AN IMPROVED PACKAGE, BOX, OR RECEPTACLE FOR KEEPING OR HOLDING WINES, SPIRITS, OR OTHER LIQUIDS DURING TRANSPORT OR OTHERWISE.
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edwin Russ, of Winchester, in the County of
Hants, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED PACKAGE, BOX, OR RECEPTACLE
FOR KEEPING OR HOLDING WINES, SPIRITS, OR OTHER LIQUIDS DURING
TRANSPORT OR OTHERWISE.
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edwin Russ at. the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
3rd August 1872.
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I, EDWIN RUSS, of Winchester, in the County of Hants, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED PACKAGE, BOX,
OR RECEPTACLE, FOR KEEPING OR HOLDING WINES, SPIRITS, OR OTHER LIQUIDS
DURING TRANSPORT OR OTHERWISE," to be as follows:-
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The object of this Invention is the production of a cheap, safe, cool,
and convenient' package, box, or receptacle for wines, spirits, or other
liquids for transport of the same, and for keeping the same ready and
accessible for use in the house or other places. For this purpose thiẻ

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wine, spirits, or other liquid in quantities of, say, half a gallon and
upwards is put into an ordinary flask or bottle of the corresponding size,
and made of glass, so as to enable the contents to be seen. I prefer to
stopper it with Sheppard's Patent or other suitable self-acting vent
peg. The bottle has a tap below for drawing off the liquid.
The bottle thus filled and stoppered is then put into a wooden box
of the following description:-The whole or part of the top is made as
a lid, and the front is formed as a door. The top lid and the front door
engage one with the other, so that one of them (by preference the
door) has to be unlocked and opened before the other can be opened.
One or other may be sealed to prevent tampering with, especially during
transport. The box is made so large that there is a space of at least
one inch between its side and the bottle. There is a sliding partition
fitting close against the bottle in front where it may have a layer or
lining of cork, or india-rubber, or other elastic material interposed so as
to protect the bottle against concussion. One part of this sliding partition
is under the tap and the other above, and it has an opening, so that the
contents of the bottle can be seen through it when the door is open;
but on the three other sides the space between bottle and box is filled
with sawdust or other bad conductor of heat well compressed. The
bottle also rests on a layer of such bad conductor. The box may be
made plain for transport, or more or less ornamental for use in houses or
other places. I prefer the square form of box as cheapest and most
convenient, but other forms may be used. .
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SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, 2
filed by the said Edwin Russ in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 3rd February 1873.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, EDWIN
Russ, of Winchester, in the County of Hants, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her 3
Letters Patent, bearing date the Third day of August, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in the thirty-
sixth year of. Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Edwin Russ, Her special licence
that I, the said Edwin Russ, my executors, administrators, and 3

page_text: assigns, or such others as I, the said Edwin Russ, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no
others, from time to time and at all times thereafter.during the term
therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "AN IMPROVED
PACKAGE, BOX, OR RECEPTACLE FOR KEEPING OR HOLDING WINES, SPIRITS, OR OTHER
LIQUIDS DURING TRANSPORT OR OTHERWISE," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said Edwin Russ, my executors or administrators,
by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands
and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the
said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and
cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Edwin Russ, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, reference being had to the accompanying Drawings,
and to the letters of reference marked thereon, that is to say :-
The object of this Invention is the production of a cheap, safe, cool,
and convenient packing box, receptacle, or cabinet for wines, spirits, or
other liquids, for transport of the same, and for keeping the liquid
ready and accessible for use in the house, warehouse, or elsewhere.
The Invention consists in the employment of a vessel preferably'
made of glass so that the contents may be seen, stoppered with a self-
acting vent or other peg, and provided with a tap for drawing off the
contents; this vessel is placed in a wooden box or cabinet packed with
sawdust or other packing, and so arranged and constructed that on
opening or unlocking a door the contents of the vessel are seen, and
the liquid can be drawn. off by the tap as required.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawings is a front elevation with the
door open of a package box or cabinet with bottle or other receptacle
for holding liquid, all made according to my Invention.
Figure 2 is a plan of same, also with the door open.
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Figure 3 is a vertical section through the line x, y, of Fig. 1 shewing
the cabinet or package with the liquid receptacle (in this case a bottle)
in elevation.

page_text: Figure 4 is a horizontal section.
Figure 5 is a front elevation shewing the front fitted with sliding.
partition.
And Figure 6' is a horizontal section on the line v, w, of the same.
Similar letters of reference refer to like parts in all the Figures.
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a is the flask or bottle which may be of any size, containing from, say,
half a gallon of liquid and upwards; it is preferably made of glass so
that the contents may be seen, and I prefer to stopper it with the stopper
known as "Sheppard's" patent stopper, although any other suitable
self-acting stopper and vent peg may be used. 6 is the tap in the bottle
for drawing off the liquid; c is a box into which the bottle is placed
when filled and stoppered, or in which it is held ready to be filled, and
to be transported or carried from place to place; d is a lid to the box,
which is hinged preferably a little more than half way across as shewn,
so that when raised the stopper of the bottle is easily reached; e is the
door; f, a piece of angle iron or wood attached thereto, which takes into
lugs or pieces of wood d¹ in the under side of the cover d, so that when
the cover or door is locked (but preferably the door) the cover cannot
be opened unless the door is opened first; to afford greater security either
the door or cover may be sealed to prevent the apparatus being tampered
with, especially during transit from place to place; g is a partition which
may be firmly secured as shewn in Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4, to the box
itself, or it may be made to slide as shewn in Figures 5 and 6. The
partition is shewn partially drawn up in dotted lines in Figure 5, and
there may be placed between this partition and the bottle a layer or
lining, of cork, india-rubber, or other suitable material, but preferably
clastic, so as to protect the bottle against concussion, but in some cases
I do not find it at all necessary to use this or any other packing. The
partition is provided with an opening in it as shewn, whereby the
contents in the bottle can be seen when the door is open; the other
space between bottle and box is filled up with sawdust or other material
non-conducting to heat as shewn, with a layer of sawdust for the bottle
or jar to rest in, and by this means the bottle or flask is not only pro-
tected from accident during transit from place to place, but the sawdust or
other material acts as a non-conductor to heat, and renders the cabinet
to a very great extent a miniature refrigerator, in fact there is sufficient
space between the flask and the lid to place ice, salt, or other cooling
medium; is a recess cut in the bottom of the box to allow a bottle

page_text: or jug to be freely brought to the tap; k is a piece of wood attached to
the door e to cover over the opening / in order to prevent the tap being
turned from the outside without opening the door; 1, 1, are openings or
slits in the cross piece m to receive the stems of wine glasses if desired,
whereby the apparatus becomes a wine or spirit cabinet.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I do not limit
myself to the precise construction of apparatus as herein-before described,
as the same may be varied without departing from the essential features
of my Invention; but I claim, the construction and employment of.
packages or cabinets containing a vessel or flask preferably made of glass
for carrying or containing wine, spirits, or other liquids, and provided
with a tap for drawing off the liquid, the said vessel or flask being placed
and held in the said box or cabinet packed with sawdust or other non-
conductor to heat, all arranged and constructed substantially in manner
and for the purposes herein-before described and illustrated in the
accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Edwin Russ, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this First day of February, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three.
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