Improvements in Boxes for Blacking and other Substances which are required to be Moistened before Used.
Year: 1897

page_text: Improvements in Boxes for Blacking and other Substances which
are required to be Moistened before Used.
We, THOMAS AIREY LANGHORNE, of 62, Kirkgate, Silsden, near Keighley, in the
County of York, Tin Plate Worker, and JOSHUA TILLOTSON, of Skipton Road, Silsden,
near Keighley, in the County of York, Contractor, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
It relates to improvements in the manufacture and construction of boxes for
blacking and other substances which are required to be moistened or damped before
used, said boxes. being so arranged that by putting pressure upon the underside
or bottom a stream of water is caused to flow onto the blacking or other substance
placed in box.
To accomplish our invention we make use of a box, preferably of tin and in
the inside of this box we place another box, the two boxes being joined together at
the top or upper rim. The two boxes are arranged so that the bottom of the inside box
clears the bottom of the outside box, thereby forming a watertight compartment and
into this compartment is inserted a tube or pipe closed by a cork or screw cap.
Just under the top rim of box, in the inside, and preferably, directly over the
tube or pipe, we form a small hole which passes through into the watertight compart-
ment. The blacking or other substance is placed in the inner box, and water or other
suitable liquid is passed into the watertight compartment by means of the tube or
pipe. The bottom of outside box is slightly dished so that it may be bulged in or
out. When the blacking or other substance is required to be moistened, the box is
held at a slight angle, so that the side in which is formed the small hole is lowest,
pressure is then put onto the bottom of box causing it to bulge in and by these
means the water or liquid is forced through the hole just under the rim of box, and
flows onto the blacking or other substance placed in the inner box.
Dated this 8th day of April 1897.
THOMAS AIREY LANGHORNE.
JOSHUA TILLOTSON.
Improvements in Boxes for Blacking and other Substances which
are required to be Moistened before Used.
We, THOMAS AIREY LANGHORNE, of 62, Kirkgate, Silsden, near Keighley, in the
County of York, Tin Plate Worker, and JOSHUA TILLOTSON, of Skipton Road,
Silsden, near Keighley, in the County of York, Contractor, do hereby declare the
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page_text: 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:-
It relates to improvements in the manufacture and construction of boxes for
blacking and other substances which are required to be moistened or damped before
used, said boxes being so arranged that by putting pressure upon the underside, or
bottom, a stream of water is caused to flow onto blacking, or other substance, placed
in box.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation of our
improved box,
Fig. 2, is a plan view, and
Fig. 3, a side elevation of improved box.
To accomplish our invention we make use of a box a, preferably of tin, and in the
inside of said box we place another box b, the two boxes being joined together at b¹.
The bottom 62 of the box b clears the bottom a' of the box a, thereby forming a
watertight compartment into which is inserted a pipe c closed by a cork d or other
suitable means.
Just under the top rim 63 of the box b, a hole is formed through which we pass a
small pipe or tube e, one end of said pipe or tube e passing down so as to just clear
the bottom a¹ of the box a, while the other end is bent so as to project over the box b.
The blacking or other substance is placed in the box b, and the water or other liquid
is passed into the box a down the pipe c.
The bottom a¹ of the box a is slightly dished or bent outwards so that by applying
pressure to the bottom a', it may be bulged inwards towards the bottom 62 of box b,
but the bottom is so formed that when the pressure is taken off it returns to
its original position again. When the blacking, or other substance, is required to be
moistened, the bottom a¹ is pressed inwards thereby forcing the water, placed in box a,
up the pipe or tube e, said pipe or tube e conducting the water, or other liquid, onto
the blacking, or other substance, placed in box b.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature and object of our
said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare
that what we claim is :-
1. A box formed and arranged in the manner and for the purpose as herein
described and illustrated by the annexed drawings.
2. The box a having the dished bottom a, the box b, the pipe c having inserted
the cork d, and the pipe or tube e, in combination, being arranged in the manner and
for the purpose herein described and illustrated by the annexed drawings.
Dated this 8th day of January 1898.
THOMAS AIREY LANGHORNE.
JOSHUA TILLOTSON.