AN IMPROVED POCKET PERFUME FOUNTAIN
Year: 1864

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Prosper Eugène Fontenay, of 82, Boulevart Sebas-
topol, Paris, in the Empire of France, Jeweller, for the Invention of
"AN IMPROVED POCKET PERFUME FOUNTAIN."
Sealed the 3rd January 1865, and dated the 29th July 1864.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Prosper Eugène Fontenay
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
29th July 1864.
I, PROSPER EUGÈNE FONTENAY, of 82, Boulevart Sebastopol, Paris, in the
Empire of France, Jeweller, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "AN IMPROVED POCKET PERFUME FOUNTAIN," to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to a very simple contrivance by which perfume or
scent can be securely carried in the pocket, and when occasion requires
thrown out in a small jet, more or less, as desired.
My pocket perfume fountain consists of a small bottle, of suitably prepared
india-rubber, having any convenient form for the pocket. The neck of the
bottle is of any suitable substance and is closed by a metal cap, screwed on or
otherwise fastened, having in the centre a very small orifice through which
the perfume escapes in the form of a jet on pressure being applied to the
india-rubber receiver. Surrounding the bottle are two or more suitable
semicircular springs maintaining on each side of the bottle a small plate. The
receiver is then enclosed in a case of metal, shell, or other suitable substance,
an opening of sufficient size being left over the plates to permit of pressure
being applied to them when a jet of perfume is required.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Prosper Eugène Fontenay in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 11th January 1865.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, PROSPER
EUGÈNE FONTENAY, of 82, Boulevart Sebastopol, Paris, in the Empire of
France, Jeweller, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-ninth day of July, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, in the twenty-ninth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Prosper Eugène Fontenay, Her special licence that I, the said
Prosper Eugène Fontenay, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said Prosper Eugène Fontenay, 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 "AN IMPROVED POCKET PERFUME FOUNTAIN," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Prosper Eugène Fontenay, 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 Prosper Eugène Fontenay, do hereby
declare the nature of my said 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 Drawings, that is to say:-
My Invention relates to a very simple contrivance by which perfume or
scent can be securely carried in the pocket, and when occasion requires
thrown out in a small jet, more or less, as required.
My pocket perfume fountain consists of a small bottle or receptacal for
containing scent, and is made of suitably prepared india-rubber and of any
convenient form for the pocket. The neck of the bottle is closed by a metal
cap, screwed on or otherwise fastened, having in the centre a very small orifice
through which the perfume escapes in the form of a jet on pressure being
applied to the india-rubber receiver, which is enclosed in a cover or case of

page_text: metal or other substance surrounding the receiver, and on each side of it are
a number of straight or semicircular springs, the object of which is to main-
tain and support two small plates of metal or any other suitable substance,
and which may be made of any size and form proportionate to that of the
fountain. These plates, being placed and supported by the springs as already
described, on being pressed by the thumb and finger, produce a like pressure
on the india-rubber receiver on which they are placed, and by this means the
scent is forced out of it at the orifice made in the metal cap fitting on the
neck of the bottle, the plates being maintained and kept in position by means
of the springs as already mentioned; on removing the finger and thumb the
plates by means of the springs return to their natural position. A sufficient
space is left on each side over the plates to permit of free action to them on
being subjected to pressure, and the scent is introduced into the receiver by
removing the cap fitting on the neck of the bottle.
The above description will be readily understood, due reference being made
to the accompanying Drawings; the same letters indicate like parts shown in
the different Figures.
Figs. 1, 2, and 3, show the arrangement of the various parts forming the
pocket perfume fountain.
A is the india-rubber receiver; B is the metal plates on which the thumb
and finger are to be pressed in order to force out the scent; C represents the
springs supporting the metal plates B just mentioned; D is the metal cap
fitting by means of a screw or otherwise on the neck of the bottle, and fur-
nished with a small orifice through which the scent passes; E is the metal
cover or case to the whole, which may be ornamented or not at pleasure.
Having thus described my Invention, what I claim and desire to secure by
Letters Patent is the peculiar arrangement of the fountain as shown and
described in and by the above description and accompanying Drawings; at
the same time I do not limit myself to the precise form or dimensions, as
both may be varied, as well as the position and form of the springs, without
departing from the principle.
In witness whereof, I, the said Prosper Eugène Fontenay, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Seventh day of January, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
PROSPER EUGÈNE FONTENAY. (L.s.)