AN IMPROVED GUILLOTINE EGG CUP to be as follows that is to say
Year: 1884

page_text: .I GEORGE. ASHER of No 98 Lower Edward Street Balsall Heath in the county of
Worcester Pattern Maker do hereby declare the nature of the said invention for
"AN IMPROVED GUILLOTINE EGG CUP to be as follows that is to say :-
"
This invention has for its object an improved Guillotine Egg cup which combines
in one the egg cup or stand for sustaining the egg whilst being eaten and also
protects the egg froin cold until it is required and also provides an arrangement for
cutting the top off the egg so as to entirely dispense with the necessity for using a
knife or spoon for that purpose which is often an unsightly proceeding at table.
Now my Guillotine egg cup is as follows the stand may be made from metal or
wood or other material and is so shaped as to form a firm large stand the sides
rising to such a height as to be level with the line at which an egg of ordinary size
would be cut Horizontally on the upper edge of this stand I pivot a pair of shears
or clippers with handles projecting outwards and the shears are circled to something
like the shape of the top of the egg stand. Upon the top of these shears or lower
part of the stand I hinge a cover which turns down upon the upper part of the egg
and shears in such a manner as to close the egg up entirely-This cover may be
suitably ornamented and may be mounted if of wood with ornamental plate edges
or the whole may be plated if so desired. The under side of the cup may be
hollowed out so as to form an inner casing for the egg the base proper projecting
out beyond. The action of the apparatus is as follows: Upon opening the lid of
the egg cup the shears as their normal condition being open the egg may be placed
in the cup and the lid closed down upon it. The shears are then closed by a firm
pressure of the hand which cuts the top of the egg clean off the shears again.
apringing open to their normal position the lid is now opened and the top of the
After this the
egg-lifted off and the egg eaten with a spoon in the usual manner
lid may be again closed down which covers the remaining contents entirely.
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1004
JOHN KENDRICK,
Agent for the Applicant,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham.

page_text: I GEORGE ASHER of N° 98 Lower Edward Street Balsall Heath in the County
of Worcester Pattern Maker do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
"AN IMPROVED GUILLOTINE EGG CUP and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
This invention has for its object an improved guillotine egg cup which combines
in one the egg cup or stand for sustaining the egg whilst being eaten and also
protects the egg from cold until it is required and also provides an arrangement for
cutting the top off the egg so as to entirely dispense with the necessity for using a
knife or spoon for that purpose which is often an unsightly proceeding at table.
Now my guillotine egg cup is as follows:-the stand may be made from metal or
wood or other material and is so shaped as to form a firm stand, the sides rising to
such a height as to be level with the line at which an egg of ordinary size would
be cut. Horizontally on the upper edge of this stand I pivot a pair of shears or
clippers with handles projecting outwards and the shears are circled to something
like the shape of the top of the egg stand. Upon the top of these shears or lower
part of the stand I hinge a cover which turns down upon the upper part of the egg
and shears in such a manner as to close the egg up entirely. This cover may be
suitably ornamented and may be mounted if of wood with ornamental plate edges
or the whole may be plated if so desired. The underside of the cap may be
hollowed out so as to form an inner casing for the egg the base proper projecting
out beyond.
The action is as follows-upon opening the lid of the egg cup the shears as their
normal condition being open the egg may be placed in the cup and the lid closed
down upon it The shears are then closed by a firm pressure of the hand which
cuts the top of the egg clean off the shears again springing open to their normal
position the lid is now opened and the top of the egg lifted off and the egg eaten
with a spoon in the usual manner. After this the lid may again be closed down
which covers the remaining contents entirely.
In order that my invention may be more clearly understood and more easily
carried into practice I have appended hereunto a sheet of drawings upon which
Fig. 1. is a side elevation of my Guillotine Egg cup.
Fig. 2. is an inverted plan of the lid or cover shewing the shears or cutters.
A is an ordinary egg-cup B an hinged or loose cover or lid C and D are the
shears or guillotine having the handles E E' which are pivotted at F, H is a flat
spring which keeps the shears in their proper position in relation to the egg cup A,
but, it may be a spiral or other suitable spring.
The operation of this invention is as follows:-The egg is placed in the cup A
in the ordinary manner-The handles E E¹ are then pressed together which causes
the shears to act on the egg in such a manner as to decapitate it-the action of
the shears is shewn by dotted lines Fig. 2. when upon the shears being released
they spring back into their normal position this action is caused by the spring H
which is fitted into a groove in the handles E E¹ and is shown by dotted lines.

page_text: 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
In combination with an egg cup A of the guillotine shears C and D hinged or
otherwise secured to the egg cup A in manner and for the purposes herein set
forth and shewn on the Drawings.