Improvements in and connected with Stoppers for Closing and Regulating the Supply from Aerated Water Bottles.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Oct., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 14th July, 1899-Accepted, 2nd Sept., 1899
Improvements in and connected with Stoppers for Closing and
Regulating the Supply from Aerated Water Bottles.
We, THOMAS WILLIAM SIMPSON, of The Mount, Bottle Manufacturer, JOHN
SIMPSON, of Roundhill, Bottle Manufacturer, WILLIAM HENRY BRADSHAW, of
Lower Oxford Street, Mechanic, all of Castleford, in the County of York, and
CHARLES CAMUS, of the Boulevard St.-Michel, Paris, in the Republic of France,
Aerated Water Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows;
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The object of this invention is to construct simple and efficient means for
closing and regulating the supply from soda and other aerated water bottles.
According to our invention, we construct the neck of the bottle with an
exterior screw and we employ a head or stopper having a flange with an internal
screw for taking onto the screw on the bottle neck. The interior of the head
contains a cavity which is of suitable form to act as a seating to a conical valve,
and the said cavity communicates on its interior with a passage in a nozzle which
may be diverted to one side of the head. The conical valve is carried on the
lower end of a spindle the upper end of which carries a suitable thumb-piece,
and a spring which is situated in a cavity in the head around the spindle keeps
the thumb piece up, and the conical valve firmly against its seat. Rubber,
metal, or other washers may be employed for the purpose of making a tight
joint between the latter and the head, and suitable washers are also employed
for the purpose of making a tight joint between the head and the bottle.
When it is desired to draw off all or a portion of the contents of the bottle,
the latter is inclined so that the liquid covers the valve, when, on pressing the
thumb-piece the valve is opened and the contents are allowed to escape through
the nozzle. On releasing the thumb-piece the valve is closed, and the remainder
of the contents may be kept until required for use.
Before refilling empty bottles, the head may be readily screwed off so as to
enable the bottle to be thoroughly cleansed, and this is a great advantage over
the syphons at present in use, where the difficulty of cleaning keeps them open
to serious objection.
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page_text: Improvements in or connected with Stoppers for Closing and
Regulating the Supply from Aerated Water Bottles.
We, THOMAS WILLIAM SIMPSON, of The Mount, Bottle Manufacturer, JOHN
SIMPSON, of Roundhill, Bottle Manufacturer, WILLIAM HENRY BRADSHAW, of
Lower Oxford Street, Mechanic, all of Castleford, in the County of York, and
CHARLES CAMUS, late of the Boulevard St. Michel, but now of Rue Nicole, Paris,
in the Republic of France, Aerated Water Manufacturer, 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:-
The object of this invention is to construct simple and efficient means for
closing and regulating the supply from soda and other aerated water bottles.
In order that our invention may be clearly understood, we will proceed to
describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings in which similar
letters refer to like parts in all the figures.
Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a stopper constructed according to our
invention and fitted to an empty aerated water bottle, and Figure 2 is a similar
view of the same stopper and bottle, shewing the bottle full and inclined ready
for pouring out the contents. Figure 3 is a sectional elevation of a stopper and
bottle illustrating our invention in a modified form.
According to our invention, we construct the neck of the bottle A with an
exterior screw thread B, and we employ a head or stopper C having a flange D
formed with an internal screw thread for taking onto the screw B on the bottle
neck. The interior of the head contains a conical cavity E which is of suitable
form to act as a seating to a valve F, and the said cavity communicates on its
interior with a passage G in a nozzle H. The valve F is carried on the lower-
end of a spindle K, the upper end of which carries a suitable thumb piece L,
and a spring M which is situated in a cavity N in the head around the spindle K
keeps the thumb piece L up, and the valve firmly against its seat. A washer P
is employed on the valve F for the purpose of making a tight joint between the
latter and the conical cavity E, and a washer R is employed for securing the
connection of the stopper C with the bottle A. S is a stuffing box for preventing
the passage of gas or liquid from the bottle A by way of the passage N, though as
this is outside the valve F it is never subjected to the pressure of the contents
of the bottle.
When it is desired to draw off all or a portion of the contents of the bottle A;
the latter is inclined so that the liquid covers the valve F (as seen at Figure 2),
when, on pressing the thumb piece L, the valve F is opened and the contents are.
allowed to escape through the nozzle H. On releasing the thumb piece L, the
spring M closes the valve, and the remainder of the contents may be kept until
required for use.
Referring particularly to Figure 3, T is a thimble having a shoulder T¹ for
attachment to the bottle neck, and the base of the thimble carries a siphon
tube V which terminates in the bottom of the bottle. The nozzle H in this
instance projects downwards and the contents can be drawn off whilst the bottle
is in a vertical position.
Before refilling empty bottles, the head may be readily screwed off so as to
enable the bottle to be thoroughly cleansed, and this is a great advantage over
the siphons at present in use, where the difficulty of cleaning keeps them open
to serious objection.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is:-
1. The stopper C formed with a valve F and passage G and provided with a
screw flange D, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
2. The stopper C provided with a screw flange D, and having a discharge
nozzle H directed upwards, the passage to which nozzle being controlled by a
valve Factuated by a thumb piece L, substantially as described with reference to
Figures 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawings.
3. The stopper C provided with a screw flange D and having a discharge
nozzle H directed downwards, the passage to which nozzle being controlled by a
valve Factuated by a thumb piece L, in combination with the thimble T and
siphon tube V, substantially as described with reference to Figure 3 of the
accompanying drawings.
4. The bottle A, having an exterior screw thread B, in combination with the
stopper C having a flange D, cavity E, valve F, passage G, nozzle H, spindle K,
thumb piece L, spring M, cavity N, washers P, R and S, substantially as and for
the purposes set forth.
Dated
UNIS 14 ay or
HUSU.
BREWER & SON,
London and Leeds, Agents for the Applicants.
BREWER & SON,
London and Leeds, Agents for the Applicants.