Improvements in Drinking Vessels to be Used as Measures.
Year: 1896

page_text: Improvements in Drinking Vessels to be Used as Measures.
We ESTHER ABIGAIL STURGESS (Mrs.) and ROSE ASHCROFT (Mrs.) both of
No. 13 Stratford Avenue, Stratford Place, Highgate, Birmingham in the County of
Warwick, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the improvements hereinafter described in drinking
vessels to be used as measures, and has for its object to provide a simple means
by which a drinking vessel may be arranged and constructed as to be applicable
for a measure and to comply with the regulations and provisions of the Weights
and Measures Act whereby the exact capacity of the said measure may be varied
without injuring, defacing or in any way damaging the said vessel.
In manufacturing the aforesaid article many difficulties arise in adjusting a
pottery ware vessel to an exact measure, arising from the fact of the varying
contraction of the materials during the first or "biscuit" firing.
Several ways have hitherto been adopted to remedy this defect such as to cut
down some part of the top of the vessel by grinding or otherwise or by cutting
slots, or holes, in the vessel at a point of measurement by marking a "load line
at such point of measurement.
The objections to the grinding or cutting of the aforesaid articles are the damage
that is done to them. The objections to the "load-line" adjustment being that in
measuring frothy liquid the "load line" often ceases to be discernible before the
fluids have really reached it.
By our invention the defects and difficulties herein before described are avoided
and we are enabled to effect an adjustment of the containing capacity of the
aforesaid articles in an efficient and accurate manner.
Our invention is especially applicable to a pottery jug or mug, but may be
applied to a jug or mug made of any other material.
In carrying our invention into practice we take the cylindrical body part of the jug
or mug in its "biscuit" state when all the usual contraction that will occur in firing is
complete, and fit the same over a former of a suitable 'shape and of a size equal to
the capacity of the jug. We provide a bottom for the said jug or mug, also in its
"biscuit" state the said bottom being of a concave shape. We fit the said bottom into
the bottom part of the cylindrical body aforesaid and press the same down till it reaches
the top of the former thus adjusting the bottom to the capacity of the jug. When the
containing capacity has been determined and the handle fixed thereon the whole is
afterwards dipped into the usual vitreous glazing solution and fixed in the glost or
glazing oven, and by means of the complete fusion of the glaze the bottom is immoveably
fixed and becomes part of the jug or vessel, thus the exact measure is obtained without
in any way defacing or damaging the measure itself. The internal part of the bottom
of the vessel will be of a concave form thus enabling it being cleansed more readily
than heretofore with the ordinary flat bottom.
Dated this 1st day of July 1896
WILLIAM HENRY BARACLOUGH,
36 Temple Street, Birmingham, Agent for the Applicants.

page_text: Improvements in Drinking Vessels to be Used as Measures.
We, ESTHER ABIGAIL STURGESS (Mrs.) and ROSE ASHCROFT (Mrs.) both of
No. 13 Stratford Avenue, Stratford Place, Highgate Birmingham in the County of
Warwick 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 the improvements hereinafter described in drinking vessels
to be used as measures and has for its object to provide a simple means by which a
drinking vessel may be arranged and constructed as to be applicable for a measure and
to comply with the regulations and provisions of the Weights and Measures Act whereby
the exact capacity of the said measure may be varied without injuring, defacing or in
any way damaging the said vessel. In manufacturing the aforesaid article many
difficulties arise in adjusting a pottery ware vessel to an exact measure arising from
the fact of the varying contraction of the materials during the first or "biscuit firing."
Several ways have hitherto been adapted to remedy this defect such as to cut down
some part of the top of the vessel by grinding or otherwise, or by cutting slots, or
holes in the vessel at a point of measurement by marking a "load line" at such point.
The objection to the grinding or cutting of the aforesaid articles is the damage that is
done to them. The objection to the "load line" adjustment being that in measuring
frothy liquid the "load line" often ceases to be discernible before the fluids have really
reached it. By our invention the defects and difficulties herein before described are
avoided and we are enabled to effect an adjustment of the containing capacity of the
aforesaid articles in an efficient and accurate matter. Our invention is especially
applicable to a pottery jug or mug but may be applied to a-jug or mug of any other
material. In carrying our invention into practice we take the cylindrical body
part of the jug or mug in its "biscuit state" when all the usual contraction that
will occur in firing is complete and fit the same over a former of a suitable shape
and of a size equal to the capacity of the jug. We provide a bottom for the said
jug or mug. also in its "biscuit state," the said bottom being of a concave shape.
We fit the said bottom into the bottom part of the cylindrical body aforesaid and
press the same down till it reaches the top of the former thus adjusting the bottom
to the capacity of the jug. When the containing capacity has been determined
and the handle fixed thereon the whole is afterwards dipped in the usual vitreous
glazing solution and fired in the glost or glazing oven, and by means of the
complete fusion of the glaze the bottom is inmoveably fixed and becomes part of
the jug or vessel thus the exact measure is obtained without in any way defacing
or damaging the measure itself. The internal part of the bottom of the vessel will
be of a concave form thus enabling it being cleansed more readily than heretofore with
the ordinary flat bottom.
We will describe our invention by reference to the accompanying drawings the same
letters of reference indicating similar parts throughout.
Figure 1 represents in vertical section a drinking vessel made in accordance with
our invention the bottom portion of the vessel Figure 2 is inserted in the cylindrical
part A of the vessel as indicated by the dotted lines B. C. when in its "biscuit state,"
and is adjusted according to the desired containing capacity thereof; when in position
the vessel is dipped into the usual vitreous glazing solution and fired in the glost or
glazing oven.
The internal part of the bottom D is inade concave so as to enable the vessel being
readily cleansed.

page_text: 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 improvements in drinking vessels to be used as measures whereby the
containing capacity may be adjusted by means of the bottom substantially as described
and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
2. The formation of the bottom of a drinking vessel substantially as described and
illustrated at Figure 2 and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 30th day of March 1897.
WILLIAM HENRY BARACLOUGH,
36 Temple Street, Birmingham, Agent for the Applicants..