Paste Bottle.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Sept., 1899-Accepted, 4th Nov., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Paste Bottle.
I, GEORGE PARKER CRAGIN, Insurance Broker, of Spokane, State of Washington,
United States of America, 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 relates to that class of paste bottles which have a central well
designed to contain water and serve as a receptacle for the paste brush, when
not in use, so as to keep said brush soft and pliable and always ready for use. It
consists in the peculiar and advantageous construction hereinafter described and
particularly pointed out in the claims appended.
In the accompanying drawings:
Fig. 1 is a vertical section of my improved paste bottle with its cover in position
and the paste brush arranged in the central well.
Fig. 2 is a view, partly in section and partly in elevation, illustrating the paste
bottle as it appears when packed for shipment.
Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the cover removed.
Fig. 4 is a similar view of the bottle with the cover removed.
In the said drawings, similar letters designate corresponding parts in all of the
several views.
My improved paste bottle A is preferably of glass and circular in form, and is
provided with a central and preferably integral well B which rises from its
bottom and is designed to contain water and serve as a receptacle for a paste
brush C, when not in use, in order to keep said brush soft and pliable and always
in a fit condition for use. The well extends about the proportional distance
illustrated above the side wall of the bottle, and is provided at its upper end with
exterior screw threads a.
D is the bottle cover which may be and preferably is stamped in one piece of
sheet metal. This cover comprises an annular inclined portion b designed to rest
over the annular paste receiving portion of the bottle A, a marginal flange c
designed to rest in a rabbet d in the side wall of the bottle, and a central
portion e which is threaded as shown to engage the threads a of well B and has
an opening for the passage of the paste brush, as shown in Fig. 1.
In preparing my improved paste bottle for shipment, the annular portion of
the bottle is filled with paste, and the well B if desired is filled with water, after
which an annulus E of oil-soaked cardboard or other suitable material is placed
over the upper edge of the side wall of the bottle and around the well B, and
a disk F, cut in forming the annulus, is placed upon the upper end of the well B.
With this done the cover D is screwed on the well B so as to clamp the annulus E
against the wall of the bottle and the disk F against the upper end of the well
and thereby preclude leakage of either paste or water.
When it is desired to use the-paste-bottle, the cover Dis disconnected therefrom
and the annulus E and disk F are removed, after which the brush C, which is
shipped separately from the bottle, is placed in the well B to soften it precedent to
its being used to apply the paste. After the paste is used to the extent desired
the cover D is replaced on the bottle as shown in Fig. 1 so as to prevent evaporation
of the paste therein.
Paste bottles such as at present in use have central; integral wells for water,

page_text: and exterior screw threads on their side walls, and are equipped with brushes, and
covers which have threaded, marginal flanges to engage the threads of the bottle,
and central projections to receive the brush handle. Such projections of the covers
take up considerable room in shipment and are liable to be broken off or bent
out of shape, while the formation of the threads on the side walls of the bottles
entails making the bottles thick and heavy throughout and renders it necessary
for the operator to grasp the greatest diameter of the covers in order to remove the
same from the bottles."
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In my improved construction only the well. B need be made sufficiently heavy
to bear threads, and in order to remove the cover the operator has but to grasp
and turn the small central portion e thereof. It will also be seen that in my
improved construction no projection is offered to take ap additional space or be
broken off in shipment, and the threads a are arranged such a distance above
the paste as to preclude the paste getting upon said threads and thereby 'setting
the cover D on the same and rendering difficult the removal of the cover. Again,
by reason of the well B extending above the side wall of the bottle, there is no
liability of water being, thrown into the paste space by handling.of.the device,
and no danger of the paste when thin gaining access to the well and rendering the
water therein unfit to receive the brush when not in use.
It will further be observed that my improved construction admits of the employ-
ment of the desirable long brush, and by reason of the top. of the well being
open when the bottle is opened after shipment, the brush may be placed in or
removed from the well whenever desired without removing the cover from the
bottle.
I prefer to extend the well B above the side wall of the bottle for the reasons
stated, but do not desire to be understood as confining myself to the same as when
desired the upper end of said well might rest flush with or slightly below the
upper edge of the side wall of the bottle.
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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-The combination with a paste bottle having a central well extending above
its side wall and provided at its upper end with exterior screw threads, of a
removable cover having an annular, intermediate portion, a depending, marginal
flange surrounding the upper edge of the side wall of the bottle, and a central
threaded portion e engaging the threads of the well and having an opening f in
its top, substantially as specified.
2 The combination with a paste bottle having a central well extending above
its side wall and provided at its upper end with exterior screw threads, of a remov-
able cover having an annular, intermediate portion, a depending, marginal flange
surrounding the upper edge of the side wall of the bottle, and a central threaded
portion e engaging the threads of the well and having an opening f in its top,
an annular, removable washer surrounding the well and interposed between the
annular portion of the cover and the edge of the side wall of the bottle, and a
removable disk washer interposed between the top of the central portion of the
cover and the upper end of the well, substantially as specified.
3-The combination with a paste bottle having a central well provided with
exterior screw threads, of a removable cover having an annular, intermediate
portion, a depending, marginal flange surrounding the upper edge of the side wall
of the bottle, and a central threaded portion e engaging the threads of the well,
substantially as specified.
Dated this 12th day of September 1899
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40, Chancery Lane, London, Agents.