Improvements in Containing Vessels or Packages.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Sept., 1898-Accepted, 22nd Oct., 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Containing Vessels or Packages.
We, ALBERT GERSTENDORFER and MAX GERSTENDORFER, both of the Borough
of Manhattan, New York City, in the County and State of New York, United
States of America, Manufacturers, 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:-
Our invention relates to containing vessels or packages and it has for its object
to provide a simple and efficient package for containing a plurality of materials,
such as powder and liquid, which when desired may be mixed for use and wherein
the character of both materials may be determined by an inspection without break-
ing the package.
The invention consists of a package of the character and embodying the arrange-
ment and construction of parts hereinafter described and claimed.
In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a rear view of one form of package
embodying our invention, Figure 2 is a front view of the same, Figure 3 is a hori-
zontal sectional view of the package, which section is taken on the line 3-3 of
Figure 1. Figure 4 is a detail face view of the powder-containing receptacle or
envelope, and Figure 5 is a detail sectional view of the powder-containing receptacle
shewn on a large scale, the section being taken on line 5-5 of Figure 4.
The liquid containing vessel A shewn in the accompanying drawings prefer-
ably consists of a transparent bottle of any suitable shape and size and which is
adapted to contain a liquid such as a solution for holding a bronze powder in
suspension. The vessel A is provided with one or more depressions or recesses a
in the sides thereof, one being shewn in the present instance. This recess a is
adapted to receive a powder-containing receptacle B which is preferably an
envelope or carton of any suitable character adapted to contain a quantity of
pulverulent or dry material, such for instance as bronze powder. In practice we
provide this envelope B with an aperture closed by a transparent window, as
indicated at b, through which the bronze powder or other material contained in
the envelope may be seen without the necessity of breaking the seal thereof. This
transparent window is preferably a sheet of gelatine secured in place by paste.
The envelope B is, by preference, of such size as to fill the depression or recess a
in the liquid-containing vessel. After the envelope has been placed in the de
pression with the window b of the envelope next to the vessel A, said envelope
may be secured in place by suitable means such as a stiff shield & secured in place
over the envelope by a strip or label which label may bear suitable advertizing
matter together with instructions as to how the powder and liquid are to be mixed.
The label and shield may be secured together.
It will be observed that the contents of the envelope may be examined through
the vessel A when the said vessel contains a transparent or colourless liquid, as
will be the case when a bronze suspending solution is employed, and that ample
protection is at all times afforded the envelope by the vessel A and shield d.
When the contents of the vessel A and the envelope B are to be mixed, the envelope
may either be drawn from beneath the fastening strip c or said strip may be broken

page_text: and the materials mixed by pouring the contents of the envelope B into the bottle
or otherwise. It will also be observed that when the package is thus constructed,
the bottle containing the transparent liquid will serve as a additional window
for observing the powder and will exhibit clearly what the character of the liquid
will be when the powder has been suspended in the said liquid, thus enabling an
intending purchaser to clearly ascertain what the product will be when the two
ingredients have been mixed. This feature of our invention is quite valuable, for
by thus constructing the package it will be unnecessary to mix the ingredients
as the effect of the mixture may be readily determined beforehand and the
component parts of the mixture combined together in the manner described, with-
out entailing a loss upon the dealer should he fail to make the sale.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. In a package for exhibiting and storing a plurality of mixable ingredients
such as a liquid and a solid, the combination of a transparent bottle adapted to
contain the liquid, a receptacle separate from the bottle and removable therefrom
and adapted to contain other of the ingredients and having one wall transparent
through, which wall the contents of the receptacle may be observed, the said wall
being so located with respect to the bottle that the contents of the receptacle may
be observed through the said bottle, and means for maintaining the receptacle in
position on said bottle substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
In a package for exhibiting and storing a plurality of mixable ingredients, the
combination of a transparent liquid-containing vessel adapted to contain one of
the ingredients, a receptacle separate from the transparent vessel adapted to contain
other of the ingredients and provided with an apertured wall through which its
contents may be observed, the said receptacle and its aperture being combined with
the vessel in such manner that the contents of said rceptacle may be observed
through the said vessel and aperture substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 20th day of September 1898.
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
Chartered Patent Agents, 53, Chancery Lane, London.