Improvements in or Additions to Water Bottles for Soldiers, Tourists, and others.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 1st May, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Mar., 1891-Accepted, 4th Apr.. 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or Additions to Water Bottles for Soldiers,
Tourists, and others.
I, WILLIAM DICKSON, of 10, Roman Bath Street, in the City of London,
Captain in the 24th Middlesex (Post Office) Volunteers, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows :-
My invention has reference to water bottles such as are carried by soldiers,
tourists and others and its object is to provide these bottles with means whereby
they can be readily and securely attached to a waist belt or to any other desired
belt, strap or loop constituting part of the dress. With this object I employ a
clip, preferably made of spring steel, to grasp or fit round the bottle neck and 1
form this clip with a continuation in the form of a plate or tongue, which when
the clip is in place extends over the shoulder of the bottle and partly down the
body of same, but leaving sufficient space between the plate and the body part to
receive the waist belt. The bottle is secured to the waist belt by simply inserting
the plate vertically under the belt. In order to prevent any possibility of the
plate accidentally escaping from the belt I give the lower edge of the plate an
inward turn or curl which will catch against the belt if the plate should rise.
My invention comprises the combination with the clip and plate or tongue above
described of a cap or stopper for closing the mouth of the bottle. This cap or
stopper is attached by means of a hinge or joint to the clip, preferably above the
plate or tongue so that it can be lifted clear of the bottle mouth; when the cap
or stopper is in place over or in the mouth it is secured by means of a spring
catch or analogous device to the part of the clip diametrically opposite the hinge
or joint.
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J. C. MEWBURN,
55 & 56, Chancery Lanc, London, Patent Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or Additions to Water Bottles for Soldiers,
Tourists, and others.
I, WILLIAM DICKSON, formerly of 10, Roman Bath Street, in the City of
London, but now of 2, Throgmorton Avenue, in the same City, Captain in the
24th Middlesex (Post Office) Volunteers, 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 :-
My invention has reference to water bottles such as are carried by soldiers,
tourists and others and its object is to provide these bottles with means whereby
they can he readily and securely attached to a waist belt or to any other desired
belt, strap or loop constituting part of the dress. With this object I employ a
clip preferably made of spring steel to grasp or fit round the bottle neck and I
form this clip with a continuation in the form of a plate or tongue which when
the clip is in place extends over the shoulder of the bottle and partly down the
body of same but leaving sufficient space between the plate and the body part to
receive the waist belt. The bottle is secured to the waist belt by simply inserting
the plate vertically under the belt and in order to prevent any possibility of the
plate accidentally escaping from the belt I give the lower edge of the plate an
inward turn or curl which will catch against the belt if the plate should rise.

page_text: Figure 1 of the annexed drawings is a view of the flat side of a water bottle
provided with my attachment for connecting it to a waist belt and Figure 2 is a
view of the narrow side or edge of the bottle. a is the bottle, is the clip
preferably of spring steel grasping or fitting round the bottle neck. is the plate
or tongue forming a continuation of the clip and extending over the shoulder of
the bottle and partly down the body of same as shown. d'is the inward turn or
curl at the lower edge of the plate to catch against the belt if the plate c
should rise after having been inserted under the belt. The clip is prevented
from rising on the bottle neck by the flange on the latter.
When, as
shown in Figures 3 and 4 the bottle is made without a flange such as e
(Figures 1 and 2) the clip can conveniently be secured to the bottle
neck by one or more rivets. In Figures and I show combined with
the clip b and plate e a cap or stopper for closing the mouth of the bottle. This
cap or stopper may be formed of a lid or cover g with a piece of cork fixed to
its under side. The lid is attached by means of a hinge or joint to the clip,
preferably in a line with the plate e, so that it can be lifted “clear of the bottle
mouth without becoming detached therefrom. Figure 4 represents an india rubber
tube fitted with a mouth piece and passing through the stopper into the inside of
the bottle to enable a soldier while on the march to suck water from the bottle
without removing the latter from his waist belt.
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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. A water bottle attachment consisting of a clip, such as h, to grasp or fit
round the bottle neck, and of a plate or tongue, such as e, to pass under a waist
belt or other strap, helt or loop constituting part of the dress, the said plate or
tongue having an inward turn or curl such as at its lower edge, substantially aș
and for the purpose hereinbefore described and represented in the annexed
drawings.
2. A water bottle attachment, consisting of a clip such as b, a plate or tongue
such as c, having an inward turn or curl such as d, and a cap or stopper such
n5 g h, hinged to the said clip, substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore
described and represented in the annexed drawings.
Dated this 2nd day of March 1891
J. C. MEWBURN,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, Patent Agent.