Improvements in Closing Bottles, Jars, or other Hollow Articles.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Jan., 1887
Complete Left, 20th Oct., 1887
Complete Accepted, 22nd Nov., 1887
Improvements in Closing Bottles, Jars, or other Hollow Articles.
We DAN RYLANDS, of Hope Glass Works, Stairfoot near Barnsley, in the County
of York, Glass Bottle Manufacturer, and RICHARD POTTER of Camden Terrace,
Stairfoot aforesaid, Furnace Builder, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
Our present improvements relate to that class of Bottles which are closed externally,
and are also applicable to Jars or other hollow articles; and the objects of our
invention are, first, to hermetically close the mouths of the said Bottles, Jars or other
hollow articles in such a manner that only a ring or bung or stopper of cork can
come in contact with the contents; and second, to secure economy in the use of corks
by shorter lengths than ordinary corks being used, and also in avoiding all unnecessary
friction between the cork and the bottle mouth thus obviating the rapid wearing away
of the cork.
To attain these objects we adapt an outside cap the lower portion of which cap is
formed with a female screw which engages or screws upon a male screw on the
outside of the mouth of the bottle or other vessel. Through the centre of the top
of this outside cap a hole is formed for the purpose hereafter described.
To this outside cap we attach a much smaller inside cap only of sufficient depth to
hold or carry a washer or bung or stopper of cork. A centre hole is made through
the top of this inside cap corresponding with the above named hole in the outside cap.
We connect this inner cap to the inside of the top of the outer cap by means of a
connecting pin passing through the said centre holes in the two caps. After the
stem of this connecting pin is passed through the said centre holes heads are formed
on the connecting pin ends by compressing the same or in any other suitable manner,
so as to prevent the inner and outsido caps becoming separated but at the same time
allowing the outside cap to move or rotate loosely round the inner cap.
Into the said inner cap we secure the top of a cork bung or stopper, the lower end
of which cork bung or stopper is tapered and of a suitable size or diameter to allow
of its entering the mouth of the bottle, or other vessel.

page_text: To close a Bottle or other vessel with our improved stopper it is only necessary to
simply rotate or screw the outside cap upon the threaded mouth of the Bottle or other
vessel; by this means the cork bung or stopper attached to the inner cap enters the
mouth of the Bottle or other vessel; the inner cap with the cork bung or stopper
attached then becomes stationary, and by means of the further rotating of the outside
cap the inner cap forces its cork attachment into the mouth of the Bottle or other
vessel until an airtight joint is formed.
Instead of the cork bung or stopper which enters into the mouth of the Bottle or
other vessel, there may be placed within the inner cap a small cork ring which by the
rotating of the outside cap would be firmly pressed upon or against the outer edge or
top of the mouth of the vessel or bottle and so form an airtight joint. In the case of
a small cork ring being used a shorter outside cap would be required than when the
longer cork stopper or bung is used.
To make our invention more clearly understood we annex drawings of the same.
Fig. 1. is a sectional elevation and Fig. 2. is an external elevation of our improved
cap or stopper shown attached to a bottle neck. The outside screw cap A is fitted
upon the threaded bottle mouth D. The inner cap B is connected to the outside
cap A by means of the loosely fitted connecting pin C passing through the centre
hole in the caps A and B. The cork E is securely held within the cap B and by
means of the screwed cap A the said cork E is held tightly against the ledge F thus
closing bottle G.
Fig. 3. is a sectional elevation showing a cork washer or ring H closing bottle G
by being pressed or bedded on the outer or top edge of bottle mouth D by means
of the outside screwed cap A which in this case is made shorter than as shown at
Figs. 1 and 2.
Fig. 4. shows a sectional elevation of cap A without the cork attachment to cap B,
and Fig. 5 is a plan of cap A showing the pin C. through centre hole.
The cork bung or stopper E or cork ring H may be made of any suitable depth
or thickness, it only being necessary to adapt the depth of the outside cap A
accordingly.
We would have it well understood that the novel part of our invention consists in
the arrangement of an inner cap carrying a cork bung or stopper or ring and con-
nected to an outside screwed cap in such a manner as to allow the outside screw cap
to rotate or screw over an externally threaded bottle mouth, whilst the inner cap is
stationary and its cork attachment is being forced in or against the bottle mouth.
The outside cap A and inner cap B of our improved stopper may be made either of
Instead
any kind of metal or of wood, glass, porcelain, or other suitable substance.
of the cork attachments E and H a stopper or ring of India rubber or of India
rubber and glass or other suitable substance or substances may be secured to the
inner cap B.
The outside cap A of our improved stopper may be adapted to work in one or more
vertical grooves and one or more inclined annular grooves or projections around the
outside of the bottle mouth.
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page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Closing Bottles, Jars, or other Hollow Articles.
We DAN RYLANDS, of Hope Glass Works, Stairfoot, near Barnsley, in the County
of York, Glass Bottle Manufacturer, and RICHARD POTTER of Camden Terrace
Stairfoot aforesaid, Furnace Builder 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 :-
Our present improvements relate to that class of Bottles which are closed externally
and are also applicable to Jars or other Hollow Articles; and the objects of our
invention are first, to hermetically close the mouths of the said Bottles, Jars or other
Hollow Articles in such a manner that only a ring or bung or stopper of cork can
come in contact with the contents; and second, to secure economy in the use of corks
by shorter lengths than ordinary corks being used, and also in avoiding all unnecessary
friction between the cork and the bottle mouth thus obviating the rapid wearing away
of the cork.
To attain these objects we adopt an outside cap the lower portion of which cap is
formed with a female screw which engages or screws upon a male screw on the
outside of the mouth of the bottle or other vessel. Through the centre of the top of
this outside cap a hole is formed for the purpose hereinafter described.
To this outside cap we attach a much smaller inside cap only of sufficient depth to
hold or carry a washer or bung or stopper of cork. A centre hole is made through the
top of this inside cap corresponding with the above named hole in the outside cap. We
connect this inner cap to the inside of the top of the outer cap by means of a connecting
pin passing through the said centre holes in the two caps. After the stem of this
connecting pin is passed through the said centre holes heads are formed on the con-
necting pin ends by compressing the same or in any other suitable manner, so as to
prevent the inner and outside caps becoming separated but at the same time allowing
the outside cap to move or rotate loosely round the inner cap.
Into the said inner cap we secure the top of a cork bung or stopper, the lower
end of which cork bung or stopper is tapered and of a suitable size or diameter to
allow of its entering the mouth of the bottle, or other vessel.
To close a Bottle or other vessel with our improved stopper it is only necessary to
simply rotate or screw the outside cap upon the threaded mouth of the Bottle or other
vessel by this means the cork bung or stopper attached to the inner cap enters the
mouth of the bottle or other vessel; the inner cap with the cork bung or stopper
attached then becomes stationary, and by means of the further rotating of the outside
cap the inner cap forces its cork attachment into the mouth of the bottle or other
vessel until an air-tight joint is formed.
Instead of the cork bung or stopper which enters into the mouth of the Bottle or
other vessel, there may be placed within the inner cap a small cork ring which by the
rotating of the outside cap would be firmly pressed upon or against the outer edge or
top of the mouth of the vessel or bottle and so form an air-tight joint. In the case of

page_text: a small cork ring being used a shorter outside cap would be required than when the
longer cork stopper or bung is used.
To make our invention more clearly understood we annexed drawings with our
Provisional Specification and the following is a description of the same.
Fig. 1. is a sectional elevation and Fig. 2. is an external elevation of our improved
cap or stopper shown attached to a bottle neck. The outside screw cap A is fitted
upon the threaded bottle mouth D. The inner cap B is connected to the outside
cap A by means of the loosely fitted connecting pin C passing through the centre
hole in the caps A and B. The cork E is securely held within the cap B and by
means of the screwed cap A the said cork E is held tightly against the ledge F thus
closing bottle G.
Fig. 3. is a sectional elevation showing a cork washer or ring H closing bottle G
by being pressed or bedded on the outer or top ledge of bottle mouth D by means of
the oustide screwed cap A which in this case is made shorter than as shown at
Figs. and 2.
Fig. 4 shows a sectional elevation of cap A without the cork attachment to cap B,
and Fig. 5 is a plan of cap A showing the pin C through centre hole.
The cork bung or stopper E or cork ring H may be made of any suitable depth
or thickness, it only being necessary to adopt the depth of the outside cap A
accordingly.
We would have it well understood that the novel part of our invention consists in
the arrangement of an inner cap B carrying a cork bung or stopper or ring and con-
nected to an outside screwed cap in such a manner as to allow the outside screw
cap A to rotate or screw over an externally threaded bottle mouth whilst the inner
cap B is stationary and its cork attachment is being forced in or against the bottle
mouth.
The outside cap A and inner cap B of our improved stopper may be made either of
any kind of metal or of wood, glass, porcelain or other suitable substance. Instead
of the cork attachments E and H a stopper or ring of India rubber or of India
rubber and glass or other suitable substance or substances may be secured to the
inner cap B.
The outside cap A of our improved stopper may be adapted to work in or down
one or more vertical grooves or slots or one or more inclined annular grooves or
projections around the outside of the bottle mouth in place of a screw thread as will
be well understood.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is.
1. The combination of an outer cap A which is screwed upon or otherwise attached
to mouth of Bottle, Jar or other Hollow Article having an inner cap B attached
by a pin C which cap B has secured to it a bung, cork or other suitable stopper
which fits either upon or within the mouth of Bottle, Jar or other Hollow Article
substantially as described and illustrated at Figs. 1. 2. 3. 4 and 5 of the drawing
accompanying the Provisional Specification.
Dated this 19th day of October 1887