Improvements in Stoppers for Bottles for Containing Aerated or Gaseous Liquids.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Aug., 1887
Complete Left, 19th May, 1888
Complete Accepted, 22nd June, 1838
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Stoppers for Bottles for Containing Aerated or
Gaseous Liquids.
We DAN RYLANDS, of Hope Glass Works, Stairfoot near Barnsley in the county
of York Glass Bottle Manufacturer, and BENJAMIN STONER of No. 2, Dearne Terrace,
Stairfoot, aforesaid, mechanic, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
Our Invention relates to improvements in external stoppers for bottles or other
receptacles for containing aerated or gases liquids, whereby the contents are released
without either removing or unscrewing the stopper, and in such manner that a
portion of the gaseous liquid may be obtained from the bottle at will without loss
of gas from the remaining contents, which are kept in their gaseous condition for
future usc.
For the purpose of our invention we use an external stopper which may be made
either of glass, earthenware or other suitable substance or substances. This stopper
may have ordinary screw threads formed upon it for the purpose of screwing into or
upon the neck of the bottle or other receptacle, and the stopper has also an elastic
ring of India rubber or other suitable substance or substances for securing an airtight
joint between the stopper and the bottle month. The head of the stopper may also
be milled or corrugated or of any other desired form for the purpose of facilitating its
manipulation.
We form a hole right through the stopper preferrably in an oblique or slanting
direction, which hole (when made in an oblique or slanting direction) would extend
from one side of the top of the stopper head to the opposite side of the bottom end of
the portion of stopper within the bottle. In this hole we affix a valve which may be
made of glass, earthenware, block tin, or other suitable substance, which valve bas a
head which carries a small elastic or pliable ring of india rubber or other suitable
material for the purpose of closing the hole at that end of the stopper which enters
the bottle mouth. The stem of this valve passes right through the oblique or slanting
hole in stopper, and is secured by means of an outer bead and an india rubber or other
suitable spring, which in addition to securing the valve in position also serves to seal
up the outer end of valve hole.

page_text: A second hole is also formed in our improved stopper, extending vertically from the
centre of the head about halfway down the stopper until it communicates with the
oblique valve hole. This second or vertical hole is for the outflow of the liquid when
the valve is operated upon, and a rim or flange may be made on the stopper head
around this discharge hole, or the head may be made nipple shaped to facilitate the
outflow.
To obtain either the whole or any portion of the gaseous liquid from a bottle
stoppered with our improved stopper, it is only necessary to invert the bottle and press
the valve from its seat against the end of hole in bottom of stopper. So long as the
valve is thus pressed the gascous liquid flows out of the discharge hole until the bottle
or other receptacle is quite empty, but when the valve is allowed to regain its
normal position before the whole of the contents are emptied it immediately arrests the
flow of the liquid and the remaining contents are hermetically sealed up again.
It will be well understood that the valve hole may be made in any suitable direction
other than oblique or slanting, and also that the outflow hole may also be similarly
varied from the vertical direction where desirable, the leading novel point in our invention
being the combination of a valve hole right through the stopper with an outflow hole
partially through the stopper and communicating with the valve hole in any suitable
direction for the purpose specified.
Either the head and bottom of the stopper or both may be made tapered or of any
other suitable shape in order that a square or perfectly flat seating may be obtained
for the valve to act upon, and in every case the head of the stopper is so shaped that
it forms a protection against the valve being accidentally opened either in packing or
handling.
Our improved valve and outflow holes may be applied to different classes of
external stoppers besides those which screw into the bottle mouth, as for instance a
screw cap which screws upon a thread on the outside of a bottle mouth and having a
projecting stem within the bottle mouth for the reception of our improved valve and
outflow holes, or a stopper having clips instead of screw threads for securing it in bottle
mouth.
Datal this 10th day at August 1887

page_text: DI MUIFICATIUAY
Improvements in Stoppers for Bottles for Containing Aerated or
Gaseous Liquids.
We DAN RYLANDS of Hope Glass Works, Stairfoot, near Barnsley, in the County
of York, Glass Bottle Manufacturer, and BENJAMIN STONER of No. 2 Dearne Terrace,
Stairfoot aforesaid, mechanic 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 :—
Our Invention relates to improvements in external stoppers for Bottles or other
receptacles for containing acrated or gaseous liquids whereby the contents are released
without either removing or unscrewing the Stopper, and in such manner that a
portion of the gaseous liquid may be obtained from the Bottle at will without
loss of gas from the remaining contents which are kept in their gaseous condition for
future use.
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We hereunto attach a drawing which is a sectional elevation of our improved
stopper attached to or fastened in the mouth of a Bottle. The stopper S may be made
of glass, earthenware or other suitable substance and has preferrably ordinary screw
threads formed upon it for the purpose of screwing into the mouth M of Bottle Bas
shown; or where preferred the stopper S may be formed to screw upon the mouth M
in which case the mouth M is made with a thread on its outside as will be well under-
stood. The stopper S has an elastic ring R of India rubber or other substance for
securing an airtight joint between the stopper S and the bottle mouth M. The head S¹
of the stopper S may be milled or corrugated or of other desired form for the purpose
of facilitating its manipulation.
The stopper S has a hole H formed through it in an oblique or slanting direction
through which hole H is fitted a valve V which may be composed of glass, earthenware,
block tin, or other suitable substance. The valve V has a head J which carries a small
elastic ring K for the purpose of hermetically sealing up the lower part of the hole H.
The stem of the valve passes through the hole H and is secured at the top by means
of an outer head L which is preferably screwed on to stem of valve, and which
holds an elastic ring N in a recess formed in the stopper S. The elastic ring N in
addition to securing the valve V in position also serves to sea! up the outer end of
valve hole.
A second hole O is also formed in the stopper S and extends vertically from the top
part of stopper downwards until it communicates with the oblique hole H. The
vertical hole O is for the outflow of the liquid when the valve V is operated upon, and
a rim or flange may be made on the stopper head around the discharge hole, or the top
part of stopper may be made with a nipple O¹ to facilitate and conduct the outflow
from the Bottle B.
To obtain either the whole or any portion of the gaseous liquid from the Bottle B
it is only necessary to invert it and press the valve V from its seat against the bottom
of the stopper S. As long as the valve is so pressed the gaseous liquid will flow out

page_text: of the discharge hole O¹ until the bottle or other receptacle is empty; but when the
valve V is allowed to regain its normal position before the whole of the contents are
run out, it immediately arrests the flow of the gaseous liquid and the remaining contents
are hermetically sealed up again.
It will be well understood that the valve hole may be made in any suitable direction
other than oblique or slanting and also that the outflow hole may also be similarly
varied from the vertical direction where desirable, the leading novel point in our
invention being the combination of a valve hole right through the stopper with an
outflow hole partially through the stopper and communicating with the valve hole in
any suitable direction for the purpose specified.
Either the head and bottom of the stopper or both may be made tapered or of any
other suitable shape in order that a square or perfectly flat seating may be obtained
for the valve to act upon, and in every case the head of the stopper is so shaped that
it forms a protection against the valve being accidentally opened either in packing or
handling.
Our improved valve and outflow holes may be applied to different classes of external
stoppers besides those which screw into the bottle mouth, as for instance a screw cap
which screws upon a thread on the outside of a bottle mouth and having a projecting
stem within the bottle mouth for the reception of our improved valve and outflow
holes, or a stopper having clips instead of screw threads for securing it in the bottle
mouth.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is
1. In externally stoppered bottles for containing aerated or gaseous liquids the
adaptation of a stopper S having an outflow hole O communicating with a valve
hole H and in combination with a valve V for the purpose specified and substantially
as described and illustrated or any mere modification thereof.
101
1000
DAN RYLANDS.
BENJAMIN STONER.