IMPROVEMENTS IN BOTTLE, WRAPPERS
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Herbert John Haddan, of the Firm of Herbert and
Company, Solicitors of Patents, of 67, Strand, in the City of Westminster,
Civil Engineer, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN BOTTLE, WRAPPERS."
A communication from abroad by Bennett D. Marks, of Louisville, United
States of America.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Herbert John Haddan at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 9th June 1881.
HERBERT JOHN HADDAN, of the Firm of Herbert and Company, Solicitors of
Patents, of 67, Strand, in the City of Westminster, Civil Engineer. "IMPROVEMENTS
IN BOTTLE WRAPPERS." A communication from abroad by Bennett D. Marks,
of Louisville, United States of America.
The Invention relates to an improvement in bottle wrappers, and it consists in
forming the wrapper of a thin sheet or veneer of wood, or of paper, or metal,
having suitable ridges, flanges, or equivalent devices therefor upon its outer side,
which ridges or flanges serve to strengthen the wrapper and when applied to the
bottle to prevent concussion between the bottles by preventing them from coming
solidly in contact with each other.
The object of this Invention is to dispense with the usual wrappings, which
have been made heretofore of straw and other such fibrous material and to
substitute therefor a wrapping made entirely of wood, paper, or metal, made not
only strong enough to prevent all injury to the bottles, but which in case one of
the bottles should be broken and its contents run out into the box or barrel will
not absorb and retain the contents in such a manner as to produce an unpleasant
odour or smell or rot the wrapper.
The Invention is performed by cutting the wood, paper (pasteboard), or metal
(sheets) in one or more strips so shaped as to warp round the neck, shoulder, and
body of the bottle; one edge of such wrapper is then turned or rolled up, or a strip
or ridge piece is attached to it, so that when wrapped round the bottle a spiral
ridge is formed.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Herbert John Haddan in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 30th November 1881.
HERBERT JOHN HADDAN, of the Firm of Herbert and Company, Solicitors of
Patents, of 67, Strand, in the City of Westminster, Civil Engineer. "IMPROVEMENTS
IN BOTTLE WRAPPERS." A communication from abroad by Bennett D. Marks,
of Louisville, United States of America.
This Invention relates to an improvement in bottle wrappers, and it consists in
forming the wrapper from a thin sheet or veneer of wood, and forming suitable
ridges, flanges, or any equivalent devices therefore, upon its outer side, which
ridges or flanges serve to strengthen the wrapper and to prevent concussion between
the bottles by preventing the bottles from coming solidly in contact with each
other, as will be more fully described hereinafter.
The object of this Invention is to dispense with the usual wrappings, which
have been made heretofore of straw and other such fibrous material, and to
substitute therefor a wrapping made entirely of wood, which is not only strong
enough to prevent all injury to the bottles, but which in case one of the bottles
should be broken and its contents run out into the box or barrel will not absorb
and retain the contents in such a manner as to produce an unpleasant odour or
smell or rot the wrapper.
In the accompanying Drawings Figure 1 represents a side elevation of one of my
wrappers applied to a bottle; Figure 2 is a vertical section taken through the
wrapper, showing the shape of the ridges, projections, or flanges formed upon its
outer side; Fig. 3 is a plan view of the wrapper by itself.
The sheets or veneers of wood from which the wrappers are formed are shaved
from the side of a block or log by means of a cutter which sweeps through a
portion of a circle. This cutter will have one, two, or more notches, cuts, or recesses
formed in its cutting edge, so that as the veneer or sheet of wood is shaved from
the block or log the flange, projection, or ridge C is formed at the same time.
These ridges may either be of the shape hero shown or any other. that may be
preferred, and which instead of extending straight across the wrapper will follow
the curve made by the cutter. These ridges will project sufficiently beyond the
outer surface of the wrapper to prevent the sides of the bottles from coming solidly
in contact with each other, whereby breakage might be occasioned in case of rough
handling of the boxes or barrels in which the bottles are placed.
The grain of the wood of the vencer out of which the wrapper is made runs
lengthwise with the length of the bottle, so that the transverse flexibility of the
sheet will be availed of to enable it to take the curvature of the bottle. The
rigidity of the sheet lengthwise of the grain is sufficient to diffuse the force of a
blow over so much space that there is little danger of cracking the glass. After
the wrapper has been applied to the bottle it is retained in place by means of a
suitable band, string, wire, or any other equivalent device, and which may bo
applied so as to run spirally around the out-side of the wrapper or extend straight
around as may be preferred. Where the cord, band, or tie is made of some elastic
or compressible material it acts as a spring to prevent the dangerous concussion of
.bottles against each other.
The upper edge of the wrapper is gored out or slitted, so that it can be readily
and easily contracted around the neck of the bottle when so desired. This goring
out or slitting of the top is not absolutely necessary, but it is so preferred because
it enables the wrapper to conform perfectly to the shape of the bottle.
The great advantage in using a shect or veneer of wood as a bottle wrapper

page_text: consists in being made much more cheaply than the wrappers of straw and other
materials which have been used heretofore, is more easily and rapidly handled,
requires less space in packing the bottles into boxes or cases, and in case one of the
bottles should be broken by rough usage the contents of the bottle will not be
absorbed and retained in the wrappers until the wrappers rot and produce a very
unpleasant and offensive smell. Where wood is used as a wrapper, should one of
the bottles be broken the wood will simply be wetted and then will readily dry
again, and thus no disagreeable smell be left behind in the case or upon the other
bottles.
Having thus described this Invention I claim,
1. A bottle wrapper made from a sheet or veneer of wood, and which has a ridge
or projection formed upon its surface, substantially as shown.
2. The combination of a bottle wrapper formed from a sheet or vencer of wood,
and having a ridge formed upon its outer surface, with a retaining cord, band,
or tie, which is passed around the bottle in any manner, substantially as
described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Herbert John Haddan, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty ninth day of November, A.D. 1881.
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