IMPROVEMENTS IN VESSELS FOR CONTAINING WATER AND OTHER LIQUIDS, AND IN MEANS FOR SUSPENDING AND CARRYING THE SAME
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Marshall Cochrane, of Surbiton, in the
County of Surrey, Gentleman, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN VESSELS FOR CONTAINING WATER AND OTHER LIQUIDS, AND IN MEANS FOR
SUSPENDING AND CARRYING THE SAME."
Sealed the 13th August 1869 and dated the 19th February 1869.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Marshall
Cochrane at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 19th February 1869..
I, WILLIAM MARSHALL COCHRANE, of Surbiton, in the County of
Surrey, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN VESSELS FOR CONTAINING WATER AND OTHER
LIQUIDS, AND IN MEANS FOR SUSPENDING AND CARRYING THE SAME," to be as
follows:-
My Invention consists in the use of a bottle or vessel of glass, glazed
pottery, or other suitable material protected by a covering of felt or

page_text: other non-conducting material, which also serves for maintaining the
temperature of water or other liquid contained in the said bottle or
vessel. The bottle or vessel so protected may be furnished with an
outside covering of leather, cloth, or other suitable material.
For military purposes the shape of the bottle or vessel is adapted to
fit over the hip joint of the wearer, and is for this purpose made concave
on the inner side and convex on the outer side; but the said bottle or
vessel may be made of various shapes for other purposes.
With reference to the means of suspending and carrying bottles or
vessels of the kind referred to, and other vessels for similar uses, the 1
mode adopted is that of a loop of leather or other suitable material
made so as to be capable of sliding on a waistbelt, on which loop is
fastened a spring hook adapted to receive a ring fastened to the outer
covering of the bottle or vessel by which the latter is suspended and
secured as required.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said William Marshall Cochranc in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 18th August 1869.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
MARSHALL COCHRANE, of Surbiton, in the County of Surrey, Gentleman,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Nineteenth day of February, in the
year of our Lord One thousand ciglit hundred and sixty-nine, in the
thirty-second year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and_suc-
cessors, give and grant unto me, the said William Marshall Cochrane,
Her special licence that I, the said William Marshall Cochrane, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or 'such others as I, the said
William Marshall Cochrane, 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 VESSELS FOR CONTAINING

page_text: WATER AND OTHER LIQUIDS, AND IN MEANS FOR SUSPENDING AND CARRYING THE
SAME," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said William
Marshall Cochrane, my exccutors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and scals, 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 William Marshall Cochrane, 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, reference being had to Drawing
hereunto annexed, and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that
is to say):-
My Invention of "Improvements in Vessels for Containing Water and
other Liquids, and in Means for Suspending and Carrying the same,"
consists in the use of a bottle or vessel of glass, glazed pottery, or other
suitable material (but by preference of ebonite) protected by a covering
of felt or other non-conducting material, which also serves for main-
taining the temperature of water or other liquid contained in the said
bottle or vessel. The bottle or vessel so protected may be furnished
with an outside covering of leather, cloth, or other suitable material.
For military purposes the shape of the bottle or vessel is adapted to
fit over the hip joint of the wearer, and is for this purpose made concave
on the inner side and convex on the outer side; but the said bottle or
vessel may be made of various shapes for other purposes.
With reference to the means of suspending and carrying bottles or
vessels of the kind referred to, and other vessels for similar uses, the
mode adopted is that of a loop of leather or other suitable material
fastened to the outer casing of the bottle or vessel, and suspended by
means of a spring hook and link from a waistbelt, on which the said
link is adapted to slide, by which means the bottle or vessel is sus-
pended and secured as required; or the hook may be dispensed with and
the bottle suspended from the waistbelt by means of a strap or loop; or
the bottle may be carried by the use of an ordinary shoulder strap fixed
in the usual manner.

page_text: to describe more particularly in what manner the same is to be per-
formed by reference to the accompanying Drawings, in which are
represented the parts above referred to.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 is a vertical section, and Fig. 2 a horizontal section shewing a
bottle or vessel enclosed in a cover of non-conducting material; Fig. 3
is a back view, and Fig. 4 a transverse vertical section of a bottle or
vessel similarly covered and provided with the means of suspending and
carrying it. In these several Figures the same letters of reference
indicate corresponding parts.
A is the bottle or vessel for containing water or other liquid, and
which may be composed of glass, glazed pottery, or other suitable
material, but which I prefer to be composed of ebonite on account of its
lightness, while it is at the same time non-absorbent, and adapted for
keeping water or other liquid clean. It will be seen at Fig. 2 that the
bottle or vessel is shewn concave on its inner side and convex on its
outer side. This form of bottle or vessel is more especially adapted for
military purposes, but such form may be varied. B is the covering of
felt or other suitable non-conducting material adapted to maintain the
temperature of the water or other liquid contained in the bottle or
vessel, and also to protect the bottle or vessel from liability to injury..
C is an outer cover of leather, which may or may not be used as preferred.
In Figures 3 and 4, D is a strap, on the end of which is formed a loop E
with a ring F, in which is inserted a spring hook G with a flat ring or
link Hadapted for sliding on a waistbelt I. This mode of suspending
the covered bottle or vessel may be varied as to the details of the parts
or attachments; also the stopper for the bottle or vessel, and the means
of securing it.
Having thus described the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same is be performed, I hereby declare that what I claim as
of my Invention is,-
First. The use of a bottle or vessel composed of ebonite, glass, glazed
pottery, or other material of a non-absorbent character, covered or pro-
tected with a covering of felt or other suitable non-conducting material
for the purpose or purposes described.

page_text: And, secondly. The mode described of suspending the covered and
protected bottle or vessel for the purpose of carrying it as may be
required.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Marshall Cochrane, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, the Eighteenth day of August,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-
ninc.
Witness,
WILLIAM SPENCE,
8, Quality Court,
Chancery Lane.
W. M. COCHRANE. (L.S.)