Improvements in Water Bottles suitable for use when Travelling or in Camp.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Feb., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 10th Nov., 1890-Accepted, 24th Jan., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Water Bottles suitable for use when Travelling or
in Camp.
I, GERALD CHARLES HOOD, of 1 Rothsay Villas, South Eastern Road, Ramsgate,
in the County of Kent, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
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My invention has reference to water bottles suitable for use when travelling or in
camp, and adapted to the requirements of military men, sportsmen, and others. I
construct such a bottle with a circular plate below which is a ring (say inch deep)
which ring is formed with a screw thread both inside and out. The outer one is to
screw into the hole in the end of the bottle and the inner thread is to hold the
filtering medium. The plate which is larger in diameter than the ring may be
screwed into the bottte and held firmly there (in the case of a wooden bottle) by
three or more small screws. In some cases however these may be dispensed with.
As a filtering medium I provide a piece of animal charcoal that is formed with a
screw threaded part to screw into and be held in place by the before mentioned ring.
When the bottle is of glass the ring screws into another ring of suitable material such
as gutta percha interposed between the first mentioned ring and the interior of the
bottle neck to make a joint. From the centre of the plate a mouth piece (say
about inch in diameter) projects outwardly An air inlet is provided that
is normally closed by a valve acted upon by a spring to keep it closed, but provided
with a button or presser whereby a person using the bottle can by pressure of say
the first finger of the hand in which the bottle is held cause the valve to open and
admit air to replace the liquid withdrawn.
In a glass bottle with gutta percha ring as above referred to the air inlet passage
will run through the plate and through the charcoal.
The mouth piece above mentioned is furnished with a plug to close it when
required. This plug may be of wood or cork and tied on to prevent its being
lost.
W. LLOYD WISE,
Per J. E. S.,
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Water Bottles suitable for use when Travelling or
in Camp.
I, GERALD CHARLES HOOD, of 1 Rothsay Villas, South Eastern Road, Ramsgate,
in the County of Kent, 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 :-
My invention has reference to water bottles or barricoes suitable for use when
travelling or in camp, and adapted to the requirements of military men, sportsmen,
and others.
I construct such a bottle with a removable filter as I will now proceed to more
fully explain by aid of the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings in which
Figs. 1 and 2 are respectively a vertical section, and a plan or top view of a water
bottle with removable filter constructed according to this invention.
The bottle 1 is provided with a head 2 of any suitable material such as wood,

page_text: or metal, formed with a screw threaded opening 3 into which screws a ring 4
carried at the underside of a circular plate the diameter of which is larger
than the opening 3. 6 is a packing ring between the head and circular plate.
The plate 5 is provided with an outwardly projecting tubular mouth piece 7 of
any suitable external form and the interior of which communicates with the space 8
at the underside of the plate 5. The plate 5 also carries oppositely arranged lugs
or projections 5ª by which it can be readily rotated to remove it from the head. (as
for example to charge the bottle) and afterwards to replace it. 9 is a block of
suitable material, such as animal charcoal, to serve as a filtering medium.
cemented into a cap or holder 10 of suitable material, such as metal, glass, or
earthenware, formed with an external screw thread to engage with a corresponding
screw thread formed on the inner side of the ring 4, for the purpose of holding in
place the block of filtering material, which may project some distance below the cap
or holder 10 as shown in order to present a large filtering area.
It is
Instead of forming the inner side of the ring 4 and the outer side of the cap or
holder 10 with screw threads, these parts may be made plain as shown in the modified
construction shown in vertical section in Fig. 3. In this case, the cap or holder is
provided with a central externally screw threaded nozzle 11 that enters a corre-
spondingly screw threaded hole in the plate 5. A packing ring 12 may be interposed
between the nozzle and the part of the plate 5 above it, to prevent water passing
from the bottle to the mouth piece excepting by way of the filtering block.
In each arrangement, 13 is an air inlet normally closed by a valve 14 acted
upon by a spring 15 to keep it closed, but provided with a button or presser 16
whereby a person using the bottle can by pressure cause the valve to open and
admit air to replace the liquid withdrawn when the bottle is tilted.
The mouth piece 7 is or may be furnished with a plug to close it when required.
This plug may be of wood or cork, and be tied on to prevent its being lost. When
the bottle is of glass the ring 4 is screwed into another ring of suitable material
such as gutta-percha suitably secured in the opening 3, it may be by cementing, to
make a good joint. In this case the air inlet passage should extend through the
plate 5 and through the filtering block 9, but this latter arrangement is not so
advantageous in practice as the former.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
My improved water bottle with removable filter attached to the bottle cover
substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to and shewn in Figs. 1
and 2 of the drawings annexed or modified according to Fig. 3.
Dated this 8th day of November 1890.
GERALD CHARLES HOOD.
W. Lloyd Wise,
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.