Improvements in the Manufacture of Cases for Night and other like Lights.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd May, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Feb., 1897-Accepted, 17th Apr., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Cases for Night and other
like Lights.
We, GEORGE CUPIT FOWLER and MORRIS BROAD FOWLER, both of
75 Tressillian Road, Brockley, in the County of Kent, Night Light Manufacturers,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
In the manufacture of the tubular portion of a night-light case it has been
customary to coil a length of paper round a mandrel one, two or more times to form
the cylindrical body thereof, after which the sheet of labels has been cemented
around the same. In some cases the sheet of labels has been first cemented to the
length of paper and the combined sheet has then been rolled into a tube in one
operation.
By the first described mode of construction two separate processes were employed
in the manufacture of the cylindrical portion of the case, and in both methods of
construction it is practically impossible to avoid two overlaps.
According to our invention we forun the body of the cylindrical portion of the
case and the label of a single piece of paper printed at one end with the matter
required for the label. We coil this piece of paper around the mandrel so that the
portion first applied to the mandrel is that constituting the foundation or body of
the case and that portion forming the label is, by a continuation of the same coiling
process, lastly applied thereto. By these means it is impossible to have more than
one overlap of the paper.
Also, when applying a bottom having a cylindrical flange to the cylindrical body
of a night-light or such like case, we fix the same in position therein, either with or
without the aid of cement and heat, by simultaneously pressing one or more rings
or corrugations of angular or curved form into the cylindrical body of the case and
into the cylindrical flange of the bottom. By these means the bottom is securely
fixed in position, the escape of the melted night-light material from the case
is prevented, and a more or less ornamental or distinctive character is imparted to
the case.
This pressing of rings or corrugations into the cylindrical body of the case is
also applicable to the various forms of night-light cases referred to in the
Specification of Patent No. 19956 of the year 1893 for the purpose of fixing the
bottom in position or of connecting the external and internal strengthening and
bottom-supporting rings to the body, and it may be applied to night-light cases for
the purpose of merely stiffening the same or of imparting a merely ornamental or
distinctive character thereto.
HARRIS & MILLS,
23 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.

page_text: Improvements in the Manufacture of Cases for Night and other
like Lights.
We, GEORGE CUPIT FOWLER and MORRIS BROAD FOWLER, both of
75 Tressillian Road, Brockley, in the County of Kent, Night Light Manufacturers,
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:-
In the manufacture of the tubular portion of a night light case, it has been
customary to coil a sheet of paper round a mandrel one or more times to form.the
cylindrical body thereof, after which the sheet of labels has been cemented around
the same. In some cases the sheet of labels has been first cemented to the sheet of
paper to form the body, and the combined sheet has then been rolled into a tube in
one operation.
By the first described mode of construction two separate processes were
employed in the manufacture of the cylindrical portion of the case, and in both
methods of construction it is practically impossible to avoid two overlaps.
We will describe our invention in connection with the accompanying drawings.
According to our invention we form the body of the cylindrical portion of the
case and the label of a single piece of paper a. a', printed at one end, a', as
indicated by the line shading in Fig. 1, with the matter required for the label, the
part a being used to form the foundation.
We paste preferably both sides of this piece of paper and then coil it into the
form of a tube around a mandrel such as that ordinarily used, so that the portion
first applied to the mandrel is the part a, which constitutes the foundation or body
of the case, and the portion a', forming the label, is, by a continuation of the same
coiling process, lastly applied thereto.
By these means it is impossible to have more than one overlap of the paper, as
will be seen, by Fig. 2, whilst the number of processes used in the manufacture of
the cylindrical bodies of night light cases is reduced.
A tube thus formed is, when dry, divided on the lines a² into portions of size to
form the cylindrical body of a night light case showing exteriorly the portion
forming the label.
Also, as illustrated at Fig. 3, when applying a bottom 6 having a cylindrical
flange to the cylindrical body a of a night light or such like case, we fix the
former in position in the latter, either with or without the aid of cement and heat,
by simultaneously pressing one or more rings or corrugations c of either angular or
curved form into the cylindrical body a of the case and into the cylindrical flange b
of the bottom b, only one of such rings or corrugations c being shown in the
drawings.
By these means the bottom is securely fixed in position in the cylindrical
body a, the escape of melted night light material from the case is prevented, and a
more or less ornamental or distinctive character is imparted to the case.
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This pressing of rings or corrugations into the cylindrical body of the case is also
applicable to various forms of night light cases referred to in the Specification of
Patent No. 19956 of the year 1893, for the purpose of fixing the bottom in position
as above described, or of connecting the external and internal strengthening and
bottom-supporting rings d. e to the body a as shown in the accompanying drawings
at Fig. 4. It may also be applied to night light cases for the purpose of merely
stiffening the same, or of imparting a merely ornamental or distinctive character
thereto.

page_text: We would here remark that we do not claim, according to our present invention,
making an annular rib or groove around the cylindrical part of the case for the
purpose of forming a seat or bearing for the bottom, as such was described in the
specification herein before referred to.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. The improved manufacture of the cylindrical bodies of cases for night lights
and the like, substantially as herein shown and described.
2. The method of securing a cylindrically flanged bottom in the cylindrical
body of a case for a night light and the like, substantially as herein shown and
described.
3. The method of securing the external strengthening ring and the internal
bottom-supporting ring to the cylindrical body of the case of a night light and the
like, substantially as herein shown and described.
4. The method of stiffening and of imparting an ornamental or distinctive
character to the cases of night lights and the like, substantially as herein shown
and described.
Dated February 23rd 1207
HARRIS & MILLS,
23 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.