Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Sept., 1886.
Complete Left, 9th June, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 12th July, 1887.
We, DANIEL WILLIAM BLAXTER of 60 Lincoln's Inn Fields in the County of
Middlesex, Engineer, and SOLOMON GREAVES PAGE of 26 Baring Street, New North
Road, Hoxton, in the County of Middlesex, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object the production of a bottle and stopper in which the
contents can be perfectly secured and released without coming into contact with any
other substances than porcelain, glass, cork, ivory or bone, thus dispensing with the
deleterious substances such as vulcanite, india-rubber and other compositions hitherto
used in this class of bottle.
It also relates to improvements in the manufacture of bottles and stoppers set forth
in our Specification No. 14294 A.D. 1885, which had the same title and in which we
had the same object as we have in this.
We, in the first place, form the neck of a bottle with an internal right-handed screw
thread, and below this thread an angular seating, the upper portion of which is conical
and the lower portion flat. Our object in having the seating this shape is to ensure
that the cone squeezes the cork well together previous to its reaching the flat portion of
the seating, which forms a stubborn resistance to the downward pressure, thus doubly
securing a perfect joint.
In the second place, we construct a stopper of hardwood, porcelain, or other
suitable material having a complete or segment thread and being hollow at its base as
described in our former specification already referred to, but instead of using the left-
handed set-screw therein mentioned, we propose now to use a right-handed set-screw,
having the upper portion immediately under the head, plain, this plain part being of
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page_text: the same diameter as the outside measurement of the set-screw, to enable a hollow
cork to turn round upon it without loosening the set-screw; or, instead of the base of
the stopper being hollow we propose to have a parallel stem projecting from the centre
of the base of the main stopper having a right or left-handed screw thread at its
extremity, on which we screw a nut thus holding a hollow cork between the base of
the main stopper and the inner face of the nut; or to have the stem quite plain as
well as parallel, and fit upon it a collar, having a hole pierced through it and the stem,
to receive a small pin of ivory, bone, or other suitable material, thus holding a hollow
cork between the base of the main stopper and the inner face of the collar.
By either of these means we can replace the hollow corks as required.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Screw-neck Bottles and Stoppers for same having
Joints made of Cork.
We, DANIEL WILLIAM BLAXTER of 60 Lincoln's Inn Fields in the County of
Middlesex, Engineer, and SOLOMON GREAVES PAGE of 26 Baring Street, New North
Road, Hoxton, in the County of Middlesex, 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 :-
This Invention has for its object the production of a Bottle and Stopper in which
the contents can be perfectly secured and released without coming into contact with
any other substances than Porcelain, Glass, Ivory and Cork, and thus dispensing with
all deleterious substances such as vulcanite, india-rubber and other compositions
hitherto used in this class of bottle.
It also relates to Improvements in the manufacture of Bottles and Stoppers as set
forth in our Specification No. 14294 A.D. 1885 which had the same title and in which
we had the same object as we have in this.
We, in the first place, form the neck of a bottle with an internal right-handed
screw thread and below this thread an angular seating the upper portion of which is
conical and the lower portion flat (as shown in Figure 1 in the accompanying
drawings). Our object in having the seating this shape is to ensure that the cone
squeezes the cork well together previous to its reaching the flat portion of the seating,
which forms a stubborn resistance to the downward pressure caused by the stopper
being screwed into the bottle, thus doubly securing a perfect joint.
Secondly, we construct a stopper of hardwood, porcelain or other suitable material
having a complete or segment thread and being hollow at its base as described in our
former specification already referred to, but instead of a left handed set-screw therein
mentioned we purpose now to use a right handed set-screw having the upper portion
immediately under the head plain, this plain part being of the same diameter as the
outside measurement of the screwed part to enable a hollow cork to turn round upon
it without loosening the set screw. We make the lower portion of the head
of the set-screw milled or a series of slight projections so as to make it quite
easy for screwing in and out with the thumb and fingers without the aid of any
second appliance such as a screw-driver etc. Figure 3 is the sectional elevation of
the base of stopper, Figure 5 is the plan of the head of set-screw, and Figure 4 is the
sectional elevation of set-screw with hollow cork attached.
Thirdly, we construct a stopper in the same manner as the aforesaid, only instead
of the base of the stopper being hollow we propose to have a parallel stem projecting
from the centre of the base of the main stopper, having a screw thread right or left-
handed at its extremity on which we screw a porcelain cap-nut thus holding a hollow
cork between the base of the main stopper and the inner face of the nut. Figures 2
and 6 are the plan and elevation of said stopper and Figures 8 and 7 are plan and
sectional elevation of cap-nut.

page_text: Or, instead of any of the foregoing arrangements at the base of the stopper, we
propose to have the stem which projects from the base of the main stopper quite plain
and a slight shoulder at its extremity in which we fit a porcelain washer having a hole
pierced right through the washer and the stem, in which hole we put a small pin of
ivory or bone thus holding the hollow cork between the base of the main stopper and
the inner face of the porcelain washer. Figure 9 is the sectional elevation of the
base of the stopper, Figures 11 and 10 are the sectional elevation and plan of the
porcelain washer.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our Invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we claim is :-
:-
(1) A bottle with an internal screw-neck having a seating (below the thread) the
shape as described heretofore.
(2) A Stopper having a complete or segment thread, having arrangements at its
base as herein described.
DANIEL WILLIAM BLAXTER.
SOLOMON GREAVES PAGE.