Improvements in Bottles, and the Closing or Stoppering and Opening of same.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 8th July, 1893-Accepted, 7th Oct., 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bottles, and the Closing or Stoppering and Opening
of same.
I Mrs. ELLEN ANN TAYLOR of 2 Lorne Villas, Lansdowne Road South
Woodford, Essex Professor of Music and Art 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 :-
This invention relates to the construction of bottles that can only be used once,
and the method of closing or stoppering and opening same.
According to my invention the bottle A Figures 1, and 2, is made strengthened,
or otherwise, at the shoulder i, which is done in manufacture of bottle, above the
strengthened part or shoulder, and nearly at the bottom of neck the glass in
manufacture is pressed in by a tool so as to form a groove b, round the neck of
bottle pressed inwards from the exterior, which makes a projection or flange b in
the interior neck of bottle and a slightly weaker part than rest of neck, the interior
of neck, if desired, can be grooved, screwed, or roughed 9 Figure 3.
After the bottle is filled I close or stopper in the following manner.
I first drop a ball & Figures 2 and 5, or a plug cc, Figures 1, 3, 4 and 6, of glass,
porcelain, wood, composition, or other suitable material, into neck of bottle, which
will rest upon the flange or projection b, made in the interior neck of bottle A,
this closes the neck at bottom of interior so that nothing but glass, or other
substance used, comes in contact with contents of bottle. I then proceed to fill in
the neck of bottle from the ball or plug upwards towards mouth, with a cement e
Figures 1, 2, 3 and 8, or mixture of cement and other matter, to top or nearly top
of neck of bottle, and if it is decided to let this complete the operation, contents
of bottle can be branded on the cement and let dry, or the filled bottles, with
cement filled in nearly to top, can be stood aside for a few days and when dry,
glass, or other substance blown, or otherwise faced over top of cement in mouth of
bottle, thus making the outside of bottle all glass, or a glass, porcelain, or stopper f
Figures 3 and 7, of other suitable material can be cemented into neck of bottle, or
if desired a plug of cork c, Figure 1, or other suitable material can be forced or
placed into neck of bottle sufficiently far, and cement e filled in above.
I also claim a bottle constructed with a flange in bottom of interior of neck,
Figure 8; upon which a cork cylinder rests, after this bottle is filled, a stopper e,
of glass or other suitable material is fitted into cork cylinder d which rests upon
flange b, and cement fis filled in above, in this case the groove c, on outer side of
neck of bottle, is carried above flange 6 in interior of neck, so as to cut neck above
cork cylinder d the stopper e remains attached to cement in neck, leaving cork
cylinder in mouth of remainder of neck.
I prefer to mix my cement with ground or powdered glass, this process of.
stoppering with cement makes the neck of bottle quite solid and contents cannot be
taken out, in the commercial sense, without destroying the bottle.
To open bottle I use a tool, Figure 9, that runs round the groove on exterior
neck of bottle, the tool is shaped like a pair of pliers, with wedge shaped edges,
file cut b, preferably curved in shape, and fitted with one or more diamonds A, or
other cutting stone, on the edge of tool.
To use, the tool is taken in one hand and bottle in other, apply the nipping part
of tool to groove, & Figures 1 and 2 and in 8, c, on neck of bottle, closing tool so
that the wedge shaped edges fit into groove, closing tool and pressing sufficiently
for tool to cut into glass, turning at same time to carry the cut round and round
the groove b, (or c in Figure 6). The tool will cut through neck of bottle which
will fall off or so nearly cut through that a slight tap will cause it to fall off, or if no

page_text: tool is at hand the bottle can be opened by taking the bottle in one hand and
placing the groove against a thin firm substance, such as metal, that would run
across neck to fit into groove, then give top of neck of bottle a smart tap with
some heavy substance, and the neck will fall off divided at the groove.
Or the bottle can have one or more projecting hollow arms h, Figure 3 below the
filled in cement e, when the bottle is required to be opened, all needed, is to strike
off hollow arms, or boss h.
Bottled with my method, I claim, that contents of bottle will keep for any length
of time, no fraud can be practised in refilling bottle, all recorking is done away
with, the white ant cannot attack the goods so bottled, and unless the bottle is
destroyed, no plunder can take place, also that the method of opening is as easy, or
easier than the present.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of part of bottle A, showing groove and flange b,
on exterior and interior of neck e (Figure 4) is the plug that rests upon flange b,
and e is the cement filled in bottle neck above plug c.
Figure 2 is a sectional elevation of part of a bottle A strengthened at shoulder i,
showing groove and flange b, on exterior and interior neck, with glass ball d inserted
in neck, and resting on flange b, and the cement e, filled in above ball d.
Figure 3 is a sectional elevation of part of a bottle A showing hollow arms h.
is the plug or stopper (Figure 6). 9 the rough, or screwed interior of neck.
e the cement filled in above plug r, and the stopper cemented into mouth of bottle
on top of cement e.
Figure 8 is a sectional elevation of part of a bottle A. bis the flange in lower
part of interior of neck. d the cork cylinder that rests upon flange b e is the
stopper that is passed into cork cylinder d. f is the filled in cement above stopper e
and cylinder d. c is the groove on outside neck of bottle above cork cylinder d in
interior of neck.
Figure 9 is the tool for opening. bis the wedge shaped file cut edge. A is the
diamond or other cutting stone set in edge of tool.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
1. The manufacture and use of my improved bottle, that can only be used once,
with a flange in the lower part of interior of neck and a groove round the lower
part of exterior of neck as shown in Figures 1, 2 and 8 and strengthened at the
shoulder or otherwise.
2. The manufacture and use of my improved bottle that can only be used once,
with hollow arms or projections h, as shown in Figure 3.
3. The manufacture and use of my improved bottle that can only be used once,
as shown in Figure 8, with a flange in lower part of neck, on which rests a cork
cylinder, into which is fitted a peg or plug, with a groove round the exterior of
neck above cork cylinder d.
4. The combination of the whole as set forth, and the mode of stoppering with
a ball or plug and filling in above with a cement, or cement and other matter.
5. The tool for opening bottles Figure 9, shaped like pliers, with wedge shaped
edges, file cut, and fitted with one or more diamonds or other cutting stone, all
substantially as shown and herein described.
Dated this 8th day of July 1893.
ELLEN ANN TAYLOR,
2, Lorne Villas, Lansdowne Road, South Woodford, Essex.