A NEW OR IMPROVED METRICAL FUNNEL OR TUN-DISH
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Long and William Trow, both of Birmingham,
in the County of Warwick, for an Invention of "A NEW OR IMPROVED
METRICAL FUNNEL OR TUN-DISH."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Long and William
Trow at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 7th February
1880.
WILLIAM LONG and WILLIAM TROW, both of Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick. "A NEW OR IMPROVED METRICAL FUNNEL OR TUN-DISH."
Our Invention consists of certain improvements herein after described substan-
tially of the following construction, combination, or arrangement of parts:-
1. We construct the body of the vessel of any desired form and metrical capacity,
according to our requirement, and of any material, metal by preference.
2. To the base and interior of the said vessel we arrange a valve, slide, ball, or
of other construction, and in conformity with this the funnel, the form of which
corresponds to the interior of the neck of a bottle. To the exterior of the said
funnel we employ an helical or other spring, the power of which keeps the valve
closed. The vessel may now be employed to its purpose, and then the funnel
placed in the neck of the bottle with a downward pressure, the spring becomes
compressed, the valve opened, and its contents discharged into the bottle. Upon
releasing the pressure it regains its normal position.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said William Long and William Trow in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 4th August 1880.
WILLIAM LONG and WILLIAM TROW, both of Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick. "A NEW OR IMPROVED METRICAL FUNNEL OR TUN-DISH."
Our Invention consists of certain improvements herein after described substan-
tially of the following construction, combination, or arrangement of parts:-
1. We construct the body of the vessel of any desired form and metrical capacity,
according to our requirement, and of any material, metal by preference.

page_text: 2. To the base and interior of the said vessel we arrange a valve, slide, ball, or
of other construction, and in continuity with this the funnel, the form of which
corresponds to the interior of the neck of a bottle. To the exterior of the said
funnel we employ an helical or other spring, the power of which keeps the valve
closed. The vessel may now be employed to its purpose, and then the funnel
placed in the neck of the bottle with a downward pressure, the spring becomes
compressed, the valve opened, and its contents discharged into the bottle. Upon
releasing the pressure it regains its normal position.
And in order that this our said Invention may be more clearly understood, we
will proceed to describe the same with reference to the annexed Drawings.
Fig. 1 on the accompanying Sheet of Drawings is a view in elevation of our
improvements; Fig. 2, plan view of same; Fig. 3, view in elevation, sectional ;
Fig. 4, plan view of same.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several Figures of
the Drawings.
A is the body and measure with its handle B; C is a tubular form secured
permanently to A. This is arranged to receive the valve D, which works in its
interior and vertically. This said valve is arranged with the apertures D', which
are in continuity with the aperture or discharge pipe D². The form of E admits
of its entrance into the month of a bottle or vessel when so required. Upon the
exterior of the valve D is fed the helical or coiled spring F, held in position and
secreted by E, the interior of which is screwed correspondingly to the exterior of
D, as illustrated at G. When pressure is applied to the projecting bead E', as
would be required when discharging the contents of the measure A into a bottle or
any other part of E, the spring yields and becomes compressed, the valve D rises
vertically, the passage is opened, by which its contents are discharged. Upon
releasing the pressure it regains its normal position; this is illustrated by Fig. 3.
In Fig. 1 we illustrate the mode of actuating the valve D, as Fig. 3, and its
component parts, by means of the lever H and the vertical rod I passing through
the handle B. The descending movement is effected by pressure of the thumb
upon the stud I', the spring J yielding, when E will rise and the valve D open;
when released the return power of J will close the same.
Having now given a general description of our Invention, and shewn by
Drawings how the same is to be performed or carried into practical operation, we
would have it understood that we do not limit ourselves to the precise details of
construction or arrangement herein given, as various modifications may be pursued
without affecting the character of our Invention, but what we claim as new and
original, and desire to be secured to us by the herein before in part recited Letters
Patent for "A New or Improved Metrical Funnel or Tun-dish" is,-
The combination and arrangement of parts forming a valve for the purposes
herein before set forth and described, or any mere modification.
In witness whereof, we, the said William Long and William Trow, have
hereunto set our hands and seals, this Third day of August, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighty.
Witness,
THOMAS KENDRICK,
(L.S.)
WILLIAM LONG.
WILLIAM TROW. (L.S.)