Improvements in Methods for Preventing the Soiling of Bottles and Labels by Dripping of the Liquid after Pouring.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd June, 1898
Complete Specification Lett 2nd Man
4000
2000
Improvements in Methods for Preventing the Soiling of Bottles and
Labels by Dripping of the Liquid after Pouring.
JOHN LEWIS MAJOR, care of Major & Co., Ltd., Sculcoates, Hull, Chemical
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
I take a strip of felt or any other suitable absorbent material of a size con-
venient for tightly encircling the neck of the bottle, and I fasten it by means of
a hook or hooks, strap or straps, or other fastening made of metal or other con-
venient material, which can be passed through an eyelet or eyelets or other
aperture cut perforated or fixed into the absorbent strip at the end opposite to that
at which the hooks or straps or the like are fixed.
I claim as essential features of my invention.
1. The use of a strip of absorbent material tightly encircling the neck of the
bottle.
2. The method of fixing or fastening the strip to the bottle so that it may be
easily put on and removed.
Improvements in Methods for Preventing the Soiling of Bottles and
Labels by Dripping of the Liquid after Pouring.
I, JOHN LEWIS MAJOR, of Sculcoates, Hull, Managing Director, 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:—
The object of my invention is to prevent the soiling of bottles and their labels
caused by drops of the liquid running down the bottle neck and body after pour-
ing. Hitherto when any liquid has been poured out of a bottle a little has
always remained on the top part of the bottle neck and worked its way down the
outside of the bottle, generally soiling the outside of the bottle and also the
label, so making the bottle unpleasant to handle and often discolouring the label,
making it difficult to decipher the directions thereon.
With my invention drippings left on the neck of a bottle after pouring any
liquid out are prevented from working down the outside of the bottle, being
absorbed by the material or substance, which I place around the bottle neck, it
not being necessary to wipe the drops off with a cloth or other wiper, the bottle
remaining clean, and fit to handle.

page_text: DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1. Represents a view of my improved absorbent strip or band for the
necks of bottles, the band being shown open with the attaching device also open.
Fig. 2. Shows a front view of absorbent strip or band with the ends brought
together and the attaching device closed for holding them so that they form a ring.
Fig. 3. Shows a plan view of Fig. 2.
Fig. 4. Is a view of a bottle with absorbent strip or band in position on the neck.
For the purpose of my invention I employ a strip of felt or any other suitable
absorbent material or substance A of the required size for conveniently encircling
the neck B of the bottle upon which it is to be placed, this strip has an eyelet or
eyelets or other aperture C cut, perforated or fixed in it at one end to take the
attaching device which may be a hook, strap or the like D of any suitable metal
or material, preferably fixed to the opposite end of the strip A, but the attaching
device may be of various shapes, but I would preferably use one of the shape
shown in the drawings where it consists of a strap having one end passed through
one end of the strip of absorbent material and bent over to clip the material the
rest of the device forming a leg or legs for passing through a slit or slits in the
opposite end of the strip, but a piece of wire bent to form two legs may be used,
or I may attach a piece or pieces of twine, cotton or the like to either end of the
strip and tie such pieces of twine together and so draw the ends of the absorbent
material up to each other, but there are various other ways of binding together
the two ends of the strip too numerous to describe but which would not avoid the
scope of my invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is: —
In connection with bottles, the employment of a strip A. of any suitable absor-
bant material or substance, provided with an attaching device such as I), the
absorbent strip forming a ring when placed on the neck of a bottle, and being
held by the attaching device, in the manner and for the purposes, substantially
as shown and described.
T
1000
JOHN E. WALSH,
Of Savile Street, Hull, and
Waterhouse Chambers, Crossley Street, Halifax,
Patent Agent for the Applicant.