Improvements in Means or Appliances for Containing and Trans- mitting Extracts of Meat and other Substances.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Jan., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 10th July, 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 24th Aug., 1888
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means or Appliances for Containing and Trans-
mitting Extracts of Meat and other Substances.
I CHARLES CRESWRIGHT of 6 Parkhurst Road Camden Road in the County of
Middlesex Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as
follows:-
My Invention has for its object to provide means or appliances whereby extracts of
meat or like extracts can be conveniently carried in small or any desired quantities
and whereby any desired quantity of the contents of the container can be readily
removed and the container be again securely closed to protect and retain the remaining
contents. According to my Invention I make the whole or part of the container of a
material which will exclude air and retain the contents but which is of a flexible
nature or structure. The opening in the container through which the extract is intro-
duced and withdrawn is capable of being tightly closed by a screw cap or plug or the
like. On removing or unfastening this closure and applying pressure to the container
its flexible character enables its infernal capacity to be lessened and so the contents or
any desired portion of the contents to be exuded from the outlet orifice. When the
desired quantity has been removed the cap or the like is replaced and the contents so
preserved from atmospheric influences. The container may be made in any suitable
shape and size such as for instance can be readily placed in the pocket. If the extract
be of a liquid character there may be combined with the container a vessel to receive
the portion removed and this may be the cap which covers the outlet opening when
the container is closed or act as a further securer of the closure of the outlet. If the
extract be in a plastic or but semi-liquid condition there may be combined with the
container a device or cutter which can be passed over the outlet opening to cut off or
separate the portion which protrudes when pressure is applied to the container.

page_text: In order to protect these containers in transit I may provide a case preferably
having a recess or recesses formed therein by a suitable tool or by moulding and
covered if necessary by a lid or cover fastened in any suitable way. These recesses
are shaped so as to each accommodate a container in such a way as to retain them in
position during transit and protect them against injury. The recesses may be
provided with springs or retaining devices to allow them to accommodate themselves
to small variations in the size and shape of the containers.
Dated this 27th day of January 1888.
J. H. JOHNSON & Co.,
47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C.,
Agents.

page_text: mitting Extracts of Meat and other Substances.
I CHARLES CHESWRIGHT of 6 Parkhurst Road Camden Road in the County of
Middlesex Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement :-
My Invention has for its object to provide means or appliances whereby extracts of
meat or like extracts can be conveniently carried in small or any desired quantities
and whereby any desired quantity of the contents of the container can be readily
removed and the container he again securely closed to protect and retain the remaining
contents.
According to my Invention I make the whole or part of the container of a material
which will exclude air and retain the contents but which is of a flexible nature or
structure. The opening in the container through which the extract is withdrawn is
capable of being tightly closed by a screw cap or plug or the like. On removing or
unfastening this closure and applying pressure to the container its flexible character
enables its internal capacity to be lessened and so the contents or any desired portion
When the desired quantity has
of the contents to be exuded from the outlet orifice.
been removed the cap or the like is replaced and the contents so preserved from
atmospheric influences.
The container may be made in any suitable shape and size such as for instance can
be readily placed in the pocket. If the extract be of a liquid character there may be
combined with the container a vessel to receive the portion removed and this may be
the cap which covers the outlet opening when the container is closed or act as a further
securer of the closure of the outlet. If the extract be in a plastic or but semi-liquid
condition there may be combined with the container a device or cutter which can be
passed over the outlet opening to cut off or separate the portion which protrudes
when pressure is applied to the container.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings is a longitudinal sectional elevation and
Figure 2 a plan of an appliance according to my invention consisting of a tube A
made of flexible material such as Betts' Capsulo metal and provided at one end with
a screwed nozzle a baving an aperture or passage therethrough through which the
contents of the tubo may be exuded. The tube may be charged with the material
through this passage, or the opposite end of the tube may be left open for the
reception of the material and afterwards closed by compressing the said end and
folding it over so as to make a close joint.
The aperture in the nozzle a is closed by a screwed cap b.
The contents of the tube or any portion thereof as required may be discharged by
first removing the cap and then compressing the opposite end of the tube whereupon
the material will be exuded through the passage in the nozzle a.

page_text: When the required portion of the contents is discharged from the tube the cap bis
replaced so as to exclude air from the material remaining in the tube and as this
remaining material occupies the whole of the uncompressed space in the tube
and access of air thereto is prevented the said material will be preserved from
deterioration.
Although I have illustrated a cylindrical tubular container it may be of any other
suitable shape and size and for some purposes may be made of india rubber or of any
other suitable flexible material.
In order to protect these containers in transit I provide a box or case B of wood or
other material and preferably having a recess or recesses, formed therein by a
suitable tool or by casting or moulding, corresponding or approximately corresponding
in shape to the tube or vessel A and covered if necessary by a lid or cover c fitting a
rabbet d or fastened in any other suitable way. These recesses are shaped so as to
each accommodate a container in such a way as to retain them in position during
transit and protect them against injury. The recesses may if desired be provided
with springs or retaining devices to allow them to accommodate themselves to small
variations in the size and shape of the containers.
To admit of the contents of the containers being extracted without removing them
from the case B the nozzles a may pass through openings in the case as shown so that
by simply removing the cap from the nozzle and applying pressure to the container
the contents thereof may be discharged.
The nozzle a and cap may be enclosed in an outer cap or cover D having an
internal screw thread to screw onto a screwed projection 2 formed on the end of the
box or case B as shewn or otherwise fastened thereto. This cap D serves not only to
protect the nozzle a from injury but also as a drinking vessel into which the material
from the tube may be discharged for use.
There may be a case provided for each container, or several containers may be
fitted in one case.
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
In means or appliances for containing and transmitting extracts of ment and other
substances, a compressible vessel or chamber enclosed in an outer rigid casing and
provided with a passage through which the contents may be discharged from the
chamber by compression, the passage being closed by a removeable cap or cover
substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described.
Dated this 10th dow of Inly, 1000