Improvements in Bottles.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Mar., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 7th Dec., 1891-Accepted, 9th Jan., 1892
PROVISIONAL, SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bottles.
I, EDWARD MULREADY STONE of 9 St. Mildreds Court Poultry in the City
of London, East India Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in the construction of bottles of glass or
other suitable material and has for its object the formation of a bottle suitable for
containing great internal pressure, whilst at the same time the bottle shall be able
to stand vertically upright upon its own base.
It is well known that to contain aërated waters under great pressure, it is usual
to employ bottles made of an elongated spheroidal shape, terminating in a pointed
bottom so that they cannot stand upright on their own base. This is no drawback
in the case of bottles used only for aërated waters as they are usually entirely
discharged on first opening.
I have found however that in certain export trade of beer in bottles, the
bottles are not used again in such foreign countries and are thrown aside
as waste.
I therefore construct an improved bottle, such that whilst retaining the special
elongated spheroidal form of the aërated water bottle for maximum strength under
internal pressure. I form it with a flat external base of small diameter on which
the bottle can stand in a vertical position.
I also prefer to employ a dark coloured glass such as is most usually employed
in beer bottles.
The bottle thus made can be equivalently employed in export for beer and
for aërated waters or other liquids in the country to which it has been exported
thus the bottle by my improved construction becomes of further value to the
consignee after exportation and first use.
Dated this 7th day of March 1891.
FELL & WILDING,
1, Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C., Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bottles.
I, EDWARD MULREADY STONE, of 9 St. Mildreds Court, Poultry, in the City
of London, East India Merchant, 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 relates to improvements in the construction of bottles of glass or
other suitable material and has for its object the formation of a bottle suitable for
containing great internal pressure, whilst at the same time the bottle shall be able
to stand vertically upright upon its own base.
It is well known that to contain aërated waters under great pressure it is usual
to employ bottles made of an elongated spheroidal shape, terminating in a pointed
bottom so that they cannot stand upright on their own base. This is no drawback
in the case of bottles used only for aërated waters as they are usually entirely
discharged on first opening.
I have found however that in certain export trade of beer in bottles,
the bottles are not used again in such foreign countries, and are thrown aside
as waste.

page_text: In order that my invention may be the better understood I now proceed to
describe the same in relation to the accompanying drawing, reference being had
to the letters marked thereon.
The drawing shows the vertical section of my improved bottle which I form in
a special manner so that whilst retaining the elongated spheroidal form of the
aërated water bottle for maximum internal pressure I form it with a flat external
base A of small diameter, on which the bottle can stand in a vertical position.
The material I prefer to employ in the manufacture of these bottles is a dark
coloured glass such as is most usually employed in beer bottles.
The bottle thus made can be equivalently employed in export for beer and for
aerated waters or other liquids in the country to which it has been exported, and
thus the bottle on my improved construction becomes of further value to the
consignee after exportation and first use.
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:
A bottle in which the body is formed in an elongated spheroidal or cigar shape
for maximum strength and which is also provided with a truncated or flattened
bottom to enable the bottle to stand upright substantially as described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 7th day of December 1891
FELL & WILDING,
1, Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C., Agents for the Applicant.