IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO BOTTLE OR PROEPTACLES FOR MUCILAGE LIQUID BLACKING OR OTHER LIQUIDS
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edmund Palmer Hawkins of Holborn Viaduct in the
"
City of London for an Invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO
BOTTLE OR PROEPTACLES FOR MUCILAGE LIQUID BLACKING OR OTHER LIQUIDS
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edmund Palmer Hawkins
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 12th October 1882.
EDMUND PALMER HAWKINS of Holborn Viaduct in the City of London
"IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO BOTTLES OR RECEPTACLES FOR MUCILAGE
LIQUID BLACKING OR OTHER LIQUIDS OR SEMI-FLUIDS,"
My Invention relating to bottles or receptacles for mucilage liquid blacking or
other liquids or semifluids has reference to the production of a bottle or receptacle
which shall contain within itself the means or device for supplying and applying
the liquid or semi-fluid to the surface on which it is to be used without the
necessity for introducing a brush or its equivalent into the bottle or receptacle
in order to obtain its supply and withdrawing it charged with the liquid or semi-
fluid to be applied to the required surface as in the ordinary manner.
According to my Invention I employ in combination with the bottle or receptacle
a brush which forms an integral part thereof and fills the mouth of the same so
that by the act of inverting the bottle or receptacle the brush will become charged
with a certain quantity of the mucilage or other liquid or semi-fluid contained
therein which may then be applied to any required surface after the manner of
using an ordinary brush,
The knot of bristles constituting the brush proper is formed around a hollow
central metal core having a flange for attachment to a metal ferrule by cementing
or otherwise; this ferrule surrounds and grips the knot of bristles the ends of
which are secured with cement in the usual manner and the ferrule is itself
attached to the neck or upper extremity of the bottle or receptacle either by
screwing or by means of cement or otherwise with the interposition if desired
of a washer of leather or other suitable material. When the ferrule is screwed to
the bottle or receptacle it may be readily removed in order to enable the bottle
or receptacle to be replenished. When however the ferrule is permanently

page_text: attached to the bottle or receptacle the liquid or semifluid may be supplied
when necessary through a funnel inserted through the centre of the brush into
the hollow core.
A cap of metal or other suitable material is provided for covering the brush
and the upper part of the bottle or receptacle when not in use.
By means of my invention the inconveniences attending the ordinary system
of dipping the brush or equivalent device into the bottle or receptacle are entirely
obviated as not only is the operation of charging the brush facilitated but a uniform
and moderated supply of the liquid or semi-fluid is ensured since the flow of the
same may be regulated to any required degree by suitably varying the size of the
bore or orifice of the hollow core according to the nature or fluidity of the
particular liquid or semi-fluid to be used. This variation may also if desired
be effected by adjusting the size of the orifice by means of a valve of any suitable
construction.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Edmund Palmer Hawkins in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
7th April 1883.
EDMUND PALMER HAWKINS of Holborn Viaduct in the City of London
"IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO BOTTLES OR RECEPTACLES FOR MUCILAGE,
LIQUID BLACKING OR OTHER LIQUIDS OR SEMI-FLUIDS."
My said Invention relating to bottles or receptacles for mucilage, liquid blacking,
or other liquids, or semi-fluids has reference to the production of a bottle or
receptacle which shall contain within itself the means or device for supplying and
applying the liquid or semi-fluid to the surface on which it is to be used without
the necessity for introducing a brush or its equivalent into the bottle or receptacle
in order to obtain its supply and withdrawing it charged with the liquid or semi-
fluid to be applied to the required surface as in the ordinary manner.
According to my Invention I employ in combination with the bottle or receptacle
a brush which forms an integral part thereof, and fills the mouth of the same so
that by the act of inverting the bottle or receptacle the brush will become charged
with a certain quantity of the mucilage, or other liquid or semi-fluid contained
therein, which may then be applied to any required surface after the manner of
using an ordinary brush.
And in order that the said Invention may be perfectly understood I shall now
proceed more particularly to describe the same and for that purpose shall refer to
the several figures on the accompanying sheet of drawings, the same letters of
reference indicating corresponding parts in all the figures.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents a vertical section of a bottle
or receptacle adapted for containing mucilage, and having a brush combined with
the bottle or receptacle so as to form an integral part thereof and fill the mouth
of the same in accordance with the said Invention Figures 2, and 3, are details
of the hollow central metal core and metal ferrule hereinafter referred to.
A is the bottle or receptacle. B the brush which consists of a knot of bristles
formed around a hollow central metal core C having a flange a, for attachment to
a metal ferrule D by cementing or otherwise; this ferrule surrounds and grips the
knot of bristles, the ends of which are secured with cement in the usual manner
and the ferrule is itself attached to the neck or upper extremity b, of the bottle or
receptacle A either by screwing as shown, or by means of cement or otherwise
with the interposition if desired of a washer c, of leather or other suitable material.
When the ferrule is screwed to the bottle or receptacle as in the example illustrated,
it may be readily removed in order to enable the bottle or receptacle to be
replenished. When however the ferrule is permanently attached to the bottle or
receptacle the liquid or semi-fluid may be supplied when necessary through a
funnel inserted through the centre of the brush into the hollow core.
A
cap
E (shown in dotted lines in Figure 1.) of metaFor other suitable material
is provided for covering the brush and the upper part of the bottle or receptacle
when not in use.
By means of my said Invention the inconveniences attending the ordinary
system of dipping the brush or equivalent device into the bottle or receptacle are
entirely obviated, as not only is the operation of charging the brush facilitated,
which operation is performed by the act of inverting the bottle or receptacle but
a uniform and moderated supply of the liquid or semi-fluid is ensured, since the
flow of the same may be regulated to any required degree by suitably varying the
size of the bore or orifice of the hollow core according to the nature or fluidity of

page_text: the particular liquid or semi-fluid to be used. This variation may also if desired
be effected by adjusting the size of the orifice by means of a valve of any suitable
construction.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of the said
Invention and the manner in which the same is or may be used or carried into
effect, I would observe in conclusion that what I consider to be novel and
original and therefore claim as the Invention secured to me by the hereinbefore
in part recited Letters Patent is :-
The combination with a bottle or receptacle for mucilage, liquid blacking, or
other liquids or semi-fluids, of a brush forming an integral part of the said bottle
or receptacle and filling the mouth of the same, substantially as and for the
purpose herein before described.
In witness whereof I the said Edmund Palmer Hawkins have hereunto seb
my hand and seal this Seventh day of April in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and eighty three.
EDMUND PALMER HAWKINS. (LS.)