Improvements in and relating to Stoppering Bottles, Cans, and other Liquid Containers.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 5'h July, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 5th Apr., 1895-Accepted, 5th July, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Stoppering Bottles, Cans, and
other Liquid Containers.
I WILLIAM HENRY WHEELER Stamper and Piercer of No. 95 and Floodgate
Street Birmingham in the County of Warwick do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in and connected with the stoppering of
bottles, cans, and other liquid containers.
By the ordinary method of filling household lamps and stovė lamps the oil is
poured from a can, jar, bottle, or other receptacle direct into the lamp through a
small feed-hole provided in the body of the lamp; in some cases a tun-dish is first
inserted into the feed-hole of lamp; in like manner liquid other than paraffin is
poured from bottles, cans, and containers into other receptacles; in either of such
cases the person pouring liquid from a can, jar, bottle or other vessel provided
with an open mouth is liable to spill the liquid through the open mouth of vessel
instead of pouring it carefully down the lip leading from mouth of vessel.
In the ordinary method of pouring liquid through the mouth of a container, the
whole force of the weight of liquid can be exerted against the mouth-piece when
children or other inexperienced persons attempt to pour paraffin or other inflammable
liquid out of a can or bottle; in such cases the liquid instead of passing out down
the lip of mouth-piece would flow through the open main passage of mouth-piece.
consequently an inexperienced person attempting to pour paraffin from an ordinary
container through the ordinary lip of mouth-piece might accidentally pour a large
portion of the contents of container over the table on which the lamp was set for
filling and over the clothing of the person trying to fill the lamp; it will be readily
understood that bottles or containers made and used in the manner hereinbefore
described are a source of danger to the user.
To remedy the defects in the ordinary method of pouring liquid from containers
hereinbefore described, I proceed in the following manner.
I provide a storage can, a storage bottle, or a receptacle of any convenient size
and shape made out of any suitable material, that is to say I utilize any suitable
receptacle as a storage container.
On the upper part of storage container I provide a necked, cupped, spouted
mouth-piece, which may be a separate piece secured to the storage container, or
which may form a part of the storage container; in either case the month-picce so
constructed is descriptive of old methods of making a liquid container with a
spouted mouth-piece.
My invention consists essentially in providing the new parts hereinafter
described whereby the spouted mouth-piece is converted into a lockable chamber,
by means of which liquid can be poured direct from the container without the use
of a tun-dish.
In carrying out my invention I form the mouth-piece with a lip extended aby
desired length.
I next provide a cap which may be made from a blank of metal or other suitable
material; the cap is provided with a lip corresponding with the lip formed on
mouth-piece so that when the cap is secured to the mouth-piece the two lips form
funnel through which the liquid can flow.

page_text: I next provide a duplex passage stopper which consists of a plate which when
viewed horizontally presents a complete circular disc excepting that a portion of
the periphery of disc is cut away leaving an opening, and beyond such opening on
another portion of the periphery of disc would be provided a projection turned
down at right angles henceforward called the funnel stopper; the main portion of
the flat circular disc would constitute the neck stopper.
Through the horizontal surface of cap I pierce a filling hole, the filling hole
would be situated near the peripheral edge of cap extending to within a quarter of
an inch more or less of the centre of cap; I also pierce the horizontal surface of
cap with a radial locking slot.
In securing the duplex passage stopper to cap and the cap to mouth-piece
I proceed in the following manner, pierce through the centre of cap a rivet hole
and also a corresponding rivet hole through the face of duplex passage stopper,
I then rivet or otherwise secure the duplex passage stopper to the under side of
cap in such a manner that the passage stopper will turn on the rivet or other
fastener, I next secure a locking knob to the passage stopper by passing the shank
of knob through the radial slot provided in the face of cap, the knob protruding
beyond the outer face of cap.
I then take the cap and its connections and place it over the mouth-piece and
secure the cap to the mouth-piece by folding the edge of the cap over the mouth-
piece, or by soldering, brazing, expanding, compressing, or other suitable mechanical
means, thereby consolidating the cap with the mouth-piece and forming the two
parts into a box.
In using my improved stoppering mechanism the duplex passage stopper would
be moved on its central rivet or axis by moving the locking stud within the locking
slot of cap and thus rotating the passage stopper away from the filling hole pierced
in the cap, the bottle, can or other container could then be filled with paraffin or
other liquid through the filling hole.
In using the filled container for the purpose of filling lamps or other vessels the
locking knob would be rotated back into its former position within the locking
slot, such action would rotate the passage stopper on its axis and move the
unpierced portion of passage stopper under the filling hole of cap, thus covering
the inlet passage, the same rotation would move the funnel stopper part of
duplex passage stopper from over the outlet funnel passage, the bottle could
then be tilted in the ordinary manner, such tilting would cause the liquid to flow
through the outer end of funnel; the outer end of funnel can be made of any
suitable configuration and size to suit the passages of lamps or other vessels to be
filled by means of the improved stopper mechanism.
Dated this 2nd day of July 1894.
ALFRED WILLIAM TURNER,
Cobden Buildings, Corporation Street, Birmingham,
Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in and relating to Stoppering Bottles, Cans, and
other Liquid Containers.
I WILLIAM HENRY WHEELER, Stamper and Piercer of No. 95 and Floodgate
Street Birmingham in the County of Warwick 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:-
This invention relates to improvements in and connected with the stoppering of
bottles, caus, and other liquid containers.

page_text: By the ordinary method of filling household lamps and stove-lamps, the oil is
poured from a can, jar bottle, or other receptacle direct into the lamp through a
small feed-hole provided in the body of the lamp; in some cases a tun-dish is first
inserted into the feed-hole of lamp; in like manner liquid other than paraffin is
poured from bottles, cans, and containers into other receptacles; in either cases
the person pouring liquid from a can, jar, bottle or other vessel provided with an
open mouth is liable to spill the liquid through the open mouth of vessel instead of
pouring it carefully down the lip leading from mouth of vessel.
In the ordinary method of pouring liquid through the mouth of a container, the
whole force of the weight of liquid can be exerted against or through the mouth-
piece when children or other inexperienced persons attempt to pour paraffin or
other inflammable liquid out of a can or bottle; in such cases the liquid instead of
passing out down the lip of mouth-piece would flow through the main passage of
mouth-piece, consequently an inexperienced person attempting to pour paraffin
from an ordinary container through the ordinary lip of mouth-piece might
accidentally pour a large portion of the contents of container over the table on
which the lamp was set for filling and over the clothing of the person trying to
fill the lamp; it will be readily understood that bottles or containers made and
used in the manner hereinbefore described are a source of danger to the user.
By the ordinary method of storing paraffin, gin, whiskey, oil and other liquids in
bottles and cans the liquid is likely to become deteriorated by the entrance of air
into the container. My improved mechanism forming a box-chamber with inlet
and outlet passages coverable by means of the duplex passage-stopper can be used
for preserving the contents of the can, bottle or other liquid-container.
To remedy the defects in the ordinary method of pouring liquid from containers
as herein before described I proceed in the following manner.
I provide a storage can, a storage bottle, or a receptacle of any convenient size
and shape made out of any suitable material, that is to say I can utilize any suitable
receptacle as a storage container.
On the upper part of storage containers now in use is usually provided a
necked, cupped, spouted mouth-piece, which is sometimes a separate piece soldered
on to the container and sometimes formed with the container; in either case I wish
it to be distinctly understood that such open mouth-piece made in the old style
manner is not new and consequently is not my invention and I lay no claim to such
old style mouth-piece.
My invention consists essentially in providing the new parts hereinafter
described whereby the old-style open spouted mouth-piece is combined with a
cover and duplex passage-stopper so as to form a lockable chamber, by means of
which liquid can be poured direct from the can, bottle or other container direct
without the use of a tun-dish.
I will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying drawings the
manner in which my invention is constructed and used.
Figure 1 represents a vertical section of Figure 2 on the line A. B.
Figure 2 represents a plan of the completed mouth-piece cap and passage
connected together ready for use.
Figure 3 represents the box-shaped combination shewn at Figures 1 and 2, with
the filling-holes of the cap and the stopper exposed ready to receive liquid.
Figure 4 represents a front view of Figure 1.
Figure 5 represents in detail a plau of the under-side of duplex-passage,
stopper.
Figure 6 represents a front elevation of Figure 5.
Figure 7 represents a side elevation of Figure 5.
In carrying out my invention I provide a necked, cupped, spouted, mouth-
piece a, this mouth-piece is by preference made separate from the bottle or
container and afterwards soldered, brazed, compressed or otherwise mechanically
connected to a metal can or container, or otherwise connected to a bottle, the
bottle connection can be made by cement or by closing the upper part of bottle in

page_text: its plastic state over, the ferrule end of mouth-piece, and when earthenware is used
to form the container such earthenware container can be shaped to receive the
ferrule of my improved combination mouth-piece.
I form my mouth-piece with a lip b extended any desired length. I next
provide a cape which may be made from a blank of sheet metal (preferably) or
from other suitable material. The cap c is provided with a lip d corresponding
with the lip b formed on mouth-piece a, so that when the two lips b and c are
secured together a funnel or spout is produced through which liquid can flow.
The
I next provide the separate piece shewn. in detail at Figures 5, 6 and 7, which
consists of a circular disc from which projects a vertical flange part f forming a
funnel-stopper or spout-stopper, the disc is pierced with a filling-hole g.
main portion of the disc stops the filling-hole g. The cap c is also pierced with a
filling-hole g as shewn at Figure 2 with passage-stopper moved to close the filling-
hole g¹.
In securing the duplex-passage-stopper to cap and the cap to mouth-piece
I proceed in the following manner.
I pierce through the centre of cap a round hole h and also a corresponding
square rivet hole through the face of duplex-passage-stopper. I then rivet or
otherwise secure the duplex-passage-stopper to the under-side of cap in such a
manner that the passage-stopper will turn on the round shank of locking-knob j,
just over the squared rivetted shank of said locking-knob j, the knob protruding
beyond the outer face of cap a sufficient distance for convenient use as shewn.
1 next take the cap and its connections and place the said cap over the mouth-
piece and secure the cap c to the mouth-piece a by folding the edge of cap over
the mouth-piece as shewn at k, or by soldering, brazing, expanding, compressing,
or other suitable mechanical means; thereby consolidating the cap with the mouth-
piece and forming the two parts into a box.
In using my improved stoppering mechanism the duplex passage-stopper would
be moved by means of the square shank of knob j, within the square hole h, thus
rotating the passage-stopper away from the filling-hole g' pierced in the cap.
The
bottle, can, or container could then be filled with paraffin or other liquid through
the filling-hole g¹.
In using the filled can bottle, or other container for the purpose of pouring
paraffin into lamps or for the purpose of pouring whiskey into glasses, or for
the purpose of pouring ink into ink-pots, or for the purpose of pouring medicino
into medicine-bottles or into glasses, or for the purpose of pouring water into
glasses, or for the purpose of pouring any kind of liquid from a liquid-container
fitted with my improved pouring mechanism, the bottle or container would be
tilted in the usual manner to cause the liquid to flow from the outlet spout or
funnel e, and when the container was put back into stock among other filled
containers, the duplex-passage-closer would previously be closed to close the inlet
passage 9 and the outlet passage e, thus preserving the contents of the liquid-
container from deteriorating by evaporation.
I make sets of iny closing mechanism of different sizes to suit different sizes of
bottles and containers. The ferrule part o is shewn short nevertheless I prefer in
some cases to make such ferrule part much longer in proportion than shewn on the
drawings as a convenient means of connecting my boxed pouring mechanism to
wine-bottles.
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 :-
1st. The invention as illustrated and described for use in the manner described.
2nd. The combination of a mouth-piece with a cap to form a box and the use of
a duplex-passage-stopper within the boxed mouth-piece for the purpose of opening
and closing the inlet passage of the boxed mouth-piece and the outlet passage of
such boxed mouth-piece as illustrated and described.

page_text: 3rd. The use of a boxed stoppered mouth-piece as illustrated and described to
form part of a liquid-container made of metal.
4th. The use of a boxed stoppered mouth-piece as illustrated and described to
form part of a glass or earthenware container.
5th. The use of a boxed stoppered mouth-piece as illustrated and described
to form part of a liquid container made of any suitable liquid-containing material.
6th. The making of a duplex-passage-stopper with an inlet passage in the
horizontal disc the disc acting as a closer or stopper to the inlet passage of the
mouthpiece and the flanged part of said disc acting as the stopper to the outlet
passage of boxed mouth-piece.
Dated this 4th day of Anril 1895
ALFRED WILLIAM TURNER,
Cobden Buildings, Corporation Street, Birmingham,
Agent for the Applicant.