A Combined Stopper and Opener for Stoppering and Opening Aerated Water Bottles
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Oct., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 9th May, 1894-Accepted, 9th June, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Combined Stopper and Opener for Stoppering and Opening
Aerated Water Bottles,
WILLIAM HENDERSON Builder 4 Dovecot Street Amble Northumberland do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This is a combined opener and stopper-placed inside of bottle in the same manner
as the marble in common use.
That part of the invention which acts as the stopper to confine the aerated
water is made round like a button but thicker and beveled round the edges on
both sides. Attached to each side of the button is a short pin each to act as a
lever made in length to come level with the mouth of bottles in daily use.
The button or stopper when pressed up by the gas comes underneath washer
fixed in groove in bottle neck-but when not so fixed-or when bottle is made without
groove to hold washer-a washer is provided to fit round button to take the place
of that in groove.
The reason of a lever at each side of button or stopper is to make sure of one
of them always dropping into bottle neck during the process of filling.
Button and levers are cast in one piece of any hard material suitable-all that is
required to open a bottle stoppered with this invention is to press the lever to one
side with the finger or thumb when the button will ease away from the washer on
that side to which the lever is pressed which gives vent to the gas and the stopper
drops inside the same as would a marble.
Dated this 17th day of October 1893.
WILLIAM HENDERSON.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Combined Stopper and Opener for Stoppering and Opening
Aerated Water Bottles.
I WILLIAM HENDERSON of 4 Dovecot Street Amble in the County of
Northumberland 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 is a combined opener and stopper placed inside the bottle in the
same manner as the marble or sphere in common use. That part of the invention
which acts as the stopper to confine the aerated water is round and substantially
flat resembling a button but thicker and bevelled round the outer edge on its upper
and under faces. On each face of the button or stopper projects a short pin or
shank to act as a lever made in length to come level with the top of the mouth of
the bottles commonly used in the aerated water trade, when the stopper is in place.
When the bottle is filled, the stopper comes against a washer fixed in a groove in
the bottle neck but in case of bottles being made without grooves, a washer is fixed
round the edge or face of the stopper to answer the same purpose. When the
stopper is in position, the grooved washer is covered thereby thus protecting it from
the action of acid. Stopper and levers are all cast or made in one piece of glass
or any other suitable hard material. This stopper having a pin or shank on each
face, gives it double action, making sure of one always falling into neck of bottle
during the process of filling, so as to project towards the mouth.

page_text: To open the bottle, the pin which is standing upright within the mouth of the
bottle may be pressed to one side, causing the stopper to cant and leave the
underside of the washer on that side towards which the lever is pressed; never-
theless this stopper may also be opened by being pressed down in the usual way
employed in opening bottles stoppered interiorly.
The annexed drawing illustrates this invention N being the neck of the bottle,
BP the combined stopper and opener, whereof B is the disc with bevelled edge
that serves as the stopper, and P P the shanks or pins on the upper and under face
of the disc B. W is a washer inserted in a groove in the neck N.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is
1. A combined stopper and opener for stoppering and opening aerated water
bottles having a disc piece B and a projecting shank or pin P thereon adapted to
lie freely in the mouth of the bottle when the disc is seated, whereby the said
shank or pin P may be either rocked laterally or depressed to remove the disc from
its seat, substantially as set forth.
2. A combined stopper and opener for stoppering and opening aerated water
bottles consisting of a disc B having a projecting shank or pin P on each face
thereof, either of which is adapted to lie freely in the mouth of the bottle when the
disc is seated, whereby the said shank or pin P so lying in the mouth of the bottle
may be either rocked laterally or depressed to remove the disc from its seat
substantially as set.forth.
Dated this 9th day of May 1894
R. HADDAN,
Of the Firm of Herbert Haddan & Co.,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, W.C., London,
Agent for the Applicant.