New or Improved Means of Stoppering Bottles.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Mar., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 21st May, 1891-Accepted, 27th June, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Means of Stoppering Bottles.
I, GEORGE HENRY ELLIS, of No. 4 Water Lane, Great Tower Street, in the
City of London, Consulting Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows :-
The object of my invention is to render unnecessary the tying, wiring or other-
wise fastening down of corks in bottles, and further to admit of the withdrawal of
a portion of the contents without fully removing the cork from the outlets; thereby
practically obtaining the result of syphon bottles.
I effect these objects in the following manner :-
In place of providing for the insertion of a cork vertically in the neck of a bottle
I mould or otherwise form the neck of my bottle with a transverse socket for the
insertion of a cork a little below the top vertical portion of the neck. This trans-
verse socket is closed at one end and open at the other for the admission of a cork.
It will be understood that there is an open way from the body of the bottle into the
horizontal socket in a line with a similar opening in the short vertical top or neck,
through which the contents (partially or wholly) of the bottle are poured when the
cork is drawn forward.
Dated thi 02nd day of b 1801
GEO. H. ELLIS.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Means of Stoppering Bottles.
I, GEORGE HENRY ELLIS of 4 Water Lane, Great Tower Street London E.C.
Consulting Engineer 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:-
:-
The object of my invention is to render unnecessary the tying wiring or other-
wise fastening down of corks in bottles, & further to admit of the withdrawal of a
portion of the contents without fully removing the cork from the outlets, thereby
practically obtaining the result of siphon bottles. 1 mould or otherwise form the
neck of the bottle with a transverse socket for the insertion of a stopper a little
below the top vertical portion of the neck. This transverse socket is closed at one
end and open at the other for the admission of a stopper.
There is an open way from the body of the bottle into the horizontal socket in a line
with a similar opening in the short vertical top or neck, through which the contents,
partially or wholly, are poured when the stopper is withdrawn. To show clearly
how my invention is carried out I furnish a drawing but I do not limit myself to
the exact form there shown.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Means of Stoppering Bottles.
I, GEORGE HENRY ELLIS of 4 Water Lane, Great Tower Street London E.C.
Consulting Engineer 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:-
The object of my invention is to render unnecessary the tying wiring or other-
wise fastening down of corks in bottles, & further to admit of the withdrawal of a
portion of the contents without fully removing the cork from the outlets, thereby
practically obtaining the result of siphon bottles. 1 mould or otherwise form the
neck of the bottle with a transverse socket for the insertion of a stopper a little
below the top vertical portion of the neck. This transverse socket is closed at one
end and open at the other for the admission of a stopper.
There is an open way from the body of the bottle into the horizontal socket in a line
with a similar opening in the short vertical top or neck, through which the contents,
partially or wholly, are poured when the stopper is withdrawn. To show clearly
how my invention is carried out I furnish a drawing but I do not limit myself to
the exact form there shown.
A is the body of the bottle.
B is the transverse socket.
C is the ordinary vertical orifice.
D is the stopper, which may be screwed or of any desired form.
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. A contrivance for stoppering a bottle by inserting the stopper transversely
across the ordinary outlet of the bottle substantially as described.

page_text: 2. A bottle with an additional orifice for the insertion of the stopper whose axis
is transverse to that of the ordinary orifice & which additional orifice is carried
through one side of the neck of the bottle & ends in a socket in the other side.
Dated this 21st day of May 1891.
W. H. MUNNS,
Agent for Applicant.