Improvements in the Manufacture of Jars, Bottles, Pans, Vases, and similar Vessels.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Feb., 1893-Accepted, 13th May, 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Jars, Bottles, Pans, Vases, and
similar Vessels.
I, GEORGE THOMAS PHILLIPS Adams Avenue Northampton Engineer's
Manager, 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 manufacture of jars, bottles, vases,
pans, and similar vessels, and has reference to the method of rendering these
vessels airtight. The description below is illustrated by the accompanying
drawings:
Fig. 1. a sectional plan of the neck of the bottle or jar.
Fig. 2. a sectional elevation of the same.
Fig. 3. a sectional plan of the stopper or capsule.
Fig. 4. a sectional elevation of the same.
Fig. 5. an outside elevation of the neck of the bottle or jar.
On the exterior of the neck of the bottle or jar A. one or more cam-like or
tapered projections are formed Fig. 5 a. On the interior of the stopper or
capsule B. one or more corresponding cam like or tapered projections are
formed 6 Fig. 4. An elastic washer or pad c, Fig. 4. is fitted in the capsule or
stopper B. On placing the stopper or capsule B over the neck of the bottle or
jar A, and turning either, the meeting of the cam like projections or lugs a', a³, a³,
with the corresponding projections b', 63, 6³, forces the capsule or stopper B. down,
until the top of the jar A. is brought in close contact with the elastic washer or
pad c. The result of this contact between the bottle A. and the elastic washer c
is, that all connection with the outside atmosphere is cut off thus leaving the jar
perfectly airtight.
The elastic washer c may be contained in a groove in the neck of the bottle or
jar A. when the result would be the same. If the top of the capsule, or stopper B,
be of an elastic substance no washer would be required.
The above arrangement of camlike or tapered projections may be varied by
placing one or more projections or lugs on the interior of the jar or bottle A and
on the exterior of the stopper or capsule B. when the action would be the same.
Although the projections or lugs on the capsule or stopper B, and on the bottle
or jar A. are all shewn in the accompanying drawings to be camlike or tapered,
this is not altogether necessary. If the projection or projections on the neck of
the bottle or jar be camlike or tapered, the projection or projections on the stopper
may have parallel surfaces. And if the projections on the capsule or stopper be
camlike or tapered, the projections on the bottle may have parallel surfaces.
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 :-
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1. The combination of one or more camlike or tapered projections on the surface
of a jar, bottle, pan, vase, or similar vessel, with one or more camlike or tapered
projections on a capsule or stopper, substantially as described.
2. The combination of one or more camlike or tapered projections on the surface
of a jar, bottle, pan, vase, or similar vessel, with one or more parallel projections on
a capsule or stopper, substantially as described.
3. The combination of one or more camlike or tapered projections on a capsule
or stopper, with one or more parallel projections on the surface of a jar, bottle, pan,
vase or similar vessel, substantially as described.

page_text: 4. The combination of an elastic ring, washer, or pad with the above described
cover, capsule or stopper, and with the above described jar, bottle, pan, vase, or
similar vessel, substantially as described.
5. The combination of one or more camlike or tapered projections, with the
surface of a jar, bottle, pan, vase, or similar vessel substantially as described.
6. The combination of one or more camlike or tapered projections, with the
surface of a capsule, stopper or cover substantially as described.
7. The combination of any one of the above described parts with the remaining
parts, substantially as described.
Dated this 14th day of February 1893.
GEORGE THOMAS PHILLIPS.