Improvements in the Bottoms or Bases of Various Articles of China, Glass, Earthenware, and other Material.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Jan., 1890-Accepted 2nd Aug., 1890
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Bottoms or Bases of Various Articles of
China, Glass, Earthenware, and other Material.
I, ARTHUR BRYDGES BAILEY of Shooter's Hill Longton in the County of Stafford
Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of my said 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 has for its object improvements in the bottoms or bases of various
articles of china glass earthenware and other material such for instance as electro
plate papier mache wood or metal of any description and by which means I am able
in a much more cheap & effective manner than hitherto to avoid the liability of such
articles scratching or marking tables chimney pieces or each other as the case may
be while at the same time their movement is made noiseless and soft and the liability
of breakage is much lessened and especially is this the case in connection with toilet
ware. The use of my improvements in the case of articles used upon board ship or
in railway carriages or any kind of vehicles prevents the rattle and noise occasioned
by the shake or movement of such conveyances.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried
into practice I have appended hereunto a double sized sheet of drawings upon which
have shewn several modifications of my improvements which will enable any one
to apply the same in any other case or under a variety of other conditions.
Figure 1, is a section through the cup A in which the india-rubber ring B is
sprung around the projection a¹ which is provided on the bottom of the cup to receive
it so that the projecting portion of the ring B forms a cushion between the cup or
article itself and the table or other support upon which it stands, the projection a²
being formed to protect the ring B but not to hold it.
B
Figure 2, is a similar section to Figure 1 but shewing the rubber ring sprung
over the projection a¹ the projection a² being in this case omitted as the ring B being
in tension would remain tight especially the side of the projection a' was slightly
hollowed to receive the ring B.
Figure 3 is a similar section to figure 1 but showing a projection a³ formed on the
bottom of the cup A around which the ring B is stretched so as to leave the
projections b¹ to form the cushion as before described.
Figure 4 is a section through a saucer having the projections a² within which the
rubber ring B is in this case compressed so as to remain in the position shown in
which case a wire b² may run through the centre of the ring & the ends of such wire
made to overlap and enter each end of the rubber at the joint and I may apply this
method to any other class of article or I may form the cushion to this saucer in
accordance with that described in the previous figures.
Figure 5 is an inverted plan of the dish K which instead of having the rubber
ring all round is provided with the feet ¹ which are formed on the bottom of the
dish and of which there may be any number to suit its size and around these feet the
rubber rings are stretched so as to form cushions upon which the dish stands.
Figure 6 is an enlarged section through one of these feet k¹around which the
rubber B is stretched.
Figure 7 is a similar section to Figure 6 but shewing a modified form of feet to
the dish K in which the rubber ring is stretched around the projection k³.
Figure 8 and 9 are examples of the many ways of attaching the rings of rubber to
electro plate or metal ware. In the case of Figure 8 the curved metal projection m¹
is formed upon the bottom of the article M around wbich the ring B is stretched and
in the case of Figure 9 the channel m² is soldered or otherwise fixed on to the bottom
or base for the reception of the ring.

page_text: The rubber cushion may be secured to the bottom of the article in squares instead
of rings or indeed to any shape suitable for the shape of the article to which it is
fixed and the rubber may be solid or of hollow tube or other section as may be
required and may be strengthened by wire running along its centre.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
The improvements in the bottoms or bases of various articles of china glass earthen-
ware and other material consisting of the india rubber B attached to the said bottoms
or bases substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth & shewn upon the
drawings.
OLL
Jan
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.