IMPROVEMENTS IN RECEPTACLES FOR CONTAINING SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS
Year: 1876

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Thornton Reddell, of No. 149, Aldersgate Street,
in the City of London, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN RECEPTACLES
FOR CONTAINING SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS."
led the 16th February 1877, and dated the 18th November 1876
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Thornton Reddell
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 18th November 1876.
WILLIAM THORNTON REDDELL, of No. 149, Aldersgate Street, in the City of Lon-
"IMPROVEMENTS IN RECEPTACLES FOR CONTAINING SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS."
don.
My Invention relates to an improved construction of receptacles for spirituous
liquors, intended more particularly as a substitute for the gallon or half-gallon jars
now used, the object being to provide a receptacle that shall be more convenient
for carrying by the hand, and also more sightly than such jars. For this pur-
pose I construct a receptacle of glass, earthenware, or other suitable material of
oblong and aproximatively rectangular shape so as to resemble in appearance a
band bag or small portmanteau, and I then cover the same with real or imitation
leather, tanned canvas, or other fabrics, such as are used for covering bags and
portmanteaus, providing at one of the longer sides a bandle or handles, such as
those used for carpet bags, which may be attached either directly to the covering or
to two straps passed round and secured to the latter. The receptacle has no pro-
jecting neck or spout, but has an aperture by preference at the top of one of the
smaller sides, suitably formed with a flange or rim projecting inwards for the
reception of a stopper screwed or otherwise secured therein; and on the covering
is provided a flap, which is made to cover the stopper, and is secured either by
passing through a loop, or if desired by a lock or spring catch.
When the receptacle is made of glass or earthenware it may be strengthened
against fracture by forming ribs on its sides, and the leather or other covering may
also be formed with ribs to weaken the effect of blows upon the glass.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by the
said William Thornton Reddell in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 16th May
1877.
WILLIAM THORNTON REDDELL, of No. 149, Aldersgate Street, in the City of
London. "IMPROVEMENTS IN RECEPTACLES FOR CONTAINING SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS."
My Invention relates to an improved construction of receptacles for spirituous
liquors, intended more particularly as a substitute for the gallon or half-gallon jars
now used, the object being to provide a receptacle that shall be more convenient
for carrying by the hand, and also more sightly than such jars. For this purpose
I construct a receptacle of glass, earthenware, or other suitable material of oblong
and aproximatively rectangular shape so as to resemble in appearance a hand bag
or small portmanteau, and I then cover the same with real or imitation leather,
tanned canvas, or other fabrics, such as are used for covering bags and portmanteaus,
providing at one of the longer sides a handle or handles, such as those used for
carpet bags, which may be attached either directly to the covering or to two straps
passed round and secured to the latter. The receptacle has no projecting neck or
spout, but has an aperture, by preference at the top of one of the smaller sides,
suitably formed with a flange or rim projecting inwards for the reception of a stop-
per screwed or otherwise secured therein; and on the covering is provided a flap,
which is made to cover the stopper, and is secured either by passing through a loop,
or, if desired, by a lock or spring catch.
When the receptacle is made of glass or earthenware it may be strengthened
against fracture by forming ribs on its sides, and the leather or other covering may
also be formed with ribs to weaken the effect of blows upon the glass.
Fig. 1 shews a side elevation; Fig. 2, a longitudinal section; and Fig. 3, an end
view of my before-described receptacle, which I prefer to employ; Fig. 4 shews a
view of the stoppered opening uncovered.
The receptacle consists of a vessel A of glass or earthenware of rectangular shape,
with rounded corners and edges, having at B a sunk neck closed by a screw or
other stopper, and covered by a casing C of leather or other material. This casing
is provided with a flap D covering the stopper, and securing it either as shewn, or, if
necessary, by a catch or lock; it has also passed round it straps E, to which is
secured a handle F. The receptacle so constructed has the appearance of a small
portmanteau, the stoppered opening being perfectly flush with the outer surface of
the receptacle, and hidden from view by the flap D. It is protected from fracture
by the straps E, two or more of which may also be passed round in the direction
of the length of the receptacle. Or the casing may be ribbed, as shewn at the
enlarged section at Fig. 5, and corresponding ribs may be formed on the receptacle
fitting into the hollow ribs of the casing, but, by preference, not quite filling them,
as shewn, so that the latter may receive the first impact of a blow.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, I claim,-
First. The improved manufacture of receptacles for spirituous liquors, wherein
these are made of glass, earthenware, or other suitable material, of oblong aproxi-
matively rectangular shape, having a sunk neck closed by a stopper flush with the
outer surface, and covered with a leather or other casing, having a handle at its
longer side, and a flap for covering the stoppered opening, substantially as herein
described with reference to Figs. 1 to 4 of the accompanying Drawings.
Second. In receptacles, constructed as set forth in the preceding claim, forming

page_text: ribs on the outer surface thereof, covered by corresponding ribs on the casing, sub-
stantially as herein described with reference to Fig. 5 of the Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Thornton Reddell, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Eighth day of May, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven.
TTY
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W. T. REDDELL. (L.S.)