Improvements connected with Stoppering Bottles.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Dec., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 25th Apr., 1893-Accepted, 27th May, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements connected with Stoppering Bottles.
We JAMES CROSSLEY ENO, of Pomeroy Street, New Cross S.E. Manufacturing
Chemist, and ROBERT JACKSON of 23 The Gardens, Peckham Rye, Surrey S.E.
Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
.
The improvements according to this invention refer to the stoppering of bottles
with glass stoppers. We have found in practice that in the manufacture of bottles
and glass stoppers in large quantities that a good deal of time is lost in fitting the
stoppers to suit the bottles as there are considerable variations in the mouth of the
bottle and in the diameter of the stopper. This to a certain extent is overcome by.
lining the throat of the neck with a layer of cork to act upon the tapered stem of
the stopper. In the insertion of stoppers in this way it is usual to drive them in
by inverting the bottle and striking the stopper upon a soft material such as a
layer of india rubber, then the contact of the underside of the glass stopper with
top of neck of bottle frequently breaks the stopper or bottle, or splinters the glass
which splinters may find their way into the bottle. To prevent this and enable the
stoppers to be inserted in the usual way we fit upon the stem of stopper a washer
of a soft material to prevent contact with the glass of stopper and top of neck
of bottle.
Dated this 10th day of December 1892.
FREDERIC PRINCE,
Agent for Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements connected with Stoppering Bottles.
We JAMES CROSSLEY ENO of Pomeroy Street, New Cross S.E. Manufacturing
Chemist and ROBERT JACKSON of 23 The Gardens, Peckham Rye, Surrey, S.E.
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 :-
The improvements according to this invention refer to the stoppering of bottles
with glass stoppers. We have found in practice that in the manufacture of bottles
and glass stoppers in large quantities that a good deal of time is lost in fitting
the stoppers to suit the bottles, as there are considerable variations in the mouth
of the bottle and in the diameter of the stopper. This to a certain extent is
overcome by lining the throat of the neck with a layer of cork to act upon the
tapered stem of the stopper. In the insertion of stoppers in this way it is usual
to drive them in by inverting the bottle and striking the stopper upon a soft
material such as a layer of india-rubber then the contact of the underside of the
glass stopper with top of neck of bottle, frequently breaks the stopper or bottle, or
splinters the glass, which splinters may find their way into the bottle. To prevent
this and enable the stoppers to be inserted in the usual way we fit upon the stem
of stopper a washer of a soft material to prevent contact with the glass of stopper
and top of neck of bottle.
In the accompanying drawings,
Figure 1 is a perspective view of bottle mouth and stopper. Figure 2 section of
same.
A head of stopper, B tapered stem of same C throat lining of cork D washer

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is:-
In the stoppering of bottles with glass stoppers the combination with a glass
stopper having a tapered stem and a bottle with a cork lined throat of a washer of
suitable material placed upon the stem of stopper to come under the head so that
the stopper may be driven in by a blow, to enable the tapered stem to compress the
cork, to securely close the mouth of bottle and at same time avoid the contact
of the glass of the underside of head of stopper with the top of bottle mouth.
Dated this 2nd day of March 1893.
FREDERIC PRINCE,
1, Quality Court, London, W.C., Agent for Applicants.