US781220A - Chalice. - Google Patents

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110.781.220. PATENT-En JANQSl, 1905..

L T. G.. T. MLLER.

1 CHALIGB.

APPLIGATION FILED AUG. 22, 1903.

NO- 7815220- f y PATENTED JANpl, 1905.

' oHALIo-B. v APPLIOAT-ION FILED AUG. 22, 19037 3 SHEETS-'SHEET 3.

UNITED A-STATEsK Patented, January 31, 1905.y

PATENT OFFICE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 781,220, dated January 31, 1905. Application filed August 22, 1903. Serial No. 170,500.

i ODOR MLLER, merchant, of No. 12 Pilestraede,

Copenhagen, in the Kingdom of Denmark, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Chalices; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description-of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The present invention refers to chalices of the kind as set forth in the Patents Nos. 685,7 84 and 685,785.

The object of the invention is to simplify the arrangements known from these two patents, so that the wine` contained ina central bowl is made tov flow into `the sevcralcups merely by the inclining motion of the chalice.

If there be but a limited number of cups in the rim-say six to eight-so that each cup occupies a comparatively large portion of the the rim is divided into a larger number of i cups-say twelve to sixteen-it will, as a rule, be necessary by special arrangements to prevent wine flowing into two adjacent cups when one of the cups is filled from the central bowl. These arrangements must be adapted either to shut olf the wine from the adjacent cups only or from all the cups except the one used for the moment. This may be obtained in all generality by relatively rotating the parts of the chalice as regards one another simultaneously with the inclinedV motion which is necessary in all kind of chalices. The bowl can also be xed land supplied with a number of spoutsor outlets corresponding to the number ofcups, While a rotatable ring closes all the spouts or outlets except a single one. When the chalice is inclined so that the non-closed spout or outlet points downward, only the cup outside the vspout will be filled. Instead of a complete ring a rotatable plate or the like can be used which will only close the adjacent spouts or outlets. It is not necessary that the turning motion or rotation is in all cases done by hand. The lastmentioned rotatable plate vwhich closes for the nearest cups on either side of the one used can, for instance, be mounted and balanced'in such a manner that it by the mere inclination -of the chalice assumes the correct position bythe force of gravity; Beside rendering possible the solving of the said problem-w'. e., that the wine is made to iow into a single cup simply by the inclined positionchalices of the described kind have the advantage of the wine being visible, like in ordinary chalices, it being not necessary that the central bowl should be covered. These chalices are also arranged in such a manner that the waste left in a cupdoes not ow back into the vcentral bowl, but down into a special wastecup. The row of cups may be in one with the chalice proper, or it may forma special removableV part.

rIhe latter is preferable, as it then becomes possible by replacing the row of cupswith another one to use the same chalice lfor a number of communicants at the same time. A

Various constructional forms of the invention are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-.-

Figure l shows a chalice with fifteen cups and fifteen spouts on the central bowl, seen in side elevation and partly in vertical section. Fig. 2 is the Vbowl and part of the row of cups seen from above. Fig. 3 is a detail of the bowl seen from above. Fig. l is a constructional form for an automatic closing arrangement seen from the top, and Fig. 5 a constructional lform for a chalice supplied with a selfacting closing arrangement.

By the constructional form shown in Figs. 1 to 8 the row of cups cris removable and,.for instance, supplied with a collar fitting onto a collar c on the chalice d. Each single cup,

which is formed by means of radial partition-- walls ct' in the row of cups, is in` the rear wall IOO a2 supplied with one or several waste-holes c, through which slops left in the cups can ilow down into the waste-bowl f. The rims of the cups which are to be touched by the lips may be concentric with the chalice, as shown to the right in Fig. 2, or convex, as shown to the left in the same figure.

Inside the row of cups c is the bowl g, supplied with a number of spouts g of triangular or other suitable section and either proportionately deep, as shown, or merely starting from the upper part of the bowl. The bowl g can either, as shown in Fig. I and in the upper part of Fig. 2, be polygonal, or it can be cylindrical, as shown in the lower half of Fig. 2.

When the howl g is mounted in its place in the chalice, where it is held by friction or in any other suitable way, each of the spouts g will be located between two radial partition-walls a' of the row of cups-fb'. c. right opposite each cup.

When the chalice is inclined at a certain angle to the left from the perpendicular position shown in Fig. l, the wine in the bowl g will certainly to the greatest extent How out through the one spout shown in section; but by a careless inclination and if the spouts are close together wine will also flow out in the adjacent cups, so that all three cups shown to the left in Fig. 2 will be more or less filled. In order to prevent this, the upper part of the bowl is supplied with an annular cover g2, Figs. l and 3, which closes tightly onto the upper rims of the spouts and has in a single space a notch g3. When this notch is above the spout shown to the left in Fig. l, only that single cup corresponding thereto will be filled when the chalice is inclined. The ring-shaped closing arrangement g2 may be supplied with a button or other contrivance which facilitates the turning.

When the ring j lies so high that the wine can only be caused to tlow through the opening y" by inclining the chalicemz'. e., the chalice has a shape like the one shown in Figs. l and 4-the full ring maybe replaced by part of a ring which only closes a couple of the openings l'viz., those in either side of the opening corresponding to the cup in use. The arrangement will then be as shown in Fig. 4, where 7c indicates two plates between which there is a free space, so that the wine here gets admittance to an opening v1, but not tothe two adjacent openings.

If the parts la are made heavy and fastened by arms m or the like to a vertical and easilyrotatable aXle n in the middle of the cup g, the force of gravity will be sufficient to insure that these parts 7c when the chalice is inclined will always assume such a position that the lowermost openingz' is free, so that the corresponding cup out of which the communicant is to drink will be filled, while the wine gets no access to the nearest two cups.

Instead of, as shown in Fig. 4, having two closely-adjoining walls co2-vl. e. partly the wall a2 of the cup row and partly the wall oi the bowl (/-one single wall will in some cases sufiice, so that one single hole replaces the two holes e and vf, lying in prolongation oli each other. The bowl will then bein one with the row of cups, which is made either removable or in one with the chalices. In the latter case there will consequently be ne loose parts.

Fig. 5 shows a chalice in which the cup row a and the bowl g are in one piece and where the shutting ottI is done by an automatic arrangement corresponding to the one in Fi g. 4. rlhe cups and the bowl are in this case connected with a ring q, turned on the inside, which has filling-openings vf, whose one end opens onto the turned surface and whose other end opens into a suitable place in the bottom of the cups. The ring q is, moreover, provided with waste-holes c. The heavy parts 1, serving to shut ott the adjacent holes and olf which but one is visible, are fastened to a perpendicular axle a, surrounded by a tube fr, starting from the bottom of the cup .r/ and which below and above has bearings for the axle. rIhe connection between this one and the parts can be made, for instance, by a cross-shaped or other suitable plate u. If the parts a, g, and q, which are presupposed to be mutually connected, are also in one with the chalice d, there must in a suitable place be arranged an outlet which can be closed for emptying the slops, for instance, as shown atp.

It is assumed as well in the preliminary rcmarksvas, for instance, in the description of Fig. 4-that the row of cups when the chalice is used is held firmly in this one and not turned while the bowl is turned. The reverse, however, may also be the case, it being only of importance that the vtwo parts or eventually the row of cups and a ring or part of a ring are turned in relation to one another.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is" 1. In a chalice the combination of a row of cups with a central bowl level with the row ol cups and open at the top, openings in the central bowl opposite each cup, the wine flowing through the lowermost otl said openings into the corresponding cup by the natural inclination of the chalice, substantially as described.

2. Inachalice the combination of a row of cups with a central bowl level with the row of cups andopen at the top, openings in the central bowl opposite each cup and means for closing a number of said openings, substantially as described.

3. Ina chalice the combination of a row ot cups with a central bowl level with the row ol cups and open at the top, openings in the ceutral bowl opposite each cup and a ring capable of being turned and closing all but one oi the said openings, substantially as described.

4. In achalice the combination of a row of lOO spectively with each cup, means capable of be,

ing turned for closing a number of these openings, a Waste-space at a lower level than the said oups, and openings leading from each of the cups to the said waste-space.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

THGER CHRISTIAN 'IHEODOR MLLER.

Witnesses:

ERNEST BOUTARD, J. C. JAooBsEN.

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