IM- PROVEMENTS IN VESSELS FOR CONTAINING WATER AND OTHER LIQUIDS, AND THE MEANS FOR SUSPENDING AND CARRYING THE SAME, WHICH VESSELS CONTAIN AN INSERTED CUP TO FACILITATE MEANS OF DRINKING, AND WHICH CUP IS CAPABLE OF HOLDING A POCKET FILTER
Year: 1878

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LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Sothcott, junior, of No. 81, Loftus Road, Shepherd's
Bush, in the County of Middlesex, Warehouseman, for the Invention of "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN VESSELS FOR CONTAINING WATER AND OTHER LIQUIDS, AND THE
MEANS FOR SUSPENDING AND CARRYING THE SAME, WHICH VESSELS CONTAIN AN
INSERTED CUP TO FACILITATE MEANS OF DRINKING, AND WHICH CUP IS
CAPABLE OF HOLDING A POCKET FILTER."
Sealed the 20th December 1878, and dated the 20th June 1878.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Sothcott at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 20th June 1878.
JOSEPH SOTHCOTT, junior, of No. 81, Loftus Road, Shepherd's Bush, in the County
of Middlesex, Warehouseman. "IMPROVEMENTS IN VESSELS FOR CONTAINING
WATER AND OTHER LIQUIDS, AND THE MEANS FOR SUSPENDING AND CARRYING THE
SAME, WHICH VESSELS CONTAIN AN INSERTED CUP TO FACILITATE MEANS OF
DRINKING, AND WHICH CUP IS CAPABLE OF HOLDING A POCKET FILTER."
My Invention consists in the use of a bottle or vessel of vulcanite, ebonite, glazed
or enamelled pottery, metal, or any other suitable material to be covered with felt,
serge, or other material to protect the vessel and to keep the water and other liquid
contained in the vessel of an even temperature, or may have a coating of leather,
cloth, serge, or other material.
For army, navy, hunting, or other purposes the vessel is adapted to fit to the side
of the wearer, or can be strapped to a saddle, being made concave one side and
convex on the other; and the shape of the vessel can be varied according to the
required circumstances.
The vessel can be suspended by straps & loops made of leather or other mate-

page_text: rial to slide on waistbelt or from the neck or shoulder, or can be attached to a saddle
or suspended, as required.
The drinking cup, which is amply sufficient to hold a filter, can be inserted on
either side of the vessel, and not interfere with the usage of the same.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by 5
the said Joseph Sothcott. in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 20th Decem-
ber 1878.
JOSEPH SOTHCOTT, junior, of No. 81, Loftus Road, Shepherd's Bush, in the County
of Middlesex, Warehouseman. "IMPROVEMENTS IN VESSELS FOR CONTAINING
WATER AND OTHER LIQUIDS, AND THE MEANS FOR SUSPENDING AND CARRYING 1
SAME, WHICH VESSELS CONTAIN AN INSERTED CUP TO FACILITATE MEANS OF
DRINKING, AND WHICH CUP IS CAPABLE OF HOLDING A POCKET FILTER."
My Invention has for object improvements in vessels for containing water and
other liquids, and the means for suspending and carrying the same; which vessels
contain an inserted cup to facilitato means of drinking, and which cup is capable 1
of holding a pocket filter; and is illustrated in the accompanying Drawings;
whereof,-
Fig. 1 is a central vertical section of my improved vessel; Fig. 2, a horizontal
section thereof, in the line A, B, of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a part side elevation.
a is a bottle or vessel, which may be made of vulcanite, ebonite, glazed or 2
enamelled pottery, metal, or other suitable material; it is formed with a recess b
'to receive a drinking cup c, which serves also to enclose a pocket filter d, with
elastic tube c. That shewn is of the kind well known as Atkins'; but I do not
claim the filter as forming part of my Invention, nor do I confine myself to using
the recess or space in the bottle and the cup for containing a pocket filter, as 2
.obviously other objects may be enclosed in such space, as, for example, a small bottle
or miniature stove, et cætera.
'
The bottle or vessel a, formed as described, is covered with felt f, a part g of
which, joined to the remainder at h, forms a cover to the recess for containing the
drinking cup and filter; this cover is provided with a suitable fastening to keep the 3
cup in its place. In the present case I have shewn a strap fastening i. A strap or
band passes under the bottom and partly up the two sides of the bottle or
vessel a; this strap or band is enclosed by the felt covering. To the ends of the
strap or band are secured links , to which is attached the strap for carrying the
*vessel.
In the Drawing I have shewn the arrangement I prefer when the strap is to pass
over the wearer's shoulder, the vessel being suspended at his side, for which the
shape of vessel shewn is specially suited. But the positions of the straps and the
mode of carrying the vessel may be varied to suit circumstances.
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page_text: The vessel may be suspended to loops arranged to slide on a waistbelt, or be
attached to a saddle, or suspended to a strap arranged to pass round the back of the
wearer's neck, or otherwise to suit convenience.
The covering may be of leather or other suitable material.
And having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and explained the
manner of carrying it into practical effect, I would have it understood that what I
consider to be novel and original, and therefore claim as the Invention secured to mo
under the Letters Patent herein-before in part recited is,―
1. Constructing a portable vessel for containing water and other liquids with a
recess or space to receive a cup capable of holding a pocket filter, substantially as
described.
2. The combination of parts forming the improved compound utensil constructed
and arranged as shown in the accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Joseph Sothcott, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Nineteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.