Improvements in Bottles and in the Means of Opening and Closing them.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Apr., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Jan., 1890-Accepted, 15th Feb.,
1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bottles and in the Means of Opening and Closing
them.
I ROWLAND BROTHERHOOD, of Cambria House, Chepstow, in the County of
Monmouth, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows
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My invention relates to improvements in bottles and similar receptacles of any
material or size, and relates more particularly to those which are filled with aerated
beverages, and from which it may be desired to draw off only a portion of the
contents at a time. The invention also includes an improved device for opening and
closing the said bottles.
In carrying my invention into effect, I form the bottle with a hollow T top into
which the ordinary neck opens. The cork or other stopper will, when it is in its seat,
receive the pressure of the aerated contents at right angles to the axis of itself and its
seat. The stopper may have a port formed axially through it for half its distance,
and then turned outwards radially, being adapted thereby to open or close the bottle,
according to the position of the stopper within the seat.
The second part of my invention consists of a saddle adapted to lie upon the T top,
and in which a screwed rod can be rotated. A second rod has a suitable projection
upon it for being engaged by the thread of the screwed rod. It is, besides, U-shaped,
and has an extension at each end, which extensions are adapted to embrace the cork
between them. Suitable guides are provided to keep the motion of the said second
rod parallel with the axis of the T top.
The rotation of the screw will, therefore, move the U-shaped bar in either direction,
according to the direction in which the screw is turned, and the latter will carry the
cork with it.
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PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bottles and in the Means of Opening and Closing
them.
I, ROWLAND BROTHERHOOD, of Cambria House, Chepstow, in the County of
Monmouth, Civil Engineer, 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 :-
My invention relates to improvements in bottles and similar receptacles of any
material or size; and relates more particularly to those to be filled with aerated
beverages, either sparkling or still, a portion only of which it may be required to
draw at a time.
The invention consists in the combination of a specially adapted tap-device with
a hollow transverse or T-top forming its barrel; and also in a special device
for opening and closing said transverse or T-tops when they are stoppered with
plain corks.
In order that the invention, and the means by which it is to be carried into
practical effect, may be thoroughly understood, I will now describe them in detail,
referring in so doing to the accompanying figures which are to be taken as part of this
specification and read therewith.

page_text: Fig. 1 is a sectional side elevation of a bottle for still aërated beverages,―e.g., beer
or stout, shewing the tap-device open.
Fig. 2 is an elevation of the tap-plug or stopper.
Fig. 3 is a setional elevation of the tap. plug and packing taken on the line A¹-B¹
of Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 is a section taken on the line (D¹ of Fig. 3.
Fig. 5 is an end elevation of Fig. 3.
Fig. 6 is a sectional elevation of the bottle illustrated in Fig. 1, shewing it under-
going the process of being filled.
Fig. 7 is a sectional elevation of a bottle for sparkling aerated beverages,-e.g., soda
water or champagne.
Figs. 8, 9 and 10 illustrate the construction of the tap-plug.
Figs. 11 and 12 illustrate the tap-key.
Fig. 13 is an elevation, partly in section, of a soda water bottle made with a T-top,
and intended to be stoppered with a plain cork.
Fig. 14 is a metal bottle or breakfast can with the sanie kind of top.
Figs. 15, 16, 17 are, respectively, side elevation, and front and rear end elevations
of a device for closing or opening such bottles as are illustrated in Figs. 13 and 14.
Referring to Figs. 1 to 6, A. is the bottle, and B, the hollow transverse top.
The axes of the two intersect each other.
The said top forms the barrel for the tap-plug C, the plug and barrel producing.
the tap-device above referred to. c is a suitable packing; and d, d, the thumb bits by
which the tap can be opened or shut. e is the port from the bottle-neck to the plug;
and f, the port through the side of the latter into its bore, g g'. The latter extends
for the full length of the plug; and is thereby enabled to discharge the double
function of supplying air to the interior of the bottle through the lower part, gl, of
the plug-bore and the ports, f, e, so that the beer will flow out, instead of gurgling
out, through the top portion g of the bore, and the sediment will not be stirred in
consequence of the beer in the bottle remaining undisturbed during the act of
uncorking or the process of pouring.
A bottle made as illustrated in Fig. 1 is filled by first withdrawing the tap-plug
with its seating; and then passing it up over the filling tube H, as illustrated in
Fig. 6. The port e is quite large enough to pass over the tube; and, as the beer is
delivered at the bottom of the bottle, there is no waste from frothing.
Referring to Figs. 7 to 12, the plug has no through bore, inasmuch as the
admission of air into the bottle is not required to facilitate the flow of the beverage;
for, as the bottle will naturally be inverted before the plug is turned, the gas will be
above the beverage, and will expel it in a steady stream.
I have shewn a loose key for turning the plug. It has a plain end adapted to fit
in a groove, i, made in the head of the plug; but any form of either fast or loose
key may be used with either of the tap-devices described above.
Referring to Figs. 13 and 14, the transverse top j is placed at right angles with
the bottle-neck; and the screw-device illustrated in Figs. 15, 16, and 17, is especially
adapted to open and close a bottle so made.
Jis a saddle adapted to rest upon, or in any convenient way to be held to, the
top j. K is a screwed rod which can be rotated within the saddle without travelling
either backwards or forwards. I is an U-shaped rod. Its longer limb is passed
through the saddle in a line parallel with the axis of the screw on the rod K, and
terminates in a jaw, M, the head of which embraces the plain portion of the rod K.
The opposite end of the rod, L, terminates in a disc, l, small enough to enter the
transverse top, j. The jaw, M, and the disc, l, are aligned ; and the distance between
them is sufficient to allow of their clearing the transverse top. A toothed extenson, ",
is formed upon the larger limb of the rod, L, with which the screw, K, is in constant
engagement.
The screw device illustrated in Figs. 15 16 and 17 may be used with tops set at
any angle with the axis of the bottle-neck. The stopper to be operated therewith is

page_text: not necessarily a cork one, but this material is mentioned because of its universal use
as a cheap and efficient bottle stopper.
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 combination of bottle and tap-device, as set forth.
2. The screw device for moving the stopper in the transverse or T-tops of bottles
as set forth.
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PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
No. 22, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.