Improvements in the manufacture of Dotties.
Year: 1898

page_text: I, RICHARD GRAINGER NASH, of Finnstown House, Lucan, near Dublin, Ireland,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the manufacture of bottles, more particularly those
intended for the reception of aërated waters; the object of the invention being to
enable such bottles to assume a stable attitude whilst resting on their sides but
still containing a substantial portion of their liquid contents.
In applying my invention to an ordinary soda-water bottle, by way of example,
I form upon its side a flat arranged at such an inclination as to maintain the neck
of the bottle at such an elevation that, whilst the bottle is fully charged, the inner
extremity of the cork is covered by the liquid; but when half or such a substantial
portion of the contents has been withdrawn, the level of the liquid falls below that
of the mouth of the bottle.
Instead of forming the bottle with an inclined flat, the object in view may be
accomplished by providing the side of the bottle with a laterally projecting rib,
the edge of which corresponds in position with the outline of the flat before referred
to.
It will be obvious that my invention is not exclusively applicable to bottles of
the ogival-ended pattern commonly used for soda-water, but may be applied to
bottles provided with flat bases and intended to stand upright. Under such
circumstances, the tendency for such bottles to roll when laid on their sides is
overcome,
Improvements in the manufacture of Dotties.
I, RICHARD GRAINGER NASH, of Finnstown House, Lucan, near Dublin, Ireland,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, and in what manner
30 the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement;-
This invention relates to the manufacture of bottles, more particularly those
intended for the reception of aërated waters; the object being to enable such bottles

page_text: to assume a stable attitude whilst resting on their sides but still containing a
substantial portion of their liquid contents.
In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 is an elevation of a bottle adapted for
use with soda-water or similar aërated liquid and having my improvement applied
thereto. Fig. 2 is a plan of the under side thereof.
In applying my invention to an ordinary soda-water bottle, by way of example,
I form upon its side a flat a arranged at such an inclination as to maintain the
neck of the bottle at a suitable elevation, so that whilst the bottle is fully charged
with liquid the inner extremity of the cork is covered by the liquid, but when
half or a substantial portion of the contents has been withdrawn, the level of the
liquid falls below that of the mouth of the bottle. If desired, a transverse notch
or indentation may be formed at or about the base of the neck of the bottle and on
the same side as the flat; thus forming a ridge in the interior of the bottle same
serving as an additional preventive to the outflow of the liquid when a portion
of the latter has been withdrawn and the bottle again placed upon its side.
Instead of forming the bottle with an inclined flat, the object in view may be
accomplished by providing the side of the bottle with a laterally projecting rib,
the outer edge of which corresponds in position with the outline of the flat before
referred to.
It will be obvious that my invention is not exclusively applicable to bottles of
the ogival ended pattern, commonly used for soda-water, but may be applied to
bottles provided with flat bases and intended to stand upright. Under such
circumstances, the tendency for such bottles to roll when laid on their sides is over-
come.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I claim :-
1. The manufacture of bottles substantially as herein described and whereby
while resting on their sides they assume a stable attitude; the cork being thus
maintained in a moist condition while, in the event of the partial withdrawal of
the contents, the level of the liquid falls below that of the mouth of the bottle.
2. A bottle having a flat or a lateral projection upon the side adapted for pre-
serving the bottle in a stable attitude when resting upon said flat or lateral pro-
jection, substantially as herein described.
Dated this 13th day of October 1898