An Improved Mucilage Bottle or Holder.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 1st May, 1894-Accepted, 2nd June, 1894
DI MUITIVATION.
An Improved Mucilage Bottle or Holder.
We, EUGENE TERRY, of 62 W. Green Street and BRADFORD ALMY of
76 N. Cayugu Street, both of Ithaca, in the County of Tomkins State of New
York, United States of America, Lawyers, 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 invention relates to certain improvements in mucilage bottles or holders.
provided with means for spreading or distributing the mucilage, and the object is to
provide a distributor that will be more durable and efficient than those heretofore
used. Heretofore, brushes sponges, rubber rolls or other flexible materials have:
been used with little or no success because they soon became gummed and clogged
by the mucilage, and were rendered useless before the mucilage was entirely used?
from the bottle. All flexible or soft rubber rolls are found to be worthless after a
very short time and not only are they affected by the mucilage but by the air so
that they become brittle and adhering to the sides of the cap and ears cannot be
made to revolve even if considerable pressure or force is used.
It will be obvious also, that the more pressure is used upon a rubber roll, that is,
pressure of a roll upon a surface upon which it is desirable to distribute mucilage,"
the more the said roll will expand and bind upon the walls of the cap, making it
utterly impossible to turn the roll. With this invention the distributor never
becomes clogged to any appreciable extent and no time is wasted in cleaning the
roll every time it is used, as it cleans itself, and, as we have demonstrated by use,
any number of bottles of mucilage may be used without injuring or rendering the
distributor inoperative.
To this end the invention consists in the combination of a mucilage holder and a
roller of non-flexible material closing the mouth of said holder.
And the invention consists in the combination of a mucilage holder and a roller
closing the mouth of the holder, the said mouth lying to one side of the top of the
holder.
And the invention consists in certain other combinations hereinafter described
and specifically set forth in the claims.
Referring to the drawing,
Figure 1 is a side elevation of the invention,
Figure 2 is a view of the roll,
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top plan view of Figure 1, and
Figure 4 is a side elevation of the holder and distributor in its operative position,
the bottle or holding part forming the handle for the operator as will be readily
understood.
Referring specifically to the drawing, A, is the bottle or holder for the mucilage
which may be formed in any shape and of any suitable material, but preferably of
glass because it is cheaper than most other materials.
B is a cap having preferably an elbow-shape and provided at one end with thread
which is pressed therein to correspond to thread on the neck of the bottle. The
cap is made of thin metal and may be secured to the neck in any other suitable and
well known manner desired. The elbow shaped cap is somewhat contracted toward
its opposite end and the opening made square to receive and be closed by a metal
roller C or a roller of some other hard or non-flexible material as hard rubber or
bre. The roller is provided with pintles, c, c, which turn in perforations in the
walls of the cap B. The periphery of the roller is preferably milled diagonally so
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cop pian view of Figure 1, anu
Figure 4 is a side elevation of the holder and distributor in its operative position,
the bottle or holding part forming the handle for the operator as will be readily
understood.
Referring specifically to the drawing, A, is the bottle or holder for the mucilage
which may be formed in any shape and of any suitable material, but preferably of
glass because it is cheaper than most other materials.
Bis a cap having preferably an elbow-shape and provided at one end with thread
which is pressed therein to correspond to thread on the neck of the bottle. The
cap is made of thin metal and may be secured to the neck in any other suitable and
well known manner desired. The elbow shaped cap is somewhat contracted toward
its opposite end and the opening made square to receive and be closed by a metal
roller C or a roller of some other hard or non-flexible material as hard rubber or
bre. The roller is provided with pintles, c, c, which turn in perforations in the
walls of the cap B. The periphery of the roller is preferably milled diagonally so
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page_text: that it will feed evenly and will not slip upon the surface without turning during
distribution.
The outer side, b, of the cap, B, may be made either flat or curved as shown by
dotted lines in Figure 1.
In Figure 4 the cap, B, is shown without thread. When not in use, the bottle is
designed to stand as shown in Figure 1, but when in use, the bottle is grasped by
the hand, held in the position shown in Figure 4 and moved to turn the roller upon
the surface and distribute thereon the filin of mucilage which automatically spreads
itself over the periphery of the roller while it is turned.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:
1. The combination of a mucilage bottle or holder and a roller of non-flexible
material closing the mouth of said holder, substantially as described and shown.
2. The combination of a mucilage bottle or holder and a roller closing the mouth
of the holder, the said mouth lying to one side of the top of the holder, substantially
as described and shown.
3. The combination, in a mucilage bottle or holder, of a detachable cap, having
an elbow bend and an opening at its end, the said opening being closed by a roller
journalled in the walls thereof, whereby the mucilage is distributed when the device
is in use, substantially as specified.
4. The combination, of a mucilage bottle or holder, a metallic elbow-shape cap
secured to the neck of the holder, and a non-flexible roller, provided with a milled
periphery, closing the mouth of the metallic cap and journalled in the walls
thereof.
EUGENE TERRY.
BRADFORD ALMY.
Haseltine, Lake & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicants.