A NEW MODE OR MEANS OF MAKING BOTTLES FOR USE WITH INTERNAL STOPPERS
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edgar Breffit, of Castleford, in the West Riding of the
County of York, for an Invention of "A NEW MODE OR MEANS OF MAKING
BOTTLES FOR USE WITH INTERNAL STOPPERS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edgar Breffit at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 10th December 1880.
EDGAR BREFFIT, of Castleford, in the West Riding of the County of York.
* A NEW MODE OR MEANS OF MAKING BOTTLES FOR USE WITH INTERNAL
STOPPERS."
The said Invention has reference to tools hitherto used for forming a rebate or
ledge in bottle mouths in which an internal stopper is used; this has always been
accomplished by springs held back or let go by the workmen, but by my Invention
the springs are dispensed with and the workman is enabled to form the grooves or
ledges by a single action. The new or improved arrangement is brought about by
the shape of the plug, the same being fixed at such an angle with the swiller as
enables the workman to produce the groove or ledge required.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Edgar Breffit in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 10th June
1881.
EDGAR BREFFIT, of Castleford, in the West Riding of the County of York.
A NEW MODE OR MEANS OF MAKING BOTTLES FOR USE WITH INTERNAL
STOPPERS."
The said Invention has reference to certain improvements upon the subject
matter of Letters Patent, No. 4660, dated the 8th day of December 1877, and
granted to me, the said Edger Breffit, and one John Edwards, and to tools hitherto
used for forming a rebate or ledge in bottle mouths in which an internal stopper is
used; this has always been accomplished by spring bits held back or let go by the
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page_text: workmen in process of forming the bottle, but by my Invention the springs are
dispensed with, and the workmen is enabled to form the grooves or ledges by a
single action. The new or improved arrangement is brought about by the shape
of the "plug" of the tool, the same being fixed or formed at such an angle with
the "swiller" as enables the workman to produce the groove or ledge required.
In the accompanying Sheet of Drawings is illustrated the means whereby the
Invention may be carried into practical effect.
Fig. 1 is a side view of the tool with specially formed plug for forming an
internal groove in the neck of bottle, and also an outer screw thread on the
neck of the bottle.
Fig. 2 is a like view of tool with specially formed plug for forming a recess or
ledge inside the neck.
Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are sections of necks of bottles so made.
The plug A of the tool is formed cut away at a down to the point thereof on
one side, and on the other side b is made with a recessed or cut away portion c in
Fig. 1; the plug terminates almost in the straight line from c to the point on the
side b, and thus the part c will act to form an internal ledge in the bottle whilst in
the plug, Fig. 2, the point being cut back at the foot or point will enable the tool
to be evenly pressed into the glass forming the bottle mouth, and so form a regular
groove. After the finishing of the groove or ledge of the bottle neck the tool plug
owing to its semi-conical formation can be withdrawn from the finished bottle
without damaging same; a is the groove or recess so formed in the bottle neck;
and e is the screwed outer face, see Figs. 3, 4, and 5.
The roller with screw face B is mounted, as shown, free to turn on the arm C of
the tool, and will when pressed against the glass in making the mouth of the bottle
or jar, impress same to form it with a screw thread for reception of a screw cap
cover or stopper piece.
Having now described the nature and particulars of the said Invention, I
claim,―
First. In the new mode or means of making bottles for use with internal stoppers
the semi-conical and cut away plug constructed and operating, as and for the
purpose herein set forth and shown by the Drawings.
Second. In combination with the bottle making tool herein described the screw
forming roller piece fitted and operating as and for the purpose herein set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Edgar Breffit, have hereunto set my hand and
seal, this Fourth day of June, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight
hundred and eighty one.
In presence of
WALTER A. BARLOW,
Patent Agent & Engineer,
6, St. Paul's Chyard,,
E.C.
EDGAR BREFFIT. (L.S.)