Seeds, or Pulverulent Substances.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Mar., 1887.
Complete Left, 17th Sept., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 18th Oct:, 1887
Seeds, or Pulverulent Substances.
I JAMES BEESTON of 27 Warwick Row Coventry, Mechanician do hereby declare
the nature of my said invention to be as follows :-
My Invention has reference as hereinafter described in the application to an
ordinary open topped cylindrical or other shaped vessel of a suitable valve in the
bottom kept closed by the power of a spring or weighted, and opened by the pressure
of the thumb of the person holding the same, used for the measurement or serving of
liquids, such as wine, beer, milk, oil. and seeds of all kinds, or pulverulent substances.
I will describe my invention thus In a measuring or serving Vessel such as is
used for measuring milk, and which is generally made of Tin I provide in the bottom
of the vessel a valve of sufficiently large diameter to ensure a quick flow of the liquid,
this valve is inside the vessel and opens inside by preference, it is carried by a lever
of the first order, to the outer end of this lever is attached a vertical rod or wire
passing upwards in a tube just outside the vessel (so that the inside is clear) where
the handle is situated, there is a button on the top of this rod or wire which when
pressed by the thumb or finger of the person holding the measure opens the valve
in the bottom and allows of the escape of the liquid, a helical spring is provided
in the tube and fed upon the rod or wire which tends to keep the valve closed and
vertical wire and button in its uppermost position. Or I may dispense with the
spring for closing the valve by weighting the same, I may provide on the exterior
of the bottom of the measuring or serving vessel a funnel or tundish in connection
with it when such application is desirable.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Vessels Chiefly Used as Measures for Liquids,
Seeds, or Pulverulent Substances.
I, JAMES BEESTON, of 27 Warwick Row, Coventry, Mechanician, 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 :-
My Invention has reference as hereinafter described in the application to an
ordinary open topped cylindrical or other shaped vessel of a suitable valve in the
bottom kept closed by the power of a spring or weighted, and opened by the pressure
of the thumb of the person holding the same, used for the measurement or serving
of liquids, such as wine, beer, milk, oil, and seeds of all kinds, or pulverulent
substances.
I will describe my Invention thus-In a measuring or serving vessel such as is
used for measuring milk, and which is generally made of tin I provide in the bottoni
of the vessel a valve of sufficiently large diameter to ensure a quick flow of the liquid,
this valve is inside the vessel and opens inside by preference, it is carried by a lever
of the first order, to the outer end of this lever is attached a vertical rod or wire
passing upwards in a tube just outside the vessel (so that the inside is clear) where
the handle is situated. There is a button on the top of this rod or wire which when
pressed by the thumb or finger of the person holding the measure opens the valvo
in the bottom and allows of the escape of the liquid, a helical spring is provided in the
tube and fed upon the rod or wire which tends to keep the valve closed and vertical
wire and button in its uppermost position. Or I may dispense with the spring
for closing the valve by weighting the same. I may provide on the exterior
of the bottom of the measuring or serving vessel a funnel or tundish in connection
with it when such application is desirable.
Having thus specified the object, and nature of this my said Invention its descrip-
tion will be proceeded with in reference to the accompanying drawings, the same
letters of reference upon the several figures indicate like or corresponding parts that
is to say.
Fig. 1, A view vertical section.
Fig. 2, A plan view of same.
Fig. 3, A view vertical section of valve.
Fig. 4, A plan view complete.
a, is the measuring or serving vessel a', the handle, b, is the bottom and c, the
valve, working upon the joint or hinge d, e, is the lever connected thereto, f, is the
vertical rod working and secreted in the tube g; h, is the button upon f, which bears
upon e, i, is the helical spring which keeps the valve c, closed until pressure is applied
to jis the outlet in 6, m, is the funnel or tundish and n, its outlet.
In some cases I may dispense with the funnel or tundish m, in that case the
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page_text: to Fig. 1, that the button 1, is pressed down and upon the lever 1, which actuates and
opens the valve c, but upon releasing the pressure the said valve again becomes
closed.
I would observe in conclusion that I do not limit myself to the precise details
herein given and set forth as various modifications may be made without departing
essentially from the principle of this my said Invention for instance I may dispense
with the spring i, and reduce the tube y, in diameter sufficient to carry and secret the
rod f, or I may dispense with the tube altogether and let the said rodf, work in
loops affixed between a, and a¹ in that case I should increase the valve C, in size and
weight it sufficiently to keep it close, the mode of actuating it would be as above
described.
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 :-
The construction of a vessel with a valve interiorally by preference jointed or hinged,
with projecting lever and rod closed by the power of a spring and opened by pressure
against the same, or its equivalent a weighted lever without the spring for discharging
its contents, or part, with or without a funnel or tundish at its lowest part, as above
set forth, the whole arranged and operating substantially as herein before described
and illustrated thus forming "Improvements in vessels chiefly used as measures for
liquids, seeds or pulverulent substances."