Improvements in Bottles or Receptacles for Gum, Paste, and the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd May, 1899-Accepted, 24th June, 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bottles or Receptacles for Gum, Paste, and the like.
I, WILLIAM HENRY REDINGTON, of 221, Fulton Street, Chicago, Cook County,
Illinois, United States of America, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature
of my invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be parti-
cularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
My invention relates to that class of receptacles that is intended to hold a
quantity of mucilage, paste, or similar material, together with a brush, and
means for holding and keeping the brush soft and in proper condition for use.
The principal object of the invention is to provide a simple, economical and
efficient mucilage bottle. further object of the invention is to provide a
mucilage bottle with means for holding and keeping a brush in a soft and
proper condition for use.
Other objects will appear from an examination of
the drawings and the following description and claims.
The invention consists principally in the combination of a holder portion, hav-
ing a paste chamber, a water chamber, and a cover adapted to seal both cham-
bers and hold a brush in the water chamber.
The invention consists further in the combination of a holder portion pro-
vided with a central water chamber, an annular paste chamber, and a cover
portion provided with a brush-holding chamber and adapted to cover and seal
both chambers.
The invention consists further, and finally, in the features, combinations
and details of construction hereinafter described and claimed.
In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional elevation of a
bottle constructed in accordance with my improvements, taken on line 1 of
Figs. 2 and 3; Fig. 2 a plan view of the bottle with the cover removed and
looking at it from the top; and Fig. 3 a plan view of the cover, looking at it
from below.
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In the art to which this invention relates, it is well known that the mucilage
or paste brush if left in the paste becomes gummy, disagreeable, and oftentimes
unfit for use, so that considerable time has to be spent in cleaning the brush
before it can be used on delicate work, such as mounting photographs, or paper
flower-work. There are other objections found in the art, such as the "scaling
of the paste, the evaporation of the same, and the trouble and annoyance of
keeping the mucilage or paste at the proper consistency. The principal object
of my invention, therefore, is to provide a simple, economical and efficient
bottle which will remove the above objections, all of which will hereinafter be
more fully set forth.
In constructing a holder in accordance with my improvements, I make a
bottle proper, which is preferably cylindrical and made of glass or similar
material, and which is provided with a bottom portion A, exterior wall a, and
inner wall a', forming between them an annular paste chamber B, and a central
water chamber B¹.
It is highly desirable that means be provided for hermetically sealing both

page_text: chambers to minimize evaporation of the liquids, and when in use to hold the
brush C in the water chamber. In order to accomplish this result, a cover D
is provided, which has threaded engagement with the exterior walls of the
bottle, and which has a vertical handle or tubular portion d adapted to hold the
handle of the brush. Cushion rings and de, formed of rubber or paraffined
paper are interposed between the cover and walls of the bottle to assist the cover
in hermetically sealing the chambers.
In operation, the cover is unscrewed and the brush taken out of the water
chamber. The surplus water is then scraped off so as to flow into the paste
chamber, which will be sufficient to always keep the paste at the proper con-
sistency. The brush can now be dipped in the mucilage or paste and applied
to the desired object. When through, the brush is returned to the water cham-
ber and the cover engaged with the bottle.
The principal advantages of this improved bottle or holder will be apparent
from the foregoing, and consist in (1) the simplicity and efficiency of the
apparatus; (2) the minimizing of evaporation; and (3) the holding and keep-
ing of the brush in a clean, soft and proper condition for use.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a holder portion
provided with an annular paste chamber and a water chamber concentric there-
with, and a cover adapted to seal both chambers independently and hold a brush
in the water chamber, the space between said chamber being sufficient to per-
mit the brush to be dipped into either at will, substantially as described.
2. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a holder portion
provided with an annular paste chamber and a central water chamber, and a
cover adapted to seal both chambers independently provided with a vertical
chamber in line with the water chamber to hold the handle of a brush and keep
the brush in the water chamber, substantially as described.
3. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a holder portion
provided with an annular paste chamber and a central water chamber, a cover
adapted to seal both chambers provided with a vertical chamber in line with the
water chamber to hold the handle of a brush and keep the brush in the water
chamber, and rings of suitable material interposed between the cover and the
walls forming the annular and central chambers to hermetically seal the same,
substantially as described.
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HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.