IMPROVEMENTS IN BOTTLES AND IN THE MODE OF the Invention of OR CLOSING THE SAME.
Year: 1870

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Hiram Codd, of No. 6, Park Place, Caledonian
Road, in the County of Middlesex, Soda Water Manufacturer, for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN BOTTLES AND IN THE MODE OF
the Invention of
OR CLOSING THE SAME.
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Hiram Codd at the
.
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
24th November 1870.
I, HIRAM CODp, of No. 6, Park Place, Caledonian Road, in the
County of Middlesex, Soda Water Manufacturer, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BOTTLES AND IN THE
PODE OF STOPPING OR CLOSING THE SAME," to be as follows:-
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The first part of this Invention relates to the closing of bottles by
the sides or circumferences of their corks or stoppers instead of by the
ends thereof as ordinarily practised. For this purpose the neck of the
bottle is made with a top picce, having a cylindrical passage or opening
within it to receive the cork or stopper. This passage or opening is
siluated transversely to the direction of the neck of the bottle, and

page_text: communicates with its interior, so that the contents of the bottle may
be poured out through the neck and top piece when the cork or stopper
is withdrawn.
The second part of the Invention relates to bottles for containing
acrated or gaseous liquids, and consists in making such bottles so that
their necks or orifices may be stopped or closed by glass stoppers con-
tained within the bottles themselves and kept against their seats in the
necks or orifices by the pressure against such stoppers of the gases
contained within the bottles. For this purpose in manufacturing a
bottle according to this part of my Invention a long tapering glass
stopper formed with a stem and carefully ground is placed within the
body of the bottle in the process of manufacture, so as to lic loosely
therein with the smaller end of the stopper towards the neck of the
bottle. The passage in the neck of the bottle is made to correspond in
size and form with, and is suitably ground to receive the glass stopper,
which is kept in position by the pressure of the gases in the bottle
against the base of the stopper.
SPECIFICATION filed in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters.
Patent, and of an Order of the Lord Chancellor, by the said Hiram
Codd in the Great Scal Patent Office on the 30th May 1871.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HIRAM
Coun, of No. 6, Park Place, Caledonian Road, in the County of
Middlesex, Soda Water Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Ier
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fourth day of November, in:
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy, in the
thirty-fourth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto me, the said Hiram Codd, Her special
licence that hc, the said Hiram Codd, his executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as he, the said Hiram Codd, his exccutors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agreo with, and no
others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the form
therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise,
and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS

page_text: IN BOTTLES AND IN THE MODE OF STOPPING OR CLOSING THE SAME," upon the
condition (amongst others) that he, the said Hiram Codd, his executors
or administrators, by an instrument in writing under his, or their, or
one of their hands and scals, should particularly describe and ascertain
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was
to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Scal
Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after
the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Hiram Codd, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be.
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:-
The first part of this Invention relates to the closing of bottles by
the sides or circumference of their corks or stoppers instead of by the
ends thereof as ordinarily practised. For this purpose the neck of the
bottle is made with a top picce having a cylindrical passage or opening
within it to receive the cork or stopper. This passage or opening is
situated transversely to the direction of the neck of the bottle, and
communicates with its interior, so that the contents of the bottle may
be poured out through the neck and top piece when the cork or stopper
is withdrawn.
The second part of the Invention relates to bottles for containing
acrated or gaseous liquids, and consists in making such bottles so that
their necks or orifices may be stopped or closed by glass stoppers or by
loose, balls contained within the bottles themselves, and kept against
their scats in the necks or orifices by the pressure against such stoppers
For this purpose in manu-
of the gases contained within the bottles.
facturing a bottle according to this part of my Invention, when it is
desired to close the bottle by means of a ground glass stopper, a long
0 tapering glass stopper formed with a stem and carefully ground is placed
within the body of the bottle in the process of manufacture, so as to
lic loosely therein with the smaller end of the stopper towards the
nock of the bottle. The passage in the neck of the bottle is made to
correspond in size and form with, and is suitably ground to receive the
5 glass stopper, which is kept in position by the pressure of the gases in
the bottle against the base of the stopper.
In cases where it is desired to close the bottle by means of a loose
ball contained within the bottle, I place in the bottle a ball made by

page_text: preference of glass, but which may be made of wood, cork, india-rubber,
white gutta percha, or any other material suitable for making a stopper
impervious to liquid or gas, and which would not communicate any
taste to the liquid, such ball is made perfectly true and spherical, and
is of such a diameter as just to move freely in the neck of the bottle.
The bottle is manufactured with a small anuular groove in the inside
of the upper end of the neck capable of receiving the ring herein-after
mentioned. This groove will vary with the size of the latter; in an
ordinary sized soda water bottle, it will be about one quarter of an inch
in height, and from one-cighth to three-sixteenths of an inch deep, but
I do not confine myself to these exact proportions. In this annular
groove and closely fitting it I place a ring of cork, india-rubber, or
gutta percha of such a thickness that about one half of the ring will
project beyond the mouth of the groove, and will prevent the ball from
passing it. When the bottle is charged with any gascous or effervescing
liquid the
pressure of the gas forces the moveable ball up to the neck
and against the projecting portion of the above mentioned ring, and
the bottle is thus made perfectly air-tight. When it is required to make.
use of the bottle the ball is passed down with a lever or other mechanical
meaus and the liquid of course escapes.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, I claim the mode
of manufacturing bottles and of stopping and closing the same substan-
tially as hercin described.
In witness whereof, the said Hiram Codd, hath hereunto set his hand
and seal, this Twenty-fourth day of May, in the year of our Lord
Signed and scaled by the said
Hiram Codd, in the presence of
EDWARD NORTON,
HIRAM CODD. (L.S.)
Clerk to Messrs. Hathaway & Andrews,
12, Bedford Row, Solicitors..

page_text: I HIRE CODD Gratechurch Street in the City of London late of 6 Park
Place Caledonian Road in the County of Middlesex Soda Water Manufacturer seek
leave to amend the specification of Letters Patent, No. 3070 of 1870, as shown
in red ink in the copy of the original specification hereunto annexed and marked
with the letter A
My reasons for making this amendment are as follows:
Because it has recently come to my mowledge that before the date of my Patent
I had been suggested by M William Young in the Specification of a Patent
granted to him N° 12247 in the year 1848 to close bottles in a somewhat similar
manner to that described as the first part of my Invention.
And because when closing a bottle by means of a loose ball stopper contained
within the bottle in conjunction with an elastic ring fitted into an annular groove
formed around the inside of the upper end of the neck as described in the last part
of my specification. I now always form the ball of glass and because I now.
consider glass to be so far superior to any other material for making the ball
that I do not desire to retain any claim to making the ball of other material than
glass.
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page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Hiram Codd, of No. 6, Park Place, Caledonian Road, in
the County of Middlesex, Soda Water Manufacturer, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN BOTTLES AND IN THE MODE OF STOPPING OR CLOSING
THE SAME."
Sealed the 23rd May 1871, in pursuance of an Order of the Lord Chancellor, and
dated the 24th November 1870
Sealed the 23rd May 1871, in pursuance of an Order of the Lord Chancellor, and
dated the 24th November 1870
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Hiram Codd at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 24th November
1870.
I, HIRAM OODD of No. 6 Park Place, Caledonian Road, in the County of
Middlesex, Soda Water Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BOTTLES AND IN THE MODE OF STOPPING OR
CLOSING THE SAME," to be as follows:-
The first part of this Invention relates to the closing of bottles by the sides or
circumferences of their corks or stoppers instead of by the ends thereof as ordinarily
practised. For this purpose the neek of the bottle is made with a top piece having
a cylindrical passage or opening within it to receive the cork or stopper. This
passage or opening is situated transversely to the direction of the neck of the
bottle and communicates with its interior so that the contents of the bottle
may be poured out through the neck and top piece when the cork or stopper is
withdrawn.
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The second part of the Invention relates to bottles for containing aerated or
gaseous liquids and consists in making such bottles so that their necks or orifices
may be stopped or closed by glass stoppers contained within the bottles themselves
and kept against their seats in the necks or orifices by the pressure against
such stoppers of the gases contained within the bottles. For this purpose in
manufacturing a bottle according to this part of my Invention a long tapering
glass stopper formed with a stem and carefully ground is placed within the body of
the bottle in the process of manufacture so as to lie loosely therein with the smaller
end of the stopper towards the neck of the bottle. The passage in the neck of
the bottle is made to correspond in size and form with and is suitably ground to
receive the glass stopper which is kept in position by the pressure of the gases in
the bottle against the base of the stopper.
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page_text: SPECIFICATION filed in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, and
of an Order of the Lord Chancellor, by the said Hiram Codd in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 30th May 1871.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME I HIRAM CODD
of No. 6 Park Place Caledonian Road in the County of Middlesex Soda Water
Manufacturer send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria by Her Letters
Patent bearing date the Twenty-fourth day of November in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and seventy in the thirty-fourth year of Her reign
did for Herself Her heirs and successors give and grant unto the said Hiram
Codd Her special licence that he the said Hiram Codd his executors administrators
and assigns or such others as he the said Hiram Codd his executors administrators
and assigns should at any time agree with and no others from time to time and
at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed should and lawfully
might make use exercise and vend within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN BOTTLES AND IN THE MODE OF STOPPING OR CLOSING THE SAME
upon the
condition (amongst others) that he the said Hiram Codd his executors or
administrators by an instrument in writing under his or their or one of their
hands and seals should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the
said Invention and in what manner the same was to be performed and cause the
same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next
and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
"
NOW KNOW YE that I the said Hiram Codd do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
The first part of this Invention relates to the closing of bottles by the sides or
circumference of their corks or stoppers instead of by the ends thereof as ordinarily
practised. For this purpose the nook of the bottle is made with a top piece having
a-cylindrical passage or opening within it to receive the cork or stopper. This
passage or opening is situated transversely to the direction of the neck of the
bottle and communicates with its interior so that the contents of the bottle may be
poured out through the neck and top piece when the cork or stopper is withdrawn.
The second part of the This Invention relates to bottles for containing aerated
or gaseous liquids and consists in making such bottles so that their necks or orifices
may be stopped or closed by glass stoppers or by loose balls contained within the
bottles themselves, and kept against their seats in the necks or orifices by the
pressure against such stoppers of the gases contained within the bottles. For this
purpose in manufacturing a bottle according to this part of my Invention when it
is desired to close the bottle by means of a ground glass stopper a long tapering
glass stopper formed with a stem and carefully ground is placed within the body of
the bottle in the process of manufacture so as to lie loosely therein with the smaller
end of the stopper towards the neck of the bottle. The passage in the neck of the
bottle is made to correspond in size and form with and is suitably ground to receive
the glass stopper which is kept in position by the pressure of the gases in the
bottle against the base of the stopper.

page_text: In cases where it is desired to close the bottle by means of a loose ball contained
within the bottle I place in the bottle a ball made by-preference of glass but which
may be made of wood-cork india-rubber-white gutta percha or any other material
suitable for making a stepper impervious to liquid or gas and which would not
communicate any taste to the liquid such ball is made perfectly true and spherical,
and is of such a diameter as just to move freely in the neck of the bottle. The
bottle is manufactured with a small annular groove in the inside of the upper end
of the neck capable of receiving the ring herein-after mentioned. This groove will
vary with the size of the latter in an ordinary sized soda water bottle it will be
about one quarter of an inch in height and from one-eighth to three-sixteenths of an
inch deep but I do not confine myself to these exact proportions. In this annular
groove and closely fitting it I place a ring of cork india-rubber or gutta percha of
such a thickness that about one half of the ring will project beyond the mouth of
the groove and will prevent the ball from passing it. When the bottle is charged
with any gaseous or effervescing liquid the pressure of the gas forces the moveable
ball up to the neck and against the projecting portion of the above mentioned ring
and the bottle is thus made perfectly air-tight. When it is required to make use
of the bottle the ball is passed down with a lever or other mechanical means and
the liquid of course escapes.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention I claim the mode of
manufacturing bottles and of stopping and closing the same substantially as herein
described.
In witness whereof the said Hiram Codd hath hereunto set his hand and seal
this Twenty-fourth dow of Men in the woan of any La 10771
Signed and sealed by the said
Hiram Codd in the presence of
EDWARD NORTON
Clerk to Messrs. Hathaway & Andrews
12 Bedford Row Solicitora.
HIRAM CODD. (L.S.)