Improvements in or connected with Bottles, Jugs, and other like Vessels.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Aug., 1892-Accepted, 22nd Oct., 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Bottles, Jugs, and other like
Vessels.
We CHARLES FREDERICK DOBSON Lace Dresser of Peverill Drive in the
Town and County of the Town of Nottingham and ARTHUR FURLEY LEWIS
Iron Merchant of Clare Valley in the said County of Nottingham 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, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters and
figures marked thereon, that is to say:
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Our invention relates to improvements in or connected with bottles jugs and
other like vessels, for the reception of liquids, particularly sauce and wine bottles,
cream and milk jugs, and vessels for domestic purposes which have to be placed
upon tables, table-cloths, and other surfaces liable to be damaged. The object of
our invention is to so construct or provide these vessels with means as to render
them capable of arresting any drops which may trickle down the necks of the
vessels and damage or soil the surface upon which they may be placed.
For the purpose of our invention, we mould, or otherwise produce, upon the
exterior of the bottle, or vessel, at any desirable distance below the neck, or
mouth, thereof, an indent or channel of such a capacity, and so shaped, that it
will arrest the flow of any drops of liquid running down the outside of the neck,
or upper portion of the vessel, and retain the drops of liquid, so that they will not
descend to the base of the vessel after the liquid has been poured from it, or will
not run over the edge of the indent or channel when the vessel is again tilted for
pouring out the liquid.
The bottles, or vessels, which may be of any shape, may be made of glass,
pottery, metal, or any other suitable material, and the indent or channel, or it
may be rim or ledge, may be cast, moulded, or wrought, with the vessel in its
manufacture, or may be formed separately therefrom, and be fixed to or placed
upon the vessel, and may be of the same material as the vessel, or of any other
suitable material.
Our invention will be more clearly understood by reference to the annexed
drawings, in which :-
Fig. 1 shows a bottle constructed in accordance with our invention, a being the.
indent or channel formed below the neck b.
Fig. 2 shows the invention applied to a jug, by forming thereon a rim e inclined
slightly inwards towards the neck of the vessel.
Fig. 3 shows a bottle formed with a ledge or rim d, which may extend either
completely, or partly, around the outside of such bottle.
Fig. 4 shows a bottle provided with a detachable ring, or loose rim, e, fitted to the
bottle, and which may be of the same material as the bottle, or of other suitable
material.
any
other substance
Fig. 5 is a section of the detachable ring or loose rim e, which is splayed or
bell mouthed at its upper part f; it may be roughened in any suitable manner, and
made preferably of india-rubber, or other flexible material, or of
which will not slide upon or fall off the vessel to which it is applied. Said
detachable ring, or loose rim, will also, when made of india-rubber, he capable of
adaptation to vessels of varying diameters and will also ensure a tight fit with the
vessel so that no leakage will occur.
It is obvious that the invention can be applied to vessels of various shapes, and
designs, and that the indent, channel or rim may be circular, or of other shape,
without departing from the nature of our invention.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
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1. The construction of bottles, jugs, and other like vessels, with an indent,
channel, rim, or ledge formed upon the outside thereof, by casting, moulding, or
otherwise, and extending completely, or partially, around said vessels, substantially
as described and for the purpose set forth.
2. A bottle or other like vessel having an indent channel, rim, or ledge formed
at or about its shoulder, as described and shown with reference to Figs. 1, 2, and 3
of the accompanying drawings.
3. The combination with a bottle, or other like vessel, of a detachable ring of
india-rubber, or other flexible material, or of the same material as the vessel to
which it is to be applied, substantially as described and as shown with reference to
Fig. 4 of the drawings, and for the purpose set forth.
4. Our improvements in or connected with bottles jugs and other like vessels,
substantially as hereinbefore described and shown by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 2nd d... of And 1000
ERNEST DE PASS,
Chartered Patent Agent,
78, Fleet Street, London, and 6, Victoria Street, Nottingham,
Agent for the Applicants.