Improvements in Means for Closing Bottles.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 31st May, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 28th Feb., 1890-Accepted, 29th Mar., 1890
:
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means for Closing Bottles.
I JOHN REDFERN of 6 Boardman Street, Hyde, in the County of Chester, Tin
Plate Worker, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as follows:-
My Invention relates principally to the bottles which are used to contain aerated
waters and fermented liquors which exert more or less of pressure upon the closing
corks or stoppers of the bottles and the object of my Invention is to provide means
whereby the mouths of such hottles may be readily and effectually closed and be
quickly and easily opened when the contents are required. I form a square or
rectangular or suitably shaped part upon the upper part of the neck of the bottle to
receive a slide holder in which is mounted a sliding shutter or valve which can be
slid to and fro to cover and uncover the mouth of the bottle. The said slide holder
is by preference stamped or formed from sheet steel or other suitable resilient metal
or alloy so that it can be sprung into position upon the part prepared to receive it or
may be slid into position and be secured by clamping or turning under projecting
parts or by suitable means. When the bottle is to be closed a stopper of cork or
suitable material is placed in the mouth of the bottle and the sliding shutter is pushed
On withdrawing the
into position to prevent the stopper from being forced out.
shutter the pressure within the bottle will in ordinary cases force out the stopper.
As the said stopper need not be of great length or thickness it is comparatively
inexpensive.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
İmprovements in Means for Closing Bottles.
I JOHN REDFERN of 6 Boardman Street, Hyde, in the County of Chester, Tin
Plate Worker, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention and in what manner
the saime, is to be performed to be. particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement and accompanying drawings
:-
My Invention relates principally to the bottles which are used to contain aerated
waters and fermented liquors whicli exert more or less of pressure upon the closing
corks or stoppers of the bottles and the object of my Invention is to provide means
whereby the mouths of such bottles may be readily and effectually closed and be
quickly and easily opened when the contents are required. 1 form a square or
rectangular or a round or suitably shaped collar upon the upper part of the neck of
the bottle to receive a sliding shutter or valve which can be slid to and fro to cover
and uncover the mouth of the bottle. When the bottle is to be closed a stopper of
cork or suitable material is placed in the mouth of the bottle and the sliding shutter
The nature of
is pushed into position to prevent the stopper from being forced out.
my Invention will be best understood when the same is described more fully with
reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings. In the said drawings Fig. 1
represents the neck of a bottle broken off to save space in the drawings. Fig. 2 is a
plan view of the same and Fig. 3 represents a vertical section of the bottle neck.
Fig. 4 represents the upper part of the neck shown in Fig. 1 as it would appear if
turned a quarter round. In the said Figs. a is a collar formed on the top of the
bottle neck and bis the sliding shutter. The said shutter is by preference formed
from tinned sheet steel but it may be made of tinned sheet iron or brass or from any

page_text: suitable metal or alloy. The shutter is formed with a flat upper face and has its four
edges turned down so as to form a recess to receive the collar a. The extreme
edges of the longer sides of the shutter are turned inward so as to project below
the collar a as seen in Fig. 4 wherein the shutter appears in section.
These turned under edges b'keep the shutter in place upon the mouth of the
bottle but permit the shutter to be slid backward and forward between the two
positions indicated in Figs. 1 and 3. When the shutt r is made of sheet steel or of
a resilient metal or alloy it may be sprung into place but if preferred the shutter
may be secured by turning in one or both of the edges after the application to the
bottle. A circular aperture is formed near one end of the shutter. When the
shutter is in the position indicated in Figs. 1 and 2 this aperture is over the mouth
of the bottle so that the bottle can be filled and a cork can be passed through the
aperture into position to close the mouth of the bottle. When the shutter is pushed
over into the position indicated in Fig. 3 the close end 6 of the shutter is brought
over the cork and prevents it from being forced out. In Fig. 3 d represents the
cork. As this cork is smaller than the corks ordinarily required it is comparatively
inexpensive. In place of a cork a stopper of a suitable nature may be used. When
it is desirable to discharge the contents of the bottle the shutter must be pushed over
by pressing upon the end 62, whereby the aperture will be brought over the cork
which is then free to be driven out by the internal pressure of the contents of the
bottle or to be withdrawn. I may vary the formation of the bottle neck or mouth
and of the slide or shutter so long as there is a sliding part which can be pushed
into position over the cork to prevent it from being forced out.
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 :-
1) The sliding shutter formed with an aperture and mounted upon the upper
end of a bottle neck substantially as and for the purpose set forth and indicated.
2) The bottle neck or mouth adapted to receive a sliding shutter in combination
with a shutter or part which can be slid into position either to keep the cork in
place or to permit it to be driven out or withdrawn substantially as set forth and
indicated.
Dated this 27th day of February 1890
DUTTON & FULTON,
1, St. James Square, Manchester, Agents.