APPARATUS "MEANS AND nature for IMPROVED DECOCTIONS OR INFUSIONS MATERIAL
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
We GEORGE CURR THOMPSON and ARTHUR GILL THOMPSON of Britannia
Works, Sheffield in the county of York, Manufacturers, do hereby declare the
APPARATUS
"MEANS AND
nature of our said invention for
IMPROVED DECOCTIONS OR INFUSIONS
MATERIAL" to be as follows:-
FOR OBTAINING
OF TEA AND OTHER LIKE LEAVES OR
.
The object of this invention is to provide a means of making a thorough infusion
of Tea and other like leaves or material in an ordinary Tea pot or similar vessel
instead of as hitherto which has in many cases only been a partial one.
To attain this object we propose to fit to say the usual Tea pot an inside per-
colating cylinder made of wire gauze or perforated metal, this percolating cylinder
is the receptacle for the Tea or the like.
Fitted to or within this cylinder is a contrivance with arms which may be called
the Tea stirrer, it is so arranged that it can by the least movement be made to
revolve or oscillate inside the percolater cylinder and by this means disturb as often
as may be desired the whole mass of Tea leaves.
The stirrer is so arranged that it can either be applied to work from the inside
by opening the lid or from the outside by means of an arrangement in connection
with the knob of the tea pot.
The above named arrangements supply a long felt want for hitherto where a
cylinder was used it was always at the loss of the strength of the tea since in such
case there was no perfect infusion as the leaves of tea laid heavily in a mass
together and a great percentage of the strength of the tea was thus lost, and even.
when the Tea is put loosely into the teapot there is then a loss of strength on
account of the want of thorough diffusion and in addition to which there is the very
disagreeable objection of having to empty the tea leaves out of the Tea pot and
which not unfrequently is the cause of serious damage to a valuable article whereas
by these means we not only obviate the difficulty but make sure of obtaining
the maximum strength of the Tea by ensuring a thorough infusion.
1007
H. GARDNER,
160, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for G. C. & A. G. Thompson!

page_text: We GEORGE CURR THOMPSON and ARTHUR GILL THOMPSON of Brittania
Works, Sheffield in the county of York, Manufacturers, do hereby declare the
nature of our said invention for "MEANS AND APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING
IMPROVED DECOTIONS OR INFUSIONS OF TEA AND OTHER LIKE LEAVES OR
MATERIAL" and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:―
The object of this invention is to provide a means of making a thorough infusion
of Tea and other like leaves or material in an ordinary tea-pot or similar vessel
instead of as hitherto; which has in many cases only been a partial one.
To
, attain this object we fit to say the usual tea-pot an inside percolating cylinder
made of wire gauze or perforated metal this percolating cylinder is the receptacle
for the tea or the like.
Fitted to or within this cylinder is a contrivance with arms which may be called
the tea stirrer, it is so arranged that it can by the least movement, be made to
revolve or oscillate inside the percolator cylinder, and by this means disturb as
often as may be desired the whole mass of the tea-leaves.
The stirrer is so arranged that it can either be applied to work from the inside
by opening the lid or from the outside by means of an arrangement in connection
with the knob of the tea-pot.
The above named arrangements supply a long felt want, for hitherto where a
cylinder was used it was always at loss of the strength of the tea since in such
case there was no perfect infusion as the leaves of tea laid heavily in a mass
together and a great percentage of the strength of the tea was thus lost, and even
when the tea is put loosely into the tea-pot, there is then a loss of strength on
account of the want of thorough diffusion and in addition to which there is the.
very disagreeable objection of having to empty the tea-leaves out of the tea-pot,
and which not unfrequently is the cause of serious damage to a valuable article.
Whereas by these means we not only obviate the difficulty but make sure of
obtaining the maximum strength of the tea by ensuring a thorough infusion.
The invention is clearly shown in the annexed drawings in which three examples
of percolating cylinders A A A are shown, two of them being with ordinary tea
pots B, B, each provided with rotatory stirrers C C. In Figure 1 is shown a
percolator made of wire gauze in cylindrical form having a cross bar D at the
upper part and with an annular ring or flange E resting upon a seating F formed
in the top rim of the pot B, the cross bar D has a hole. through its centre for
steadying a skeleton frame stirrer C which can be rotated or oscillated by the
handle G when the lid H is thrown open to agitate the tea leaves which are placed
within the percolator A. The lower part of the stirrer C is stepped in the bottom
of the percolator and forms the bearing to support it.
At Figure 2 the percolator A is of perforated metal of cylindrical form and the
upper part of the stirrer C has two prongs or horns G which can be engaged by
the prongs II when the knob J on the top of the lid H is rotated this being
effected without opening the lid for the purpose.

page_text: Figure 3 shows a diagram of a percolator A in which a stirrer C, of different
shape to that shown at Figures 1 and 2, is supported on a separate più K attached
to the bottom of the stirrer C the upper or guide pin L being provided with a
toothed pinion M geared into by the wheel N on a stem P passing through the side
top cover of the pot B and provided with a thumb button Q by which it and the
stirrer C can be rotated or oscillated in a circular direction.
These examples indicate the manner in which we purpose arranging the stirrer
within the percolator as to be part of same but other shapes of stirrers or means of
agitating the same than those shown may be devised for the purpose before
mentioned.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is
The combination of stirrer and percolator as one article within a tea-pot or other
vessel to obtain an improved decotion of tea or other like leaves that may be placed
within the percolator as hereinbefore described.
The 12th day of March 1885.
H. GARDNER,
166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said George Curr Thompson
Arthur Gill Thompson.