Improvements in Flower-holders.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Apr., 1892-Accepted, 14th May, 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Flower-holders.
A communication from EWING BUCHAN, of 201, Bloor Street, E., Toronto,
Ontario, Canada.
I, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT of 323 High Holborn in the County of Middlesex,
Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 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:-
The object of the invention is to design a flower holder in which flowers or
bouquets of any kind may be held on the person and their stalks kept constantly
moist without any fear of the water in the holder being spilt; and it consists,
essentially, of a tube open at both ends, the hole in the tube being of a size suitable
to contain the stems of the flowers which it is intended for, the said tube being
inserted in a hollow cylinder filled with water, a cap designed to fit the open end of the
cylinder being attached to the tube so that upon the tube being inserted into the
cylinder, the cap hermetically seals the open end of the cylinder, substantially as
hereinafter more particularly explained.
Figure 1 is a view of this improved fountain flower holder.
Figure 2 is a sectional elevation of same.
Figure 3 is a detail of the tube with the cap attached to it.
My correspondent is aware that small cylinders filled with water have been used
for holding flowers in the lappet of a coat and other parts of a person. The
objection to this form of flower holder resided in the fact that the water would be
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pushed out of the holder when the stems of the flowers were inserted.
invention my correspondent has sought to and has succeeded in, providing a device
which will feed all the water required for the flower and retain the water until it has
been absorbed in the stens of the flowers.
A represents a tube open at both ends and made any suitable size to suit the
number of flower stems it is intended to contain.
B is a hollow cylinder closed at one end, but open at the other. This cylinder is
made sufficiently large to receive the tube A and leave a water space around the
said tube.
C is a cap formed upon or fixed to the upper end of the tube A. This cap is
designed to fit the tube of the cylinder B. It may be screwed upon the end of the
said cylinder, or it may be made a tight fit and pressed over the end of the
said cylinder. In any case, the cap should hermetically seal the open end of
the cylinder B, the only opening left being the hole through the tube A.
Before inserting the stems of the flowers into the tube, A, the cylinder B is filled
with water so that when the tube, A is inserted into the cylinder B the water will
surround the tube as well as fill the space between the bottom of the cylinder B,
and the bottom end of the tube A. In this way a large holder is provided which
will furnish a constant supply of water to the flower stems placed in it, and as the
end of the water cylinder is hermetically closed, the water it contains will not
escape except through the stems of the flowers.
My correspondent proposes to make this flower holder of various kinds of material
and of any size to suit the particular kind of bouquet it is intended for, and of any
shape to suit the taste of the manufacturer.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, as communicated to me by my foreign correspondent, and in what manner the
same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is :-
As an improved flower holder, a water cylinder having an open ended tubo

page_text: inserted into it, the open end of the water cylinder being closed by a cap fixed to
one end of the said tube, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
Dated this 12th day of April 1892.
ALFRED J. BOULT,
Chartered Patent Agent.