An Improved Package for Holding Blueing used for Laundry and other like Purposes.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Aug., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 13th May, 1891-Accepted, 13th June, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by THE LAWYER CRYSTAL BLUE COMPANY, of
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.]
An Improved Package for Holding Blueing used for Laundry and
other like Purposes.
I, ROBERT LEAKE SANDIE of 6B Mathew Street, Liverpool, in the County
of Lancaster, Produce Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
According to this invention the package consists of a small box, say of wood,
turned and bored and a dish cover of sheet or thin metal forced into the end of the
box and provided with apertures or perforations. These apertures however are
closed by a film of sealing wax, shellack, or other equivalent substance.
The box is filled with blueing powder and the cap is then forced on in position,
and consequently the package is a sealed one; these closed packages are intended
to be sold to purchasers of blueing.
To apply the blueing to the water which it is desired to color, all that is
necessary is to break by a pin or pointed instrument or other suitable means the
wax or other seal which closes the apertures or perforations in the cover above
specified, the package can then be used as a sprinkler.
It will now be seen that the package of the blueing serves not only as such, but
as a means of holding it and supplying it in use.
Dated this 12th day of August 1890.
CHEESBROUGH & ROYSTON,
15, Water Strect, Liverpool, Applicant's Patent Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Package for Holding Blueing used for Laundry and
other like Purposes.
1, ROBERT LEAKE SANDIE, of 6 Mathew Street, Liverpool, in the County
of Lancaster, Produce Merchant, 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 :-
According to this invention the package consists of a small box, say of wood,
turned and bored and a dish cover of sheet or thin metal forced onto the end of the
box and provided with apertures or perforations. These apertures however, are
closed by a film of sealing wax, shellac, or other equivalent substances.
The box is filled with blucing powder and the cap is then forced on in position,
and consequently the package is a sealed one; these closed packages are intended
to be sold to purchasers of blueing.
To apply the blueing to the water which it is desired to color, all that is
necessary is to break by a pin or pointed instrument or other suitable means, the
wax or other seal which closes the apertures or perforations in the cover above
specified, the package can then be used as a sprinkler.
It will now be seen that the package of the blueing serves not only as such, but
as a means of holding it and supplying it in use.
The drawing hereto annexed and forming a part of this Specification, illustrates
my improved blueing package, the body of which, in this example shewn, being
made of wood, compressed paper, earthenware, or other suitable material.

page_text: Figure is a sectional elevation of the package ;
Figure 2 is an outside elevation; and
Figure 3 is an outside plan of the top.
Referring to the drawing, a is the body or box; b is the metallic cap; c denotes
the apertures in the cap b; and d denotes the film of scaling-wax, shellac, or other
equivalent substance by which the apertures c are closed and kept sealed.
e designates the blueing, and fis an ordinary paper wrapping round the box or
body a, and that part of the cap which fits over such body.
The upper part of the body a may be slightly tapered or coned to receive the
cap, so that when firmly pressed on, a firm joint is made between the cap and
the box.
The package, when finished, as will be seen, is a sealed one, and such closed
packages of blue constitute articles for sale. When about to use the blueing, the
sealing-wax or other material covering or filling the apertures c, is broken and the
blueing powder may be shaken out through the apertures.
The advantages of this invention are that by the improved package for holding
blueing powder, only so much blueing of the package is taken from it and put into
the water as is required, whereas by the usual method of packing blue, and using
it, the blucing is in blocks and the whole body of the blue, as a rule, requires to be
wrapped in cloth, then soaked, and then squeezed into the water; thus the cleanli-
ness and convenience effected by the use of this invention are not afforded by the
ordinary method of packing blue and applying it. And my invention moreover
not only serves as a package for holding blueing, but also as a means of holding it
when the package is broken and supplying it in use.
In lieu of making the body of the package of materials such as herein referred to,
it may be made of sheet metal, such as tin plate.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
1. The improved package for holding blueing, consisting of the box a, with a
cover, having holes c therein, covered or closed with sealing-wax, shellac, or other
equivalent substance or material; substantially as set forth and shewn in the
drawings hereto annexed.
Dated this 12th day of May 1891.
CHEESBROUGH & ROYSTON,
15, Water Street, Liverpool, Applicant's Patent Agents.