A NEW OR IMPROVED RECEP- TACLE FOR CONTAINING AND IMPARTING OR GIVING OFF MOISTURE, VAPOUR, OR ODOUR
Year: 1877

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Frank Young Henderson, of Glasgow, in the County of
Lanark, North Britain, for the Invention of "A NEW OR IMPROVED RECEP-
TACLE FOR CONTAINING AND IMPARTING OR GIVING OFF MOISTURE, VAPOUR,
OR ODOUR." Partly a communication from abroad by Thomas Laidman Parker,
of Melbourne in the Colony of Victoria.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Frank Young Henderson at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 4th April 1877.
FRANK YOUNG HENDERSON, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North Britain.
"A NEW OR IMPROVED RECEPTACLE FOR CONTAINING AND IMPARTING OR GIVING
OFF MOISTURE, VAPOUR, OR ODOUR." Partly a communication from abroad by
Thomas Laidman Parker, of Melbourne, in the Colony of Victoria.
This Invention relates to a new or improved receptacle for containing substances
which impart or give off moisture, vapour, or odour.
The receptacle charged with the substances may be used for imparting scent to
articles or substances amongst which it is placed, whilst a special application of it is
for the purpose of carrying disinfectants either about the person or for placing in
situations, such as in rooms among packages or clothing, to prevent contagion or
contamination by disease, as well as to prevent destruction of such or other articles
by insects or damp.
The new or improved receptacle consists of an external covering or envelope of a
spherical, circular, elliptical, or other suitable form or size, composed either wholly
or partly of sheet metal, wood, india-rubber, paper, gauze, or any other equivalent
material or materials sufficiently penneable to permit of the exudation therefrom of
a liquid, vapour, or odour.
It is preferred to make such envelope or case in two parts, of a dished form, and

page_text: provided with flanches, the edges of which may be united together either by pressure,
soldering, or in an equivalent manner.
Such outer covering or envelope contains either an efflorescent or deliquescent
salt, such as sodic carbonate, sodic sulphate, or sodic phosphate crystals, or their
equivalents; or instead thereof a porous body, such as sponge, cork, animal or vege-
table fibre, or other porous organic or inorganic substance, or a porous compound
capable of retaining and gradually giving off liquid, vapour, or odour, may be
employed.
In carrying the Invention into practical operation it is preferred to use some one
of the porous bodies before mentioned, and to dispense entirely with the use of the
efflorescent or deliquescent salts. Such external envelope or covering so containing
the porous body or compound, or efflorescent or deliquescent salt, is placed wherever
required to impart moisture, vapour, or odour for purposes of disinfecting, or for pre-
venting the spread of contagion or contamination of disease, or destruction by
insects or damp, and, when required, to preserve substances from becoming dry and
flavorless. The porous body or compound (if either such be employed) is, previous
to its being charged or impregnated with either water, tobacco juice, or other liquid
spirituous solution, mixture, or essence, such as rum, cognac, lavender water, or rose-
mary water, or a mixture of a volatile oil, such as oil of roses or oil of bergamot,
with alcohol, which water, tobacco juice, spirituous solution, mixture, or essence
then gradually exudes either in the form of a liquid, vapour, or odour through the
permeable envelope, thus not only preserving moisture in tobacco or other substances
amongst which it is placed, but also imparting thereto, if desired, an agreeable fra-
grance, the perfume or aroma of which is determined by the nature of the fluid or
essence with which the porous body is impregnated or charged. If a volatile oil
alone be used, fragrance without moisture will be given off.
If, instead of a porous body, an efflorescent or deliquescent salt be employed, no
saturation or charging with moisture is requisite, as the tobacco or other substance
will naturally absorb the watery constituents of such salt, and so be kept moist.
If preferred, when a porous body or composition capable of holding and gradually
giving off moisture, such as sponge, cork, clay, or even compressed tobacco, is cm-
ployed, the external envelope or covering before described may be dispensed withı,
but in all cases such envelope will be found to impart additional utility and
convenience.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Frank Young Henderson in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 2nd
October 1877.
FRANK YOUNG HENDERSON, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North Britain.
A NEW OR IMPROVED RECEPTACLE FOR CONTAINING AND IMPARTING OR GIVING
OFF MOISTURE, VAPOUR, OR ODOUR." Partly a communication from abroad by
Thomas Laidham Parker, of Melbourne, in the Colony of Victoria.
My Invention relates to a new or improved receptacle for containing substances
which impart or give off moisture, vapour, or odour.
The receptacle charged with the substances may be used for imparting scent to
articles or substances amongst which it is placed, whilst a special application of it is,
for the purpose of carrying disinfectants either about the person or for placing in
situations, such as in rooms among packages or clothing, to prevent contagion or
contamination by disease, as well as to prevent destruction of such or other articles
by insects or damp.
The new or improved receptacle consists of an external covering or envelope of a
spherical, circular, elliptical, or other suitable form and size, composed either wholly
or partly of sheet metal, wood, india-rubber, paper, gauze, or other equivalent

page_text: material of materials sumciently permeable to permit or the exudation therefrom or
a liquid, vapour, or odour.
It is preferred to make such envelope or case in two parts, of a dished form, and
provided with flanches, the edges of which may be united together either by pressure,
soldering, or in an equivalent manner.
Suitable forms and constructions of the receptacle are shewn on the accompanying
Drawings.
And in order that my said Invention may be properly understood, I now proceed
more particularly to set forth the system, mode, or manner in or under which the
same or may be used or practically carried into effect, reference being had to the
annexed Sheet of Drawings, and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is
to say :-
Figure 1 is an elevation, Figure 2 a plan, and Figure 3 a section of a spherical
receptacle; and Figures 4, 5, and 6 are like views of spheroidal receptacles.
In all these Figures the two parts of which the receptacle is made are marked
A, B, respectively. Each part is provided with flanches D, by which the two parts
are fastened together. Perforations, as at C, are made in the parts of the receptacle
when it is made of non-porous material.
Such outer covering or envelope contains either an efflorescent or deliquescent
salt, such as sodic carbonate, sodic sulphate, or sodic phosphate crystals, or their
equivalents; or instead thereof a porous body, such as sponge, cork, animal, or vege-
table fibre, or other porous organic or inorganic substance, or a porous compound
capable of retaining and gradually giving off liquid, vapour, or odour, may be
employed.
In carrying the Invention into practical operation it is preferred to use some one
of the porous bodies before mentioned, and to dispense entirely with the use of tho
efflorescent or deliquescent salts. Such external envelope or covering so containing
the porous body or compound, or efflorescent or deliquescent salt, is placed wherein
required to impart moisture, vapour, or odour for purposes of disinfecting, or for
preventing the spread of contagion or contamination of disease, or destruction by
insects or damp, and, when required, to preserve substances from becoming dry and
flavorless. The porous body or compound (if either such be employed) is, previous
to its being charged or impregnated with either water, tobacco juice, or other liquid
spirituous solution, mixture, or essence, such as rum, cognac, lavender water, or
rosemary water, or a mixture of a volatile oil, such as oil of roses or oil of bergamot,
with alcohol, which water, tobacco juice, spirituous solution, mixture, or essence
then gradually exudes either in the form of a liquid, vapour, or odour through the
permeable envelope, thus not only preserving moisture in tobacco or other substances
amongst which it is placed, but also imparting thereto, if desired, an agreeable fra-
grance, the perfume or aroma of which is determined by the nature of the fluid or
essence with which the porous body is impregnated or charged. If a volatile oil
alone be used, fragrance without moisture will be given off.
If, instead of a porous body, an efflorescent or deliquescent salt be employed, no
saturation or charging with moisture is requisite, as the tobacco or other substance
will naturally absorb the watery constituents of such salt, and so be kept moist.
If preferred, when a porous body or composition capable of holding and gradually
giving off moisture, such as sponge, cork, clay, or even compressed tobacco, is em-
ployed, the external envelope or covering before described may be dispensed with,
but in all cases such envelopes will be found to impart additional utility and
convenience.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion, and the system, mode, or manner in or under which the same is or may be
used or particularly carried into effect, I would observe in conclusion that what I
consider to be novel and original, and therefore claim as the Invention secured to
me by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is, the improved receptacle,
herein-before described (and suitable forms of which are illustrated on the accom-
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page_text: panying Drawings), for containing and imparting or giving off moisture, vapour, or
odour.
In witness whereof, I, the said Frank Young Henderson, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-ninth day of September, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven.
FRANK YOUNG HENDERSON. (Ls.)