IMPROVEMENTS IN CASES FOR BOTTLES AND GLASS OR OTHER CUPS
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Bernoulli Barlow, of the City of Man-
chester, in the County of Lancaster, Patent Agent, for the Invention
of "IMPROVEMENTS IN CASES FOR BOTTLES AND GLASS OR OTHER CUPS."-A
communication from abroad by Jules Mathieu, of Paris, in the
Empire of France, Civil Engineer.
Sealed the 12th November 1869, and dated the 14th May 1869.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Bernoulli Barlow
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petitiou,
on the 14th May 1869.
I, HENRY BERNOULLI BARLOW, of the City of Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CASES FOR BOTTLES AND GLASS OR OTHER
Cups," being a communication to me from abroad by Jules Mathieu, of
Paris, in the Empire of France, Civil Engineer, to be as follows :—
This Invention consists in making the cases for bottles and drinking
cups of three or more parts screwed or otherwise secured together; the

page_text: cases may be made of wood or other material. When the case is made
of three parts the lower is made to hold the bottle and reaches up to
about the shoulder of the bottle; the middle part is annular and passes
over the neck of the bottle, and the upper part is made large enough to
cover the stopper of the bottle and to contain a drinking cup in an
inverted position, the rim of the cup fitting in a circular recess in the
upper end of the middle part. India-rubber or other packing is placed in
the circular recess and in the inside of tho upper part to protect the
drinking cup whon made of glass or porcelain. The upper part of the
case may be made large enough to contain two or more drinking cups.
When two or more drinking cups are placed in the upper part of the
case a packing is placed between them. The form and number of the
parts of the case must be varied according to the shape and size of the
bottle and of the drinking cup or cups required.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Henry Bernoulli Barlow in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 12th Novembar 1869.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY
BERNOULLI BARLOW, of the City of Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Patent Agent, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fourteenth day of May, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, in the thirty-
second year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Henry Bernoulli Barlow, Her special
licence that I, the said Henry Bernoulli Barlow, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Henry Bernoulli
Barlow, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time
agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times there-
after during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might
make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CASES FOR BOTTLES AND GLASS OR OTHER CUPS," being
a communication to me from abroad by Jules Mathieu, of Paris, in
the Empire of France, Civil Engineer, upon the condition (amongst

page_text: others) that I, the said Henry Bernoulli Barlow, my executors or adminis-
trators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their
hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of
the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed,
and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within
six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Henry Bernoulli Barlow, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement (that is to say) :-
The nature of this Invention consists in making the cases for bottles
and drinking cups of three or more parts screwed or otherwise secured
together; the cases may be made of wood or other material. When the
case is made of three parts the lower is made to hold the bottle and
reaches up to about the shoulder of the bottle; the middle part is annular
and passes over the neck of the bottle, and the upper part is made large
enough to cover the stopper of the bottle and to contain a drinking cup
in an inverted postion, the rim of the cup fitting in a circular recess in
the upper end of the middle part. India-rubber or other packing is
placed in the circular recess and in the inside of the upper part to protect
the drinking cup when made of glass or porcelain. The upper part of
the case may be made large enough to contain two or more drinking
cups. When two or more drinking cups are placed in the upper part of
the case a packing is placed between them. The form and number of
the parts of the case must be varied according to the shape and size of
the bottle and of the drinking cup or cups required.
And in order that this Invention may be fully understood I will
proceed to describe the accompanying Sheet of Drawings, in which
Figure 1 represents a vertical section of a case for a bottle and glass
or drinking cup constructed according to my improvements; Figure 2 is
an elevation of the same; Figure 3 is a vertical section of a modification
in the construction of the upper part of the case.
The lower part of the case marked A reaches up to the shoulder or
largest diameter of the bottle B, and the annular middle part of the case
marked C is screwed on to the lower part A; this annular part passes
over the neck of the bottle and nearly fits the shape above the shoulder.
The upper part of the case marked D is screwed into the middle part C,

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and it is made large enough to cover the stopper 1 of the bottle B, and
to contain the drinking cup or glass E in an inverted position, the rim of
the cup fitting in a circular recess in the upper surface of the annular
part. C. In order to pour the contents of the bottle into the drinking
it is only necessary to unscrew the part D and to take out of it the
cup E; the stopper F can then be removed, and the neck of the bottle
is then free. On referring to Figure 3 it will be seen that the drinking
cup E in the upper part. D is protected by means of a band band washer d;
this band and washer are made of india-rubber, cork, or other yielding
substance. A similar packing may be placed in the groove a in which
the drinking cup fits. It is evident that by modifying the shape of the
parts C and D two or more drinking cups or glasses may be contained in
the case; it would then be desirable to place a protecting band and washer
similar to b and d between the cups. The form and number of parts of
the case must be varied according to the shape and size of the bottle and
of the drinking cup or cups. The case may be made of hard wood, metal,
leather, papier maché, or any other suitable substance; the drinking
cups may also be made of glass, silver, porcelain, or other metal or
material.
Having thus stated the nature of the Invention communicated to me
by the within-named Jules Mathieu, and described a convenient mode of
performing the same, I declare that I claim,-
First. The improved mode of constructing cases for bottles and
drinking cups in three or more parts, as shewn and described.
Secondly. Making the upper part of the case to contain two or more
drinking cups, as described.
And, thirdly. The application of packings between the interior of the
case and the drinking cup, and between the drinking cups when two or
more are used, as shewn and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said I[enry Bernoulli Barlow, have here-
to set my hand and seal, the Tenth day of November, One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.