Improvements in and relating to Bottles, Flasks, and other Receptacles.
Year: 1893

page_text: being date of first Foreign Application (in 17th Nov., 1892
France).
Date of Application (in United Kingdom), 16th May, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 16th Feb., 1894-Accepted, 24th Mar., 1894
Date of Application (in United Kingdom), 16th May, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 16th Feb., 1894-Accepted, 24th Mar., 1894
Improvements in and relating to Bottles, Flasks, and other
Receptacles.
We LA SOCIÉTÉ HENRY ET CIE., of 150 Rue de Paris Charenton (Seine) in the
Republic of France, Bottle Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to bottles flasks and other receptacles. It has for its object
to form on receptacles, and more particularly on bottles, a vitrified enamelled label
in one piece with the bottle or other receptacle so that the destination of the latter
will always remain the same and that when one bottle or receptacle has contained
a certain liquid, for instance oil, it may not be used for another liquid of a different
nature. In short according to my said invention I provide bottles and other
receptacles with labels which will last as long as the receptacles themselves.
In order to achieve this result I first form the ground of the label, for which
purpose I steep the bottle or other receptacle in a mixture of alcohol, sulphuric
ether and sticky material, such as dextrine, honey, sirup or the like.
The alcohol and sulphuric ether which serve as vehicles for the sticky material
are mixed in equal parts, and for 100 grammes of this mixture 1 add 2 grammes of
sticky material.
After the steeping of the bottle or other receptacle I cause evaporation in the
open air or in a stove, whereupon the sticky material will alone remain on the
bottle or other receptacle.
At the end of this operation I place upon the bottle or other receptacle a
covering or mask of any suitable material from which is cut out a part having
exactly the form of the ground of the label. I powder with white or coloured,
enamel the sticky material left bare by the open part of the covering or mask with
the aid of a sieve, then very evenly distribute the enamel powder with a brush so
as to obtain a uniform layer. The excess of sticky material is then removed by
washing with water, but this washing has the inconvenience of removing part of the
flux contained in the enamel which it is needful to restore. With this object I
prepare a solution of the flux in distilled water to which I add a certain quantity
of gum arabic to give body to the solution, the proportions of which are for
100 grammes of water:

page_text: The ground being thus prepared I trace the label by the means heretofore
employed and anneal so as to fix the tracing.
Dated this 16th day of May 1893.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Bottles, Flasks, and other
Receptacles.
LA SOCIÉTÉ HENRY ET CIE. of 150 Rue de Paris, Charenton (Seine) in the
Republic of France, Bottle Manufacturers, 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 invention relates to the formation on receptacles of any kind and more
particularly on bottles, of a vitrified enamelled label in one piece with the bottle
or other receptacle so that the destination of the latter will always remain the
same and consequently when one bottle or receptacle has been used for containing
a certain liquid, for instance oil it cannot be used for another liquid of a different
nature. In short the object of the invention is to produce bottles or other
receptacles with labels which will last as long as the bottles or receptacles
themselves.
In order to achieve this result I proceed in the following manner.
I first form
the ground of the label; for this purpose I steep the bottle or other receptacle
in a mixture of alcohol, sulphuric ether and sticky material such as dextrine, honey,
syrup, or the like.
The alcohol and sulphuric ether which serve as vehicles for the sticky material
are mixed in equal parts, and for 100 grammes of this mixture I add 2 grammes
of sticky material.
After the steeping of the bottle or other receptacle I cause evaporation in the
open air or in a stove; after the evaporation the sticky material will alone remain
on the bottle or other receptacle.
At the end of this operation I place upon the bottle or other receptacle a
covering of any suitable material from which is cut out a part having exactly the
form of the ground of the label. I powder with white or coloured enamel the
sticky material left bare by the open part of the covering with the aid of a sieve,
I then very evenly distribute the enamel powder with a brush so as to obtain
a very uniform layer. The excess of sticky material is then removed by washing
with water; this washing has the inconvenience of removing part of the flux,
contained in the enamel which it is needful to restore. With this object 1 prepare
a solution of the flux in distilled water to which I add a certain quantity of gum
arabic to give body to the solution, the proportions of which are for 100 grammes
of water:
1 gramme of gum.
10 centigrammes of flux.
I steep the bottle or other receptacle in this solution, then after drying in the
open air or in a stove I pass it to the muffle in order to fuse the enamel.
The ground being thus prepared I trace the label by the means at present
employed and I anneal so as to fix the tracing.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is :-
1 The combination Ր
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page_text: coloured or uncoloured enamelled labels forming one piece with the receptacle so
that the destination of the latter cannot be altered.
2. The process of manufacture, above described of enamelled labels on receptacles
of any kind and in particular on bottles, which consists in producing: first the
ground of the label by powdering with enamel that part of the receptacle to be
occupied by the ground which has originally been coated with a layer of sticky
material the excess of which is then removed by washing with water and passing
the piece to the muffle after having restored to the enamel the flux removed by the
washing with water: second the label itself which is traced by the means at
present employed and the fixity of which is obtained by a second and final
annealing.
Dated this 16th day of February 1894.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicants.