Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Feb., 1887
Complete Left, 4th Nov., 1887
Complete Accepted, 6th Dec., 1887
I, HENRY JAMES CARPENTER of 3 Rood Lane in the City of London, Wholesale
Tea and Coffee Dealer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
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The invention has for its object improvements in tea and coffee pots and relates to
a novel construction of parts whereby the tea leaves and grouts are excluded from
access to the spout whilst at the same time the pot is capable of being readily and
completely cleansed when desired and the internal parts are capable of ready removal
for renewal, cleansing or otherwise.
In carrying my invention into effect I form the interior of the body of the pot with
grooves or guides extending from top to bottom thereof and at a short distance from
the spout within these grooves or guides I place a slide formed of wire gauze or of
finely perforated metal so as to shut off from the body of the pot a small chamber or
space communicating with the spout. At the top of this space or chamber is fixed a
plate which is soldered all round its forward edge to the body of the tea or coffee pot
so as completely to enclose said space or chamber and thereby shut off all access
between the interior of the pot and such chamber or space except through the wire
gauze or perforated metal slide. The grooves or guides for the slide may be formed
separately and soldered in position within the pot or they may be formed in the body
of the pot itself in which latter case for the sake of symmetry I form similar
grooves at the after part of the pot, all such grooves showing as ribs on the outside.
The plate at the top of the space or chamber is fixed at a short distance from the
top of the pot to accommodate the lid and to enable a grip to be obtained of the
slide.
Instead of forming my improved tea or coffee pots of metal they may be constructed
of pottery or part may be constructed of metal and part of other inaterial.

page_text: I, HENRY JAMES CARPENTER of 3 Rood Lane, in the City of London, Wholesale
Tea and Coffee Dealer, 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:-
The invention has for its object improvements in tea and coffee pots and relates to a
novel construction of parts whereby the tea leaves and grouts are excluded from access
to the spout whilst at the same time the pot is capable of being readily and completely
cleansed when desired and the internal parts are capable of ready removal for renewal,
cleansing or otherwise.
a
In carrying my invention into effect I form the interior of the body of the pot with
grooves or guides extending from top to bottom thereof and at a short distance
from the spout; within these grooves or guides I place a slide formed of wire
gauze or of finely perforated metal so as to shut off from the body of the pot
small chamber or space communicating with the spout. At the top of this space
or chamber is fixed a plate which is soldered all round its forward edge to the body
of the tea or coffee pot so as to completely enclose said space or chamber and
thereby shut off all access between the interior of the pot and such chamber or
space except through the wire gauze or perforated metal slide. The grooves.or
guides for the slide may be formed separately and soldered in position within the
pot or they may be formed in the body of the pot itself in which latter case if
desired for the sake of symmetry, I form similar grooves at the afterpart of the pot.
The plate at the top of the space or chamber is fixed at a short distance from the
top of the pot to accommodate the lid and to enable a grip to be obtained of the
slide.
Instead of forming my improved tea or coffee pots of metal they may be constructed
of pottery, or part may be constructed of metal and part of other material.
And in order that my said invention may be more clearly understood and readily
carried into effect I will proceed aided by the accompanying drawings more fully to
describe the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a plan with part of the lid broken away. Figure 2 is a vertical section
and Figure 3 is a horizontal section of part of a tea pot showing my invention applied
thereto. Figures 4 and 5 are respectively an elevation and an edge view of the
strainer separately, and Figure 6 is a horizontal section of a tea pot showing a slight
modification in construction. In all the figures like parts are indicated by similar
letters of reference.
a represents the body of the pot, 6 the spout, c the handle and d the lid which is
hinged to the body in the usual way.

page_text: According to my invention I form the interior of the body a of the pot with
grooves or guides a', a', extending from top to bottom thereof or nearly so and being
situated at a short distance from, and on each side of the spout; within these
grooves a, a, 1 place a slide e which may be formed of wire gauze, or of finely
perforated metal so as to shut off from the body of the pot a small chamber or space f
communicating with the spout b.
At the top of this space or chamber is fixed a plate g which is soldered all around
its forward edge to the body a of the tea or coffee pot so as completely to enclose said
space or chamber and thereby shut off all access between the interior of the pot
and such chamber or space fexcept through the wire gauze or perforated metal
slide e.
The slide e is preferably constructed, as shown in the drawing, of a frame e' of plain
sheet metal to which a sheet of perforated sheet metal e is soldered and the frame e' is
turned over on its upper edge e so as to form a convenient grip or handle thereto; by
these means the perforated metal e is suitably supported or strengthened and smooth
edges obtained to slide in the guides a¹.
The plate g is fixed at a short distance from the top of the pot to accommodate the
lid d and to enable a grip to be obtained of the slide e.
The grooves or guides a', a¹, for the slide e may be formed separately and soldered
in position within the pot or they may be formed in the body of the pot itself either
by forming inwardly projecting ribs thereon as in the arrangement shown at
Figures 1 to 5 or outwardly projecting ribs or grooves as shown at Figure 6 in
which latter case if desired for the sake of symmetry similar grooves or ribs may
be formed at the afterpart of the pot.
Instead of forming my improved tea or coffee pots of metal they may be constructed
of pottery or part may be constructed of metal and part of other material.
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 :-
b
Constructing tea and coffee pots with a chamber communicating freely with the
spout but having no communication with the body of the pot except through
perforated or reticulate slide e substantially as herein shown and described.
Dated this 4th day of November 1887.
a
H. J. CARPENTER.
By Harris & Mills,
23, Southampton Buildings,
Agents.