IMPROVEMENTS IN THE STOPPERING OF BOTTLES
Year: 1877

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LETTERS PATENT to William Wilson Macvay and Richard Sykes, both of
Castleford, in the County of York, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE STOPPERING OF BOTTLES."
Sealed the 19th June 1877, and dated the 22nd February 1877.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Wilson Macvay, and
Richard Sykes at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 22nd
February 1877.
WILLIAM WILSON MACVAY and RICHARD SYKES, both of Castleford, in the
County of York. " IMPROVEMENTS IN THE STOPPERING OF BOTTLES."
The object of this Invention is to provide a tight, convenient, cheap, and neat
means for stoppering bottles, more particularly those containing aërated liquids.
For this purpose we form the inside of the bottle neck with a screw thread, and
below this we form the neck with a ledge which serves as a support for an india-
rubber or other elastic washer or ring, on the top of which we placé a metallic or
other hard washer.
The cap or ferrule, which may be of glass, metal, wood, or other suitable sub-
stance for this purpose, is formed with a screw thread corresponding with the screw
thread in the bottle neck; when screwed sufficiently into the neck against the
metallic washer it retains and compresses the aforesaid elastic washer, which thus
forms a shoulder or seat for a glass or other ball or marble pressed against it by
the gas pressure of the liquid or fluid. The marble is dropped into the bottle first
and then the elastic washer is placed on the ledge, and on the top of this we place
the metallic washer for the cap or ferrule to press against. The cap or ferrule is
formed with milled edge or with two holes, in which a key is made to fit for turning
it round as required.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by the
said William Wilson Macvay and Richard Sykes in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 22nd August 1877.
WILLIAM WILSON MACVAY and RICHARD SYKES, both of Castleford, in the
County of York. IMPROVEMENTS IN THE STOPPERING OF BOTTLES."
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The object of this Invention is to provide a tight, convenient, cheap, and neat
means for stoppering bottles, more particularly those containing aërated liquids.
For this purpose we form the inside of the bottle neck with a screw thread, and
below this we form the neck with a ledge which serves as a support for an india-
rubber or other elastic washer, or ring, on the top of which we by preference place
a metallic or other hard washer.
The cap or ferrule, which may be of glass, metal, wood, or other suitable sub-
stance for this purpose is formed with a screw thread, corresponding with the screw
thread in the bottle neck; when screwed sufficiently into the neck against the
metallic washer it retains and compresses the aforesaid elastic washer, which thus
forms a shoulder or seat for a glass or other ball or marble pressed against it by
the gas pressure of the liquid or fluid. The marble is dropped into the bottle first
and then the elastic washer is placed on the ledge, and on the top of this we place
the metallic washer for the cap or ferrule to press against. The cap or ferrule is
formed with milled edge or with two holes, in which a key is made to fit for turning
it round as required.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawings is a vertical section through a bottle,
the neck of which is formed and fitted according to this Invention.
Figure 2 is a plan of the stoppering cap or ferrule; Figure 3 is a section through
a bottle with a similar stoppering appliance, and Figure 4 a plan of the cap or
ferrule.
Figure 5 is a section through a bottle neck with a slightly different form of cap
or ferrule, and Figure 6 a view of a bottle neck with another form of ferrule.
The bottle neck A is formed with a screw thread, at the bottom of which there
is a ledge or shoulder at a; on this shoulder I place an india-rubber or other
elastic washer b, forming the seating for the marble or other ball which has been
previously dropped into the bottle; c is the ferrule or cap which holds the elastic,
washer b in place either by directly pressing on it, as shown at Figure 1, or an
interposed metallic or other hard washer d, as shown at Figure 3. In the former
case the ferrule c is shown with two projections at the inner circumference for the
purpose of affording facility for screwing it up or down, and in the latter with two
notches for the same purpose. As shown at Figure 5, the ferrule c is formed with
two holes e for the same purpose, a key being made to fit the holes. In Figure 6
the ferrule is shewn with a milled edge for the purpose of screwing it up or down
by simply taking hold of it between the fingers; but the form of the ferrule may
be varied greatly without departing from the nature of this Invention.
And having thus described and ascertained the nature of this Invention, we
declare that we claim, forming bottle necks internally with screw thread and with
a shoulder below the thread and fitting thereon an elastic washer forming the seat
for a glass or other ball, the elastic washer being held in place by a ferrule screwed
into the bottle neck, substantially as set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Wilson Macvay, for myself, and on
behalf of the said Richard Sykes, have hereunto set my hand and seal, this
Twentieth day of August, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight
hundred and seventy-seven.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by the
said William Wilson Macvay and Richard Sykes in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 22nd August 1877.
WILLIAM WILSON MACVAY and RICHARD SYKES both of Castleford in the
County of York. "İMPROVEMENTS IN THE STOPPERING OF BOTTLES."
The object of this Invention is to provide a tight convenient cheap and neat
means for stoppering bottles more particularly those containing aërated liquids.
For this purpose we form the inside of the bottle neck with a screw thread and
below this we form the neck with a ledge which serves as a support for an india-
rubber or other elastic washer or ring on the top of which we by preference place
a metallic or other hard washer.
The cap or ferrule which may be of glass, metal, wood, or other suitable sub-
stance for this purpose is formed with a screw thread corresponding with the screw
thread in the bottle neck when screwed sufficiently into the neck against the
metallic washer it retains and compresses the aforesaid elastic washer which thus
forms a shoulder or seat for a glass or other ball or marble pressed against it by
the gas pressure of the liquid or fluid. The marble is dropped into the bottle first
and then the elastic washer is placed on the ledge and on the top of this we place
the metallic washer for the cap or ferrule to press against. The cap or ferrule is
formed with milled edge or with two holes in which a key is made to fit for turning
it round as required.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawings is a vertical section through a bottle
the neck of which is formed and fitted according to this Invention.
Figure 2 is a plan of the stoppering cap or ferrule. Figure 3 is a section through
a bottle with a similar stoppering appliance and Figure 4 a plan of the cap or
ferrule.
Figure 5 is a section through a bottle neck with a slightly different form of cap
or ferrule and Figure 6 a view of a bottle neck with another form of ferrule.
The bottle neck A is formed with a screw thread at the bottom of which there
is a ledge or shoulder at a; on this shoulder I place an india-rubber or other
elastic washer b forming the seating for the marble or other ball which has been
previously dropped into the bottle; c is the ferrule or cap which holds the elastic
washer bin place either by directly pressing on it as shown at Figure 1 or an
interposed metallic or other hard washer d as shown at Figure 3. In the former
case the ferrule c is shown with two projections at the inner circumference for the
purpose of affording facility for screwing it up or down and in the latter with two
notches for the same purpose. As shown at Figure 5 the ferrule c is formed with
two holes e for the same purpose a key being made to fit the holes. In Figure 6
the ferrule is shown with a milled edge for the purpose of screwing it up or down
by simply taking hold of it between the fingers. But the form of the ferrule may
be varied greatly without departing from the nature of this Invention.
And having thus described and ascertained the nature of this- Invention we
declare that we are aware that at Figure 6 of the drawings annexed to the
specification of a Patent granted to John Edwards and dated the 7th day of May
1874 N° 1617 the upper part of a bottle is shewn with a screw thread formed in the
interior of the neck, and with a recess at the lower end of the screw thread, in which
recess an elastic washer is held and prevented from being driven out by a metal cup

page_text: screwed into the screw thread in the neck. Our invention differs from such con-
struction in that in ours there is no enlarged recess at the bottom of the screw thread
but there is immediately beyond the end of the screw thread a ledge for an elastic
washer to rest on and consequently our bottle can be made with tongs or tools
similar to those commonly used for forming screw threads in the interior of the
necks of bottles, which tongs or tools have an externally screw threaded plug or core
that lies within the neck of the bottle during the time that the exterior of the head
is being moulded and can subsequently be unscrewed from the neck, whereas the
construction shewn at Figure 6 of Edwards' specification could not be so made,
nor indeed could it be made at all at any reasonable price.
We are also aware that at Figure 7 of the drawings annexed to the specification
of a Patent granted to Stephen Walker dated the 28th day of April 1876 N° 1797,
a means of stoppering bottles is shewn in which a screw thread is formed in the
interior of the neck of the bottle and an india rubber ring or washer is fitted in the
screw pressing into its hollows and in which a metal cap is screwed into the upper
part of the screw thread and made to press on the ring. We lay no claim either to
the construction shewn in Edwards' specification or to the construction shewn in
Walker's specification but we claim :-forming bottle necks internally with screw
thread and with a shoulder below the thread and fitting thereon an elastic washer
forming the seat for a glass or other ball the elastic washer being held in place by
a ferrule screwed into the bottle neck substantially as set forth.
In witness whereof I the said William Wilson Macvay for myself and on
behalf of the said Richard Sykes have hereunto set my hand and seal this
Twentieth day of August in the year of our Lord One thousand eight
hundred and seventy-seven.

page_text: We, WILLIAM WILSON MACVAY and RICHARD SYKES, both of Castleford in the
county of York seek leave to amend the specification Letters Patent, No. 738
of 1877, as shown in red ink in the copy of the original Specification hereunto
annexed and marked with the letter A.
Our reasons for making this amendment are as follows:-
We desire to avoid all possibility of two wide an interpretation being put upon
the claim made in the Specification and of its being held to include ways of
stoppering bottles to which we had no intention of making any claim.
In the Matter of the application made by William Wilson Macvay and Richard
Sykes for leave to amend the Specification of Letters Patent N° 738 of 1877.
I hereby grant leave to the said William Wilson Macvay and Richard Sykes to
amend the said Specification in the manner proposed.
T
H. READER LACK,
Comptroller-General.

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Wilson Macvay and Richard Sykes, both of
Castleford, in the County of York, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE STOPPERING OF BOTTLES."
Sealed the 19th June 1877, and dated the 22nd February 1877.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Wilson Macvay and
Richard Sykes at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 22nd
February 1877.
WILLIAM WILSON MACVAY and RICHARD SYKES both of Castleford in the
County of York "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE STOPPERING OF BOTTLES."
The object of this Invention is to provide a tight convenient cheap and neat
means for stoppering bottles more particularly those containing aërated liquids.
For this purpose we form the inside of the bottle neck with a screw thread and
below this we form the neck with a ledge which serves as a support for an india-
rubber or other elastic washer or ring, on the top of which we place a metallic or
other hard washer.
The cap or ferrule which may be of glass inetal wood or other suitable sub-
stance for this purpose is formed with a screw thread corresponding with the screw
thread in the bottle neck; when screwed sufficiently into the neck against the
metallic washer it retains and compresses the aforesaid elastic washer, which thus
forms a shoulder br seat for a. glass or other ball or marble.pressed against it by
the gas pressure of the liquid or fluid. The marble is dropped into the bottle first
and then the elastic washer is placed on the ledge and on the top of this we place
the metallic washer for the cap or ferrule to press against. The cap or ferrule is
formed with milled edge or with two holes in which a key is made to fit for turning
it round as required.