Improvements in Certain Bottle Metallic Mounts.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Nov., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 27th July, 1395-Accepted, 31st Aug., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Certain Bottle Metallic Mounts.
I THOMAS MORTON, of Lodge Road, in the City of Birmingham, Stamper and
Piercer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in connection with certain bottle mounts
such as are used for mustard, gum or other similar purposes.
In such cases
usually a cover is used which is hinged at the one side and having a gap or recess
at one side so that when the said lid is closed down, the handle of the spoon
projects therethrough. In such arrangements the mustard inevitably collects
around the top of the bottle and thence is conveyed to the handle of the spoon,
which is unsightly and inconvenient.
This my invention is intended to obviate these objections and to afford a
convenient and neat arrangement.
I provide upon and combine with such bottles what is known as an iris diaphragm
mount having an external part rotative collar, by the rotative movement of which
a number of metallic plates are simultaneously drawn and contracted towards the
centre or similarly opened as the case may be. Thus by turning the said collar in
the one direction the throat of the bottle is full open for charging or for removing
the contents therefrom in the ordinary manner, and by turning it in the opposite
direction the spoon &c. is drawn to and held in a vertical central position quite
clear and free from the sides of the bottle and thus prevents an accumulation of
refuse upon the sides of the bottle and spoon.
Dated this 31st day of October 1894.
CHARLES I. POWELL,
Applicant's Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Certain Bottle Metallic Mounts.
I THOMAS MORTON, of Lodge Road, in the City of Birmingham, Stamper and
Piercer, 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 relates to improvements in connection with certain bottle mounts
such as are used for mustard, gum or other similar purposes.
In such cases
usually a cover is used which is hinged at the one side and having a gap or recess
at one side so that when the said lid is closed down, the handle of the spoon
projects therethrough. In such arrangements the mustard inevitably collects
around the top of the bottle and thence is conveyed to the handle of the spoon,
which is unsightly and inconvenient.
This my invention is intended to obviate these objections and to afford a
convenient and neat arrangement.
provide upon and combine with such bottles what is known as an iris diaphragm
mount having an external part rotative collar, by the rotative movement of which
a number of metallic plates are simultaneously drawn and contracted towards the
centre or similarly opened as the case may be.
D

page_text: In order to more clearly describe this my invention, I have appended hereunto
an illustrative sheet of drawings upon which are figures and numbers of reference,
similar numbers referring throughout the several views to the same thing or part,
and in which :—
Fig. 1, shows an external view of this my invention.
Fig. 2, is a plan view of my invention, with the mustard spoon removed.
Fig. 3, is a sectional view of the invention on line A-B (Fig. 2).
Figs. 4, 5, 6 & 7, are detailed views of the mechanical parts employed in this
my invention.
10, is the bottle, 11, is the mustard spoon. Upon the exterior of the neck of
the bottle is fixed the mount 12, having the upper plate 13, secured thereto.
Upon this plate is carried a number of curved plates 14, which are moveably
jointed at 15. At the other ends of these plates are projecting pegs or studs 16.
I now provide the part rotative plate 17, having the slot holes 18, corresponding
in number to the number of pegs 16. This plate 17, is now soldered within the
outer collar 19, and then placed in position upon the plates 14, the pegs 16, taking
into the slots 18. The lower edge 20, of the collar is now turned over the
proiecting edge 21, of the plate 13, to prevent its removal, but permitting a part
rotative movement. By part rotating the said collar in the one direction, the
plates 14, are simultaneously drawn back underneath the said collar, as seen
in Fig. 5, leaving the throat of the bottle full open for charging or for removing
the contents therefrom, in the ordinary manner, while by turning it in the opposite
direction, the plates are drawn across the opening and the spoon centrally held as
seen in Figs. 1, 2 & 3, quite clear and free from the sides of the bottle and thus
prevents an accumulation of refuse upon the sides of the bottle and spoon.
It will be readily seen that in the case of a gum bottle or jam jar &c., the
spoon may be modified or replaced by a brush or other stem, and that the same
mount may be used for ink or other similar bottles.
I am aware that a moving diaphragm of this kind has already been used for
mounts to cover or uncover certain openings as seen in Letters Patent granted to
me under Specification Number 1255 of 1894, and therefore I do not claim such
mounts as and of themselves, but :-
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The combination with the bottle 10, and spoon or brush stem 11, of the iris
diaphragm mount, substantially as described and shown, and for the purposes
specified.
Dated this 26th dow of July 1905
THOMAS MORTON,
Applicant.