Abstract This invention pertains to a device which prevents objectionable dripping of liquid such as coffee from the bottom of a cup which when lifted from a saucer carries with it a portion of such liquid which may have been inadvertently spilled into the saucer when the cup is filled or carried to a place of service. The device consists of a disk-like member which is devoid of peripheral walls and which has apertures therein through which liquid may drain into the saucer and has ribs on a surface thereof that engage the bottom of the cup (or the bottom of the saucer) to hold the bottom of the cup spaced from the spilled liquid. The disk-like member is devoid of any peripheral flange thus facilitating cleaning thereof in use with cups and saucers of varying sizes. In one form of the invention two similar disklike members may be secured in back-to-back relationship with registering apertures, so that ribs on the lower side hold the member spaced from the bottom of the saucer and ribs on the other side hold the bottom of the cup spaced above the spilled liquid.
An anti-drip device for use in a saucer for preventing transfer of spilled liquid in the bottom of the saucer to the bottom of a cup used therewith, comprising an apertured flat circular disk devoid of peripheral walls, and a plurality of radial squeegee ribs formed on at least one surface of said disk and terminating inwardly of the periphery thereof to hold the bottom of a cup spaced above spilled liquid in the bottom of the saucer, to squeegee spilled liquid from the bottom of the cup and to permit of such spilled liquid to run to the bottom of the saucer through the apertures in said disk, wherein the radial ribs extend from the center of the disk, an aperture is provided in the center of the disk and a plurality of apertures are equally spaced about said disk between said ribs, and wherein two disks are secured in back-to-back relationship with the ribs projecting outwardly from the surfaces thereof and with the apertures thereof in register.
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An anti-drip device for use in a saucer for preventing transfer of spilled liquid in the bottom of the saucer to the bottom of a cup used therewith, comprising an apertured flat circular disk devoid of peripheral walls, and a plurality of radial squeegee ribs formed on at least one surface of said disk and terminating inwardly of the periphery thereof to hold the bottom of a cup spaced above spilled liquid in the bottom of the saucer, to squeegee spilled liquid from the bottom of the cup and to permit of such spilled liquid to run to the bottom of the saucer through the apertures in said disk, wherein the radial ribs extend from the center of the disk, an aperture is provided in the center of the disk and a plurality of apertures are equally spaced about said disk between said ribs, and wherein two disks are secured in back-to-back relationship with the ribs projecting outwardly from the surfaces thereof and with the apertures thereof in register.