Year: 1899

page_text: I, FREDERIC GROSVENOR, of the Firm of Messrs. Grosvenor and Son, Eagle Pot-
tery, 60, Boden Street, in the City of Glasgow, Potters, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to earthenware, stoneware or metal jars such as are used
for carrying spirits, paraffin compounds, acids or other fluids and the like, and it
has for its object to provide such jars with improved means whereby the contents
may be readily poured out in small quantities and without spilling.
To that end I form at the side of the mouth of the jar, which is closed by a
screw-threaded or other kind of stopper, a small outlet terminating in a lip, nozzle
or tube fitting, and in the jar handle or in proximity thereto I form an air
inlet which is preferably made as a port or passage extending through the centre
of the handle and entering the jar at about the point where the lower end of
the handle is united to the body of the jar, or this inlet may be tubular and
placed at the side of the handle preferably so long as the orifice is within con-
venient reach of the fingers of the hand in pouring out the contents of the jar.
In the operation of the device the jar is held by the handle and tilted to
pour the contents through the lip or nozzle, and the thumb or finger of the user's
hand is placed over the air inlet when the desired quantity of liquid has been
poured out, so that by closing off the air admission the outflow of liquid is pre-
vented.
I, FREDERIC GROSVENOR, of the Firm of Messrs. Grosvenor and Son, Eagle Pot-
tery, 60, Boden Street, in the City of Glasgow, Potters, 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 earthenware, stoneware or metal jars such as are used
for carrying spirits, paraffin compounds, acids or other fluids and the like, and it
has for its object to provide such jars with improved means whereby the contents
may be readily poured out in small quantities and without spilling.

page_text: In carrying out the invention which is illustrated by the accompanying drawing,
shewing the improved jar in vertical section, I form at the side of the mouth Ai
cf the jar A, which is closed by a screw-threaded or other kind of stopper B,
a small outlet C terminating in a lip, nozzle or tube fitting C, and in the jar
handle D or in proximity thereto I form an air inlet D which is preferably made
as a port or passage extending through the centre of the handle D and entering
the jar A at about the point where the lower end of the handle is united to the
body of the jar A, or this inlet may be tubular and placed at the side of the
handle preferably so long as the orifice D¹ is within convenient reach of the
fingers of the hand in pouring out the contents of the jar A.
In the operation of the device the jar A is held by the handle I) and tilted to
pour the contents through the lip or nozzle C¹, and the thumb or finger of the
user's hand is placed over the air inlet D' when the desired quantity of liquid
has been poured out, so that by closing off the air admission the outflow of liquid
is prevented.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. An earthenware, stoneware or metal jar constructed substantially as described.
2. In an earthenware, stoneware, or metal jar, closed at its mouth by a screw-
threaded or other stopper, the combination with an outlet terminating in a lip or
nozzle near said mouth of an air inlet extending through or alongside of the
handle, said air inlet having its inner extremity at about the point of junction
of the handle with the body of the jar and its outer extremity within convenient
reach of the hand in pouring out the contents of the jar.
Dated this 29th day of March 1900.
WALLACE FAIRWEATHER,
Of the Firm of Cruikshank & Fairweather,
Chartered Patent Agents, 62, Saint Vincent Street, Glasgow,
Agent for the Applicant.