also Applicable for Restoving Tobacco.
Year: 1884

page_text: also Applicable for Restoving Tobacco.
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I, WILLIAM WILSON WALKER of 7 Marlborough Road Tuebrook, in the County
of Lancaster, Tobacconist, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN BOXES OR RECEPTACLES FOR CONTAINING OR STORING ALSO
APPLICABLE FOR RESTOVING TOBACCO to be as follows:-
Tobacco is now usually stored by vendors and also by consumers in boxes or
jars with the result that the moisture contained in it evaporates often leaving the
tobacco very dry. It is sometimes customary to place a damp cloth over the
tobacco in such jar to prevent the evaporation but this from many causes is
objectionable.
The object of my invention is to provide a jar or box for the purpose of storing
tobacco which shall prevent to a large extent the drying up of the tobacco by
supplying additional moisture to take the place of that which evaporates.
At or near the bottom of the box or receptacle I place a perforated tray or false
bottom which may if desired be loose but I prefer to have it form part of the box.
Below this and taking the place of the bottom I affix a movable bottom fitting air
tight or approximately so and forming with the perforated tray or false bottom
a chamber into which may be placed a sponge or other absorbent material which
when saturated with water transfers gradually moisture to the tobacco to take the
place of what is withdrawn by evaporation.
A box formed in this manner if made of suitable material will serve as a stove
and may be used for the purpose of restoving or moistening very dry tobacco.
The liquid to be used is placed in the bottom chamber or on heat being applied
thereto the steam is forced through the tobacco in the chamber above until
moistened to the required degree.
This box or receptacle may be made of any required shape or size and of any
material suitable for the purpose such as clay, metal etcetera.
WM P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, and
323, High Holborn, London,
Patent Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: also Applicable for Restoving Tobacco.
I, WILLIAM WILSON WALKER, 7 Marlborough Road Tuebrook, in the County
of Lancaster, Tobacconist, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN BOXES OR RECEPTACLES FOR CONTAINING OR STORING, ALSO
APPLICABLE FOR RESTOVING TOBACCO," and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
Tobacco is now usually stored by venders and also by consumers, in boxes or
jars with the result that the moisture contained in it evaporates often leaving the
tobacco very dry. It is sometimes customary to place a damp cloth over the
tobacco, in such jar, to prevent the evaporation, but this from many causes is
objectionable.
The object of my invention is to provide a jar or box for the purpose of storing
tobacco, which shall prevent to a large extent the drying up of the tobacco, by
supplying additional moisture, to take the place of that which evaporates.
It consists of a box or jar of any suitable material, with chambers at the bottom,
top or sides separated from the central or main chamber, by a wall or partition
of perforated material or other substance through which moisture may easily pass
the chambers so formed, forming a receptacle for a sponge or other material
containing moisture.
It is best described by aid of the annexed drawings in which:
Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a cylindrical box or jar made in accordance
with my invention.
Figure 2 sectional plan of same on line xx.
Figure 3 sectional elevation of square box, showing chambers formed at top,
bottom and sides, and
Figure 4 sectional plan of same on line y y.
In these A is a box or receptacle made of clay, metal or other suitable material,
shown cylindrical in Figure 2, but which may be square (Figure 4) octagonal or
other desired shape, with an internal chamber or receptacle B for containing or
storing tobacco. C is a partition, tray or division of a material, preferably per-
forated, through which moisture may pass or be transmitted. The division or
partition C may be made either fixed or movable, but I prefer the former. D is the
lid or top. E is the bottom shown in Figure 1 screwed to the box A, but may be
otherwise fixed so as to make as nearly as practicable an air tight joint. F is a
chamber formed by the partition C. Into this chamber is placed a sponge or
other absorbent material, G moistened with a suitable liquid such as rum, arrack,
or water. H are tubes which lead from the top of the box to the sponge G in the
chamber F, through which additional liquid may be conveyed to the sponge G
without the necessity of removing it; from the sponge or other absorbent material
when saturated with liquid, moisture is gradually transferred to the tobacco to
take the place of what is withdrawn by evaporation.

page_text: Although in Figure 1 the bottom E is shown movable and the perforated
partition C fixed, my invention is not limited to such construction as either may
be made movable and the other fixed, or both may be made fixed with a separate
opening fin the bottom as shown in Figure 3, through which the sponge may be
inserted and withdrawn and the chamber F may be placed in any suitable position
in the box. Figures 3 and 4 show how it may be placed at the top, bottom
or sides. A chamber F is formed at top by attaching the perforated partition
or division C¹ to the lid D¹; an opening in D¹ allows of the insertion of the
sponge, such opening being closed by the cover d. Chambers F" may be formed
down the sides of the box by means of a cylindrical partition or division plate C
or a chamber El may be formed at one side by making an opening therein with
perforated division C₁ with an external covering f¹.
It is not intended to prepare a single box with all the chambers shown in
Figures 3 and 4, but these Figures indicate some of the ways in which chambers
may be formed for the purpose which I have in view, though I prefer a box such
as shown in Figures 1 and 2.
A box or receptacle such as shown in Figures 1 and 2 if made of metal or a
inaterial that will stand heat will serve as a stove and may be used for the purpose
of stoving or moistening very dry tobacco. The liquid to be used is placed in the
bottom chamber F, and on heat being applied thereto, the steam is forced through
the tobacco in the chamber above until moistened to the required degree.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I wish it to be
understood, that I do not claim broadly the damping or keeping damp of tobacco,
whilst in a box or receptacle stored for use, but what I claim is
1st. The manufacture and use of a box or receptacle for containing or storing
tobacco having a chamber formed by a partition or division of material (preferably
perforated) through which moisture may pass or be transmitted and containing a
sponge or other absorbent material moistened with suitable liquid, substantially
as and for the purposes described.
2nd. The manufacture and use of a box or receptacle for storing or re-stoving
tobacco, having a chamber formed at the bottom by means of a perforated partition,
substantially as described and shown in Figures 1 and 2.
Dated this tenth day of August 1885.
WM P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, and
828, High Holborn, London,
Patent Agents for the Applicant.
WM P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, and
328, High Holborn, London,
Patent Agents for the Applicant.