Improvements in the Construction of Vessels made to contain Liquids, and from which the Discharge is by a Spout or by a Lip; as in the Case of a Tea-pot or a Jug.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 7th June, 1898
Complete Specification Left, 7th Mar., 1899-Accepted, 6th May, 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Vessels made to contain Liquids,
and from which the Discharge is by a Spout or by a Lip; as in the
Case of a Tea-pot or a Jug.
I, GEORGE BARNLEY, Wesleyan Minister, of The Villas, Oadby, Leicestershire,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
I provide for catching the drippings of liquids, when poured from such vessel
Bo as to prevent their trickling down on the outside I thus avoid the unsightlı-
ness of having a soiled outer surface of the vessel itself, and preserve unsoiled
any cloth, or tray on which the vessel may be placed after the operation of pourin
is completed
This I do by incorporating with the front part of the vessel, a tube, or channel,
the upper end of which is broadened into a cuplike shape. This cuplike receptacle
is so fixed as to be at a small distance below the edge of the spout, or lip, over
which the liquid flows in its discharge from the vessel. The drippings are thus
intercepted, and pass into the above mentioned tube, or channel.
-
I then dispose of the drippings by either of the two following methods.-
The tube may communicate with the interior of the vessel through an orifice
at its lower end, and, in that case I adjust to it a ball and socket valve which
acts automatically, and which, while it admits the passage of the drops downward,
closes itself against any outflow through the tube.
Or, dispensing with the orifice, and the valve, I may make my tube to terminate,
at its lower extremity, in an enlargement sufficiently capacious to contain any
such accumulation of drops as may be deposited whilst the vessel is being used
Dated this 5th day of June 1898.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Vessels made to contain Liquids,
and from which the Discharge is by a Spout or by a Lip, as in the
Case of a Tea-pot or a Jug.
I, GEORGE BARNLEY, The Villas, Oadby, Leicestershire, Wesleyan Minister,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to

page_text: be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement.-
-
This invention relates to an improved device for catching drippings of liquids
when poured from vessels
I provide for catching the drippings of liquids when poured from such vessels,
60 as to prevent their trickling down on the outside I thus avoid the unsightlı-
ness of having a soiled outersurface of the vessel itself, and preserve unsoiled any
cloth or tray on which the vessel may be placed after the operation of pouring is
completed. This I do by incorporating with the front part of the vessel a tube
or channel, the upper end of which 18 broadened into a cup like shape. This
cuplike receptacle is so fixed as to be at a small distance below the edge of
the spout or lip over which the liquid flows in its discharge from the vessel.
The drippings are thus intercepted, and pass into the above mentioned tube or
channel I then dispose of the drippings by either of the two following methods:
The tube may communicate with the interior of the vessel through an orifice at
its lower end, and in that case I adjust to it a ball and socket valve which acts
automatically, and which while it admits the passage of the drops downward closes
itself against any outflow through the tube, or dispensing with the orifice, and
the valve I may make my tube to terminate at its lower extremity in an enlarge-
ment sufficiently capacious to contain any such accumulation of drops as may be
deposited whilst the vessel is being used
_
For the purposes of illustration I will now refer to the annexed drawings in
which:-
Figure 1 is a sectional elevation shewing my invention, applied to the spont
of tea or coffee pot.
Figure 2 sectional elevation of modified arrangement
In Figure 1, a is the spout of the tea or coffee pot to which the casing 6 may
be attached or formed integral therewith, e being a projection which carries
seating of suitable material. d is a ball carried in a passage which com-
municates with the spout through the apertures f When liquid is being
poured through the spout the ball d will close the apertures in the seating c,
and upon returning the spout to its initial position any drips will run down into
the casing b, and thence pass into the spout through the apertures f, the inclination
of the passage in which the ball d 18 carried being such as to cause it to move
from the seating c
In Figure 2, the casing bis attached to, or formed integral with, the spout a,
being provided with the enlargement or chamber d In this case the drips will
pass down the passage c into the chamber d, which is of such a size and shape as
to retain the drips therein while the teapot or other such like vessel is in use
Although for purposes of illustration I have referred to the arrangements shewn
in Figures 1 & 2 I do not confine myself to the precise details as it will be seen
that this may be modified without departing from my invention.
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 device for catching the drippings of liquids when poured from tea pots,
coffee pots, and such like vessels, substantially as described, and illustrated herein,
and for the purpose set forth.
2 In devices for catching the drippings from the spouts of teapots, coffee pots
and such like vessels a chamber or casing formed integral with, and attached to
the spout, provided with a valve such as a ball so arranged as to allow the drippings
caught in the casing or chamber to be returned to the interior of the spout,
through suitable apertures, and thence to the vessel, as described, and illustrated
herein.
3 In devices for catching drippings from the spouts of tea pots, coffee pots,

page_text: and such like vessels a casing attached to or formed integral with the spout
attached, to catch the dippings, and having an enlarged chamber or receptacle
for the retention of such diippings as described, and illustrated herein.
1000