IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO TUBES FOR PAINTS AND THE LIKE
Year: 1885

page_text: I ADOLPH BÜHLER, captain of Reichenhall, Bavaria, German Empire do hereby
declare the nature of the said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO
TUBES FOR PAINTS AND THE LIKE" to be as follows: :-
The boxes and receptacles for containing tubes of paints and the like are liable
to the disadvantage that, particularly when the tickets on the tubes have become
soiled and the writing thereon indistinct, much time is lost and trouble caused in
looking out any special tube required and the tubes being thrown into the box in
disorder readily become damaged.
Now the present invention is designed to remedy this defect by providing means
for arranging the tubes on a wire or an axis common to all and thus enabling the
same to be arranged in a box or holder in close proximity to one another. To this
end a small eylet or ring is affixed to the screw-lid of each of the paint tubes
which otherwise may be of the usual construction and this eyelet allows the tube
to be threaded upon a wire and such wires are interchangeably fixed in boxes,
cases or pouches and can very easily be carried in the hand or suspended upon the
easel.
By this arrangement each tube as screwed into or out of the lid or cup serving
therefor maintains its proper place on the wire to which it is returned after use or
in which it is replaced by a full one when empty Moreover injury of the tubes
by their friction or pressure upon one another is to a great extent prevented.
As the lid remains fixed to its support whilst opening or closing the tube, these
operations can be performed with one hand whereby it will no longer be necessary
each time to put down the pallet, brushes and the like.
Instead of the eyelet or ring on the top or cap, a hook may in some cases be
provided.
Dated OLL
100

page_text: Improvements in or relating to Tubes for Paints and the like.
I ADOLPH BÜHLER, Captain, of Reichenhall, Bavaria, German Empire, 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 boxes and receptacles employed in painting for storing tubes containing
colours present the defect that the finding of any given tube, especially when the
tickets thereon have become illegible, causes loss of time and interference with the
work and the tubes being irregularly thrown into the box, are disordered and
damaged.
The present invention aims at obviating this difficulty by-providing an arrange-
ment for threading the tubes side by side and in any desired order upon a wire or
a common axis so that they will be stored in the receptacle in close proximity to
one another.
To this end an eyelet ring or perforated lug is provided on the well known
screw-lid of each tube and by these the tubes can be threaded upon a suitable
wire. Such wires may be fixed so as to be readily changed in flat frames, boxes,
cases, pouches or other recipients which can be conveniently held in the hand or
suspended on the easel.
By this arrangement each tube which can readily be screwed on to or off from
its lid or can when empty be replaced by another one will retain the place assigned
to it from the first, and the tubes can no longer be readily damaged by rubbing
against one another.
As the lid suspended from the axis retains its place whilst the tube is
screwed off the additional advantage is obtained that the requisite manipulations
can be easily carried out with one hand and it will no longer be necessary each
time to put down brush, palette and mahl stick, as has been heretofore required.
The accompanying drawings represent the above described improvements
Figures 1 and 2 show the improved tube in side and front view with the lid b and
the eyelet or ring c.
As these tubes are mostly made of tin or tin alloy it will be preferable to cast
lid and eyelet in a single piece. Instead of the eyelet c, a hook may in some cases
be employed. Figure 3 shows the tubes suspended on a wire or rod which may be
carried in the hand or suspended on the easel. At the side d the wire fits in a
round hole at e, in a hole with a slot (see inner view at f) so that it may be
removed from the box at will.
For further illustrating the new system of threaded tubes for filling paint boxes
the following figures may serve.
Figure 4 shows a smaller. case for few colours, Figure 5 a larger case with a
space for brushes. Figure 6 a pocket or pouch opened and with two sets of tubes
and spaces for other utensils. The shape of these paint or students boxes, pouches,
cases, or other receptacles will greatly vary in accordance with the purpose for
which they are intended say whether for the house, for travel, for transport or for
other purposes.
manner.
In all these cases the tubes may however be stored in the slated

page_text: In lieu of the wires being used the tubes having eyelets or hooks on their lids
may be suspended in the paint boxes & on hooks or rings placed in rows. The
threading of the tubes seems however to be preferable and I refer to this method
merely to prevent imitation of my invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
1. In paint tubes and the like the employment of the lid of the tube with an
eyelet or ring or a hook by which the tube may be suspended substantially as
specified.
2. The arrangement in rows of the paint tubes and the like the lids whereof
have eyelets or rings or hooks, upon wires or rods, substantially as specified.
3. The use of such wires, carrying tubes in frames, boxes or other receptacles
for painting requisites or the like substantially as specified.
4. The suspension of the tubes and the like fitted with eyelets or rings or with
hooks, on hooks or rings fitted in receptacles for painters requisites or the like
substantially as specified.