Improvements in or in connection with Cups and Tubes for Exhibiting Chrysanthemums and other Cut Flowers.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Nov., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 7th Aug., 1894-Accepted, 8th Sept., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or in connection with Cups and Tubes for
Exhibiting Chrysanthemums and other Cut Flowers.
JAMES MYERS Gardener Hinchingbrooke Gardens Huntingdon, and WILLIAM
EDWARD MARTIN Engineer Abbots Ripton, Hunts do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
A flap or tongue, of oval or other suitable shape, is hinged at the top end to the
inside of inner or cup tube, the bottom being compressed with a spiral wire, or
other suitable spring, against the opposite side of tube & forms a trap so that when
the stalk of the flower is passed through the tube it will open the flap or tongue &
be automatically held in the required position by the compression of the spring.
This spring can have one end passed through the side of tube & act as a means for
adjusting it to any height or position by compressing against the inside of outer,
or water, tube. The outer, or water, tube is adjustable & held at any suitable height
or angle by a double wire spring attached to the flanged collar secured to the
show board.
The above consists of three parts viz.
(1) Inner or cup tube with spring & attachment for holding the flower
adjustment.
(2) Outer or water tube for holding water to nourish the flower.
(3) Flanged collar (which is fastened to show board) with spring attachment for
adjusting outer or water tube, which we can either use together or separately & we
can also make modifications of same.
Dated this 4th day of November 1893.
JAMES MYERS.
WILLIAM EDWARD MARTIN.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or in connection with Cups and Tubes for
Exhibiting Chrysanthemums and other Cut Flowers.
We, JAMES MYERS, Gardener, Hinchingbrooke Gardens, Huntingdon, and.
WILLIAM EDWARD MARTIN Engineer, Abbots Ripton Huntingdon, 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:-
Our invention relates to an improved holder for receiving and exhibiting
chrysanthemums and other cut flowers, and it consists of a cup tube having a spring
tongue to hold the stalk of the flower, of a water tube adapted to receive the cup.
tube and of a flanged collar for attachment to the show board or table fitted with a
spring attachment for adjusting the height of the water tube.
In the accompanying drawing which illustrates our invention Figure 1 is a view
in elevation of our improved holder, Figure 2 is a view in plan thereof, and.
Figure 3 is a view in sectional elevation thereof showing the holder extended.
Throughout the views similar parts are marked with like letters of reference.
In the cup A is hinged an oval or other suitably shaped plate B pressed at its
bottom end to close the bottom of the tube A by means of a wire spring C. The

page_text: wire spring is preferably constructed and arranged as shown so as not only to
act as a spring for the plate B but also as a pivot for the said plate and as a spring
for the tube A to give it a frictional grip in the water tube D to enable it to be
adjusted at any height in respect therewith. The water tube D has a closed bottom
and a fing d or other suitable stop adapted to come into contact with the top of
the flanged collar E to prevent it falling through the said collar. To enable the
water tube D to be placed at any height with respect to the flanged collar E a
double wire spring F of the type shown by the drawing is mounted on the inside
of the flanged collar to bear against the water tube.
The flanged collar is adapted to be fixed to the show table or board and it will
seen that the stalk of the flower can be held in any position and that the height of
it can be varied as desired.
By use of the wire springs as herein before described and shown by the accom-
panying drawing broken springs can be easily and readily replaced.
We wish it to be particularly understood that we do not limit ourselves to the
precise details of construction hereinbefore described and illustrated by the
accompanying drawing, but that we hold ourselves at liberty to make such changes
and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of our invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is:-
1. The improved holder for exhibiting chrysanthemums and other cut flowers,
substantially as set forth.
2. In a holder for exhibiting cut flowers, the combination of the cup
tube A, the plate B, the combined spring C, the water tube D, the flanged
collar E and the double wire spring F, all combined, arranged and adapted to
operate as set forth.
Dated this 6th day of August 1894.
ROBERT E. PHILLIPS, M.I.M.E.,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent.