US354416A - Glass vase - Google Patents

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(1Y0 Model.)

A. H. HEISEY.

GLASS VASE. I No. 354,416. Patented Dec. 14, 1886.

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AUGUSTUS H. HE ISEY, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

GLASS VASE.

E3PECIPICA'I'ION forming part of Letters Patent No. 354,416, dated December 14, 1886,

Application filed June 11, 1886. Serial No. 204,872. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUSTUS H. I-IEIsEY, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, a citizen of theUnited Stateahaveinventedordiscovereda certain new and useful Improvement in Glass Vases, of which improvement thefollowing is a specification.

In the accompanying drawings, which make part of this specification, Figure 1 is aviewin perspective of a glass vase embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 a vertical central section showing the same provided with a foot or base.

The object of my invention is to provide a vase adapted to serve as a convenient and ornamental receptacle for perfumerybottles, toilet articles, flowers, 850., and which may be suspended or suited to rest upon a lower support, as desired.

To this end my invention, generally stated,

consists in the combination of a conical glass body which is longitudinally swelled or corrugated and provided with a series of internal ledges or shoulders, and a central'stemsecured by a screw-thread and nut inthe'smaller end of the body; also, in the combination ofa conical glass body, as above specified, a base or foot adjoining the smaller end thereof, and a central stem passing through the body and base, and providedwith a clamping-nut by which it is secured thereto. 2

The improvement claimed is hereinafter more fully set forth. l

In the practice of my invention I form acouical body, 1, of glass, which is pressed into a series of longitudinal swells or corrugations, 2, so as to be of a shape resembling a partiallyopened parasol or umbrella. The outer surfaces of the swells 2 may be provided with any desired raised ornamentation-as, for example, what is known as ahob-nail patternfor the whole or any desired portion of their length. A ledge or shoulder, 3, is formed on the inside of the pockets or recesses, which are provided by the swells or corrugations 2, said shoulders being located at any preferred distance below the top or larger end of the body 1, and serving as rests or supports for bottles deposited in the pockets. A central stem or handle, 4, which is preferably of metal and is provided with a ring or hook, 5, at its upper end, is passed through a central opening in .the smaller end of the body 1, and is secured thereto by a cap-nut, 6, engaging a screwthread on the lower end of the stem 4, and

clamping a collar, 7, or a conical enlargement, 8, on the stem against a corresponding shoulder or tapering opening on the inside of the body.

In order to form a tight joint between the stem and body, so as to prevent leakage of water when the vase is used as a receptacle for flowers, the hole in the body through which the stem passes is preferably made of conical or tapered form, and a corresponding tapered enlargement, 8, which fits therein, is formed upon the stem.

The ring or hook 5 serves to suspend the vase from any suitable support, and the bottles or other articles placed in the pockets or recesses of the body are displayed clearly through the glass. It will be seen that the vase also suitably serves as an ornamental receptacle for flowers or small toilet articles, and other adjuncts of a dressing-case or bureau.

In order to adapt the vase to stand upon a table or other support, I provide a dished base or foot, 9, which may be either formed integral with the body 1, or, preferably, as shown, in a separate piece thercfronnthe base in such case abutting against the smaller end of the body, and being connected thereto by the stem 2, which.passes through a central opening in the base, the cap-nut 6 being screwed to a bearing against the inside of the base. The

base may be readily detached when it is desired to suspend the vase by the ring or hook 5. I claim herein as my inventionl. The combination of a conical glass body which is longitudinally swelled or corrugated,

a central stem passing through and fitting closely in an opening in the smaller end of the body and having a collar bearing against the inside thereof, and an external nut engaging a thread on the same, substantially as setforth.

2. The combination of a conical glass body IOO and provided with a tapered or conical open- I fitting closely in central openings in the body ing in the center of its smaller end, astem havand base and having a collar bearing against ing a conical enlargementfitting a correspondthe inside of the body, and a nut engaging a I 5 ing opening in vthe smaller end of the body, stem and bearing against the lower surface of 5 and a nut engaging a thread on the stem be the base, substantially as set forth.

low said enlargement and bearing against the In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my outside of the smaller end of the body, subhand. stantially as set forth.

4. The combination of a conical glass body AUGUSTUS HEISEY' 10 which is longitudinally swelled or corrugated, Witnesses:

a base or foot abutting against the smaller J. SNoWDEN BELL,

end of the body, a stem passing through and R. H. THITTLESEY,

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