US331843A

US331843A - Ink-bottle

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Publication number: US331843A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1885-12-08
Anticipated expiration: 1902-12-08

Description

2 (No Model.) L. H. THOMAS.

I INK BOTTLE.

No. 331,843. Patented Dec. 8, 1885.

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LEVI H. THOMAS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

INK-BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 331,853. dated December 8, 1885.

Application filed January 12, 1885. Serial No. 152,598. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Lnvi H. Tnonns, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ohicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ink-Bottles; and I do declare the following to he a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

WVriting-ink has hitherto been put up in bottles of glass and earthenware, which materials possess the advantage of not damaging the ink by corrosion of the containing vessel. Bottles of glass and earthenware are,however, frequently broken in handling and transportation, with great risk to adjacent goods. Such bottles, when exposed to excessive cold, are also subject to breakage by reason of the freezing of their contents. Ordinary metal cans,while more durable than vessels of glass or earthenware, are unsuitable for containing ink on account of the corroding effect of the ink on the metal, and the consequent deteriorationin the quality of the ink. These difficul ties have been obviated at considerable expense by the employment of an ink-bottle having a metallic body provided with an interior coating of pitch, as described in Patent No. 286,893, to William A. Auble, dated October 16, 1883, and assigned to me. That bottle, being formed of metal and wood, is more durable than a bottle of glass or earthen ware, while its interior coating of pitch preserves it from corrosion and prevents melding of the ink, as well as other injury.

The object of the invention here presented is to reduce the expense of manufacture and provide for certain improvements in the ink bottle or can described in the above-named patent; and to this end my invention consists of an ink-bottle or can having a paper or cardboard body, with rigid bottom and top, a metallic neck and spout, and an interior coating of water-proof material, as hereinafter fully set forth.

The invention is illustrated in the annexed drawing, which represents a vertical section of my improved ink bottle or can.

The body A of the ink-bottle is prcferabl y formed as a cylinder by winding successive layers or sheets of paper on a mandrel and uniting them by a suitable cement. Into each In order to render the paper body A impervious to moisture, so as to prevent it from absorbing the contents of the bottle, as well as to impart a preservative quality to the ink and prevent corrosion of the metallic neck D, an interior coating, 6, of pitch or other water-proof and preservative preparation, is applied to the bottle,as shown in the drawing. The waterproofing-liquid may be best applied by filling the ink-bottle with such compound before the top 0 is adjusted, then secure the top in place and pour the water-proof compound out through the neck of the bottle, thus obtaining a complete and uniform coating of the interior of the paper bottle and its neck, whereby absorption and corrosion are elfectually prevented when the bottle is subsequently filled with ink.

The stopper F may be made of wood and coated with pitch, parafline, or like material, or an ordinary cork or other stopper may be employed.

The advantages of an ink bottle or can constructed as described, and having an elastic water-proofed paper body, will be apparent in its diminished cost and weight as coiinpared with vessels heretofore in use for like purposes. This construction also obviates the liability of breakage from freezing of its contents when exposed to low temperatures, and

further decreases the risks of transportation,

and renders it possible to procure low rates of freight. These features are important to the trade, in which large quantities of ink in pack rigid material, a metallic neck, D, p rovided with spout E, a stopper, F, and an interior waterproof coating, 1), substantially as de- 15 scribed.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

LEVI H. THOMAS.

Witnesses: v

LoUIs BECKHARDT, WM. P. VVILLIAMS.