A Combination of a Drinking Flask with a Race Glass Case.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Jan., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 19th Oct., 1896-Accepted, 21st Nov., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Combination of a Drinking Flask with a Race Glass Case.
I, GEORGE BERTCHNELL WINTER, of Grove Park, Chiswick, in the County
of Middlesex, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My present invention has for its object a novel combination with the leather case
ordinarily used to carry binocular glasses used at races and other places with a
flask containing wine, spirit, or other beverage.
The case carrying binocular glasses is ordinarily suspended by a leather strap
passing over one of the shoulders of the wearer, against whose side it hangs, and it
is in this way very conveniently carried, whilst if a drinking flask is also required
it forms an entirely distinct article carried in the pocket where it is both
inconvenient and unsightly. By my invention I so construct and arrange the flask
that it can be easily attached to and carried by the bottom of the case of the
glasses, where it is out of the way and its weight is little felt, whilst when desired
it can be quickly removed and replaced. For this purpose, I form or attach to the
bottom of the race glass case a hollow screwed ring, into which fits and screws a
corresponding screw formed round but outside the neck of the flask (which is
closed as usual by a screw cap).
The flask is preferably made of similar shape in side view to the bottom of the
case against which it fits, the neck and cap being passed through a central opening
in the bottom, and the flask being then turned round until the screw round the
neck engages with and screws into the screwed ring in the bottom of the case.
The strap which ordinarily passes round the bottom of the case, passes under the
flask below the latter, and is unbuckled or removed when it is desired to unscrew
the flask from the case or to replace it.
In the arrangement described the neck (or mouth) of the flask will be about the
centre of one of its sides, and there need be no other opening into it.
The neck and screw cap may however be at one end of the flask, as in the usual
form of flask, the screw by which it is screwed into the case being formed at the
side of the flask, or fixed upon the leather or other casing by which the glass flask
is covered. A catch, or spring fastening may be used to prevent the flask from
becoming accidentally unscrewed from the bottom of the case.
The details of construction of the combined drinking flask and race glass case
may be varied more or less as may be desired. For instance, instead of being
screwed to the bottom of the case, the flask may be simply placed against the
latter, one end being inserted into a recess or holder and the other end being held
in place by a spring or other catch. Or the flask may be inserted into a recess
formed to receive it at the bottom of the case, being held there by a catch or by
the strap which passes round it. A flap may close the entrance by which the flask
is inserted.
Jan1906

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Combination of a Drinking Flask with a Race Glass Case.
I, GEORGE BERTCHNELL WINTER, of Grove Park, Chiswick, in the County
of Middlesex, Gentleman, 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, and accompanying drawing, that is
to say:
My present invention has for its object a novel combination with the leather
case ordinarily used to carry binocular glasses used at races and other places, of a
flask containing wine, spirit, or other beverage.
The case carrying binocular glasses is ordinarily suspended by a leather strap
passing over one of the shoulders of the wearer, against whose side it hangs, and it
is in this way very conveniently carried, whilst if a drinking flask is also required,
it forms an entirely distinct article carried in the pocket where it is both
inconvenient and unsightly. By my invention I so construct and arrange the
flask that it can be easily attached to and carried at the bottom of the case of the
glasses, where it is out of the way and its weight is little felt, whilst when desired
it can be quickly removed and replaced.
The accompanying drawing is in illustration of my invention,
Figure 1 being a front view of an ordinary race glass case, having a drinking
flask carried below it, the case covering the latter being withdrawn, so that the
flask is accessible. Figure 2 is a similar view, showing the lower case in its place
upon the flask,
Figure 3 is a side view and Figure 4 a plan, showing the drinking flask
separately.
In order to put my invention in operation, I form or attach to the bottom of the
race glass case a a hollow screwed ring b, into which fits and screws a corresponding
screw c formed round but outside the neck of the flask d (which is closed as usual
by a screw or other cap e).
The flask d, of glass, metal, such as aluminium, or other suitable material, is
preferably made of similar shape to the bottom of the case a against which it fits,
the screwed neck c and cape being passed through a central screwed opening in
the bottom of the case, and the flask d being then turned round until the screw
round the neck c engages with and screws into the screwed ring in the bottom
of the case a. The strap which in ordinary race glass cases passes round the
bottom of the case a, is shown passing under the flask d below a separate case g
which fits over the latter from below, and the strap is unbuckled or removed,
or the race glass case a is drawn up upon it, as shown in Figure 1, when it is
desired to unscrew the flask d from the case a or to replace it.
Instead of the arrangement described and shown, the neck (or mouth) of the
flask d may be made about the centre of one of its sides, and there need be no other
opening into it, the shape of the flask being made to correspond with the bottom of
the case a.
The neck and cape of the flask may be at the upper end of the latter, as shown,
but a separate screw by which it is screwed into the case may be formed at
the side of the flask, or may be fixed upon a leather or other casing by which the
flask is covered. In this case the flask is made in side view to correspond in shape
with the bottom of the case a. A catch, or spring fastening may be used to
prevent the flask from becoming accidentally unscrewed from the bottom of the
case.
'The details of construction of the combined drinking flask and race glass case
may be varied more or less as may be desired. For instance, instead of being
screwed to the bottom of the case, the flask may be simply placed against the

page_text: latter, one end being inserted into a recess or holder and the other end being held
in place by a spring or other catch.
formed to receive it at the bottom or
or by a strap which passes round it.
by which the flask is inserted.
Or the flask may be inserted into a recess
side of the case, being held there by a catch
A flap may be arranged to close the entrance
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The combination with the case of race or opera glasses, of a drinking flask,
substantially as described.
2. The combination of the case a, screwed ring 6 drinking flask d, having
screwed neck c and cap e, flask case g, and strap f, substantially as described and
illustrated.
Dated this 17th day of October 1896.
EDWARDS & Co.,
65 and 66, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicant.