Improvements in Stands or Bottles for Ink or Mucilage.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 26th July, 1898-Accepted, 3rd Sept., 1898
Improvements in Stands or Bottles for Ink or Mucilage.
[A communication from CHARLES MICHAEL HIGGINS, Manufacturer, of 168 & 170
Eighth Street, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A.]
I, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT, of 111, Hatton Garden, in the County of Middlesex,
Chartered Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement :-
This invention applies to the small or ordinary desk ink bottles in which ink is pu
up for sale, and from which it is directly used by the pen, and the object of the
invention is to so construct the bottle as to enable the last portion of ink to be
reached and used by the pen instead of being spread over the entire area of the
bottom in a shallow layer, as usual, which necessitates its waste. To this end the
essential feature of this invention consists in forming the bottom of the bottle with a
depression or well depending from the general surface of the bottom in line with the
mouth of the bottle, and deep enough to subinerge the pen point thereby forming a
trap or pool into which the last portion of the ink will always collect and drain, and
where it can be easily reached and used by the pen, and thus preventing the waste
which occurs in the ordinary flat bottomed bottle. This invention also consists in
the special construction whereby this main feature is practically embodied, also in an
improved and novel way of labelling and supporting the bottles, and in several
details connected therewith, as hereinafter fully illustrated and set forth.
In the drawings-
Fig. 1 is an elevation of the preferred form of this invention, which shows a bottle
blown in one piece in the form of a hollow spinning top.
Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same and of its supporting stand or sheath into
which the bottle is socketed, and which also forms the printed label band, and is
one of the prominent features of this invention.
Fig. 3 is an elevation of the same, and
Fig. 4 a cross section on the line x x of Fig. 2.
Figs. 5 and 6 show modifications in the means for holding, supporting and
labelling the top shaped bottle.
Referring now to the details of the drawings by letter-A represents the bottle
which is blown in the ordinary way in the usual style of molds but made of course in
such form as to produce the shaped bottles shown, which instead of being flat at the
bottom and thus self-sustaining is made in the shape of a spinning top or egg shaped,
with the depending well or pocket c hanging below the general surface of the bottom
or side of the bottle as fully shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Hence this bottle will not
stand erect alone, but it is tightly socketed into a sustaining shell or sheath D of
sheet metal or other material upon the exterior of which may be printed any desired
label matter as shown in Fig. 3, thus forming both the bottle, stand or holder, and
its label at the same time, and thus dispensing with the extra work of applying labels
in the cominon manner. It is preferred to make the shell D of what is known.as
"decorated tin" being thin enameled sheet metal on the exterior of which any
desired decoration or label matter can be printed in any desired colors thus forming
a very efficient and elegant package or ink stand at comparatively slight cost.

page_text: It will be seen in reference to Figs. 1 and 2 that the body of the bottle is formed
with cylindrical or straight sides a a for a short distance which is a tight frictional
fit for the top of the shell D, and that the bottle has an overhanging bead at the
base of the breast with a small peripheral groove t below the same into which the
slightly overturned edge of the shell D is sprung, thus securely holding the bottle in
its supporting shell or stand. The straight part aa of the bottle is also formed with
a vertical groove u as seen in Figs. 1 and 4 to admit the seam at the jointure in the
label band or hoop D as seen clearly in Fig. 4.. The base of the shell D may be
formed with a bead i to make a better finish and harmonize with the breast bead b,
and this shell may be left open at the bottom, as shown by full lines or it may be
closed by a sheet metal bottom as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1 thus forming as
it were an enclosing can in which the bottle is set. This sheath or can may be
weighted inside as shown by dotted lines at vv, say preferably by an annular weight
of cast iron, lead or other material, or by a charge of shot, thus making the ink
stand or bottle very heavy at the base, and thus giving it great stability against
accidental upsets.
The neck of the bottle is finished in the ordinary way and is shown fitted with the
stopper S from which the quill ; projects into the central well c from which the last
few drops of ink in the bottle can be obtained, thus ensuring not only economy of
ink, but enabling the draughtsman to readily get sufficient ink on the quill to fill the
drawing pen, when the ink gets low in the bottle without having to tip the bottle or
manoeuvre the quill or otherwise waste time and labor in the operation as occurs
with the common ink bottles. It will be further seen that the improved ink stand or
bottle is just as well adapted for writing ink as for drawing ink, as it possesses the
same convenience and economy when used with the writing pen for it ensures that
the last portion of the ink can be readily reached and dipped up by the pen, as will
be readily understood on reference to Fig. 2.
The bottle may of course be square, triangular or other form in cross section
instead of round as shown in Figs. 1 and 4, and the depending well c need not be of
the exact curved tapering or egg shape shown although this is considered preferable.
My correspondent does not of course limit himself to the label shell or sheath I) for
holding the top-shaped bottle as any other suitable support may be used. For
example the bottle may be socketed in a block of wood suitably turned out to receive
it, as indicated by dotted lines p p in Fig. 1, into which block it may be cemented,
and on the exterior of the block the label may be printed or pasted. The bottle inay
also be held in the stand shown in Fig. 5, consisting of a base plate F with spring
claws e which will spring into engagement with the groove t and thus hold the bottle
securely.
Another method of holding the bottle is shown in Fig. 6. In this case the label
band D of paper or other material united in the form of a hoop or sheath as in
Figs. 2 and 4 is slipped over the straight part a a of the bottle, and the two
are then inverted, and the intervening space filled up with cement G, such as plaster,
sealing wax, or its equivalent, which cement adheres to bottle and label band and
unites the two firmly and forms a firın stand as soon as solidified.
The improved bottle may also be used for mucilage and with similar advantage, in
which case a brush may be substituted for the quill j in Fig 2.
Instead of having the entire edge of the band D slightly overturned to spring into
and engage the groove t in the bottle as shown in Fig. 2, the edge of the band may
be indented with three or more projections near the edge to spring into engagement
with said groove tor with corresponding recesses blown in the bottle instead of having
the continuous groove t.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, as communicated to ine by my foreign correspondent, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. A blown glass bottle formed in substantially the shape of a hollow spinning top
with a depending well c extending from it's bottom in line with its naal nu

page_text: and projecting below the outer edge of the body, substantially as and for the purpose
set forth.
2. A blown glass bottle formed in the shape of a hollow spinning top with the
depending well or pocket. c, extending from its bottom, in combination with a
supporting stand or holder in which said bottle is socketed, substantially as shown
and described.
3. The combination with a blown glass bottle having a straight part or body a a
below the breast and depending well or pocket c extending from the bottom, of a
supporting stand tightly embracing the body a a, and in which the bottle is socketed
up to or near the breast, substantially as shown and described.
4. The combination with a blown glass bottle having the straight part or body a a
below the breast, and the depending well or pocket c extending from the bottom, of
the annular supporting hoop or band D tightly embracing the body aa, substantially
as and for the purpose set forth.
5. A blown glass bottle formed with the neck d, breast, stop or bead l, and
straight sides a a, depending well or pocket c, and supporting band or loop D tightly
embracing the sides a a, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
6. The combination with a glass bottle, of a printed band of sheet metal encircling
the bottle and into which the same is socketed and which forms the label thereof,
substantially as herein set forth.
7. The combination with a blown glass bottle formed like a hollow spinning top
with an elastic or yielding metallic supporting band into which the said bottle is
sprung and thereby engaged, substantially as herein shown and described.
8. A blown glass bottle made in the form of a hollow spinning top and with a
socketing groove or recess on its periphery, in combination with a supporting band or
stand, having one or more elastic or yielding points or projections engaged with said
groove or recess, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
9. The combination with a bottle formed substantially as described with the stop
8 and recess t on its periphery, of the supporting band D abutting against said stop
and engaged with said recess, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 26th day of July 1898.