IMPROVEMENTS IN STOPPERED BOTTLES
Year: 1886

page_text: We JAMES ARTHUR SCHOFIELD Ironmonger of East Bank Street, and JOHN
BRIERLEY Coachman of 107 Sefton Street, both of Southport in the County of
Lancaster do hereby declare the nature of our invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN
STOPPERED BOTTLES to be as follows:-
This invention relates to that class of stoppered bottles wherein the stopper
consists of a perforated conical plug fitting into a conical barrel or opening made
at right angles through the neck of the bottle.
In making stoppered bottles of this class considerable difficulty has hitherto
been experienced in forming the neck of the bottle with the necessary conical
barrel for the reception of the perforated plug and our invention is intended to
obviate this difficulty. We make the bottle and the neck separate or in two parts
as follows:
The bottle is formed by blowing, moulding or blocking as may be preferred
with a very short neck, outside which is formed a screw thread in any known
manner, or it is made with a bayonet joint, or by any other method of attaching
the body of the bottle with the top portion of the neck. The neck is cast in a
separate piece somewhat in the form of the body of an ordinary plug tap with an
internal screw (or any of the above methods of connection) at the lower end
thereof which fits onto the external screw or other provided connection on the
body. An india rubber or other suitable washer being interposed to make a tight
joint or without any washer if the same be not requisite to make a tight joint in
connecting the two parts together>
The perforated conical plug may be made of glass also (or of any other suitable
material) or it may be ground and polished in its conical seat, or it may be
provided with an india-rubber or other suitable washer or bush so as to keep it air
tight in its place.
The before mentioned plug may also be made cylindrical or parallel instead of
conical, also the plug may be secured by a washer and bush as before mentioned,
or ground and polished in its seat as to require no bush or washer.
The barrel or body of the tap in neck is formed with one end left closed or with
a small aperture through same, to admit of a screw or other method of fastening in
the plug.

page_text: The bottle may be made in any size of plain or ornamental shapes as may be
desired.
The top part or mouth piece of the neck is also provided with an external screw
upon which may be screwed a cap to keep out dust or other extraneous matters
and this cap may be made with a spout or bib to conduct gaseous liquids into any
vessel whilst the bottle is in an upright position.
.
There is an advantage in making the bottle and neck or top part in two
separate pieces as regards economy of cost because in the event of breakage it
is in most cases only necessary to renew a portion of the bottle whereas with
the ordinary construction the entire bottle must be removed if one part becomes
broken.

page_text: Improvements in Stoppered Bottles.
We JAMES ARTHUR SCHOFIELD Ironmonger of East Bank Street, and JOHN
BRIERLEY Coachman of 107 Sefton Street both of Southport in the County of
Lancaster do hereby declare the nature of our invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
STOPPERED BOTTLES" 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 that class of bottles wherein the stopper consists of a
perforated conical or cylindrical plug fitting into a barrel or opening made at right
angles through the neck of the bottle.
In making stoppered bottles of this class considerable difficulty has hitherto
been experienced in forming the neck of the bottle with the necessary conical or
cylindrical barrel for. the reception of the perforated plug, and our invention is
intended to obviate this difficulty.
The nature of our invention and the manner in which the same is to be carried
into practical effect will be readily understood on reference to the annexed
drawings and the following explanation thereof.
Fig. 1 is a vertical section of an improved stoppered bottle made according to
our invention and Figs. 2 and 2° are external elevations of the upper portion of
the same.
We make the bottle A A, and the neck B B separate or in two parts as follows:
the bottle A, A, is formed by blowing, moulding or blocking as may be preferred,
with a very short neck a, a, outside which is formed a screw thread in any known
manner or it may be formed with a bayonet joint or in other ways hereinafter
described for attaching the top portion B B of the neck to the body of the
bottle A, A
The neck is cast in a separate piece somewhat in the form of the body. of an
ordinary plug tap with an internal screw at b, b (or any of the other described
methods of connection) at the lower end thereof which fits onto the external screw
or other provided connection on the short neck a, a at the top of the body of the
bottle.
To make this connection gas and liquid tight we propose to insert a washer of
india rubber or other compressible material either at the top of a, a or at the
bottom of b, b (or both) or we put a thin cylinder of sheet cork or other suitable
substance between the two screws as shown by the black waved line in Fig. 1.
The perforated conical plug c, c may be made of glass also (or of any other
suitable material) and it may ground and polished into its conical seat, or it may
be provided with a washer or bush d, d of thin cork, india rubber, or other
substance so as to keep it gas and liquid tight, and at the same time allow it to
revolve with moderate freedom in the barrel e, e, and to prevent the bush or
lining d, d from turning with the plug, the inside of the barrel e; e may be
provided with grooves or with a longitudinal rib or ribs as shown at ** in
Figs. 2. 4. 5 and 6.
The above mentioned plug may also be made cylindrical or parallel instead of
ponical if preferred.

page_text: The barrel or body e, e of the top or neck BB may be formed with one end
closed, but we sometimes leave the same open and form the plug c, c with a
button ff at the end so that it may be secured by springing on an india rubber
washer g, g which at the same time serves to make a tight joint; or the opening in
the end of the barrel may be made smaller and a flat headed screw may be used
instead of the button f, f to keep the plug c, c in its place. The plug and barrel
are made with a stop as shown at Fig. 2 and Fig. 2a to prevent the plug from
being turned more than one quarter round, as commonly practised with gas taps.
The bottle A A, may be made of any suitable material such as glass or earthen-
ware, and of any size, and of plain or ornamental shapes as may be desired.
The top part or mouth piece. of the neck B B is also provided with an external
screw at h, h upon which may be screwed a cap i, i (as shown by dotted lines in
Fig. 1.) to keep out dust or other extraneous matters and if preferred this cap may
be made with a spout or bib k, k as shown at Fig. 3. to conduct gaseous liquids into
any vessel whilst the bottle A, A, is in an upright position.
To adapt our invention to any ordinary bottle which has no external screw on
the neck but a rim l, round the mouth (see Fig. 4) we form a screwed brush m, m
of india rubber, and we draw this over the neck beneath the rim 1, 7 so as to form.
a screwed neck for screwing the top B, B onto. Or we dispense with the screw,
and we use in its place an india rubber cap or ring n, n fitted inside the neck b, b
as shown at Figs. 5 and 6, or of the form shown at Fig. 7. The nose of the bottle
being forced into this cup or ring (see Fig. 6) expands the same and causes it to
form a gas and liquid tight joint.
There is an advantage in making the bottle and neck or top part in two separate
pieces as regards economy of cost, because in the event of breaking it is in most
cases only necessary to renew a portion of the bottle, whereas with the ordinary
construction, the entire bottle must be renewed if one part becomes broken.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is:-
The manufacture of stoppered bottles (of the class herein before described) with
the body and the top part in separate pieces capable of being attached and detached
substantially in the manner herein before described and illustrated by the drawings
annexed.