An Improved Mould or Appliance for Forming Bottles and the like.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Dec., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 30th Sept., 1898-Accepted, 5th Nov., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Mould or Appliance for Forming Bottles and the like.
I, DAVID OLIVER, of River House, Castleford, in the County of York, Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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The improved mould, or appliance, embodied in this invention consists of an
attachment to an ordinary bottle mould, consisting of a stud, which moves through
a punt, for producing a circular indent in the bottom of the bottle, or like vessel;
and, also, a method of contracting a smaller diameter, than could be produced
by any ordinary bottle mould, in any desired position, for forming chambers,
or compartments, in bottles, or the like vessels.
Both attachments are worked separately, or together as required; and are
brought into action after closing the bottle mould, or during the act of closing
mould, if desired.
The attachment for obtaining the smaller contracted diameter on bottle, or
like vessel; is produced by a tool, or bit, which works in slots, provided at the side
of the mould, in the positions desired for forming the contractions, upon the
bottle or like vessel.
The object of this invention is for producing bottles, or like vessels, which may
be formed into two or more compartments, intended to contain powders or liquids.
Dated this 30th day of December 1897.
An Improved Mould or Appliance for Forming Bottles and the like.
I, DAVID OLIVER, of River House, Castleford, in the County of York, Engineer,
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:-
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The improved mould or appliance embodied in this invention consists of an
attachment to an ordinary bottle mould consisting of a punch which moves through a
punt for producing a circular indent in the bottom of the bottle or like vessel,
and also a method of contracting a smaller diameter, than could be produced
by any ordinary bottle mould, in any desired position, for forming chambers,
or compartments in bottles or like vessels. Both attachments are worked separately,
or together, as required, and are brought into action after closing the bottle mould,
or during the act of closing the bottle mould, if desired.

page_text: The attachment for obtaining the smaller contracted diameter on the bottle or
like vessel is produced by a tool or bit which works in slots provided at the sides
of the mould, in the position desired for forming the contractions upon the bottle
or like vessel.
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The object of the invention is the production of appliances for making bottles
or like vessels formed in two or more compartments, the said bottles being pro-
vided also with circular indentations at their bases.
In order to more fully explain my invention I have annexed a drawing on which
Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a mould fitted with my appliances: Fig. 2 is a
corresponding side elevation; Fig. 3 is a plan of the bottom lever, etc. Fig. 4 is
a plan of the base of the mould: Fig. 5 is a sectional plan of the mould at the
point of its restricted diameter showing the tools or bits; and Fig. 6 is referred
to later. The same letters refer to the same parts in all the figures.
A is the bottle mould, with its diameter restricted at B, and with its hinge pin
at C. The usual arms E, E, are attached to the body A, and these are drawn up
by the links F, F, which are suspended from the lever G; whose fulcrum is at M.
The end of this lever is depressed by the workman's foot when it is desired to
close the mould. When the pedal end of this lever is released the two sides
of the mould are free to fall open in the usual way.
The mould is specially hinged at C in such a way that the punch K which works
through the "punt" L is not disturbed or dissarranged, see Fig. 4. The punch K
is supported and actuated by the bottom lever M, whose fulcrum is at N, and
whose outer end is coupled to the pedal J by the links 0, 0. The hinge pin C
is supported on two brackets C and C, this latter bracket being arranged to
support the fulcrum pin N of the bottom lever. This lever M is held in a raised
position by a spring P, which, together with the brackets C¹ and C is supported
on the base plate Q. From this bed also rises the pillar R, at whose head the
pedal lever fulcrum H is situated. It will be noticed that the bottom eye of the
links 0, 0, is slotted so that the pedal lever J may have additional freedom of
movement, and only thrust the punch K up into action during the latter part of
the stroke.
Attached by eyes to the links F, F, are the lower rods S, S, which in turn engage
with the bell-crank-levers T, T, fulcrumed at T', T, on studs attached, respectively,
to the two halves of the mould A. The other ends of the bell-crank-levers engage
with rods U, U; which terminate in the tools or bits V, V, which work in the
slots provided at the restricted positions B beforementioned, see Fig. 5. Both
the rods S, S, and U, U, are fitted with springs and nuts, as shown, by which the
outer ends of the links are held in extended positions. By a suitable adjustment
of the springs on S, S, these rods may be drawn into action sooner or later.
Plates W, W, serve as guides to the rods U..U.
The modus operandi is as follows; supposing for example the work to be done
in two steps: The mould being open, the workman introduces the immature
bottle, after which he closes the mould and inflates the bottle Up to this point
nothing novel has been done. The workman now further depresses the pedal
whereupon the punch K indents the bottom of the glass bottle, whilst the bits V, V,
are advanced into the mould, the bottle meanwhile being turned or revolved inside
the mould in order to bring the appliance to bear on the glass all round.
before stated the operation may be carried on whilst the mould is being closed,
suitable adjustments of the springs on S, S, being made as before mentioned to
regulate the entry of the bits. When it is desired to hasten or retard, or otherwise
adjust, the action of the punch K, the position of the slot at the foot of the rod, O,
may be altered, relatively, and to this end, a right and left hand screw attachment
may be arranged as shown at X in Fig. 2.
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It will be seen that in this way two or more compartments may be produced
(additional hits, etc., being arranged in the desired positions for the extra waists)
and it follows that the diameters may be restricted to almost any extent.

page_text: In case it were wished to introduce a hinge pin at C such as should run right
across the base of the body, the punch, K, would require arranging as a strap
through which the hinge pin would be passed as shown at Fig. 6. Here a slotted
hole around the hinge pin allows free play to the base of the punch. The base
may with advantage be circular and work in a circular guide Ỷ which assists in
keeping it in its central position when the mould is open.
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. The improved mould or appliance for forming bottles or the like with two
or more compartments, consisting of a waist contracting device attached to a more
or less ordinary mould, with or without the additional base indenting device, sub-
star tially as described herein and shown on the drawing.
2. The improved moulding appliances, attached to a more or less ordinary bottle
mould, consisting of two or more tools or bits V, V, advanced inwards for waist
contracting purposes, after or during the closing of the mould, substantially as
described herein and shown on the drawing.
3. The improved moulding appliance, attached to a more or less ordinary bottle
mould, consisting of a punch K introduced into the base for indenting purposes,
after or during the closing of the mould, with and without waist contracting
devices, substantially as described herein and' shown on the drawing.
4. The improved mould, arranged, constructed, and operated, substantially as
described and shown, with the object and for the purpose set forth.
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LILIS
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WM. SNOWDON,
Agent for the Applicant,
(Box W.S.) 24, Basinghall Street, Leeds, Yorks.