Improvements in Bottles or Receptacles for Ink, Colors, or the like.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Jan., 1892-Accepted, 5th Mar., 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bottles or Receptacles for Ink, Colors, or the like.
A communication by ALPHONSE VICTOR BENOIT, of the City of Brooklyn, in the
County of Kings and State of New York, United States of America, Dealer
in Artists' Materials.
I, WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON, F.C.S., M.I.M.E., of the Agency for
Foreign Patent Solicitors, 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, and 6, Bank Street, Man-
chester, both in the County of Lancaster and 323, High Holborn, in the County of
Middlesex, Civil Engineer, 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 :-
On February 3, 1891, my correspondent obtained Letters Patent of the United
States of America, No. 445,764, for an ink or color holder, which consisted,
essentially, of a bottle or similar receptacle of glass moulded with a neck and two
small side receivers or pockets into which the ink or color from the holder was to
be poured, as required for use, through two or more openings in the neck.
The purpose of this invention was to provide a means whereby only a small
portion of the contents of a holder for ink, color, or the like should be exposed to
the air, and this is accomplished by the said device by filling the small pockets
only as needed and keeping the supply in the main holder tightly corked up.
The present invention is an improvement on the device above described and is
designed to obviate certain practical difficulties in the way of construction and to
simplify the device as a whole.
The details of the improvements will be described by the aid of the accompanying
drawings, in which
Figure 1 is a vertical central section of the complete device.
Figure 2 is a top plan view of the same.
Figure 3 is a view of the cork or stopper, and
Figure 4 is a vertical central section of a portion of a modification of the
invention.
Any suitable form of bottle or receptacle A. is employed, moulded or blown out
of glass, porcelain or the like, for containing the ink or other fluid. Said receptacle
is provided with a neck B, which is closed by a cork C. The bottle A is formed in
the mould or otherwise with a seat or recess L on its exterior surface for receiving
a small receptacle or pocket D, preferably of glass or porcelain, although it may be
made of any other suitable material, which is attached to it with one side against
the neck B. This pocket is made independently of the main receptacle, and is
secured to the latter by cement, and a small hole E is provided through which fluid
may pass into it from the neck B.
The pocket D is formed with an inwardly-projecting flange or lip F in front,
which partially covers or closes it, and in the edge of the latter is a notch G,
through which the pen or brush may be drawn after dipping to remove the surplus
fluid, which it takes up.
The cork C may be made in various ways. A wedge-shaped section may be cut
out from its lower end, as shown at H in Figures 1 and 3, or a channel may be
cut in its side of a length sufficient to reach the opening E when the stopper is in
place. In the former case when the pocket is to be filled the stopper is partially
removed and turned until the cut-away part H registers with the opening E and the
bottle then tipped until the requisite quantity of Huid has run out into the pocket.
In the latter case the stopper is simply turned until the channel J registers with the
opening E. In this case it is desirable to use a plug K or some equivalent device
in the stopper, which is removed to admit air into the bottle.

page_text: The lip F serves the useful purpose of retaining in the pocket the fluid when
poured from the bottle A, and further serves as a shield to exclude dust and dirt.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me
by my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. As an improved article of manufacture, a bottle or receptacle of ordinary or
suitable construction for ink or colors, having a reinforced upper part cut away to
form a shoulder L, into which is fitted a smaller receptacle having an orifice
or passage which when in place registers with a corresponding orifice or passage
formed in the neck of the bottle, substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore
set forth.
2. As an improved article of manufacture, a holder for ink or colors, consisting
of a bottle or other receptacle having a neck provided with an annular flange upon
its edge, a recess or seat formed upon the upper part of the receptacle and a cup or
pocket fitted into said recess or seat and extending up and under the said annular
flange and secured in position, said pocket or cup having an orifice formed therein
to register with a corresponding orifice formed in the neck of the bottle for the
passage of ink or color from the bottle to the said cup or pocket, as set forth.
3. As an improved article of manufacture, a holder for ink or colors, consisting
of a bottle or other receptacle having a neck, a seat formed upon the upper part of
the said receptacle, and a cup or pocket fitted into said seat and having an orifice or
passage which registers with a corresponding orifice or passage formed in the neck
of the bottle, substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore set forth.
Dated this 27th day of January 1892.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.