IM- PROVEMENTS IN THE ARRANGEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF CASES FOR BOTTLES, GLASSES, OR DRINKING CUPS, AND OTHER ARTICLES
Year: 1870

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Bernoulli Barlow, of Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster, Patent Agent, for the Invention of "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN THE ARRANGEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF CASES FOR BOTTLES,
GLASSES, OR DRINKING CUPS, AND OTHER ARTICLES."-A communication
from abroad by Jules Mathieu, of Paris, in the Empire of France,
Engineer.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Bernoulli
Barlow at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 15th February 1870.
I, HENRY BERNOULLI BARLOW, of Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said In-
vention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ARRANGEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF CASES
FOR BOTTLES, GLASSES, OR DRINKING CUPS, AND OTHER ARTICLES," being a

page_text: communication to me from abroad by Jules Mathieu, of Paris, in the
Empire of France, Engineer, to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to further improvements upon the Invention
for which former Letters Patent were granted to me on the 14th day of
May 1869, No. 1482, and it consists in making the case in two parts of
wood, metal, cardboard, leather, papier maché, or other suitable material,
connected together by a screw or by studs fitting in slots similar to a
bayonet joint or by lock and key or secret spring, also in lining such
cases with leather, flannel, or other soft material, and in providing an
openining below to admit air when the bottle is taken out, also in sup-
porting the glass-or-drinking cup by a wood or other washer fitting on
the shoulder of the bottle, or retaining it in the upper part-of-the-case-
by washers or strips of india-rubber or by spring or other catches, also
in placing strips of india-rubber in the upper part of the case which
press the glass or drinking cup against the stopper of the bottle.
These improvements also consist in making the cases in more than
two parts screwed or otherwise connected together, and with a com-
partment or compartments containing one or more boxes or vessels in
which sandwiches or other edibles are packed, and with divisions
for salt and other seasonings, and for a knife, fork, spoon, or other
articles.
The improvements also consist in the clasps and belts for slinging the
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Henry Bernoulli Barlow in the Great Seal Patent 2
Office on the 10th August 1870.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY
BERNOULLI BARLOW, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Patent
Agent, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her 30
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fifteenth day of February, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy, in the
thirty-third year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-

page_text: cessors, give and grant unto me, the said Henry Bernoulli Barlow
Her special licence that I, the said Henry Bernoulli Barlow, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
Henry Bernoulli Barlow, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and
at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and
lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle
of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ARRANGEMENT AND
CONSTRUCTION OF CASES FOR BOTTLES, GLASSES, OR DRINKING CUPS, AND OTHER
ARTICLES," being a communication to me from abroad by Jules Mathieu,
of Paris, in the Empire of France, Engineer, upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said Henry Bernoulli Barlow, my executors or
administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one
of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to
be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent
Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date
of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Henry Bernoulli Barlow, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement, (that is to say) :—
This Invention relates to further improvements upon the Invention
for which former Letters Patent were granted to me on the Fourteenth
day of May One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, Number 1482,
and it consists in making the case in two parts of wood, metal, card-
board, leather, papier maché, or other suitable material, connected
together by a screw, or by studs fitting in slots similar to a bayonet
joint, or by lock and key, or secret spring; also in lining such cases with
leather, flannel, or other soft material, and providing an opening below
to admit air when the bottle is taken out; also in supporting the glass
or drinking cup by a wood or other washer fitting on the shoulder of the
bottle, or retaining it in the upper part of the case by washers or strips
of india-rubber, or by spring or other catches; also in placing strips of
india-rubber in the upper part of the case which press the glass or
drinking cup against the stopper of the bottle..

page_text: These improvements also consist in making the cases in more than
two parts screwed or otherwise connected together, and with a com-
partment or compartments containing one or more boxes or vessels:
in which sandwiches or other edibles are packed, and with divisions:
for salt and other seasonings, and for a knife, fork, spoon, or other
articles..
And in order that the Invention may be fully understood, I will
proceed to describe the accompanying Sheet of Drawings..
Fig. 1 is a section of a travelling flask with wood case in two parts
screwed together; A is the lower part of the case, and B. the upper part,
these two parts are screwed together at P, the upper part B forming
the cover contains the glass V. The interior of-the-parts A and B. are
lined with leather, woven fabric, or other material to protect the bottle
or flask F and the glass V, the lower edge of which rests upon the
washer R, the form of which can be varied. This washer may be of
wood or other suitable material, and it rests upon the shoulder of the
flask. At the bottom of the case A and through the lining is the
opening o, the object of which is to admit air when the flask is taken out
of the case.
Fig. 2 is a section of a metal case somewhat similar to that shewn in
Fig. 1, and with corresponding letters of reference. The lower part b
may be screwed to the case A, and in that case the screw P is dispensed
with. When the lower part 6 is used, and the parts A and B are made
in one piece the flask F and glass V would be taken out from below, in
this arrangement the glass is held by a washer of india-rubber glued to
the interior of the case. Before the glass is put in, this washer is straight,
but when the glass is pushed into its place the interior of the washer
assumes the position shewn and prevents the glass falling out. The
metal case may be covered and lined with leather or other material, or it
may be only painted or varnished. The lower part 6 is provided with a
hole o as in Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a section of a case in which the flask F does not occupy all
the vertical space, the flask is held up by the false bottom d which is
open to receive the box S, and below is a recess or chamber containing
the box C. In this arrangement the case is formed of two parts A
and B united by the screw P, and below the part A is the part A',
forming the base which is provided with the air hole o. The box C is

page_text: intended to contain sandwiches or other edibles, and it may be divided
into compartments. The box S may contain salt, pepper, or other
seasoning. At each side of the box S is a groove o' to admit air when
the flask F is taken out. In this arrangement the box S is shewn
independent of the box C, but it is evident that they may be combined
as shewn at Fig. 4, in which the box S is attached to the lid of the
box C, this compound box may be made with compartments.
Fig. 5 represents the box S of the same diameter as the box C, this
would require the false bottom d, see Fig. 3 to be dispensed with, in this
case the box S would be the cover of the box C, and it would be provided
with any number of compartments 8, 8; the centre part may contain
knife, fork, spoon, and other articles. In Fig. 3 the glass V is held in
the cover B by two strips of india-rubber g, they are separated to admit
the glass, and when the glass is in its place they spring back thus
preventing it falling out.
Fig. 6 represents another mode of securing the glass V. In this case
the strips of india-rubber are crossed, the ends being secured to the
inside of the cover B, when the glass is in its place they hold the bottom
of the glass against the stopper m of the flask F.
Fig. 7 represents the glass V held in the cover B by little bolts or
buttons D.
Fig. 8 represents the glass V held in the cover B, by two or more
spring catches E; this view also shews a mode of connecting the parts
A and B without the screw P; the two projections and recesses f, f¹,
form a sort of bayonet joint, the part is formed from the interior to
the exterior of the case A, and the part f¹, from outside to inside of the
lower rim of the cover B. Any convenient number of the projections
and recesses may be used and their length can be varied. The glass
may also be connected to the cover by a metal washer having recesses
corresponding to projections from the cover, the glass is first put in the
cover, then the washer is put in its place and pressed and turned partly
round so that the projections may enter the recesses, the edge of the
glass then comes against the washer, which is thus held in its place.
Fig. 9, represents another mode of uniting the parts A and B without
a screw, the little hooks c, c, are attached to the cover B, and the
loops a, a, are fixed to the rim of the part A; opposite the loops a, a,

page_text: is the spring catch p. To open this case it is only necessary to press on
the catch p, and partly turn the cover B to disconnect the hooks c from
the loops a, and to close the case the operations are reversed.
Having thus described the Invention communicated to me by the
within-named Jules Mathieu, I wish it to be understood that I do not
limit myself to the details given, as the same may be varied or modified,
but what I claim is, the various improvements in the arrangement and
construction of cases for bottles, glasses, or drinking cups, and other
articles as shewn and described.