Improvements in Boxes for Holding Blacking and other Substances which are required to be Moistened before used.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Jan., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 6th Oct., 1898-Accepted, 12th Nov., 1898
Improvements in Boxes for Holding Blacking and other Substances
which are required to be Moistened before used.
I, GEORGE ROBERT MARKS, of Cross View, Oakworth, near Keighley, in the
County of York, Model Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
It relates to improved construction of boxes for holding blacking and other
substances which are required to be moistened before used, and consists of means
whereby water or other liquid may be poured upon the blacking or other substance
at will.
According to this invention I employ two boxes, one fitting inside the other,
that is to say, they form a double box, one box fitting inside the other and they,
the said boxes being joined together at their upper edges in such a manner that
the bottom of the inside box, clears the bottom of the outside box, thereby forming
a watertight compartment betwix the two boxes. Into this compartment I insert
a tube or pipe through which water or other liquid may be passed into said
compartment.
Towards the top edge of inner box I form a small hole through which I pass a
small pipe, one end of said pipe being formed or bent so as to project over the inner
box whole the other end passes down into the watertight compartment until it
just clears the bottom of outer box.
The tube or pipe through which the water or other liquid is passed, I close
by a cork, having a hole made through its centre, but before inserting said cork
I place in said tube or pipe, a suitable plug or washer, to which I attach a wire or
rod which passes through the hole formed in the before named cork. The plug
or washer may be made of rubber or other suitable material, but preferably of
wood having a groove cut round its circumference into which I place an india
rubber ring in such a manner that when said plug or washer is placed inside the
tube or pipe it may be slid up or down but at the same time it presses sufficiently,
upon the inner surface of said tube or pipe, as to prevent the air and water in water-
tight compartment from passing up said tube or pipe. If desired I can place an
open spiral spring in the bottom of tube or pipe, so that when the plug or washer
is slid down, said tube or pipe, said spring will force it back to its original position
again. The blacking or other substance is placed, in the inner box, and the
water or other liquid in the watertight compartment. When the blacking or other
substance requires damping I press the wire or rod attached to plug or washer
thereby causing it to slide down the tube or pipe, and by these means the water
or other liquid in watertight compartment, is forced up the small pipe and onto
the said blacking or other substance placed in the inner box.
Dated thin fith der of January 1898

page_text: Improvements in Boxes for Holding Blacking and other Substances
which are required to be Moistened before used.
I, GEORGE ROBERT MARKS, of Cross View, Oakworth, near Keighley, in the
County of York, Model Maker, 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:-
This invention relates to improved construction of boxes for holding blacking
and other substances which are required to be moistened before used, and consists
of means whereby water or other liquid may be poured upon the blacking or other
substance at will.
Such being the nature and object of my said invention the following is a
complete description of same reference being had to the accompanying drawings
in which: :-
Fig. 1, is a plan view of the improved box.
Fig. 2, is a sectional elevation of improved box.
Fig. 3, is a sectional view, in detail, enlarged soale, showing tube and plug.
According to this invention I employ a box a which is divided into two compart-
ments and c.
Into the compartment b' I insert a tube d which extends downwards;: but just
clear of the bottom a¹ of box a. I also insert into the compartment b a pipe fithe
upper end of said pipe f being bent so as to project over the compartment c; while
the other end'extends downwards and just clears the bottom a¹ of box a:
The compartment b is arranged to hold water or other liquid which may be
passed down the tube d, while the compartment c forms a box into which the
blacking or other substance may be placed.
Into the tube d I insert a plug or plunger e which may be made solid and just
large enough to fit said tube or may be made (see Fig. 3) smaller than the tube
with a groove formed round its centre into which is inserted a rubber ring g, said
ring a pressing against the inside of tube d.
When water or other liquid is placed in compartment b and the plug or plunger e
inserted into the tube d, and pressure placed thereon, the airspace in chamber b is
reduced, and the water or other liquid is forced up the pipe f and runs onto the
blacking or other substance placed in the compartment c.
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If desired a spring h may be placed in the tube so that it rests upon the
bottom a¹ of box a, so that when the plug or plunger e is pressed downwards
said spring h will force it back again. When not in use the box may be covered
by a detachable lid.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. The improved box as herein described in which is combined, the box a having
the compartments b and c, the plug or plunger e, and the pipe f for the purpose
herein described and as illustrated by the annexed drawings.
2. A box arranged in the manner and for the purpose as herein described:
Dated this 5th day of October 1898.