Improvements in the Means of Protecting Bottles and other Vessels of Glass or other Material from Breakage or other Injury.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Aug., 1886.
Complete Left, 20th Apr., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 20th May, 1887.
Improvements in the Means of Protecting Bottles and other Vessels
of Glass or other Material from Breakage or other Injury.
LÉON FRANCISQUE LESIEUR, of 1 Boulevard St. Denis, Paris, France Merchant
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The primary object of my invention is a protective covering for bottles or other
vessels of glass, earthenware or other material liable to get broken by blows. Tin
plate or other metal which has hitherto been used in the manufacture of various
vessels and which communicates a disagreeable flavour to and otherwise affects the
contents can thus to a large extent be replaced by glass or earthenware.
My protective covering consists of an envelope or jacket of cork or other material
having sufficient elasticity to protect the bottle or vessel from the effects of blows.
This envelope or jacket may itself be covered with cloth or other fabric and the joints
be shielded by metal. The sheets of cork employed for the envelope or jacket are
grooved longitudinally and transversely on one side and the series of projections left
between the grooves may be each formed with a hole the depth of which will depend
upon the thickness of the sheet of cork. It is these projections only that bear against
the surface of the bottle or vessel and the holes therein increase their elasticity.
When bottles containing wine or other liquors have to be packed for transport I
can form divisions of tin plate or other metal with strips of cork grooved in the
manner described.
I can also employ washers or pieces of cork with projections formed with holes as
above described or cork cuttings or waste.
The neck of the bottle or vessel is also covered with cork grooved vertically. This
cork covering is itself covered with a metallic cover and the joint of the two pieces of
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page_text: cork which cover the whole bottle or vessel is closed, over a cloth jacket, by a metallic
shield which widens out at the lower part to embrace the bottom of the bottle. This
metallic shield can be formed with small holes so as to provide for a current of air
around the bottle to cool the contents. The metallic shield is formed with two lugs
through which a strap can be passed; and it may carry two hooks for holding the
flange of a cup placed in an inverted position over the bottle neck. This cup is
pressed upwards by a spring cap on the stopper.
My protective covering although specially intended for glass bottles or other
vessels liable to break can also be applied to tin or other metallic vessels liable to
become dented by blows.
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1000
J. C. MEWBURN,
169, Fleet Street, London,
Agent.

page_text: Improvements in the Means of Protecting Bottles and other Vessels
of Glass or other Material from Breakage or other Injury.
I LÉON FRANCISQUE LESIEUR, of 1 Boulevard St. Denis, Paris, France, Merchant,
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 primary object of my invention is a protective covering for bottles or other
vessels of glass, earthenware, or other material liable to get broken by blows. Tin
plate, or other metal, which has hitherto been used in the manufacture of various
vessels and which communicates a disagreeable flavour to and otherwise affects the
contents, can thus to a large extent be replaced by glass or earthenware.
My protective covering consists of an envelope or jacket of cork or other material
having sufficient elasticity to protect the bottle or vessel from the effects of blows.
This envelope or jacket may itself be covered with cloth or other fabric and the joints
be shielded by metal. The sheets of cork employed for the envelope or jacket are
grooved longitudinally and transversely on one side and the series of projections left
between the grooves may be each formed with a hole the depth of which will depend
upon the thickness of the sheet of cork. It is these projections only that bear against
the surface of the bottle or vessel and the holes therein increase their elasticity.
In the annexed drawings Figure 1 is a vertical section of a glass bottle fitted with
my protective covering and having a cup or drinking vessel fixed thereto. Figure 2
is a horizontal section on the line A----B of Figure 1. The bottle a is covered with a
cork jacket b in which longitudinal and transverse grooves c are formed as seen more
clearly in Figures 3 and 4; it is only the projections & left between these grooves that
bear upon the surface of the bottle; each of these projections is preferably formed
with a hole d (Figures 3 and 4) so as to increase the elasticity of the projections.
The cork jacket 6 is covered with cloth or other fabric m.
When bottles containing wine or other liquors have to be packed for transport I
can form divisions or separators of tin plate or other metal having at intervals strips
of cork, such as shown in Figure 5, grooved in the manner described.
I can also employ washers or pieces of cork, such as shown in Figures 7 to 10,
with projections formed with holes as above described; or cork cuttings or waste.
The neck of the bottle or vessel is also covered with cork i grooved vertically, as
seen in Figure 1 and on a larger scale in Figure 6. This cork covering is itself
covered with a metallic cover j, and the joint of the two pieces of cork b, b which
cover the whole bottle or vessel is closed, over the cloth jacket m, by a metallic
shield which widens out at the lower part to embrace the bottom of the bottle. This
metallic shield can be formed with suiall holes so as to provide for a current of air
around the bottle to cool the contents. The metallic shield is shown as formed with
two lugs, through which a strap can be passed; and it may carry two spring

page_text: hooks n, n for holding the flange o of the cup p which is placed in an inverted position
over the bottle neck. This cup is pressed upwards by 'a spring cap 7 on the
stopper. The stopper is attached to one of the lugs by a string or chain. Any
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other suitable form of stopper can be employed.
My protective covering although specially intended for glass bottles or other vessels
liable to break can also be applied to tin or other metallic vessels liable to become
dented by blows.
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 means hereinbefore described of protecting bottles and other vessels of glass
or other material from breaking or other injury.
2. For bottles or other vessels, a protective covering formed of elastic material
grooved longitudinally and transversely so as to leave projections which alone bear on
the surface of the vessel, the projections being formed with holes, substantially as and
for the purpose described.
3. For bottles or other vessels, a protective covering formed of elastic material
grooved longitudinally and transversely so as to leave projections these projections
being formed with holes, in combination with an outer covering of cloth or other
fabric and with metal shields at the joints substantially as and for the purpose
described.