IMPROVEMENTS IN: THE MANUFACTURE OF BOTTLES AND IN TOOLS TO BE USED IN FORMING THE SAME to be as follows:
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
I HIRAM CODD of N° 41 Gracechurch Street in the City of London Bottle
Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN:
THE MANUFACTURE OF BOTTLES AND IN TOOLS TO BE USED IN FORMING THE SAME
to be as follows:-
"
In the manufacture of bottles the ring or head around the top of the neck has
usually been formed by means of tongs the two arms of which have at their ends
each carried a block.
The blocks have been made to grasp between them the head or ring of the bottle
whilst still soft and then by turning the bottle or the tool the whole circumference
of the head or ring has been moulded to a form corresponding with the form of the
inner faces of the two blocks.
The tongs have also been made with a central plug or core to enter the mouth of
the neck during the time that the exterior of the head or ring is being shaped or
moulded.
According to my invention in place of forming the tongs with a fixed block at the
end of each of its arms I form the end of each arın as a pin or pivot and mount a
roller upon it.
One or both of the rollers I make of the same diameter as the diameter to which
the head or ring of the bottle has to be moulded.
The circumference of this roller may have any desired indentations or projections.
formed upon it to mould corresponding indentations or projections upon the exterior
of the head or ring of the bottle.
In this way the head or ring of a bottle may have any name moulded in or upon³
it or it may have longitudinal and transverse grooves formed in it or it may be
pierced with one or more small holes or the roller might have a screw thread cut
around it to mould a screw thread around the exterior of the ring or head-In this
case the roller would be made capable not only of turning around the pin which
carries it but also of moving a distance endwise along it.
The roller which has the projections or indentations formed upon it might be·
carried by an independent arm and be moved inwards at the time when the tongs
are closed.
Dated this 21st day of July 1884

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
I, HIRAM CODD of No 41 Gracechurch Street in the City of London Bottle
Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOTTLES AND IN TOOLS TO BE USED IN FORMING THE
SAME" and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
In the manufacture of bottles the ring or head around the top of the neck has
usually been formed by means of tongs the two arms of which have at their ends
each carried a block.
"
The blocks have been made to grasp between them the head or ring of the bottle
whilst still soft and then by turning the bottle or the tool the whole circumference
of the bead or ring has been moulded to a form corresponding with the form of the
inner faces of the two blocks.
The tongs have also been made with a central plug or core to enter the mouth of
the neck during the time that the exterior of the head or ring is being shaped or
moulded.
According to my invention in place of forming the tongs with a fixed block at
the end of each of its arms I form the end of each arm as a pin or pivot and mount
a roller upon it.
One or both of the rollers I make of the same diameter as the diameter to which
the head or ring of the bottle has to be moulded.
The circumference of this roller may have any desired indentations or projections
formed upon it to mould corresponding indentations or projections upon the exterior
of the head or ring of the bottle.
In this way the head or ring of a bottle may have any name moulded in or
upon it or it may have longitudinal and transverse grooves formed in it or it may
be pierced with one or more small holes.
The roller which has the projections or indentations formed upon it might be
carried by an independent arm and be moved inwards at the time when the tongs
are closed.
Figure 1 shews a side elevation of tongs formed as above described with rollers
mounted upon pins at the extremities of its two arms,
A A are the arms of the tongs each formed at its end into a pin or spindle A'-
B B are rollers mounted on these pins-C is the central plug or core which enters
the mouth of the bottle-D the usual disc or swiller plate at the base thereof an
end view of this plate is shewn at Figure 2 to shew the way in which it is cut
away to allow the rollers to approach within the required distance of one another-
The core C and disc D are as usual carried by a stem E which is kept central by a
moveable slide F which is capable of sliding to and fro along the stem and at its
ends has slots formed in it through which pins are passed into the two arms. A.
With a tool of this description either one or other of the rollers might have
projections of any desired form standing out from it to make corresponding
indentations in the head of a bottle and this roller must then be of the same

page_text: diameter as the exterior diameter of the head of the bottle or in some case of one
half its diameter-As before stated the roller which has the projections upon it
might be carried by an independent arm and only be moved inwards after the
tongs have been closed and when the head of the bottle has been reduced to the
diameter required so that the roller which is to form the indentations in the head
may only be brought to bear upon the head after it has been brought to the same
diameter as this roller so that the roller may make one complete revolution as it
rolls around it.-Or to effect the same object the roller might be retained from
revolving during the first part of the operation of moulding the head to form
having at this time a smooth portion of its circumference towards the head of the
bottle which is being formed and then when the head of the bottle has been
brought to the same diameter as the roller the roller might be released and allowed
to revolve so as to make the required impressions in the head of the bottle.
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. Forming tongs or tools used for shaping the heads of bottles with rollers
mounted upon the ends of the arms of the tongs or tools in place of fixed blocks as
heretofore.
2. The construction and use of tools used in forming the heads of bottles
substantially in the manner herein before described.