AN IMPROVED METHOD POR PACKING UP BOTTLES
Year: 1866

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Jules Becker, of 91, Quai des Chartrons, in the
City of Bordeaux, in France, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED METHOD
POR PACKING UP BOTTLES."
Sealed the 3rd November 1866, and dated the 8th May 1866.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Jules Becker at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
8th May 1866.
I, JULES BECKER, of No. 91, Quai des Chartrons, in the City of Bordeaux,
in France, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN
Ан
IMPROVED METHOD FOR PACKING UP BOTTLES," to be as follows, that is to say:-
My Invention consists in placing the bottles in a box in the following
manner, and with the following arrangements :-I place the first bottle in one
of the corners of a box, of a size and form suited to the number and size of
the bottles to be packed up, so that it may be supported by the bottom and
side of the box. On the part where the neck of the bottle widens and is of a
conical form an india-rubber ring of a suitable thickness is placed, so as to
tightly press its circumference. By the side of this bottle another bottle
furnished with a similar india-rubber ring is placed in an opposite direction to
the first, so that its bottom bears on the opposite side of the box to that on
which the bottom of the first bottle rests, and so that its india-rubber ring
rests near the extremity of the neck of the first bottle and the extremity of

page_text: its own neck rests against the india-rubber ring of the first bottle. A third
bottle is placed aside and near the first with its bottom on the same side of
the box, and its neck furnished with an india-rubber ring resting against the
india-rubber ring and neck of the second bottle. The fourth bottle is placed
aside and near the second bottle with its bottom on the same side, and its
neck furnished with an india-rubber ring resting on the india-rubber ring and
on the neck of the third bottle, and so on for the remaining bottles, the bottom
of the last bearing against the same side of the box-as the second bottle, and
its cylindrical part on the side of the box opposite that on which the
cylindrical part of the first bottle rests; a second row of bottles is then
placed above the first, so that their bottoms may rest or bear on the sides,
and their necks provided with india-rubber rings may rest on the india-rubber
rings and necks of the bottles in the first row. By this arrangement the
bottles are held in their places and cannot strike against each other in the
transport.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent
filed by the said Jules Becker in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
7th November 1866.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JULES
BECKER, of 91, Quai des Chartrons, in the City of Bordeaux, in France, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eighth day of May, in the year of our Lord, One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, in the twenty-ninth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Jules Becker, Her special licence that I, the said Jules Becker, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as 1, the said Jules
Becker, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time, and at all times thereafter 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." AN IMPROVED METHOD
FOR PACKING UP BOTTLES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the sai
Jules Becker, my executors or administrators, 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

page_text: 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 Jules Becker, 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,
reference being had to the Drawing hereto annexed, and to the figures and
letters marked thereon, that is to say:-
:
My Invention consists in an improvement in the mode of packing bottles,
and is as follows:-I place the bottles in a case and arrange them in such a
manner that in one row of bottles the necks reciprocally enter in the spaces
left between each two bottles which are opposite. By this arrangement the
bottoms of the bottles are in opposite directions to one another and rest
against the sides of the case, the width between the sides of the case depend-
ing on the distance between the bottoms of the bottles. I encircle each bottle
with two rings of india-rubber or any other similar elastic material; one of
these rings is placed near the bottom of the bottle, and the other is placed
where the conical part forming the continuation of the neck widens and
assumes the cylindrical form. The distance apart of the sides of the case
perpendicular to those beforo referred to is regulated by the number of bottles
to be packed up. Each bottle should rest by means of its india-rubber rings
against the bottles next to it (if it be placed in the middle), or against the
bottles next to it and the sides of the case; in this way they are held firm by
the elasticity of the india-rubber rings.
Instead of employing india-rubber for the ring placed near the bottom of
the bottle I can separate the bottoms of the bottles by means of a suitable
rigid substance partly embracing the form of the bottles. For this purpose I
prefer to employ wood in small sticks or in thin sheets cut out or bent by
heat or cold. I can also employ felt, moistened cardboard, plaited rush,
willow, or any other substance susceptible of being bent or cut according to
the curve of the bottles, and stiff enough to prevent pressure during a
voyage.
To make my Invention better understood I will now describe it, by reference
to the accompanying Drawing which shews different views of a case con-
taining twelve bottles.
Figure 1 represents the case open, and shews the arrangement of the
bottles encircled with india-rubber rings; Figure 2 shews an end view of the
case, the side Q, R, being removed; Figure 3 is a similar view, the india-
rubber rings being replaced by the flexible substances before described.

page_text: The bottles A, B, C, rest on the side O, P, of the case, and the ends
D, E, F, on the side R, Q; the bottles C and D, which are at the ends of the
rows, are supported by means of their rings against the sides P, Q, and O, R;
the bottles C and D cannot move from their position because they have their
resting places against the sides of the case, the bottles A, B, E, F, being
firmly clasped by the rings 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, are rendered immoveable.
The other bottles G, H, J, K, L, M, of the second row also carry india-
rubber rings on which the cover rests fastened down by nails, thus holding
each bottle in its position, as seen at Figure 2.
Figure 3 represents the same arrangement of bottles as Figure 2, only the
rings nearest the bottoms of the bottles are replaced by bent wood or by
plaits, as herein-before mentioned, in such a manner as to prevent direct
contact.
By my Invention I employ neither hay, straw, paper, or any other sub-
stance, except the rings of india-rubber and the plaits or bent sheets of wood
before referred to.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner of
performing the same, I wish it to be understood that I do not confine myself
to the precise details herein laid down; but what I claim is the improved
mode of packing bottles, substantially as and for the purposes herein-before
described and shewn in the accompanying Drawing.
In witness whereof, I, the said Jules Becker, have hereto set my hand
and seal, this Fifth day of November, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.
IMI RC DEAWED