Year: 1888

page_text: We, CHARLFS JAMFS NPWTON, of Openshaw, near Manchester, Wine Merchant,
and WILLIAM HENRY SINNATT, of Sidney Street, Manchester, Manager of Works,
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
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The improvements relate to the manufacture of baskets or receptacles for the
carrying or protecting of jars or bottles, and have for object the rendering of such
articks more durable and secure in usc To accomplish this and to effect our
unprovements, we form a wooden bottom or stand, which, by preference, we shape in
such manner that an inner ridge or projection, or a series of such, is provided on the
upper surface to form a resisting circle to the wickerwork of the basket or
receptacle
The wickerwork is constructed in manner similar to ordinary basket making, and
may have one or more handles, but without any wickerwork bottom thereto
We attach the wood bottom to the wicker portion by means of copper, brass,
galvanized iron, or other non-oxydızıng metal wire, or metal strips, which metallic
connection we prefer to continue from the bottom up the whole height of the
wickerwork through the handle or handles, and after passing down the wickerwork
again, through holes in the bottom, and underneath the same along grooves prepared
for the purpose to continue up the opposite side to the second handle where there is
one, or where not, to the upper rim of the wicker portion for the purpose of strength,
but this is not essential as the wicker portion may be connected by the metallic wire
or strips, to the wood bottom, at the lower rim only, or portion may be connected
one way and another portion the other, and the bottom may be composed of one or
more pieces of wood, and the wires or strips my either pass completely underneath
the bottom as hereinbefore described, or may terminate in heads or by clinching
underneath such bottom without departing from the peculiar character of the
invention

page_text: But that the improvements may be better understood, we will by the aid of the
accompanying drawings proceed more fully to describe means employed by us
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
Fig 1, shows an edge view, and Fig 2, a plan of one form of wooden bottom
arranged in accordance with our invention Fig 3, shows an elevation of a baskot
or receptacle completed for a jar or bottle
The same letters indicate corresponding parts wherever they occur
The wood bottom as shown by Fig 1, may be formed out of the solid by thining
down the edge, or may be formed of two concentric pieces of wood placed one upon
the other
The holes a, a, ire'made for the wies or metallic strips b, b, to pass through, and
the grooves b¹, 64, for the same to pass from one side to the other, which method we
prefei, is binding the whole better together
In the example shown, provision is made for two wires or strips down eich side
only which is sufficient for small Jars, but it is obvious that these may be incre ised
to any numbei required according to the size or desired strength of the recepticle
For small or ordinary receptacles as a modification, two puallel strips of wood
may form the bottom with or without a space between them, in lieu of the circular or
otherwise formed complete wood bottom
The baskets or receptacles of this discription are usually constructed round, but
they may be constructed of any other convenient form according to the shape of the
Jars or bottles employed, and other variations in detail may be made without dep irting
from the peculiar character of the invention
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what minner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is
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1 The manufacture of baskets or receptacles for jars or bottles by the combination
of wickerwork sides with wooden bottoms held together by means of metallic wires
01 strips in manner and for the purpose subst intially as shown and described
2 The combining of wickerwork sides with a wooden bottom and fastening the
same together by means of metallic wires or strips for the purpose of forming
basket or receptacle for the holding or carrying of Jars or bottles in minnei
substantially as herein shown and described