Year: 1886

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I, JAMES B. ANDREWS, of Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States of America,
Inventor, 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 relates to an improvement in packages for the transportation of
liquid and pasty substances; and it consists in the combination of an outer
inclosing-case of wood, a liquid-proof tin box, which is placed inside of the wooden
case and inade to fit snugly therein, à tubular or hollow absorbent pad, inside of
which the bottle is placed, and a separate pad of absorbent material which is placed
over the end of the bottle, all of which will be more fully described bereinafter,
The object of my invention is to provide a package which is intended especially
for the transportation of liquid and pasty substances through the mails, and
constructed so that in case of the breakage of the bottle or leakage therefrom, the
liquid or other substance will be absorbed by the absorbent material which is
placed around the bottle in the tin box, and thus absolutely prevent any injury to
other portions of the mail.
The accompanying drawing represents a vertical section of a package embodying
my invention.
A represents the bottle, which is to be filled with liquid or any pasty substance,
and which is placed inside of the hollow or tubular pad or casing B, which is made
of absorbent material, and which is open at one end for the insertion of the bottle,
and which is closed at the other end so as to form a pad or cushion a, for the
bottom of the bottle to rest upon. This pad or casing B, will either be made
tubular or angular in shape, according to the shape of the bottle, and will be made
of blotting-paper or any other suitable absorbent material which will answer to
absorb the liquid or pasty substance in case the bottle should become broken or
there be a leakage therefrom. This pad or casing can be cut so as to suit the
length of the bottle that is being used. In order to make this pad or casing about
the same length as the tin box C, in which it is to be inclosed, the end of the pad
can be cut off; or there may be several separate and distinct pads D, used so as to
prevent the casing or pad B, from moving endwise in the box. The pads D, are
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made of narrow strips of blotting-paper or other suitable absorbent material, and
will be placed upon the end of the pad or casing B, not only for the purpose of
catching any leakage from the bottle, but for the purpose of preventing the pad or
casing B from being moved endwise in the box C. This tin box C, will be made
either tubular or angular, as may be desired, and is provided with a screw-cap G,
which has a lining of cork or other suitable material H, inside of it, so as to
prevent any leakage from the box in case the bottle should become broken and the
absorbent material should not take up all of the liquid. This tin box C, serves as
a protector both for the pad or casing B, and the bottle. The pad or casing B,
being elastic, should by any accident the tin box be dropped or struck, will prevent
the blow from being communicated to the bottle which is placed inside of the pad
or casing. To still further protect the contents of the bottle, the tin box C, after
it has been securely sealed up is placed inside of the wooden package I, as shown,
and is then held in place by a string, which is tied around the package. This
string is prevented from coming off the package by grooves c, cut in its ends, and
in which grooves the strings are held. This package may consist of a block which
has been bored out so as to just receive the tin box, or a wooden casing of any
kind which has a suitable thickness to protect the tin box and its contents. Upon
this block the directions will be marked, written, or otherwise attached.
As the bottle is protected from any violent shocks by the elasticity of the
absorbent material, and as the wooden block and the tin box prevent any possibility
of the bottle being crushed in the mail, it will be seen that an absolutely safe
package is made for the transportation of fluid or pasty substances through the
mails or by express companies.
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 :-
The combination, in a package for the transportation of liquid or pasty substances
through the mails, of the pad or casing B, made of absorbent inaterial, the separate
and distinct pad D, the tin box C, provided with a water-proof cap, and the wooden
block or casing in which the tin box is inclosed, substantially as set forth.
Dated this 26th day of November 1886.