Improvements in and relating to Jars and Bottles.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Feb., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 5th Oct., 1899-Accepted, 18th Nov., 1899
Improvements in and relating to Jars and Bottles.
FRANK ROGERSON, 21, Sibella Road, Clapham, S.W., do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
An improved tap & tap hole to prevent taps from leaking & also from being
blown or knocked out of the bottle or jar. The tap can be made of wood or metal
or any other material & is made either with a lug on tap which is inserted thro'
a small groove in jar just made to fit same and when in a certain distance the
tap is revolved quarter of a circle & prevented from coming out by flange, or
the clutch can be outside the jar & the lug on tap to fit outside. The small
end of tap is forced thro' a cork or indiarubber ring which is fixed in the
recess made for same and gradually tapering in towards jar making an air
tight joint.
Dated this 18th day of February 1899
I, FRANK ROGERSON, 21, Sibella Road, Clapham, S.W., Managing Brewer, 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:―.
My invention has reference to improvements in and relating to jars and
bottles and is intended to provide means for attaching draw off and like taps
to jars bottles and other receptacles in such manner as will hold them without
leakage and also prevent them being blown or knocked out of the tap hole.
To this end I provide a tap made of wood, metal, pottery, or other suitable
material and having on its spigot or stem lugs or projections (preferably two
diametrically opposite one another). In the tap hole are grooves to admit the
lugs and these grooves open into a circumferential groove within the tap hole.
In further explanation of my invention I make reference to the accompanying
drawings in which Fig. 1 is a side view, Fig. 2 an end view and Fig. 3 a plan
of a tap made in accordance with my invention. Fig. 4 is a section of tap hole
with tap in position. Fig. 5 is a sectional side view and Fig. 6 a cross section
of a modification in the construction. Similar letters denote the same parts
wherever occurring. The tap a has a spigot b and an intermediate part c of
such diameter as to form a shoulder round the part b. Sprung over 6 is a
rubber or other resilient washer d and outstanding from c are the lugs or
projections e. In the tap hole are provided longitudinal slots of grooves f to
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page_text: admit the lugs e and these grooves f open into a circumferential groove g. A
recess h is also made in the tap hole to receive the washer d. In use the tap
is placed so that the lugs e enter the grooves f. Pressure is then applied to
overcome the resistance of the washer and the lugs e having now entered the
circumferential groove will on giving the tap a quarter turn or so pass behind
the grooves and become locked in, and the washer by its resiliency will prevent
leakage.
If desired the washer may be placed on the intermediate portion c instead
of on, in which case it will press against the front of the tap hole instead of
against a recess therein.
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The tap may be made with the lugs or projections e intégral with the material
from which the remainder is made. I prefer however to make the lugs e as
projections from a metal ring (Figs. 5 & 6) which can be shrunk on or otherwise
attached to the part b.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. The improvement in taps consisting in the provision thereon of lugs or
projections destined to enter longitudinal grooves provided in the tap-hole, the
said grooves opening into a circumferential recess or groove provided in con-
nection with a suitably formed tap-hole, substantially as described in the above
specification and exemplified in the accompanying drawings.
2. For use with taps such as are the subject matter of the preceding Claim 1,
providing the tap holes of jars and like receptacles with longitudinal grooves
and a circumferential groove to receive the projections on the said taps and
retain the tap in position, substantially as described in the above specification
and exemplified in the accompanying drawings.
3. The combination of a tap with integral or attached projecting lugs and a
washer substantially as described in the above specification and exemplified in
the accompanying drawings.
4. The method of attaching a tap to a jar and like receptacles, the said method
consisting essentially in providing the tap with integral or attached projections
destined to enter longitudinal grooves provided in the tap hole and also to
pass into a circumferential groove or recess so that the projections on the tap
may pass behind the material between the longitudinal grooves, protection
against leakage being ensured by a washer on the tap, the whole substantially
as described in the above specification and exemplified in the accompanying
drawings.
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5. As a particular method of providing the projections or lugs mentioned in
the preceding claims a metal ring having projections outstanding therefrom
and attachable to the top by shrinking on or by other means substantially as
described in the above specification and exemplified by Fig. 5 of the accom-
panying drawings.
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1900
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23, Coleman Street, E.C., Agents.