IMPROVEMENTS IN CASES AND THEIR ADJUNCTS, INCLUDING SPOON, TOOTH BRUSH, CORKSCREW, AND HULL FOR LUNAR CAUSTIC, FOR THE USE OF TRAVELLERS AND OTHERS
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Lloyd Wise, of Chandos Chambers, Adelphi, in
the County of Middlesex, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN CASES
AND THEIR ADJUNCTS, INCLUDING SPOON, TOOTH BRUSH, CORKSCREW, AND
HULL FOR LUNAR CAUSTIC, FOR THE USE OF TRAVELLERS AND OTHERS."
communication from abroad by Hermann Gringmuth, of Dresden, Saxony,
German Empire.
A
ealed the 6th September 1878, and dated the 20th March 1878.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Lloyd Wise at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 20th March 1878.
WILLIAM LLOYD WISE, of Chandos Chambers, Adelphi, in the County of
Middlesex. "IMPROVEMENTS IN CASES AND THEIR ADJUNCTS, INCLUDING SPOON,
TOOTH BRUSH, CORKSCREW, AND HULL FOR LUNAR CAUSTIC, FOR THE Use of
TRAVELLERS AND OTHERS." (A communication from abroad by Hermann Gring-
muth, of Dresden, Saxony, German Empire.)
This Invention has for its object improvements in travelling cases and their
adjuncts. It is adapted equally for the use of civilians travelling by land or sea,
and military and naval persons in times of peace or war.
In the description communicated to me the object is stated to be to accommodate
a large number of articles of daily use within a very small space; thus the con-
struction and internal arrangement of the case, and the peculiar form of some of
the adjuncts, enable the following articles to be accommodated in a space of about
147 millimetres in length by 97 millimetres in breadth and 33 millimetres in
depth, viz.-(1) knife, (2) spoon, (3) fork, (4) corkscrew, (5) mirror, (6) comb,
(7) tooth brush, (8) soap in capsule, (9) scissors, (10) needles, (11) pins, (12) two
sorts of thread, (13) buttons, (14) bandage cloth, which may serve as napkin or
towel, (15) linen ligature, (16) a portion of Pinghawar Yambi (astrictive fibre),
(17) piece of linen, (18) pincette (surgeon's tweezors), (19) safety needles, (20)
capsule for salicylic acid grease, (21) capsule for tannin opium pills, (22) mustard

page_text: poultice or mustard paper, (23) hypermanganesinte of potassa, (24) court plaster,
(25) sticking plaster, (26) hull for lunar caustic, (27) envelopes, (28) note paper,
(29) penholder, (30) lead pencil, (31) four pens containing ink substance, (32)
metallic capsule to contain water for dipping in the pens, (33) one hundred wax-
light matches, (34) compass, (35) almanac.
It may be here remarked that all the articles are constructed of sufficient size for
actual use, the articles of consumption being in such quantities as to suffice for the
wants of weeks and even months, that miniature objects, such as might be deemed
mere playthings have been altogether excluded, and that all the articles named
above are placed in such manner in the case that on removing some, or the greater
part of them, those remaining in the case will not be tumbled about or displaced
by the motion of any vehicle or conveyance.
Fig. 1 is a top view of case when opened and filled with the entire contents.
The first part of construction (Fig. 2) is soldered close to the front side of the
case, so that a narrow space remains between a diaphragm of the said part and the
front side of the case. In this space are deposited the two sorts of throad (No. 12
of the list). Up above this thread the penholder and lead pencil (Nos. 29 and 30
of the list) are sustained by the car e and the support d. Between two diaphragms
of the part shewn in Fig. 2 close to the handle of the spoon (No. 2 of the list),
which is placed edgeways, the pincette (No. 18) resting on the bottom and held
down. Between one diaphragm and the spoon handle are placed the knife (No. 1)
and fork (No. 3), the knife and fork, handles have buttons and holes with slots for
sliding them together. In the space between a and b lifting bands are applied,
which are held down by two central transverse partitions of this space. In the
small space formed by these transverse partitions a compass (No. 34) is inserted,
the left-hand band is for the brush part of the tooth brush (No. 7) and the right-
hand band for two metallic capsules slid one over the other. The outside of one of
these capsules, having one end not closed (No. 32 of the list), serves to take in
water into which the pen of the penholder (No. 29) is dipped for writing, the pens
themselves containing the inky substance. The second metallic capsule contains
the pens in reserve (No. 31), lead in reserve for No. 30, needles (No. 10), pins
(No. 11), safety needles (No. 19).
The second part of construction, illustrated in Fig. 3, is soldered to the lid and
takes in the handle of the tooth brush (No. 7). This handle is hollow and closed
by a screw. In the hollow part is placed a portion of hyper-manganesiate of
potassa (No. 23), which when diluted with water produces a well-known antiseptic
lotion for rinsing the mouth.
The third part, shown in Fig. 4, is intended for the reception of scissors (No. 9)
and comb (No. 6), the firm hold for the latter is assisted by a bent plate, designed
also to enter between the fork and bandage cloth so as to prevent resting of said
fork in case the bandage cloth, of which more will be said hereafter, should be
placed in tho caso in a moist state. The one soldered point of the part under
notice, situated in the centre of the lid, corresponds with the place where the
locking knob of the lid of the case in its external side is situated.
With regard to the position and form of the part under notice it may be here
remarked, that with the length and thickness of comb and scissors it is designed
that these instruments when firmly pushed into their places shall correspond to
the dimensions of the folded cloth.
The fourth part of construction is soldered to the front side of the case. The
object of this part will be mentioned herein-after.
The fifth part of construction is not fastened to the case by soldoring; it is
withdrawn from the etui in case of use or for stowing the articles which it contains.
This part is called the "inlayer," and is illustrated in front view in Fig. 5 replete,
the spoon being omitted.
The "inlayer" admits the following articles :-
1. On the left-hand side of its bottom a capsule, for tannin opium pills (No. 21
the li

page_text: 2. On the right-hand side of its bottom a capsule for salicylic acid grease (No. 20
of the list).
3. In the annular fixing o a composite hull for lunar caustic (No. 26).
4. In the fixings m, n, p, the corkscrew (No. 4).
5. In a suitable hollow part divers buttons (No. 13).
6. Into the free space of the inlayer the assimilated halves of the spoon bowl
(No. 2), put together in such a manner that the eye part will be outwards in the
incision of one of the sides of the case.
In the corner space formed by the inserted parts of construction 1 and 5 is
situated the box for matches (No. 33), constructed so as to fill up the space. Along
that side of the case which is opposite the "inlayer" or fifth part of construction,
and filling the entire depth of the case, is placed the capsule or box for soap (No. 8).
The middle part, intended for the soap, is closed at each end with independent
semicircular covers.
The remaining free space of the case is filled in the following manner:-
1. The bottom carries six envelopes (No. 27 of the list), cach envelope containing
a sheet of note paper (No. 28).
2. On the upper side of these envelopes is placed a linen ligature wrapped round
a thin- plate of sheet metal for better preserving the same; inside of this linen
ligature is placed a portion of Pinglawar Yambi wrapped in paper.
3. Above this ligature is placed a cartoon containing sticking plaster (No. 25),
court plaster (No. 24), mustard plaster or mustard paper (No. 22), a piece of
linen (No. 17). The outer and inner surfaces of said cartoon being covered with a
complete almanac in print.
4. Then follow the mirror (No. 5), the glass part outward; this mirror is made
with an ear on one of its long sides, which is slid over a pivot in the first part of
construction. Its opposite. long side is pushed underneath the fourth part of con-
struction, the mirror thus forming a safe closing and cover for all the parts under-
neath it. On the mirror is placed the folded bandage cloth (No. 14) secured by a
rubber ring.
The case having been filled the lids are closed and held together by any simple
fastening. The spoon consists of a handle and a bowl in two halves, and is shewn
in Fig. 6. To the one part of the spoon bowl is fixed near the joint a pivot, to the
other an ear by means of which the two halves are combined to forni a completo
spoon; in each half there is likewise a square hole; into the two holes the handle
is fitted with its two prongs, by means of which and the ear joint the halves are
firmly held together.
The tooth brush is in parts screwed together, and is shewn in Figs. 7, 8, and 9.
The handle is hollow and can be unscrewed for admitting the powder or ingredients
in form of small crystals for lotions for rinsing the mouth.
The corkscrew, Fig. 10, consists of a solid T shaped piece, the vertical part of
which carries the extracting screw. Each end of the T shaped piece is threaded,
so that for actual use a small internally threaded tube can be screwed on to either
side of the horizontal part, thus the horizontal part will have due length for
extracting the cork by hand; these tubes are passed over the extracting screw
when not in use, so that the instrument can be deposited in the case, for which
purpose the first tube is screwed on to the tapped portion of the vertical part, the
second tube with its female thread is screwed into the thread of the first tube.
The hull for the lunar caustic consists of a small tube closed at one end made of
wood, horn, or other material, as shewn to the left in Fig. 11, which takes in the
caustic. The outer side of this tube tapers towards the open end, a small cylinder
(shewn to the right in the same Fig.), closed at one end, passes over this tube and
is made of black glass.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said William Lloyd Wise in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 16th
September 1878.
WILLIAM LLOYD WISE, of Chandos Chambers, Adelphi, in the County of
⚫Middlesex. "IMPROVEMENTS IN CASES AND THEIR ADJUNCTS, INCLUDING SPOON,
TOOTH BRUSH, CORKSCREW, AND HULL FOR LUNAR CAUSTIC, FOR THE USE OF
TRAVELLERS AND OTHERS." (A communication from abroad by Hermann Gring-
muth, of Dresden, Saxony, German Empire.)
The object of the universal case companion is to accommodate a large number of
articles of daily use within a very small space, so as to enable any person to carry the
Fame about with him. This universal case is equally adapted for the use of civilians
travelling by land or sea, as also for military or naval persons in times of peace or
war. The object is to combine or fit together the articles as named in this descrip-
tion in a small space (it may be only 147 / in length, 97 m/m in breadth, and
33 / in depth). This object is attained by the construction of the caso, and by
its internal arrangement, as also by the form of the separate articles, some, of which
have been specially constructed for this particular purpose.
The following articles are accommodated in the case:-1, knife.; 2, spoon,; 3, fork;
'4, corkscrew; 5, mirror;, 6, comb; 7, tooth brush; 8, soap and capsule; 9, scissors;
10, needles; 11, pins; 12, two sorts of thread; 13, buttons;, 14, bandago, cloth,
which may serve as a napkin or towel; 15, linen ligature; 16, a portion of Pingha-
war Yambi (astrictive fibre); 17, piece of linen; 18, pincette (surgeon's tweezers);
.19, safety needles; 20, capsule for salicylic acid grease; 21, capsule, for tannin
opium pills; 22, mustard poultice or mustard paper; 23, hyper manganesiate of
pottassa; 24, court plaister; 25, sticking plaister; 26,, hull for lunar caustic; 27,
envelopes; 28, note, paper; 29, penholder; 30, lead pencil; 31,,four pens, containing
ink substance; 32, metallic capsule to contain water for dipping in the, pens,;. 33,
one hundred wax-light matches; 34, compass;, 35, almanac.
It may be here remarked that all the articles are, constructed, of, sufficient, size for
actual use, that the articles of consumption are in such quantities, as to suffice for 3
the wants of weeks and months, that miniature objects, such as, might be considered
playthings, have been altogether excluded, and that all the articles. named above
are arranged in such manner in the case that on removing some, or the greater part
of them, those remaining in the case will not be jerked or tumbled about by the
motion of any conveyance of transport. or travel.
With regard to the medicaments and medical articles, mentioned herein, it may
be stated that merely the arrangements, for their reception are provided.,
Fig. 1 of the Drawings, shews the case when closed.
Fig. 2 is a top view of case when open, and filled with the, whole of the articles
it is intended to contain.
Figs. 59, 60, and 61, shew, the parts of which the case is composed.
Fig. 60 shews the bottom, with the two short sides, the entire front side, Y and
the smaller half Y" of the back side. Both the front side and back side are supplied
with joint pieces in the parts W for the formation of hinges, for both, lids:
Fig. 59 is one of the lids, joined to the front side Y by means. of hinges W, 4
whereas the Fig. 61 shews the other lid, with the larger half Y₁ of the back side.
This part of the back side is likewise supplied with a hinge piece W, whereas the
lid part in this Figure on the outer side ends in a semicircular projection containing
a hole for assisting to close the lid.
Both lid parts (Figs. 59 and 61) are made with projections V, which are turned 5
downwards to cover the sharp edges of the sides of the case.
All the dotted lines in the Figs. herein-before and herein-after mentioned, with
the exception of Fig. 5, shew the breaking. lines. or bends- for the construction of
the case.

page_text: The asterisks point out the spots to which the internal parts of construction for
the case are soldered.
First Part of Construction.-This is illustrated in Figs. 30, 31, and 32, whereof
Fig. 30 shews blank cut out of sheet metal, Fig. 32 the same bent up, as seen in
plan, and Fig. 31 the same in perspective view.
Plate C, Fig. 29, is soldered to Fig. 32, as seen in the Drawings. The asterisks
in Fig. 31 shew the parts to which it is soldered. The first part of construction
is soldered close to the front side of the case, so that a narrow space remains
between the diaphragm C of the said part of construction and the front side of the
case. In this space are deposited the two sorts of thread (No. 12 of the list). Up
above this thread the penholder and lead pencil (Nos. 29 and 30 of the list) are
supported by the ear e and support d.
: The penholder and-lead pencil case are shewn in detail in Figures, 41, 42, and 43.
Between the diaphragms cand b of the first part of construction, close to the latter,
the handle of the spoon (No. 2 of the list) is placed edgeways, the pincette
(No. 18) resting on the bottom held down by i. Between diaphragm c and the
handle of the spoon the knife (No. 1) and fork (No. 3) are situated with the shut-
up handles slid together. Fig. 56 shews the knife, Fig. 57 shews the fork, both
opened and disengaged, their handles carrying buttons or studs and corresponding
slotted holes for sliding them together.
Fig. 58 shews the edge view of fork closed. In the space between a and b,
lifting bands, represented in Fig. 3 by the ornamental design, are applied, which
are held down by two central transverse partitions of this space. In the small
space formed by these transverse partitions. a. compass (No. 34) is inserted. This
is illustrated in Fig. 48 in side view, and in Fig. 49 in front elevation. By the
lifting band in the left-hand side, the brush part of a tooth brush (No. 7), and by
the lifting band on the right-hand side, two metallic capsules are lifted ;; they are
slid one over the other.
The outside of one of these capsules has one end not. closed (No. 32 of the list).
It is shewn full size in Fig. 25 in end view, and in Fig. 26 in side view. It serves
as a reservoir for water, into which the pen of the penholder (No. 29) is. dipped
when writing is to be done, the pens themselves containing the inky substance.
The second metallic capsule, shewn in Fig. 27 in side view, and in Fig. 28 in
end view, contains the pens in reserve (No. 31), lead in reserve for No. 30,. needles
(No. 10), pins (No. 11), also safety needles (No. 19)..
All the articles named so far are accommodated by means of what I have called
"the first part of construction."
In the
Second Part of Construction.-This part is illustrated in Fig. 23 in plan, and
in Fig. 24 in side view. This part is soldered to the lid at the point marked by
the asterisk y!, Fig. 61 (see also Fig. 2), and takes. the handle: of the tooth brush
(No. 7) in its annular part. This handle is hollow, and closed by a screw.
hollow part is contained a portion of hyper-manganesiate of potassa (No. 23);
which when diluted with water produces a well-known. antiseptic lotion for rinsing
the mouth.
Third Part of Construction. This part is illustrated in. Eig. 44 in end view, in
Fig. 45 in ground plan, and in Fig. 2 is shewn. in its place: in the inside of the fore
lid (Fig. 59),, to which it is soldered. This part is intended for the reception. of
scissors (No. 9), and comb (No. 6). The. firm hold for the latter is essentially
assisted by the rectangularly inward bent plate a designed to enter between the
fork and bandage cloth, so as to prevent rusting of said fork in case the bandage
cloth, of which more will be said hereafter, should be placed in the case in a damp
state. The one soldered point of the third piece of construction situated in the
centre of the lid corresponds with the place. where the locking, knob of the lid of
the case in its external side is situated.
With regard to the position and form of this: piece of construction.it. may, be
here. remarked, that its.dimensions are such. in relation to the length.and.thickness
of the comb.and, scissors; that, both these articles when: firmly, pusheds into their.

page_text: cloth (No. 14) secured by a rubber ring. This bandage may be made in dimensions
recommended by Professor Esmarch, of Kiel (a celebrated surgeon).
The case having been filled as described the lids are closed, and may be held
together by any simple well-known lock or fastening.
Among the articles for the case the following require special mention :-
1. The spoon, which consists of the handle, Fig. 51, and the two half bowls,"
whereof Fig. 52 shews the outer and Fig. 53 the inner side; Fig. 54 represents the
convex side of the spoon bowl, and Fig. 55 the handle end; Fig. 50 shews the
entire spoon put together. The half spoon bowls have fixed to their outer parts
near the joints the one a pivot, the other an ear, by means of which the two halves
are combined to form-a complete bowl. In each half there is likewise a perforation
in the form of a square hole, into which two holes the handle is fitted with its
two prongs, by means of which and the ear joint the halves are firmly held
together.
2. The tooth brush parts screw together, as in Fig. 37, which is a side view;
Fig. 38 shews the brush part from the rear side; Fig. 39, the hollow handle; and
Fig. 40, the end screw for the handle. This tooth brush consists of the brush part
and a handle to be screwed thereto. The handle is hollow, and can be unscrewed
for admitting powder, or ingredients in the form of small crystals, for lotions for
rinsing the mouth.
3. The corkscrew consists of a solid T shaped piece (the central piece seen in
Fig. 53), the vertical part of which receives the screw. Each end of the T shaped
piece is threaded, so that for actual use (see Figs. 33 and 34) a small internally
threaded tube can be screwed on to each side of the horizontal part, thus consti-
tuting a handle of sufficient length for extracting corks by hand. These tubes are
arranged to go over the extracting screw so that the instrument can be deposited in
the case, for which purpose the first tube is screwed into the upper tapped portion
of the vertical part; the second tube is screwed with its female thread on to the
first tube.
Fig. 35 shews the corkscrew rearly for being deposited in the case.
Lastly, 4. The hull for lunar caustic consists of a small tube of wood, horn, or
other material, closed at one end, as shewn to the left in Fig. 46. The outer side of
this tube tapers towards the open end, and a small cylinder (of black glass) closed at
one end passes over the tube (Fig. 46, right-hand side). The hull for lunar caustic
is shewn put together in Fig. 47.
It will be obvious that other articles than those above enuinerated may be placed
within the improved case herein-before described and shewn, without departing from
the peculiar nature of the Invention.
Having described the nature of the said Invention, and the manner of carrying it
into practical effect, as communicated to me as aforesaid, I claim as secured to me
under the Letters Patent herein-before in part recited,—
1. The case companion, as herein-before described, and illustrated in the
Drawings, as an organic totality, the technical arrangements of the case, with its
peculiar and in part newly-constructed articles and instruments.
2. The first part of construction with its parts a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, the whole
constructed and arranged as shewn in and described with reference to Figs. 30, 31,
and 32 of the Drawings, for the purpose specified.
3. The inlayer with its parts k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, the whole constructed
and arranged as shewn in and described with reference to Figs. 7, 8, 9, and 10 of
the Drawings, for the purpose specified.
4. The combination with the case made in parts (Figs. 59, 60, and 61) of the first
part of construction (Fig. 31), the second part of construction (Figs. 23 and 24), the
third part of construction (Figs. 44 and 45), and the fourth part of construction,
the whole arranged together as described and shewn, for the purposes specified.
5. The spoon, consisting of the three parts 81, 82, 83, as described, and shewn in
Figs. 50 to 55 of the Drawings.
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page_text: 6. The tooth brush, consisting of the three parts 61, 62, 63, as described, and illus-
trated in Figs. 37, 38, 39, and 40 of the Drawings.
7. The corkscrew, consisting of the three parts c', c³, o³, as described, and illus-
trated in Figs. 33, 34, and 35 of the Drawings.
8. The hull for lunar caustic, consisting of the two parts h¹, h³, as described, and
illustrated in Figs. 46 and 47 of the Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Lloyd Wise, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Thirteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.