Improvements in the Construction of Boxes for Draining, Stowing, and Carrying Bottles.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 20th May, 1893-Accepted, 24th June, 1893
CUM LEIE DI MUIFRATION
Improvements in the Construction of Boxes for Draining, Stowing,
and Carrying Bottles.
I, ROBERT FINLAYSON, of the firm of Robert Finlayson and Sons, Fountain
Works, Dundee, in the County of Forfar, N.B. Aërated Wate: 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 :-
The object of my invention is to drain, stow and carry bottles in their boxes,
in an improved manner, the invention being specially applicable to glass stoppered
bottles for aërated waters.
The defects of existing boxes are as follows:-Aërated water bottles are usually
stowed when full-with their mouths downwards, their weight being supported
by the mouths of the bottles resting on the bottom of the box; the consequence
of which is, that their mouths very often get dirty, and even should the bottles be
stowed with their mouths upwards, there is the liability of dirt from the bottom
of a superimposed box getting about them. Again, such bottles when empty are
generally stowed in their boxes with their mouths upwards, and in glass ball
stoppered bottles, the jolting of the vehicle as they are carried about sets the balls
in violent motion, thus frequently damaging the bottles to such an extent as to
cause them to burst easily when being refilled with aërated water, thus causing great
waste and danger to life and limb.
According to my invention the bottles must always be stowed with their mouths
downwards, and as they are supported at their shoulders the mouths are quite clear
of the bottom of the box and so the liability to catch dirt is reduced to a minimum.
A further advantage in connection with this method of stowing glass stoppered
bottles is, that the balls being in their normal position, they cannot move about
and cause noise, or damage the bottles.
The accompanying sheet of explanatory drawings illustrates the method of
carrying out my invention, although I do not limit myself exclusively to this
particular modification.
Figures 1. 2. 3. and 4. are a front elevation, a plan, a longitudinal section at A. A.
(Figure 2.) and an end elevation respectively of this modification.
In these drawings the same reference numerals are used to mark the same or
like parts wherever they are repeated.
In the illustrations 5. are longitudinals of wood or other suitable material,
through which the supporting bars 6. and the guiding bars 7. are driven, their
chief object being to support these bars, which are also driven through and
supported by the sides 8. of the box. 9. are cross bars forming the bottom, spaced
so as to allow of any liquid passing freely out of the box. 10. are the bottles in
the correct position with their shoulders 11. resting on the supporting bars 6. and
their mouths clear of the bottom of the box, a space or aperture 12. being
opposite each bottle. 13. shows a bottle stowed wrongly, that is to say with the
mouth upwards. It will be noticed that this bottle stands so high that it would not
be advisable to allow the box to be conveyed along a rough road, or to place
another box on top of the one illustrated, hence those who have to work with
these bottles will find it better to always stow them with their mouths downwards.
Should the supporting bars 6. become worn or broken, they may be readily
renewed by driving out the old and substituting new bars, without further
interference with the box itself. The box owing to its structure, namely the use
of the described supporting bars and bottom provided with apertures, permits of its
being readily cleaned with water from a hose pipe.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
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In boxes for draining, stowing and carrying bottles :-
(1). The general construction, combination and arrangement of parts substantially
as and for the purposes herein set forth.
(2). The method of supporting the bar 6. by means of the longitudinals 5. in
combination with the sides 8. as illustrated and described.
Dated this 17th day of May 1893.
GEO. C. DOUGLAS & Co.,
41, Reform Street, Dundee, Agents for Applicant.