding a square projection on the bowl to fit a corresponding
recess in the foot. In this example I have shewn a central pin g projecting
from the foot into a hole formed in the bottom of the bowl, which pin is pressed
upwards by a coiled spring h, and serves to retain the bowl in its seat. A
button on the lower end of the pin 9. allows of the pin being drawn down
when it is required to release the bowl from its fitting.
.* Having now set forth the nature of my Invention of "Improvements in the
Construction of Goblets, Jugs, and other like Articles," and explained the.
manner of carrying the same into effect, I would remark that I am aware that
glass vessels (chiefly bottles) have been mounted in metallic fittings, but the
plan adopted for this purpose has been to surround the neck with a removeable
hoop or collar secured to a vertical stem. standing up from the foot, which
arrangement is perfectly distinct from and entirely. inapplicable to the main
purpose of my Invention; what I claim under the above in part recited Letters
Patent is, providing glass and earthenware drinking vessels, to which the
Invention may be beneficially applied, with a metallic fitting, in the manner
and for the purpose above described.
.In witness whereof, I, the said John Garrett, have hereunto set my
'hand and seal, the Seventh day of October, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.
Witness,
:
J. W. MOFFATT,
66, Chancery Lane.
JOHN GARRETT. (L.S.)