Bottles, Jars, and other Vessels of any Configuration.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Feb., 1887
Complete Left, 15th Nov., 1887
Complete Accepted, 16th Dec., 1887
Bottles, Jars, and other Vessels of any Configuration.
I JOHN THOMAS CREASY of 113 Great Dover Street in the County of Surrey
Engineer and Tool maker do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
In place of the glazing tool at present in use for glazing the necks of glass bottles
and jars and which are applicable only to those having circular necks, mouths or
openings I have invented and use a tool which will glaze the edges of vessels, (such
as battery jars) having mouths of any configuration and with or without lips thereto,
by the use of which improved glazing tool I save the great labor, time and loss by
breakage and chipping incidental to the present process of grinding down to a level
the necks of such irregular shaped vessels, such savings I calculate will amount to
about 75 per cent. in the cost of finishing the necks of such vessels. My process also
strengthens the said necks or openings.
My tool consists of a spindle or shaft rigidly fixed in a handle. Upon this handle
I fix a bearer plate with a space to avoid the conduct of heat thereto, and above that
a circular stationary plate of iron or other metal. Over that I fix revolving external
and internal boxes so that they may revolve along with the bottle or jar. At the top
end of the spindle I turn a shoulder on by a screw nut and washer to hold the parts
together.
I make the tool proportioned to the extreme diameter of the vessel to be glazed.
When the neck of the jar is taken from the "glory hole" in the hot state it is
inserted within the tool and the ragged or rough edges of the jar, revolving upon the
stationary plate, the edges are rendered even and become glazed as required.
1000

page_text: UUMI LEID DI FUIFICATION.
An Improved Tool for Glazing the Edges of the. Necks of Glass
Bottles, Jars, and other Vessels of any Configuration.
1 JOHN THOMAS CREASY late of 113 Great Dover Street in the County of Surrey,
but now of Stamford Place Blackfriars in the same County Engineer and Tool maker
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
My invention consists of a glass bottle blowers glazing tool by the use of which
the top edges or rims of the necks of glass vessels of any configuration (such as the
necks of glass Leyden or battery jars having lips) may be glazed.
My tool consists of a spindle or shaft A in the accompanying drawings Figs. 1 & 2
rigidly fixed within and passing through the handle B. Upon this spindle I fix a
circular bearer plate C, and above that (but with a space between them to avoid the
conduct of heat to the bearer plate) I rigidly fix to the spindle a circular stationary
plate D (d) of iron or other metal." Above the stationary plate I place moving and
revolving external and internal boxes of the required configuration to fit the shape of
the bottle or jar to be glazed (the drawings shew a shape suited for glazing battery
jars with lips). For battery jars I attach to the inner box or plunge, the nozzle "G."
which, as well as the plunge I make hollow for lightness. To the external box I
attach four arms with rollers attached as at H. At the outer ends of the spindle
I make a screw and attach the parts together by nuts and washers, leaving the
boxes E & F. with the arms H. free to revolve upon their rollers around the outer
edge of the stationary plate D. The outer box F and the plunge "E." together with
the jar revolve upon the stationary plate, which plate is rigidly fixed to the handle
and spindle and so by the motion of the hand upon the handle B. the edges or rim
of the jar whilst in the hot state are made to move or revolve upon the stationary
plate, and so the ragged edges are glazed down to an even and regular surface. The
boxes and plates I make of gun metal or any other suitable metal may be used.
The advantages of my invention over the inethod of treating battery jars (for
example) at present in use may be ascertained as follows:
Whereas the present method of preparing the edges of battery jars consists of first
breaking or chipping off or filing down the ragged edges which are left on the rim of
the jar's neck, and in which tedious and risky process a very large proportion of the
jars are fractured and wasted and again more subjected to fracture in the subsequent
process of grinding the edges down as at present on a revolving wheel or grinding
stone; my process avoids such preliminary chipping process & the fractures and
waste. Furthermore when roughened or ground edges are required to the jar's rim
for the purpose of attaching sealing materials thereto, the jar as it leaves my glazing
tool is in a fit condition to be applied at once to the grindstone, so that a comparatively
very few revolutions thereof are sufficient to give the required degree of roughness

page_text: for sealing the edges. Thus I avoid not only the great loss of material by fractures,
but save an equally large expenditure of time and trouble in finishing the jars ready
for use.
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of my said invention,
and in what manner the same is to be made, performed and used I declare that what
I claim is
The formation of a new glazing tool, in the novelty of the formation and arrange-
ment of the parts thereof as described in the above specification and the accompanying
drawings whereby I have attained a new method of glazing and an improved method
of finishing the upper rims of the necks of glass bottles or jars of any configuration.
Dated this 14th day of November 1887
A. S. JARMAN,
57, Solon New Road, Clapham, Surrey,
Agent for the Applicant.