Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Apr., 1887.
Complete Left, 23rd Aug., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 23rd Sept., 1887.
SAMUEL WILLIAM WILKINS 1 Parliament Square Edinburgh in the County of
Mid Lothian Ironmonger do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
I provide a Guard or Shield to protect the hands from injury when breaking the
bottles, to allow the liquid contained therein to escape in the extinguishment of fire
or otherwise.
This Guard or Shield is securely fixed to the neck of the bottle, a portion of which
extends from the neck covering the upper part of the outside of the bottle, in such a
manner, as would entirely protect the hands from injury on its being brought into
requisition.
This Guard or Shield may be made of any material but preferably metal.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Hand Grenades for the
Extinguishment of Fire.
SAMUEL WILLIAM WILKINS 1 Parliament Square Edinburgh in the County of
Mid Lothian N.B. Ironmonger 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 :-
I provide a Guard or Shield to protect the hands from injury when breaking the
bottles, to allow the Liquid contained therein to escape in the extinguishment of fire
or otherwise. This Guard or Shield is securely fixed to the neck of the bottle, a
portion of which extends from the neck of the bottle downwards covering the upper
part of the outside of the bottle in such a manner, as would entirely protect the hands
from injury on its being brought into requisition.
This Guard or Shield may be made of any material but preferably metal.
And in order that my said Invention may be properly understood, I now proceed
more particularly to set forth the system, mode or manner, in or under which the
same is or may be used or practically carried into effect, reference being had to
the annexed Sheet of Drawings, and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that
is to say.
Figure 1, is a bottle fitted with my improvement.
Letter (A) is the Hand Safety Guard or Shield.
Letter (B) is a bottle.
Figure II, fully illustrates my improvement.
Letter (A) is my Hand Safety Guard or Shield.
By adopting this Hand Safety Guard or Shield on any bottle, perfect freedom of
action, and absolute safety to the person using them is maintained, and the bottles can
be broken with impunity together or by striking them against any hard substance to
allow the liquid to escape in the extinguishment of fire or otherwise, a feature that
cannot be claimed for any other Hand Grenade or Glass bottle yet introduced.

page_text: One great feature in this improvement is that it can be fitted on any Hand Grenades
or other Glass bottles in present use at a small cost.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of my said invention,
and the system mode or manner in or under which the same is or may be used or
practically carried into effect I would observe in conclusion that what I claim as my
invention, is
The application of a Guard or Shield for fixing on any Hand Grenade or other Glass
bottle to prevent injury to the hands of the persons using or breaking the same, by
cutting the hands with the fragments of broken glass.
This Guard or Shield may be made of any material, and 1 do not intend to limit
myself to the exact details herein-before described, and represented in the Drawing
hereunto annexed, so long as the true character of my Invention is retained.
In witness whereof, I the said Samuel William Wilkins have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty second day of August, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and eighty seven.
SAMUEL WILLIAM WILKINS.