IMPROVEMENTS IN SMELLING AND PERFUME BOTTLES
Year: 1876

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Warner, of Boston, of the State of Massachusetts,
of the United States of America, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
SMELLING AND PERFUME BOTTLES."
Sealed the 11th August 1876, and dated the 19th June 1876.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said Henry Warner at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 19th June 1876.
HENRY WARNER, of Boston, of the State of Massachusetts, of the United States
of America. "IMPROVEMENTS IN SMELLING AND PERFUME BOTTLES."
In the said Drawing,
Figure 1 denotes a combined smelling and perfume bottle embodying my improve-
ments; Figure 2 a central and longitudinal section of the same.
Figure 3 a side view of one of the bottles; Figure 4 a top view of the same.
Figures 5 and 6 are side and top views of the valve.
Figure 7 is an elevation of the cage or spring holder.
My Invention relates to improvements in the construction of bottles for holding
perfumes, pungent volatile matter, etc., and consists in the peculiar construction,
combination, and arrangement of parts as herein-after described and claimed.
In the Drawing, A, A, denotes two bottles or receptacles having their bodies
formed of glass, and of a cylindrical or other desirable form, each of such bottles
having a metallic thimble or ring B cemented to its neck, a cap C screwing upon
the outer end of the ring. Within the ring B is a hollow cylindrical open-sided
cage a, having an annular shoulder or flange b projecting outwardly from its upper
end and resting upon the top edge of the glass neck, such cage extending down
into the interior of the bottle and having an annular shoulder c extending inwardly
from its lower end, a coiled wire or spring d being inserted in the cage and having
its lower end or coil resting upon the lower shoulder c of the cage. D is a disk or
valve having a cylindrical stem e extending from its upper face and through an
opening made centrally through the cap C. The lower face of the disk has a flat
shank g extending down axially therefrom; the upper part of such shank having a
width corresponding with the internal diameter of the cage. h, h, are two shoulders
formed on the shank, such resting on the upper end or coil of the spring d; such
arrangement serving to force the valve D when the screw cap C is in place closely

page_text: against a hollow leather washer or packing i arranged around a chamber formed
in the under surface of the cap, as shown in the Drawing; or instead of the
detachable metallic cage, the same may be fortned of glass, as an integral part of the
bottle.
The chamber of the cap is formed with any desirable number of orifices m
disposed around the stem-receiving neck of the cap. The shank g of the valve
extends down into the interior of the bottle to any desirable extent, the object of
such being to disturb or break up the contents of the bottle in case such may have
become consolidated, or in case a sponge may be employed to absorb and hold the
fluid in the bottle, to compress the sponge, so as to cause it to give out more or less
of its volatile or fluid contents.
In forming the duplex bottle, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, each of the bottles is
formed with an annular dovetailed shoulder k around its lower part; the annular
shoulder of one of the bottles is next to be filled with plaster of Paris, and one end
of a metallic ring E having a width equal to the combined width of the two
shoulders of the bottles is placed on the bottle and around the shoulder filled with
cement and pressed into the proper position thereon; the bottle is next set aside
to allow the cement to become "set;" this having been effected the shoulder of its
fellow bottle is to be filled with the cementing material and its bottom covered with
a thin coating of the same; this latter bottle is next to have its lower end inserted
in the ring, with its bottom abutting against its fellow; the parts are then pressed
together and suffered to remain until the cement has become "set."
These bottles it is evident may be used either seperately or combined, and they
may be filled with any desirable perfume or perfumes or material giving a pungent
odor, and in case the materials employed in the bottles be in a liquid state a sponge
if desirable may be used in the bottle to absorb such liquid to a greater or less
extent.
From the above it will be seen that the spring valve forms a perfect automatic
packing to the cap orifices, so that no fluid or scent can escape until the valve is
moved downward, which is done by simply placing the thumb or finger of a
person's hand on the top of the stem e, which will not only depress the shank g into
the substance contained in the bottle but allow the fluid or odor to freely escape
through the orifices in the cap, while the pressure may remain on the stem of the
valve; as soon as the thumb or finger is removed the resilient action of the spring
will at once seal the cap.
Having described my Invention, what I claim is,―
1st. The combination with the body A provided with the ring B of the screw cap C
formed with the valve stem opening f and the orifices m, the valve D provided
with the stem e and shank g, and the spring d, the whole being arranged to
operate substantially as set forth.
2. The duplex bottle as described, the same consisting of two separate
receptacles A, A, constructed as specified, and connected by means of the ring E and
cement, as set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Warner, have hereunto set my hand
and goal this 24th dow
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