Improvements in Vessels for Containing Provisions, Tobacco, Flowers, and for other like purposes.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Dec., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Sept., 1900-Accepted, 17th Nov., 1900
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATIỰN.
Improvements in Vessels for Containing Provisions, Tobacco, Flowers,
and for other like purposes.
:-
I, JOHN MARSHALL, of 37, Nicoll Road, Harlesden, in the County of Middlesex,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in connection with jars or vessels for
holding bread, cheese, butter, growing plants, tobacco and for other like pur-
poses, the object being to provide a suitable container or jar which will enable
the material within the jar to be kept sufficiently in contact with a current of
air and in a humid state so that by the ventilation thus provided the food,
tobacco or the like may be prevented from becoming stale or mouldy and may
be kept in a condition suitable for use at any time.
In carrying my invention into effect when constructing a jar or vessel for con-
taining tobacco I prefer to make it of earthenware, metal or other material in
the form of an outer casing or cylinder with an independent central or inner
containing chamber and an independent lid or cover for enclosing the same
within the central or inner chamber.
I make my outer chamber casing of any suitable shape and provided with a
hole or holes at the bottom for the admission of air through the base, and for
the purpose of enabling the air to properly enter I make the bearing ridge or rin
at the base with grooves or apertures for air to pass through and enter under
the base of the outer vessel.
I prefer to form the interior of the casing or jar with a projecting central hollow
boss and over this hollow boss I place a pad of felt or other moisture absorbing
substance to receive and contain moisture so that in its evaporation it shall
render the air passing through the central or other orifices within the base
humid or sufficiently moist for the particular purpose required.
I make my central container of a form to be suspended within the casing by
means of a rim or upper flange which rests on a suitable rim or projecting inner
ledge formed upon the inside of the casing. I perforate the inner container
with a number of holes or I form channels or grooves therein for admitting
the air which enters through the base of the outer vessel.
To prevent the inner container from accidental removal from the casing I cut
away a portion of the upper flange so as to enable it to enter beneath projecting
bayonet like catches or ribs provided upon the outer casing.
I form the lid with a number of holes or grooves therein to allow the air to
escape from within the container, providing also a groove or grooves upon the
outer edge of the lid, so that it may pass the projections on the outer casing and
then to be slightly turned round and thus to be secured in position thereon.
When constructing my improved vessel as a cheese dish or bread receiver I
modify the form of the outer vessel and the inner container to suit the size of
the bread or cheese which is to be held within it, and I vary the shape of the
vessel or dish to suit any particular requirement.
When constructing my improved jar or ventilating vessel for the reception
of growing plants I dispense with the upper lid and form the container of a

page_text: shape and size to suit the soil and plant which is to be held within, and I modify
the shape and form of the outer vessel or casing to suit the type of inner con-
tainer thus produced.
I do not limit the application of my invention to any particular form of inner
and outer vessel or to any special arrangement of ventilating grooves or holes
and fastening devices but I modify the same to suit the particular requirements
of the material or substance which is to be retained within the vessel.
Dated this 5th day of December 1899
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, and
25, Cross Street, Manchester, Agents.
Improvements in Vessels for Containing Provisions, Tobacco, Flowers,
and for other like purposes.
I, JOHN MARSHALL, of 37, Nicoll Road, Harlesden, in the County of Middlesex,
Manufacturer, 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:-
This invention relates to improvements in connection with jars or vessels
for holding bread, cheese, butter, growing plants, tobacco and for other like
purposes, the object being to provide suitable container or jar which will enable
the material within the jar to be kept sufficiently in contact with a current of
air and in a humid state so that by the ventilation thus provided the food, tobacco,
or the like may be prevented from becoming stale or mouldy and may be kept
in a condition suitable for use at any time.
In the accompanying sheet of explanatory drawings Fig. 1 is a sectional eleva-
tion of one form of my improved vessel suitable for containing tobacco, and
Fig. 2 is a plan of the same showing the lid or cover in section with one half
removed.
In carrying my invention into effect when constructing a jar or vessel for
containing tobacco as illustrated in the accompanying drawings I prefer to
make it of earthenware, metal or other material in the form of an outer casing or
cylinder A with an independent central or inner containing chamber B and an
independent lid or cover C for enclosing the same within the central or inner
chamber.
I make my outer chamber casing A of any suitable shape and provided with a
hole D or holes at the bottom for the admission of air through the base, and for
the purpose of enabling the air to properly enter I make the bearing ridge or
rim at the base with grooves E or apertures for air to pass through and enter
under the base of the outer vessel.
I prefer to form the interior of the casing or jar with a projecting central
hollow boss F and over this hollow boss may place a pad G of felt or other
moisture absorbing substance to receive and contain moisture so that in its
evaporation it shall render the air passing through the central or other orifices
within the base humid or sufficiently moist for the particular purpose required.
I make my central container B of a form to be suspended within the casing
by means of a rim or upper flange 6 which rests on a suitable rim or projecting
inuer ledge a formed upon the inside of the casing. I perforate the inner

page_text: container with a number of holes b¹ or I form channels or grooves therein for
admitting the air which enters through the base of the outer vessel.
To prevent the inner container from accidental removal from the casing I
cut away a portion of the upper flange as at 62 so as to enable it to enter beneath
projecting bayonet like catches or ribs provided upon the outer casing.
I form the lid with a number of holes or grooves therein to allow the air to
escape from within the container, providing also a groove or grooves upon the
outer edge of the lid, so that it may pass the projections a' on the outer casing
and then to be slightly turned round and thus to be secured in position thereon.
When constructing my improved vessel as a cheese dish or bread receiver I
modify the form of the outer vessel and the inner container to suit the size of
the bread or cheese which is to be held within it, and I vary the shape of the
vessel or dish to suit any particular requirement.
When constructing my improved jar or ventilating vessel for the reception
of growing plants I dispense with the upper lid and form the container of a
shape and size to suit the soil and plant which is to be held within, and I modify
the shape and form of the outer vessel or casing to suit the type of inner con-
tainer thus produced.
I may moisten or saturate the pad sponge sand or other absorbent material
with any liquid or substance capable of producing a flavour or aroma or for
affecting the material held within the container.
I do not limit the application of my invention to any particular form of inner
and outer vessel or to any special arrangement of ventilating grooves or holes
and fastening devices but I modify the same to suit the particular requirements
of the material or substance which is to be retained within the vessel.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and the manner in which the same is to be performed, I declare that
what I claim is:-
1. The combination of an inner container with a outer vessel or casing having
an air space surrounding the inner vessel, and having an opening or openings
within the outer vessel to admit air therethrough for the purpose of encircling
the inner vessel and for entering through the perforations when such are formed
within the same, substantially as herein before described and as illustrated in
the accompanying drawings.
2. The combination and arrangement of an inner perforated retainer with an
outer vessel or casing having an air space surrounding the same and having
within the lower portion of this space moisture absorbing material for enabling
the air which enters through the base opening or openings of the outer vessel to
become humid and to pass in such humid condition through the perforations of
the inner container substantially as herein before described, and as illustrated
in the accompanying drawings.
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, and
25, Cross Street, Manchester, Agents.