Improvements in Mucilage Bottles.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Dec., 1896-Accepted, 30th Jan., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Mucilage Bottles.
1, ELIZABETH GRAHAM WOODHAM, residing at Goble, in the County of Columbia,
and State of Oregon, United States of America, Housewife, 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 mucilage bottles, and the object thereof is to provide
an improvement in this class of devices, in which the mucilage bottle is placed in
a bottle or vessel of similar form, which is adapted to be filled or
partially filled
with water, the mucilage bottle being provided with a neck to which is secured
an annular perforated attachment in which is placed an annular wick or other
capillary device, which is provided with a downwardly directed extension or
extensions, and by means of which the water is carried upwardly to or into the
annular wick, and passes through the perforated walls of the annular chamber, in
which the wick is placed, this construction being designed to prevent the mucilage
from collecting or drying upon the inner walls of the neck of the bottle.
The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the
accompanying drawing forms a part, in which ;-
Fig. 1, is a central vertical section of my improved mucilage bottle, and the vessel
in which it is placed;
Fig. 2, a side view of the perforated annular attachment which is designed to be
connected with the neck of the mucilage bottle, and which contains the wick; and,
Fig. 3, a side view of a part of the wick which I employ.
In the drawing forming part of this specification, the separate parts of the
invention are indicated by the same numerals of reference throughout the several
views; and in the practice of my invention, I provide a vessel 5, which is
provided with a removable cover 6, which is preferably conical in form, and the
apex of which is cut away, and provided with a hinged cap 7, which is also
conical in form, and which is hinged at 9, to the conical portion 6.
The vessel or receptacle 5, is adapted to contain water, and I also provide a mucilage
bottle 10, the body portion of which is similar in form to the vessel or receptacle 5,
and which in practice, is placed in said vessel or receptacle, as clearly shown in
Fig. 1, and if desired, the bottle 10, may be secured in the vessel or receptacle 5, so
as to provide a space 11, which entirely surrounds the bottle 10.
The bottle 10, is provided with a short neck 4, in one side of which is a transverse
slot or opening 12, and I also provide a removable attachment 13, which is tubular
in form at its lower end, and adapted to be connected with the neck 4, and which
is provided with a slot 14, in one side thereof, which is adapted to register with
the slot 12, and the upper end of the tubular attachment is curved inwardly and
annular
downwardly so as to form an interior circular tuhe 15, whereby an
chamber 16, is formed which is open at the lower end and closed at the upper end.
The annular chamber 16, is designed to receive a circular wick 17, which is
provided with a downwardly directed extension 18, which passes through the slots 12,
and 14, and this wick in practice, is first formed as shown in Fig. 3, and
consists of the strip 17, which is adapted to be placed in the annular chamber 16, and
said strip is provided at one side with the depending extension 18, as hereinbefore
referred to.
The interior wall 15. of the chamber 16, in which the wick is placed, is

page_text: perforated throughout its extent, and said perforations are also preferably placed in
the upper wall of said chamber, and in the outer wall thereof, though the
perforations in the outer wall may be dispensed with if desired, and said attachment 13,
is jprovided on the side thereof above the transverse slot 14, with a vertically
movable plate 19, which is held in place by keepers 20. in which said plate is free to
slide, and said plate is provided with a knob or handle 21, and the object of the
plate 9, is to regulate the size of the slot or opening 14, and also to supply pressure to
the extension 18, of the wick 17, so as to regulate the capillary action thereof.
The vessel or receptacle 5, is filled or partially filled with water, and the water
pass upwardly through the extension 18, of the wick 17, into said wick, and is
gradually and regularly fed out through the perforations 15, in the inner wall of the
annular chamber 16, so as to keep said inner wall moist at all times, and the result
of which operation is to prevent the mucilage from collecting and drying on the
neck of the bottle, or on the inner wall of the attachment 13. It will be understood
that in removing the brush from the mucilage bottle, in the usual manner, the mucilage
thereon comes in contact with the inner wall 15, of the chamber 16, and by reason
of the fact that the inner surface of this wall is continually moist or wet, said
mucilage will flow back into the bottle, as will be readily understood, and will
not collect on or dry upon the attachment 13, of the neck of the bottle.
It will be apparent that the cover 6, of the vessel or receptacle 5, may be
of different form, as may also the hinged cap 7, of said cover, and it will also be
apparent that other changes in, and modifications of the construction herein
described, may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention or
sacrificing its advantages; and I reserve the right to make all such alterations
therein, as fairly come within the scope of the invention.
The placing of the mucilage bottle within a vessel or receptacle filled with water,
also prevents to an extent the evaporation of the mucilago, and keeps the same in
good condition at all times, while the amount of water which would pass through the
perforations in the inner wall of the chamber 16, and flow downwardly into the
mucilage will not be sufficient to interfere with the efficacy thereof.
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. A mucilage bottle provided with a casing or receptacle adapted to receive
water, said bottle and said casing or receptacle being constructed as described,
and as shown in the drawing.
2. The combination with a vessel or receptacle, which is adapted to be filled or
partially filled with water, of a mucilage bottle which is placed therein, said
mucilage bottle being provided with a neck attachment having an annular chamber
the inner wall of which is perforated, and said chamber being adapted to receive a wick
which is provided at one side with an extension which projects downwardly into the
water receptacle or vessel, substantially as shown and described.
3. The herein described mucilage bottle which is provided with a neck attachment
which is tubular in form, and in the upper end of which is an annular chamber
which is open at its lower side, and the inner wall of which is perforated, said
attachment being provided with a transverse slot in one side, substantially as shown
and described.
4. The herein described mucilage bottle which is provided with a neck attachment
which is tubular in form, and in the upper end of which is an annular chamber,
which is open at its lower side, and the inner wall of which is perforated, said
attachment being provided with a transverse slot in one side, and the neck of the
bottle being provided with a corresponding slot, substantially as shown and described.
5. The herein described mucilage bottle which is provided with a neck attachment
which is tubular in form, and in the upper end of which is an annular chamber
which is open at its lower side, and the inner wall of which is perforated, said
attachment being provided with a transverse slot in one side, and the neck of the

page_text: bottle being provided with a corresponding slot, and said attachment being also
provided with a vertically movable plate, which is mounted on one side thereof,
directly over the slot formed therein, substantially as shown and described.
Dated this 1st day of December 1896
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.