Improvements in or connected with Protection Devices for Glass or other Bottles and the like.
Year: 1890

page_text: Improvements in or connected with Protection Devices for Glass
or other Bottles and the like.
A communication from SIGOURNEY WALES, of Terre Haute, in the County of Vigo,
and State of Indiana, United States of America, Inventor.
I, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT of 323 High Holborn, in the County of Middlesex,
M.I.M.E. 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 safety packages for protecting hollow receptacles, and
it consists in certain novel features of construction, arrangement and combination
of parts which will be readily understood by reference to the description of the
drawings.
Many articles for toilet and other purposes, of a liquid or semi-liquid nature, and
which it is very desirable should constitute a portion of one's luggage when travelling
are put up in glass bottles or jars, which are liable to become broken by the rough
handling which the luggage receives, or the contents are liable to escape by the
stopper becoming displaced, to the very great injury of the other contents of the
luggage.
To obviate these difficulties and render it practically safe to carry quite frail
receptacles filled with liquid or other contents without danger of the receptacles
being broken, or the contents escaping is the object of this invention.
Fig. 1 of the drawings is an elevation and Fig. 2 a central vertical section of a shoe
polish bottle with this invention applied thereto.
Figs. 3 and 4 are respectively an elevation and a central vertical section illustrating
the application of this invention to an open mouthed vessel as a drinking cup.
Figs. 5 and 6 are similar views of an open mouthed vessel or cup and its closing
and protecting casing illustrating a slightly modified form of the invention.
Fig. 7 is an inverted plan of the cup or vessel shown in Fig. 6.
Fig. 8 is a sectional elevation of a wrench for unscrewing the cup shown in Fig. 6
from its casing.
Fig. 9 represents a slightly modified form of socket in the bottom of the cup to
receive the wrench shown in Fig. 8.
Figs. 10 and 11 are respectively a partial elevation and a partial vertical section
illustrating a modified form of the screw connection of the casing to the vessel or
receptacle.
In Figs. 1 and 2 A is the bottle to be filled with shoe polish in a liquid form the
neck or mouch of said bottle being closed by the cork a which has secured thereto
and depending therefrom the wire b to the lower end of which is secured the sponge c
in a well known manner.
These bottles are made of glass and are liable to be broken if roughly handled and
if packed in a trunk or valise and subjected to the mercies of the baggage smasher
may, by being broken cause great damage to the other contents of the trunk or valise
and if not broken the stopper a may become loose and permit the contents of the
bottle to escape to the injury of other articles.
To prevent the loosening of the stopper a and also to protect the bottle in a great
measure from breakage I form a casing B of wood, metal, or other suitable material,
having a closed top and open at its lower end and having formed in its inner surface
at its lower end a female screw thread b¹ to engage with a corresponding male screw c¹
formed upon the exterior of the bottle at or near its lower end said casing being so
formed and proportioned that when it is screwed upon the bottle the inner surface of

page_text: its closed upper end rests upon the top of the cork or stopper a and thus prevents said
stopper working out or becoming loosened all as shown in Fig. 2.
In Figs. 3, 4, 5, and 6 the receptacle A is a wide mouthed jar provided near its base
with the male screw thread c¹ to which is screwed the casing B having the female
screw thread 6 formed therein and provided at its upper end with a disc or cork or
other suitable material d secured within the upper end of the casing so as to bear upon
the upper edge of the receptacle a and close its mouth when said casing is screwed
down upon said receptacle as shown in Fig. 4.
In Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4 the protecting casing does not extend to the bottom of the
receptacle but leaves the lower bead e which is thick and solid and is milled or
serrated exposed to afford a hold upon the receptacle when unscrewing or screwing on
the protecting casing.
In Figs. 5 and 6 the casing extends below the bottom of the receptacle and said
receptacle has formed in its bottom one or two recesses f as shown in Figs. 7 and 9
to receive the pins g g of the wrench C as shown in Fig. 8 when it is desired to screw
on or off the protecting casing B.
The cap of the casing B shown in Fig. 6 has formed therein a central depression
between which and the vertical walls of the casing is fitted a ring of cork or other
suitable packing material which rests upon the upper edge of the receptacle A as
shown in Fig. 6.
Instead of extending the female screw thread entirely around the casing as shown
in Figs. 1, 3 and 5 and forming a male thread entirely around the receptacle a fairly
good result may be obtained by forming upon the exterior of the receptacle near its
lower end two outwardly projecting lugs or bosses i arranged on opposite sides thereof,
and forming in inner surface of the casing two cam-like grooves ; or short sections of
screw threads which engage with said lugs or bosses and by turning said casing a
portion of a revolution said casing is drawn downward upon the receptacle to close its
mouth in substantially the same manner as when the screw thread extending all
around the receptacle is used except that a shorter rotation is required.
The casing shown in Figs. 1 and 2 is shown as made from a single piece of wood
while the casings shown in the other views are made of metal.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, as communicated to me by my foreign correspondent, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. A safety package for containing liquid or semi-liquid substances comprising a
hollow vessel or receptacle made of glass or other easily fractured material having
formed upon its exterior, at or near its lower end, projecting lugs or threads and an
outer casing of sufficient length to enclose said inner receptacle and made of a less
fragile material, as wood or metal and having its lower end open and provided with a
female inclined groove or thread to engage said thread or lug on the inner receptacle
and its upper end closed and arranged to bear upon and press the receptacle closing
stopper or cap to its seat.
2. In combination with a receptacle provided with a male thread or lug at or near
its base end and a recess or recesses in its bottom; an enclosing and protecting
casing closed at one end and open at the other and provided near said open end with a
female screw thread or inclined groove to engage said male thread or lug on the
receptacle and constructed and arranged to extend below the bottom of the receptacle
and press at its closed end upon the receptacle closing stopper or packing substantially
as described.
Dated this 21st day of Til 1900
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.