Improvements in Bottles and in Stoppering the same.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Mar., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 7th Dec., 1893-Accepted, 20th Jan., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bottles and in Stoppering the same.
I WILLIAM EDWARD KINNERNEY of Theodosia Street Timaru in the
Provincial District of Canterbury New Zealand Solicitor do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
In lieu of inserting a cork or stopper perpendicularly in the neck of a bottle as
at present my method is to enclose the top of the bottle and make the aperture for
the reception of the cork or other stopper in the neck immediately under the closed
top with a corresponding aperture opposite so that the cork or other stopper may
go through the neck. The aperture opposite to that in which the cork or other
stopper is inserted to have a short spout on the outside the mouth being upwards so
that the liquid may be poured out more readily.
The top of the bottle to be made larger than at present and circular in form.
In the event of a stopper of brittle material being used same to be sunk so that
the top may be protected by the edges of the orifice in which it is inserted.
Advantages over existing methods―
(1.) In the case of gaseous and effervescing liquids it will be impossible for the
cork or other stopper to be forced out the pressure being on the side of the cork or
other stopper and not underneath it and the necessity of securing by wire string
capsule or otherwise will thus be obviated.
(2.) Stoppers of wood or other suitable material can be used in lieu of cork as
the resistance to pressure gained by the compression of the cork will be
unnecessary.
(3.) The cork or other stopper need not be wholly withdrawn from the bottle
when the liquid is required to be poured out but only sufficiently far to allow the
liquid to flow out of the opposite aperture and when sufficient liquid is withdrawn
the cork or other stopper may be pressed back thus at once stopping the flow.
Dated this 14th day of June 1893.
WILLIAM EDWARD KINNERNEY.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bottles and in Stoppering the same.
I WILLIAM EDWARD KINNERNEY of Theodosia Street Timaru in the
Provincial District of Canterbury New Zealand Solicitor 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 :-
In lieu of inserting a cork or stopper perpendicularly in the neck of the bottle
as at present my method is to enclose the top of the bottle and make the aperture
for the reception of the cork or other stopper in the neck immediately under the
closed top with a corresponding aperture opposite so that the cork or other stopper
may go through the neck. The aperture opposite to that in which the cork or other
stopper is inserted to have a short spout on the outside (the mouth being upward)
so that the liquid may be poured out more readily. The top of the bottle to be
made larger than at present and circular in form.
In the event of a stopper of brittle material being used the same to be sunk so
that the top may be protected by the edges of the orifice in which it is inserted.

page_text: In the annexed drawings:-
Figure 1 is a vertical section of the upper part of a bottle stoppered in accordance
with my invention.
Figure 2 is a section on the line 2, 2 in Figure 1.
The invention presents the following advantages
1. In the case of gaseous and effervescing liquids it is impossible for the cork
or other stopper to be forced out the pressure being on the side of the cork or
other stopper and not underneath it and the necessity of securing by wire or string
the capsule or otherwise is thus obviated.
2. Stoppers of wood or other suitable material can be used in lieu of cork as the
resistance to pressure gained by the compression of the cork is unnecessary.
3. The cork or other stopper need not be wholly withdrawn from the bottle when
the liquid is required to be poured out but only sufficiently far to allow the liquid
to flow out of the opposite aperture and when sufficient liquid is withdrawn the
cork or other stopper may be pressed back thus at once stopping the flow.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
The closed top and stoppering by the aperture in the side of the neck and the
extraction by the opposite aperture as described.
Dated this First day of November 1893.
WILLIAM EDWARD KINNERNEY,
Of Theodosia Street, Timaru, in the Provincial District of Canterbury,
New Zealand, Solicitor.