AN IMPROVED Appa-
Year: 1855

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph François Victor Augier, of No. 29, Rue
de Chabrol, Paris, in the Empire of France, and of 4, South Street,
Finsbury, London, Gentleman, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED Appa-
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph François Victor
Augier at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 1st October 1855.
I, JOSEPH FRANÇOIS VICTOR AUGIER, of Number 29, Rue de Chabrol,
Paris, in the Empire of France, and of 4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the Invention of "AN IMPROVED
APPARATUS FOR EXTRACTING THE AROMA FROM PLANTS AND FLOWERS" to be as
follows, that is to say :-
The Invention consists in an improved apparatus for making tea & other
infusions.
Figure 1 represents an elevation of my improved tea pot; Figures 2, 3, 4,
& 5, plans & elevations of the colanders or strainers, forming part of the new
tea pot.
C, moveable handle, by means of which the strainer B² is placed in the tea
pot A. This moveable handle turns down upon the edge or flange D of the
strainer B², composed of metal or porcelain, & is pierced with small holes upon

page_text: its sides from J to J2; it is suspended by the flange D in the tea pot, so that
the bottom F is slightly elevated above the bottom G of the tea pot. M, M.
M, M, is an inner strainer, of metal or other suitable material, closely pierced
throughout its surface with small holes. This strainer is surmounted by a
fixed handle K, which serves for placing it in or withdrawing it from the
external strainer B. The bands N, N, N, N, serve to keep the internal
strainer M, M, at equal distances from the sides of the strainer B². 0.0,
small supports to raise it from the bottom of the exterior colander B2.
P, P, P, P, Figure 5, represents a strainer or colander of the same shape &
materials as Figure 4. It is closely pierced on its sides, & on the bottom, if
required, with small holes. K & R, Figures 4 & 5, flange pierced with holes.
serving to keep the inner colander a small space from the bottom G of the tea
pot; S, moveable handle for placing the colander in or withdrawing it from the
tea pot. The large lid V, V, is hinged at X in the ordinary manner, & is
surmounted by a small lid V2, V2, as shewn in detail in Figure, 6, & which
closes the opening z, z, formed in the large lid. In this arrangement the large
lid is intended for the introduction & withdrawal of the apparatus above
described.
MODE OF USING THE APPARATUS.
When an infusion is required, the tea pot A is opened & the apparatus B²
placed inside. The requisite quantity of tea or other herb is then put into the
inner strainer M, M. Boiling water is afterwards poured in till it reaches
the point J; the apparatus is then closed & left for a few minutes for the
infusion to macerate. The small lid V2 is then opened, & the tea pot is filled
with water, as usual.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Joseph François Victor Augier in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 1st April 1856.
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TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOSEPH
FRANÇOIS VICTOR AUGIER, of Number 29, Rue de Chabrol, Paris, in the
Empire of France, and of 4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Gentleman,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the First day of October, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, in the nineteenth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said

page_text: Joseph François Victor Augier, Her special license that 1, the said Joseph
François Victor Augier, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said Joseph François Victor Augier, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time
to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed,,should
and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an In-
vention of "AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR EXTRACTING THE AROMA FROM PLANTS
AND FLOWERS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Joséph
François Victor Augier, by an instrument in writing under my hand and
seal, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the
same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months
next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Joseph François Victor Augier,. do
hereby declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement thereof, reference being had to the Drawing hereto
annexed, and to the figures and letters marked thereon, that is to say:
The Invention consists in an improved apparatus for making tea and other
infusions.
Figure 1 represents an elevation of an improved tea pot; Figures 2, 3, 4,
and 5, plans and elevations of the colanders or strainers, forming parts of
the same.
B2, the colander or strainer, composed of metal or porcelain, pierced with
small holes upon its sides from J to J2, Figure 4. It is supported by the
flange K in the tea pot, so that the bottom F is slightly elevated above the
bottom G of the tea pot, Figure 1. The strainer B is provided with a move-
able handle C. M, M, M, M, is an inner strainer, of metal or other suitable
material, pierced all over its surface with small holes. The strainer M is pro-
vided with a fixed handle. The plates N, N, N, N, serve to keep the internal
strainer M, M, at an equal distance from the sides of the strainer B². 0, 0,
small supports to keep the strainers M, M, from touching the bottom of the
external colander B².
Figures 3 and 5 shew a modification of the above arrangement, by which
one of the colanders is made to answer the purpose of the two colanders before
described. P, P, represent a strainer or colander of the same shape as that of
Figure 4. It is closely pierced with small holes over the whole surface. K,
flange pierced with holes, serving to support the colander in the tea pot at a

page_text: small distance from the bottom; S, moveable handle. The lid V, V, of the
tea pot is hinged at X, and is provided with a small lid V2, V2, which covers
an opening Z, Z, shewn in detail, Figure 6. The large lid V, V, serves for
the introduction and withdrawal of the colanders B2 and M, and the small
lid V2, V2, for the introduction of boiling water.
MODE OF USING THE TEA Por.
When an infusion of tea is required, the tea pot A is opened and the
colander B placed inside. The requisite quantity of tea is then put into the
inner strainer M, M; boiling water is afterwards poured in till it reaches
the point J; the apparatus is then closed, and left to rest for a few minutes;
the tea pot is then filled with water, as usual.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and the manner
in which the same is to be performed, I would have it understood that what
I claim is, the construction of an improved apparatus for making infusions of
tea and other substances and plants by which their aroma is more effectually
extracted, as herein-before described, and referred to in the Figures of the
annexed Drawing.
In witness whereof, I, the said Joseph François Victor Augier, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-fourth day of March, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-six.