Improvements in or connected with Flower Holders and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Flower Holders and the like.
CHARLES EDWARD, WEST, of Roseville, Roundhay, near Leeds, in the County
of York, Orchid Grower and Importer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
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The manufacture of a flower holder, or flower support made for the purposes
of being a receptacle for containing water wherein to put the flowers, and for
firmly grasping the flowers to hold them into position. To effect this object I
manufacture a tube, or cup of metal, glass, gutta percha, or the like, which,
when for the purpose of a button hole flower holder I manufacture the one end
of this tube watertight & tapering, or pointed, & in the bottom of this I put a
pin in, whilst at the mouth of this tube I turn a little of the metal inwards,
and maufacture a simple contrivance by which the apperture at the mouth may
be easily made smaller or larger to grasp the flowers inside the tube. This con-
trivance to make the apperture at the mouth of the tube smaller or larger is
done by manufacturing a smaller tube to be placed inside the tube of the flower
holder. Down the sides of this inner tube I cut slits nearly the full length of
this inner tube and at the end of these. slits I cut out small holes, thereby
making the mouth of this inner tube to spring open. A screw thread is then
put on the portion of this inner tube which springs open for the purpose of the
outer tube of the flower holder screwing on this inner tube to alter the size of
the apperture in the mouth of the flowerholder. Or the same effect may be pro-
duced by manufacturing the inner tube into a ring large enough to slide on the
outside of the tube of the flower holder; In this case the slits would have to be
on the outside tube of the flower holder. For the holding of flowers other than
button holes, and for the grasping of other articles such as fruit the lower portion
of the tube, or cup of the flower bolder is manufactured as at present is done
for the same purposes.
Improvements in or connected with Flower Holders and the like.
CHARLES EDWARD WEST, of Roseville, Roundhay, near Leeds, in the County
of York, Orchid Grower and Importer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
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The manufacture of a flower holder or flower support made for the purposes

page_text: of being a receptacle for containing water where in to put the flowers, and for
firmly grasping the flowers to hold them in position. To effect this object I
manufacture a tube of metal, glass, gutta percha, or the like, which when for
the purpose of a button hole flower holder I manufacture the one end watertight
and tapering or pointed, and in the bottom of this put a pin in, whilst at
the mouth of this tube I turn a little of the metal inwards, or put a screw thread
inside, and manufacture a simple contrivance by which the apperture at the
mouth may easily be made smaller, or larger, to grasp the flowers inside the
tube. This contrivance to make the apperture at the mouth of the flower holder
smaller or larger is done by manufacturing a smaller tube to be placed inside
the tube of the flower holder. Down the sides of this inner tube I cut slits nearly
the full length of this inner tube and at the ends of these slits I cut out small
holes, thereby making the mouth of this inner tube to spring open. A screw
thread is then put on a portion of this inner tube which springs open for the
purpose of the outer tube of the flower holder screwing on this inner tube to alter
the size of the apperture in the mouth of the flower holder. Or the same effect
may be produced by manufacturing the inner tube into a ring large enough to
slide on the outside of the tube of the flower holder. In this case the slits would
have to be on the outside of the flower holder. The pin at the bottom of the
outer tube may be either a short straight one, or a long one bent round into
what is known as a safety pin, but if this latter, there will have to be the
necessary catch attatched to the outer tube to hold the point of the pin when in
usa. For the holding of flowers other than button hole flowers, and for the
grasping of other articles such as fruit, the lower portion of the tube, or cup,
of the flower holder, is manufactured as at present is done for the same purposes.
In order that my invention may be more clearly and completely understood
reference is given to the accompanying drawings, on which the same letters
refer to the same parts or their equivalents, in all the figures. Figure 1 shows
the outer tube A with a straight pin C at the bottom of the tube, whilst B shows
the inner tube.
Figure 2, shows the inner tube B placed in the outer tube A.
Figure 3, shows the outer tube A with a safety pin C attatched, and
Figure 4 shows the outer tube A on a flat stand. Figure 5, shows the outer
tube A on a perpendicular stand with the inner tube B screwed down in the
outer tube A.
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
1. A flower holder being so constructed that it grasps flowers when put into
it and holds them into position.
2. A flower holder that holds flowers watertight.
3. A flower holder that may be worn in a downwards position.
4. A flower holder that has a safety pin attatched to it, to hold it in any desired
position.