Appliance for Attaching to Bottles and Decanters containing Liquids.
Year: 1899

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Appliance for Attaching to Bottles and Decanters containing Liquids.
AMY MARGARET SOWERBY, Boxted House, near Colchester, Married Woman,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
After a bottle has been partly or wholly emptied of its contents, there is
always the probability of a drop remaining on the lip of the mouth of the bottle,
and subsequently running down the sides of the bottle and staining or wetting
the table cloth, or whatever the bottle stands upon.
Now my invention has for its object the prevention of any drop running down
the bottle, and for this purpose, I provide a suitable clip, of iron, steel, brass,
or other metal, of such a nature as to firmly clasp the neck or other suitable part
of the bottle.
Inside of this clip I place a piece of blotting paper, or other absorbent, con-
sequently should any drop of the liquid run down from the mouth of the bottle,
the absorbent prevents it passing the clip referred to.
This invention is applicable to all bottles and decanters containing liquids.
Dated this 7th day of Wahun 1800
SNOWBALL & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant,
Appliance for Attaching to Bottles and Decanters containing Liquids.
AMY MARGARET SOWERBY, Boxted House, near Colchester, Married Woman,
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:-
My invention has for its object the prevention of the small accumulation of
liquid which generally remains on the mouth of a bottle, decanter, or similar
vessel, after some of the contents have been poured out, from running down the
side or body of such bottle, decanter, or similar vessel, and on to the article upon
which it may be placed.
For this purpose I provide clips of various sizes to suit different diameters
of necks of bottles, decanters, or similar vessels.
These clips are made of ribbon or round section of iron, steel, brass, or cellu-
loid, and formed so as to firmly clasp or partly or wholly surround the neck of
the bottle, decanter, or similar vessel upon which it is intended to fit it.
The inside part of the clip, that is, the part which fits nearest the bottle, decan-
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page_text: ter, or similar vessel, is provided with a recess or similar arrangement running
lengthways into which I place a piece of blotting paper or other absorbent, or
I can dispense with the recess, and cover entirely the clip with blotting paper or
other absorbent, and fit such clip on to the neck of the bottle, decanter, or similar
vessel, I desire to provide with my invention.
Now it is evident that if any drop of liquid should run from the mouth of the
bottle, decanter, or other vessel, when such is provided with my invention, the
drop will be absorbed by the blotting paper or other absorbent.
To illustrate my invention I refer to the enclosed drawings:-
Fig. 1, represents the top view of a plain clip ready for use, A being the absor-
bent and B the spring clip embedded therein.
Fig. 2, represents a section of such plain clip, A representing the absorbent,
and B the spring clip embedded therein.
Fig. 3, represents a clip worked by levers, A representing the absorbent, and
B the clip with extended levers.
Fig. 4, represents a section of Fig. 3, and.
Fig. 5, represents also a section of Fig. 3, shewing how the clip B is embedded
in the absorbent A.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
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I claim an apparatus or appliance shown on the annexed drawings as and for
the purpose or purposes described.
Dated this Nineteenth day of January 1900.
SNOWBALL & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.
Crown Chambers, Side, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.