Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Sept., 1887
Complete Left, 11th June, 1888
Complete Accepted, 13th July, 1888
1 JOHN GARRETT TONGUE Fellow of the Institute of Patent Agents of
34 Southampton Buildings London in the County of Middlesex (a communication
from Cyprien Maistriaux of Fagnolles-les-Mariembourg Belgium) do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of the application of cork as a protecting and insulating
envelope or covering for glass receivers bottles or flasks or receivers bottles or flasks
with weak and fragile walls.
In consideration of the properties of elasticity lightness and impermeability which
cork possesses the inventor has conceived the idea of using it as a protecting
envelope or covering for glass receivers or receivers with fragile walls which are
conductors of heat and cold.
Hitherto receivers which it is desired to protect against blows or against the effects
of temperature have generally been surrounded with various substances more or loss
suitable for the purpose but not possessing the qualities of cork.
The difficulty of using this material as an envelope for receivers is all the greater
because it is not easy to give it a rounded shape and this difficulty is what has
induced the inventor to adopt the system of application about to be described.
Taking for instance a baby's feeding bottle the inventor cuts out in a sheet of cork
the outlines of the receiver according to the various sections which it presents and
lays them one upon the other spitting them upon needles or spits and pasting them
so as to well cover the whole of the receiver.
Receivers fitted with an envelope thus made can be thrown about or handled
carelessly for the elasticity of the cork lessens the blow and prevents it reaching the

page_text: receiver. In addition to this the insulating properties of this substance gaurantee
the contents of the receiver against the influences of temperature and liquids
enclosed in a bottle protected by cork remain in a perfect state of preservation. The
application of this invention is especially valuable for feeding bottles flasks and in all
cases where it is necessary to protect the receiver and its contents against blows and 5
the influences of temperature etcetera.
Dated this 19th donat
1.
1000

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Coverings for Feeding Bottles and other Bottles
and Flasks.
I JOHN GARRETT TONGUE Fellow of the Institute of Patent Agents of
34 Southampton Buildings London in the County of Middlesex (a communication
from Cyprien Maistriaux of Tagnolles-les-Mariembourg Belgium) 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 consists of the application of cork as a protecting and insulating
envelope or covering for glass receivers bottles or flasks or receivers bottles or flasks
with weak and fragile walls.
In consideration of the peculiar properties of elasticity lightness and impermeability
which cork possesses the inventor conceived the idea of using it as a protecting
envelope or covering for glass receivers or receivers constructed of fragile material or
substances which are conductors of heat and cold.
Hitherto receivers which it is desired to protect against blows or against the effects
of temperature have generally been surrounded with various substances more or less
suitable for the purpose but not possessing the qualities of cork.
The difficulty of using this material (cork) as a vessel covering is all the greater
because it is not easy to give it a rounded shape or circular form and this difficulty is
what has induced the inventor to adopt the system of application about to be
described.
Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section of a vessel provided with a cork casing.
Figure 2 is a transverse section of the same.
Figure 3 a horizontal section and,
Figure 4 a section of the neck of the vessel.
Taking for example a feeding bottle A the contours or outlines of the vessel A
according to the different sections which it presents are cut out in a sheet of cork
and are then placed the one on the other sticking them on needles or fasteners C and
pasting them on in such a manner as to well cover all the vessel.
Vessels provided with a casing B in this manner can be thrown or handled without
care as the elasticity of the cork weakens or lessens blows and prevents their reaching
the said vessel. In addition to this the insulating properties of the material guarantee
the contents of the vessel from the influence of the temperature and liquids enclosed in
a bottle protected by cork remain in a state of preservation for a much longer period.
The application of this invention is principally suitable for feeding bottles gourds or
flasks and in all cases where it is necessary to protect the container against shocks
and the contents against the influence of the temperature.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The use and application of cork for the purpose of making a protecting casing
of it for fragile vessels or receivers such as feeding bottles flasks and the like vessels
either as a guard against shocks or for isolating the contents substantially as herein-
before described and shown in the drawings hereto annexed.
2. The means employed for fixing the cork on the sides of the vessels consisting in
cutting out the contours or outlines of the said vessels in a sheet or piece of cork and
placing them one upon the other then threading them on needles or spindles and in
fixing them by means of paste or glue or other suitable adhesive material substantially
as hereinbefore described and shown in the drawings annexed.
1000
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
34, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Patentee.
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
34, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Patentee.