IMPROVEMENTS IN STOPPERS FOR BOTTLES, AND IN MEANS FOR FILLING BOTTLES PROVIDED WITH SUCH DESCRIPTION OF STOPPERS WITH AERATED AND OTHER LIQUIDS." PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Benjamin Haigh, of Glengall Road, Poplar, in the County
of Middlesex, for the Invention of " IMPROVEMENTS IN STOPPERS FOR BOTTLES,
AND IN MEANS FOR FILLING BOTTLES PROVIDED WITH SUCH DESCRIPTION OF
STOPPERS WITH AERATED AND OTHER LIQUIDS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Benjamin Haigh at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 21st October 1878.
BENJAMIN HAIGH, of Glengall Road, Poplar, in the County of Middlesex.
"Iar-
PROVEMENTS IN STOPPERS FOR BOTTLES, AND IN MEANS FOR FILLING BOTTLES
PROVIDED WITH SUCH DESCRIPTION OF STOPPERS WITH AERATED AND OTHER
LIQUIDS."
The Invention has for its object, firstly, improvements in stoppers for bottles
whereby a cheap, efficient, and durable stopper is produced which is capable of being
used for a long time, and with many fillings of the bottle to which it is applied,
and which also enables me to dispense with the usual filling and corking machines,
and to substitute in lieu thereof a simple, cheap, and efficient filling mechanism.
For this purpose I apply to the interior of the bottle neck a tube formed with an
internal screw thread; between the exterior of the said tube and the interior of the
bottle neck I apply a tube of cork, india-rubber, or other suitablo packing to form
a tight joint. At the upper part of the first-mentioned tube I apply a flange, which
is preferably convex on its upper surface and fits over the top of the bottle neck,
and is provided with two descending lugs by which, aided by a wire or other
connection, it is firmly fixed to the bottle neck, the wire or other connection passing
under the flange or projection on the bottle neck, and being soldered or otherwise
fixed in position.
In the interior of the aforesaid tube I apply another tube which is formed with a
screw thread to fit the screw thread in the interior of first-mentioned tube, and is
provided on or near its upper end with a head or with projections by which it can
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be turned, the upper end being preferably flared outwards to enable the same to be
used as a spout by which the contents of the bottle can be poured out.
lower end of the internal tube is fixed a pin provided with two small collars
between which is loosely fixed a valve or stopper, the upper edge or surface of
which by turning the internal tube is capable of being forced firmly against the
lower edge of the india-rubber or other packing, or against the lower end of the
first-mentioned screwed tube to close the bottle, and of being removed therefrom to
enable the contents of the bottle to be poured out through the internal tube, and to
permit the bottle when empty to be filled.
.
In order to prevent the passage of air or gas between the pin and the valve or
stopper, I solder to the lower surface of the latter a cup which extends beyond and
covers the lower collar. By these means the inner tube is enabled to turn
independently of the valve or stopper without permitting of the escape of air or
gas past the connections between them. The valve may however be otherwise
formed.
The second part of my Invention consists in means for filling bottles provided
with such description of stoppers. For this purpose I fix to a vessel charged with
the liquid to be filled into the bottles a cock or tap, the spout of which is extended
beyond the plug or valve, and is provided with claws capable of gripping against
the flange or projection on the bottle neck, and by means of a lever acting upon
such claws of bringing the bottle neck firmly against a suitable seating; then by
opening the cock or tap the liquid is caused to flow into the bottle, and when the
latter is full by simply turning the bottle the stopper is securely closed.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Benjamin Haigh in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 21st April
1879.
"IM-
BENJAMIN HAIGH, of Glengall Road, Poplar, in the County of Middlesex.
PROVEMENTS IN STOPPERS FOR BOTTLES, AND IN MEANS FOR FILLING BOTTLES
PROVIDED WITH SUCH DESCRIPTION OF STOPPERS WITH AERATED AND OTHER
LIQUIDS."
This Invention has for its object, firstly, improvements in stoppers for bottles,
whereby a cheap, efficient, and durable stopper is produced, which is capable of
being used for a long time and with many fillings of the bottle to which it is
applied, and which also enables me to dispense with the usual filling and corking
machines, and to substitute in lieu thereof a simple, cheap, and efficient filling
mechanism.
•
For this purpose I apply to the interior of the bottle neck a tube formed with an
internal screw thread; between the exterior of the said tube and the interior of the
bottle neck I apply a tube of cork, india-rubber, or other suitable packing to form
a tight joint. At the upper part of the first-mentioned tube, I apply a flange which
is preferably convex on its upper surface and fits over the top of the bottle neck,
and is provided with two descending lugs by which, aided by a wire or other
connection, it is firmly fixed to the bottle neck, the wire or other connection passing
under the flange or projection on the bottle neck, and being soldered or otherwise
fixed in position.
In the interior of the aforesaid tube I apply another tube which is formed with
a screw thread to fit the screw thread in the interior of first-mentioned tube, and is
provided on or near its upper end with a head or with projections by which it can
be turned, the upper end being preferably flared outwards to enable the same to be
used as
spout by which the contents of the bottle can be poured out. At the
lower end of the internal tube is fixed a pin provided with two small collars
between which is loosely fixed a valve or stopper, the upper edge or surface of
which by turning the internal tube is capable of being forced firmly against the
lower edge of the india-rubber or other packing, or against the lower end of the
first-mentioned screwed tube to close the bottle, and of being removed therefrom to
enable the contents of the bottle to be poured out through the internal tube, and to
permit the bottle when empty to be filled.
In order to prevent the passage of air or gas between the pin and the valve or
stopper, I solder to the lower surface of the latter a cup which extends beyond and
covers the lower collar. By these means the inner tube is enabled to turn
independently of the valve or stopper, without permitting of the escape of air or
gas past the connections between them. The valve may however be otherwise
formed.
The second part of my Invention consists in means for filling bottles provided
with such description of stoppers. For this purpose I fix to a vessel charged with
the liquid to be filled into the bottles a cock or tap, the spout of which is extended
beyond the plug or valve and is provided with claws capable of gripping against a
projection or projections on the stopper, and by means of a lever acting upon such
claws of bringing the bottle neck firmly against a suitable seating; then by
opening the cock or tap the liquid is caused to flow into the bottle, and when the
latter is full by simply turning the bottle the stopper is securely closed.
And in order that my said Invention may be more clearly understood and
readily carried into effect, I will proceed, aided by the accompanying Drawings,
more fully to describe the same,
Dusan FMEA
DVAN

page_text: stopper constructed according to my Invention applied thereto; Figure 2 is an
exterior view, and Figure 3 is a plan of the same; Figure 4 is a side view of the
moveable portion of the stopper, and Figure 5 is a side view, and Figure 6 is a plan
of the fixed portion thereof.
Figure 7 is a sectional elevation of the upper part of a bottle neck with a stopper
applied thereto, slightly modified in form at the lower part thereof.
a is the bottle neck, to the interior of which I apply a tube b formed with an
internal screw thread; between the exterior of the said tube and the interior of the
bottle neck, I apply a tube c of cork, india-rubber, or other suitable packing to
form a tight joiut. At the upper part of the tube b I apply a flange b¹ which is
preferably convex on its upper surface and fits over the top of the bottle neck; this
flange b' is provided with two descending lugs 62 by which, aided by a wire d or
other connection, the tube b and parts connected thereto are firmly fixed to the
bottle neck, the wire d or other connection passing under the flange a' or projection
on the bottle neck, and being soldered or otherwise fixed in position.
In the interior of the tube b I apply another tube e, which is formed with a
screw thread e' on the exterior thereof to fit the screw thread formed in the interior
of the tube b, and is provided at or near its upper end with a head or with
projections e² by which it can be turned. The upper end of the tube e may be
flared outwards as before mentioned, but the form shown in the Drawings is found
to answer the purpose of a spout. At the lower end of the tube e in Figure 1 is
mounted a pine to which is fixed an earthenware or other valve or stopper e', the
upper edge or surface of which by turning the tube e is capable of being forced
firmly against the lower edge of the india-rubber or other packing c, or it may be
against the lower end of the tube b to close the bottle, and of being removed there-
from to enable the contents of the bottle to be poured out through the tube e, and
to permit the bottle when empty to be filled.
In the arrangement shown at Figure 7, the pin e³ is provided with two small
collars e, eo, between which is loosely fixed a metal valve or stopper e, and in
order to prevent the passage of air or gas between the pin e³ and the valve or
stopper, I solder to the lower surface of the latter a cup e7 which extends beyond
and encloses the collar e, by which means the inner tube e is enabled to turn
independently of the valve or stopper e, without permitting of the escape of air or
gas past the connections between them; this object is also attained by mounting
the pine loosely in the lower end of the tube e, and by forming the hole for the
reception of such pin only partly through the valve or stopper e as represented in
the other Figures, thereby enabling such valve or stopper e to be formed of
earthenware.
Figure 8 is a sectional elevation, and Figure 9 is an exterior view, and Figure 10
is a plan of the upper part of a bottle neck provided with a stopper somewhat
modified in form from that above described. Figure 11 is a side view of the tube e
and parts carried thereby, and Figures 12 and 13 are respectively a side view and
plan of the tube b.
In this arrangement the valve or stopper is caused to work downwards on to
its seat, thereby enabling the tube e to be readily removed from the bottle neck;
and in order to prevent the loss of the tube e I form in the top thereof one or
more holes es through which a string or wire fastened to the bottle neck may be
passed.
The tube b in this arrangement instead of being provided with descending lugs bª
as in the arrangement before described is represented as simply cemented in
position, and the lower end of such tube b is connected to a short tube e preferably
of earthenware, on the upper edge of which tube e is a ring of cork, india-rubber,
or other suitable packing to form the sent for the valve or stopper e¹.
Figure 14 is a side elevation; Figure 15, a plan; Figure 16, an end or front view;
and Figure 17, a sectional plan of ineans for filling bottles constructed according to
the second part of my Invention.
g is the barrel of a cock or tap which is fixed to a vessel charged with the liquid

page_text: to be filled into the bottles; h is the plug, to the upper end of which a handle h¹ is
fixed or fitted. On the lower end of the plug h is fixed a cam i which is employed
to operate a lever j; this lever is mounted at one end on an axis of motion ¹, and
at the other is formed with claws capable of gripping against the projections e² of
the tube e, or they may be so arranged as to take a bearing against the flange or
projection on the bottle neck. The lever j is guided in its motion by the boss i¹ of
the cam i which it fits.
Thus by placing a bottle in position with the projections e² of the stopper resting
in the claws of the lever j, and then turning the lever handle h¹, the upper end
of the tube e of the stopper is first pressed firmly up against the spout of the tap
or cock, and by further continuing the motion of the handle the passage through
the cock or tap is opened, and the liquid thereby caused to flow into the bottle,
and when the latter is full by simply turning the bottle the stopper is securely
closed; then by reversing the motion of the handle h¹, the cock or tap is first
closed and the bottle afterwards released therefrom.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention and the mode in which
I carry the same into effect, I would have it understood that what I claim
is,-
First. The peculiar construction, arrangement, and combination of parts of
stoppers for bottles, substantially as herein shown and described; and
Secondly. I claim the combination with a tap or cock for filling bottles of a
lever j provided with claws j, operating in manner and for the purpose substan-
tially as herein shown and described.
In witness whereof, 1, the said Benjamin Haigh, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Nineteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine.
HTATT
BENJAMIN HAIGH. (L.S.)