AN IMPROVED GUM BOTTLE AND BRUSH
Year: 1885

page_text: same.
I, BENJAMIN LANGFORD FORSTER POTTS, of 55 Chancery Lane, London, in the
County of Middlesex, Civil and Mechanical engineer, do hereby declare the nature
of my invention for AN IMPROVED GUM BOTTLE AND BRUSH to be as follows:-
The bottle may be made of glass, earthenware or metal. With the said bottle
is combined a cover consisting of an inner and an outer cone of glass, earthenware
or metal; these two cones are joined together at their bases and the outer one is
closed at the top. The inner cone is open at the top and may be perforated. The
space between the cones is filled with asbestos fibre, silicate cotton, or other porous
material which is saturated with water to which a little silicic acid, oil of cloves,
or other anticeptic may be added. The handle of the brush may be of glass, gutta-
percha or wood coated with waterproof varnish, and may be provided with radiating
wires or wings which will cause it to assume a central position in the bottle when
the cover is on, and also prevent the brush touching any surface on which it may
be laid when out of the bottle.

page_text: An Improved Gum Bottle, by the Use of which Gum may be
kept Ready for Use for many Months, and Brush for Use
with same.
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I BENJAMIN LANGFORD FORSTER POTTS of 55 Chancery Lane London in the
-County of Middlesex, Civil and Mechanical Engineer, 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:-
My said invention consists of a bottle which may be made of glass earthenware
or metal. With the said bottle is combined a cover consisting of an inner and an
outer cone of glass, earthenware or metal; these two cones are joined together at
their bases and the outer one is closed at the top. The inner cone is open at the
top and may be perforated. The space between the cones is filled with asbestos
fibre, silicate cotton or other porous material which is saturated with water to
which a little silicic acid; oil of cloves or other antiseptic may be added. The
handle of the brush may be of glass, gutta-percha, or wood coated with waterproof
varnish, and may be provided with radiating wires or wings which, will cause it to
assume a central position in the bottle when the cover is on and also, prevent the
brush from touching any surface on which it may be laid when out of the bottle,
the end of the handle furthest from the brush being made to preponderate.
In order that my said invention may be properly understood I now proceed to
more particularly describe the same with reference to the accompanying sheet of
drawings and the Figures and letters marked thereon. Similar letters refer to
similar parts on all the Figures.
Fig. 1 represents a gum bottle with its cover and brush, the bottle and cover
being shown in sectional elevation. The bottle A is provided with a mouth having
vertical sides to allow of its being closed by a cork when filled with mucilage.
The cover B consisting of an inner and an outer cone of glass is in this case, as
well as in the bottle represented in Fig. 3, made in one piece.
The brush handle D is made of a tube or rod of glass with a solid knob E at
the end.
The slide F which embraces the handle D is formed of tinned wire bent into the
form represented in Figs. 8.and 9, it is provided with four or other number of
radiating arms which ensure its taking up a central position when the cover is
on and also serve to prevent the brush, when out of the bottle, coming in contact
with any surface on which it may be laid, the knob E being heavy enough to over
balance the weight of the brush when the slide is in any position, as shown at
Fig. 10. The radial arms also prevent the brush from rolling about when laid
down.
Fig. 2. represents a metal cover B, with an internal perforated tube, adapted to a
bottle with a mouth of the form shown in Fig. 1.
Fig. 3. represents a sectional elevation of a bottle with a conical mouth and
cover adapted to that form of mouth,

page_text: The brush handle D is of wood, varnished and provided with a knob E of lead
or other metal.
Fig. 4 shows a metal cover B adapted for a bottle with a conical mouth as shown
in Fig. 3.
Fig. 5. represents a bottle with a conical mouth provided with a cover B formed
of two conical shaped pieces of glass cemented together at their bases.
Fig. 6. is a plan and Fig. 7 an elevation of a slide F for the brush handle, it is
formed of four pieces of metal bent to the form shown and soldered to a ring.
Fig. 8. is a plan and Fig. 9 an elevation of the slide F for the brush handle;
it is formed of one piece of tinned wire and bent into the form shown, the ends of
the wire being soldered or twisted together.
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. The combination with a bottle for holding gum or mucilage, of a cover which
contains an absorbent material saturated with water.
2. The addition, to the absorbent material, of an antiseptic.
3. The combination of a brush handle with a slide formed as and for the purposes
described.
4. The adaptation of a weighted knob to the brush handle for the purpose
described.