Improvements in Hoods or Coverings and Drip Trays for Bottles, Jars, and the like.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Mar., 1897-Accepted, 15th May, 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hoods or Coverings and Drip Trays for Bottles,
Jars, and the like.
We, FREDERICK THOMAS TREBILCOCK, of the City of London, in the County
of Middlesex, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, Manufacturing Jeweller, and
CARL AUGUSTUS BASTEDO, of the City of Toronto, in the County of York.
in the Province of Ontario, Canada, Traveller, 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 relates to an interchangeable hood and drip tray for bottles, jars,
and the like.
The object contemplated being the provision of an interchangeable hood, which
when secured in proper position, will in no way interfere with the free removal of
the contents of the bottle on which it is used, and of an interchangeable hood and
drip tray which may be transferred from one bottle to another of the same or a
different size, said hood and drip tray being provided with a resilient yielding
device or devices, or material, for adapting the one hood and drip tray to and for
firmly binding them, on, and securing them to a separate bottle of the same or a
different size.
And it consists of the improved construction and combination of parts, the.
object and advantages of all which will appear in the following description, and the
novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the claims.
In order that our improvements may be better understood, we have illustrated
in the accompanying drawings a bottle provided with an interchangeable hood and
drip tray constructed according to and embodying our invention.
In which drawings;
Fig. 1. is a side elevation of a bottle showing our interchangeable hood and.
drip tray in connection therewith.
Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal sectional view of the hood and drip tray; in this
view the upper portion of the bottle is also shown in section.
Fig. 3. is a cross sectional view on the line, x, x, of Fig. 1.
In the accompanying drawings.-
H, designates a hood which may be made of any suitable size or shape, and of
silverware, Britannia metal, or other suitable material, and formed with an
opening, d, and with a shoulder, b; but this shoulder, b, may be used or not as
preferred.
C, designates a cover which is hinged to the hood, H, as shown in the accom-
C,
panying drawings; and, F, a fork holder secured to said hood; but this cover,
and fork holder, F, may be used or not as preferred.
S, designates an independent resilient yielding device, devices, or material,
preferably in the form of a spring or springs, one end of which is secured to the
hood, H, near its upper end in any manner, or by any means, as found most suit-
able or convenient; the free ends of said springs also rest against the inner
surface of the hood, and the intermediate portions are bowed inward, so as to
frictionally and removably engage the neck of the object on which the hood is
secured.
T, designates a tray which may be made of any suitable size or shape, and of
silverware, Britannia metal, or other suitable material.
A, A, designate posts rigidly secured to or formed integral with said tray; and,
D, designates a resilient yielding holding device of any suitable material, but

page_text: preferably in the form of a spring or springs, which encircle the posts, A, A, as
well as the bottle or jar, B, when the same is resting in said tray, T.
In the annexed drawings, an ordinary pickle bottle, B, is shown, having a
flange, e, (but said flange is not essential to the carrying out of our invention,) to
which bottle the hood, H, attached simply by placing the lower end of the
hood over the upper end of the bottle, and telescoping one in the other until the
shoulder, b, of said hood, H, rests on the rim around the mouth, g, of said bottle,
as shown in Fig. 2.
While the hood, H, has been adjusted to this position, the springs, S, have been
compressed between said bottle and said hood, and the resilience or frictional
contact caused by the compression of said springs, or the pressing of said springs
into a narrower compass, firmly binds and securely holds the hood, H, on the
bottle, B, and these springs, S, being yielding, the one hood may thereby be
transferred from one bottle and adapted to another of the same or a different
size.
These springs, S, S, are properly formed to firmly hold the hood, H, on the
bottle, B, to avcid and completely prevent its accidental detachment therefrom,
at the same time, by firmly holding the bottle, B, and pressing upwards on the
hood, H, with sufficient force, said hood may be readily detached from one bottle,
transferred to, placed on and firmly secured to another as herein before described.
In the annexed drawings,-the posts, A, A, show one means of firmly holding
the spring, D, in contact with the tray, T, but said spring, D, may be secured to
or held in contact with the tray, T, in any manner or by any means as found
most suitable or convenient.
When engaging the tray, T, with the bottle, B, the spring, D, is distended or
spread apart by the hand or other means, and the bottle placed on the tray in
proper position, so that on releasing said spring, D, the resilience or springing
back of said spring, D, will firmly bind and secure the spring as well as the tray
in connection therewith to the bottle, in such a manner as to avoid and completely
prevent any chance of its accidental detachment from the bottle.
At the same time by grasping the spring, D, by the hand or other means and
distending the same, one bottle may be removed and another inserted in its place.
These devices, the hood, H, and drip tray, T, not only give an ordinary bottle,
jar, or the like a handsome appearance, but the drip tray catches any drippings
from the fork, O.
In the annexed drawings, our invention is shown as applied to an ordinary
pickle bottle, but it may be applied to any bottle, jar or the like, the upper end
of which may be flanged or of even diameter throughout, and the device or
devices which permit the ready and easy transfer of the one hood and drip tray
from one bottle to another, and for adapting the hood and drip tray to, and binding
them on and securing them to another bottle of the same or a different size is in
the form of a spring or springs which may be of any suitable size, form or shape,
and of any suitable material, but these springs, S, and, D, are preferably in the
form of any resilient yielding device or devices, or of any suitable material.
So that while we have found by experiment that the construction herein shown
and described, gives the best results, at the same time, we do not wish to limit
ourselves to the details thereof, as they may be modified in various ways, without
departing from the spirit of our invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is.—
1st. An interchangeable hood, provided with a resilient yielding device or
devices or material, for the purpose of permitting the one hood to be transferred
from one bottle, jar or the like, and adapted to another of the same or a different
size, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
2nd. The combination with a bottle, of a hood adapted to surround the neck

page_text: thereof, and springs secured to the inside of said hood with their intermediate
portions resting against the neck and their lower ends outturned and resting against
the inner surface of the hood, whereby the latter is held in position, substantially
as described.
3rd. The combination with a bottle, of a hood resting on the upper end thereof
and having an opening adapted to register with the bottle mouth, and springs
secured to the inside of the hood with their intermediate portions resting against
and adapted to grasp the neck of the bottle, as and for the purpose set forth.
4th. The combination with a bottle, of a hood therefor, having an opening
adapted to register with the bottle mouth, a cover for closing said opening, and
springs secured to the inside of the hood, with their intermediate portions grasping
the neck of the bottle, so as to hold the hood removably thereon, as and for the
purpose set forth.
5th. An interchangeable drip tray provided with a resilient yielding device or
devices or material, for the purpose of permitting the one drip tray to be trans-
ferred from one bottle, jar or the like, and adapted to another of the same or a
different size, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
6th. A drip tray for bottles, consisting of a tray, posts rising therefrom, and a
spring attached to said posts, and adapted to encircle and hold a bottle when
inserted therein, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
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FREDERICK THOMAS TREBILCOCK.
CARL AUGUSTUS BASTĒDO.