US86453A - Improvement in mucilage-bottles - Google Patents

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DANIEL A. ROBINSON, JR., OF UNION SPRINGS, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN Ml'J'CfIIlliAGE-BO'J.T]1ElS.A

Specification form/ng part of Letters Patent No. 86,453, dated February 2, 1869. To all whom it may concern with water, is crowded, through the openn Be it known that I, DANIEL A. ROBINSON, into the reservoir, until it is quite filled, but .l Jr., of the village of' Union Springs, county of not packed tightly. ayuga,and Stateof New York, have invented A brush of any kind may be tted ,to the a new and Improved Device for Holding and opening, and connected with the sponge' iu-y Y Applying Mucilage, Paste, Paint, Coloring side of the reservoir, and used in. these-me I atters, or other substances to be applied manner as the projecting sponge. with a brush, sponge., or other suitable sub- The reservoir and sponge thus charged stance; and I do hereby declare that the fol- -with .mueilage, paint, or other Substance, lowing is a i'ull and exact description thereof', when not in use, are to be placed and kept :in reierencebeing had to theaccompan ying drawthe vessel or cn p C, as shown in Fi. 1.-

ings, and to the letters of reference marked The month ofthe cup or vessel C Should be' ereon. in form circular, and of such size that the out- 1 The nature of my invention consists in eonside of the reservoir, which shall come iucon-""' ning the mucilage, paint, or other substance tact therewith when placed therein, shall fit in a sponge, or other suitable cellular mate as nearly air-tight as may be. I rial, placed 'within an india-rubber or other To prevent ewtporation, the inside edge of the cup C maybe slightly moistened with the contents of the reservoir, andthe reservoir placed therein, with the projecting sponge or brush downward inside the cup.

The cavity in the cup (l should be of sufficient size to prevent the projecting sponge orv y brush from coming in contact with the bottom or .inner sides of the cup C. The cup O Should be made heavy, with a broad base.

The mncilagc, paint, or other substance is applied as follows: Remove the reservoir or fountain from the cup C, and apply the mncilage, paint, or' other. substance with the projecting sponge or brush, using the reservoir itself as a handle.

When the projectingsponge or brush be comes exhausted, compress the reservpir with the hand, and expel its contents from the inside into and through the projecting sponge or brush for further use.

What I claim as my invention, and desire f? to secure by Letters Patent, is 7 The reservoir or fountain A, in combination with the holder C, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

DANL. A. ROBINSON, JR. Witnesses:

LEVI COLLINS,

0. HUNTER.

applying the contents of the reservoir when desired, the reservoir and brush to be placed, when not in use, in a cup or vessel, so constructed as to prevent evaporation, waste, or loss of the mucilagc or other contents OI" the reservoir, and also to prevent thc niueilage, or other Substance contained in the reservoir, or the projecting sponge or brush connected therewith, from becoming hard or gumincd by evaporation or otherwise.

To enable others Skilled in the art to make and use my invention, 1 will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

low hall, with a small opening through the Side, for the purpose of inserting the sponge or other cellular substance, as represented in Figure 1, letter A, in the accompanying drawlugs.

lhe external lower end of the reservoir should, however, be always made in the form of a cone, or tunnel-shaped, or a hemisphere, or some part of a sphere.

is the reservoir; l, the sponge, or other cellular substance, which, after being softened

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