An Improved Tea or other Herb Infuser.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Oct., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 21st June, 1889-Accepted, 27th July, 1889
TRUVIDIONAL SI ECIFICATION.
An Improved Tea or other Herb Infuser.
FREDERICK EDWARD VERNEY TAYLOR of Normanton Cottage Derby in the County
of Derbyshire, Captain 2nd Derbyshire Regiment do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
My invention has for its object the rapid infusion of tea and other herbs whereby
the ordinary tea pot or other separate vessel is dispensed with and the tea made direct
in.the Cup or other vessel from which it is to be consumed. I do not limit the
employment of my infuser to cups and small vessels but employ it with considerable
advantage when using pots, urns and larger bowls that are to supply smaller ones.
In carrying my invention into effect I construct a metal or other plate which I
perforate with a number of small holes; the shape or configuration of the plate being
such that it will fit upon and over an ordinary spoon, being held securely upon the
spoon by small clips which project from the plate and fit upon the spoon. I also
arrange the side of the plate so that the holes which are perforated therein may allow
the water to enter and escape from the sides as well as from the front of the plate.
The clips I construct in such a manner that the plate can be pushed on to the
spoon and the yielding nature of the clips allow of their automatically closing
upon the surface of the spoon; or I form them in such a manner that a slight
pressure from the finger and thumb shall cause the plate to be securely attached
to the spoon.
When employing my Improved Infuser to make a decoction of tea rapidly for a
small vessel or cup I place the tea leaves in the spoon and attach the perforated plate
over the tea leaves and upon the spoon, then after placing the spoon within the cup I
pour in boiling water and stir well with the spoon. By this system I am enabled to
make tea of all required strength and in a very short space of time.
I do not limit the material of the plate to metals but employ a suitable material
such as bone or any composition material with spring clips formed upon or attached
to the plate.
I do not limit myself to the perforated plate, but employ a combination of parts of
spoon and plate or perforated receptacle and handle, the receptacle being so arranged
that it may hinge or open for the purpose of receiving the Tea or other Herb.
Dated this 8th day of October 1888.
MARKS & CLERK,
Agents for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Tea or other Herb Infuser.
I, FREDERICK EDWARD VERNEY TAYLOR, of Normanton Cottage, Derby, in the
County of Derby, a Captain in the Second Battalion of the Derbyshire Regiment, 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:-
My invention has for its object the rapid infusion of tea and other herbs whereby
the ordinary tea pot or other separate vessel is dispensed with and the tea made direct
in the cup or other vessel from which it is to be consumed. I do not limit the
employment of my infuser to cups and small vessels but employ it with considerable
advantage when using pots, urns, and larger bowls that are to supply smaller ones.
In carrying my invention into effect, I construct a metal or other plate which I
perforate with a number of small holes; the shape or configuration of the plate being
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such that it will fit upon and over an ordinary spoon being held securely upon the
spoon by small clips which project from the plate and fit upon the spoon.
arrange the side of the plate so that the holes which are perforated therein may allow
the water to enter and escape from the sides as well as from the front of the plate.
The invention will be well understood by referring to the accompanying drawings,
which are furnished in illustration thereof.
Figure 1 shews: aplate with clips for attachment to" an ordinary spoon; and
Figures 2 and 3 shew a spoon with a plate hinged thereto open and closed.
The plate A may be of any suitable shape but I prefer to construct it in the form
of the bowl of a spoon and preferably of the size of an ordinary teaspoon, and to
perforate it with a large number of small perforations all over its surface as shewn in
Figure 1, so as to allow free and ready access of the water or other liquid to the tea
or other herb when an infusion is being prepared. The clips B are preferably made
of soft metal such as sheet tin soldered, brazed or in any other way affixed to the
sides of the plate A, or they may be formed in one with the said plate A i.e. blocked
or stamped out of one piece of metal with the plate A. The clips B may then be
bent or turned up so as to conform to the shape of the outside of the spoon bowl over
which they are slid until the plate is in correct position, where a slight pressure of the
finger and thinh may be used to secure them to the bowl of the spoon.
In figures 2 and 3 the plate A is shewn hinged at E to the bowl of the spoon and
provided with a hook or catch C taking into a staple D affixed to or constructed on
the neck of the spoon.
In this form the catch and staple take the place of the clips
shewn in Figure 1 and the bowl of the spoon may of course be perforated also if
found desirable. The hinge E may be placed on one of the sides of the bowl instead
of at the end as shewn in Figures 2 and 3, and the catch C on the other side, the
staple being of course in a corresponding position on the outside of the spoon bowl,
but I prefer to place the hinge at the end of the spoon as shewn, as it is far more
convenient to manipulate when the staple is on the front of the spoon, and moreover,
the staple is more easily and firmly affixed or constructed when on the spoon neck.
When employing my improved infuser to make a decoction of tea rapidly for a
small vessel or cup I place the tea in the spoon and place the perforated plate over the
tea and upon the spoon, then after placing the spoon within the cup I pour in boiling
water and stir well with the spoon. By this system I am enabled to make tea of all
required strength and in a very short space of time.
I do not limit the material of the plate to metals but employ any suitable material
such as wire gauze, cloth, bone, or a composition material with spring clips or a
sheath or other simple device by which the plate or cloth or material may be attached
to the spoon.*
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
(1) The construction of a perforated plate A with side clips B, substantially as
and for the purpose herein before set forth and illustrated in Figure 1 of the
accompanying drawings.
(2) The combination of a plain or perforated spoon with a perforated plate A or
sheath hinged or otherwise secured thereto, with a hook and staple or equivalent'
fastening device, substantially as, and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth and
illustrated in Figures 2 and 3 of the accompanying drawings.
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CASTLE SMITH
Per F., W. Golby,..
"Invention" Office, 54, Fleet Street, London, E.C., Agent for the Applicant.