A New or Improved Drinking Vessel.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Sept., 1898-Accepted, 12th Nov., 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Drinking Vessel.
I, DAVID HENRY ROLLER, Confectioner, a Citizen of the United States, residing
at No. 105, E. Main Street, Muncie, County of Delaware and State of Indiana, 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:
The aim and purpose of this invention is to manufacture a healthful drinking
cup from paper which has first.been coated with a non-absorbent material such as
paraffin. The cup is formed from an integral blank which is bent into shape and
the adjacent portions glued or otherwise secured together. The cup when com-
pleted is adapted and intended to be used only once and is especially adapted to
be used at soda water fountains and other public drinking places where it is desir-
able to. use a cup once and then throw it away.
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The construction of the cup is shown in the accompanying drawings forming
part of this application, wherein like letters of reference indicate corresponding
parts in the several views, and in which:-
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of one form of cup; Fig. 2 is a view of the blank from
which the cup shown in Fig. I is formed; Fig. 3 is a side elevation of another
form of cup; Fig. 4 is a view of the blank from which the cup shown in Fig. 3
is formed: and, Fig. 5 is a section of the cup shown in Fig. 3 and also showing
the coating of non-absorbent material both on the outside and inside of the cup.
The blank from which the cup shown in Fig. 1 is formed, consists of the por-
tion A which is adapted to be bent to form the side of the cup. The overlapping
edges are glued together. The bottom of the cup is formed by bending the por-
tions B and C up at an angle to the side portion. The portion C is of a greater
diameter than the portion B and has its edge formed with slits D so that the same
can be bent up against the side portion and readily glued to the same.
The blank from which the cup shown in Fig. 3 is formed consists of the portion
A which is adapted to be bent to form the side of the cup and the edges are
glued together as in the cup shown in Fig. 1. The bottom of the cup is formed
by bending up the portions B¹, C at an angle to the side portion and still further
bending the outer edge of the portion C¹ up against the side portion and glueing
the same to the side portion. The portion C¹ is formed of a greater diameter than
the portion B in order that it can be secured to the side portion. When the
bottom portions are bent up the strips D are inserted between the two bottom por-
tions to reinforce and strengthen the bottom of the cup.
In Fig. 5 I show a section of the cup shown in Fig. 3 and also show the cup
coated on the outside and inside with a non-absorbent material E. The cup
shown in Fig. 1 can be similarly coated although I do not desire to limit myself
to coating either cup on both sides, as it is desirable in some cases to coat only
the inner side of the cup. While I have described paraffin as my non-absorbent
material I do not intend that this is the only material that can be used as it is
obvious that any suitable non-absorbent material could be used.

page_text: 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 paper drinking vessel formed of a blank coated with a non-absorbent
material.
2. A paper drinking vessel formed of a single blank bent into shape and having
a reinforced bottom.
3. A paper drinking vessel coated throughout its inner and outer surfaces with a
non-absorbent material.
4. A drinking vessel formed of a single blank bent into shape having a rein-
forced bottom, and coated throughout its inner and outer surfaces with a non-
absorbent material.
5. A drinking vessel formed of a single blank, the blank comprising a side
portion, and two bottom portions adapted to be bent at an angle to the side and
to overlap to form a reinforced bottom.
6. A drinking vessel formed of a single blank the blank comprising a side por-
tion, and two bottom portions adapted to be bent at an angle to the side and to
overlap to form a reinforced bottom, and a non-absorbent coating.
Vantain han LVOV
ROBERT E. PHILLIPS, Assoc. M.Inst.C.E., M.I.Mech. E.,
Chartered Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Associate Agent.