Improvements in Bottles for Containing Aerated Liquids and in the Means of Opening and Filling them.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Apr., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Jan., 1893-Accepted, 4th Mar., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bottles for Containing Aerated Liquids and in the
Means of Opening and Filling them.
SAMUEL HUGHES of Brewood, Stafford, Officer of Inland Revenue, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to enable the opening of bottles containing aerated
liquids to be performed in a convenient manner, and without waste of the liquid;
such object being effected in the manner and by the means hereinafter shown.
This invention is applicable to bottles which are closed by means of a ball and ring
stopper in the neck of the bottle, and consists in three parts: First, an improved
bottle for containing aerated liquids; Second, an instrument for opening my
improved bottle, and Third, improvements in machines for bottling aerated liquids.
The first part of my invention consists in having the neck of the bottle of a bent
shape so as to bring the orifice to one side; or, as a modification, in making a
raised orifice on the side of the neck near the end, and closing the end of the neck.
By these means, and with the aid of the instrument hereinafter described, the
bottle when filled can easily be opened, and the contents poured into the drinking
glass or other vessel without waste or inconvenience.
The instrument for opening my improved bottle, referred to as the second part
of my invention, consists of a short rod of metal having one end bent at about a
right angle to the rod, such end being of a less size than the orifice in the neck of
the bottle, and sufficiently long to enter the orifice and displace the ball stopper.
The other end is formed into a crosspiece, or an eye, to rest on the side of the
bottle while being used; and the crosspiece or eye is so curved as to lie firmly on
the side of the bottle. When the bottle is to be opened, the bent end of the
opener above described is inserted in the orifice, and the curved crosspiece or eye
placed against the side of the bottle. The bottle neck and the opener are then
grasped in the one hand; and, by a pressure tending to draw the opener and the
bottle neck towards each other, the stopper is displaced and the liquid may be
poured out without removing the opener. The ball stopper is held back in the
bottle neck by internal projections in the usual way, so that the opener is not
required for a second or subsequent pouring of the liquid.
In order that aerated liquids may be bottled in these bottles by the machines in
ordinary use, modifications of certain parts of the machines are necessary. These
modifications, herein described, form the third part of my invention. In the usual
type of machine in which the orifice of the bottle is held in a cup by the pressure
of a disc or pad on the bottom of the bottle, the necessary alterations consist in
moving the cup slightly to one side of its ordinary position, in setting it at an angle
therewith, such angle depending on the bend of the bottle neck, and attaching to
the cup or adjoining part a support against which the side of the neck remote from
the orifice rests. Å grooved roller may replace the support. The pressure of the
disc or pad on the bottom of the bottle, together with the taper of the neck cause
the bottle to be held firmly. The bottle is then filled and the stopper closes in the
usual way.
The bottles can be cleansed by soaking and rinsing them in water, or in any other
suitable way.
30 " "
$1 1000

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bottles for Containing Aerated Liquids and in the
Means of Opening and Filling them.
1, SAMUEL HUGHES of Brewood, in the County of Stafford, Officer of Inland
Revenue, 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 relates to bottles which are closed by means of a ball and ring or
other like stopper fixed in the neck of the bottle. The object of my invention is
to enable the opening of such bottles to be performed in a ready and convenient
manner and without waste of the contained liquid.
'
The invention consists of three parts as follows:-
First An improved bottle for containing aërated liquids.
Second An instrument for opening such improved bottles.
Third Improvements in machines for bottling aërated liquids.
In carrying my invention into effect in the construction of a bottle for containing
aërated liquids, I form the neck of the bottle of a bent shape.in such manner that
the orifice shall be at one side of the bottle rather than at the top, or I sometimes
make a raised orifice on the side of the neck near to its end and completely close
the end of the neck. The orifice is made suitable for the reception of a ball and
ring or other like stopper.
In constructing the instrument forming the second part of my invention, for the
opening of my improved bottles, I employ a rod of metal or other material having
one end bent at about a right angle to the body or remaining portion of the
rod. The bent end of the rod is of such diameter and length that it can be
caused to enter the orifice in the neck of the bottle to displace the ball stopper in
the manner hereinafter described. The other end of the rod is formed into a cross-
piece, bow, or eye, and is preferably curved to enable it to rest firmly on the side
of the bottle when in use.
When the bottle is to be opened the bent end of the opening instrument herein-
before described is inserted in the orifice and the curved crosspiece, bow, or eye
placed against the side of the bottle. The bottle neck and the opening instrument
are then grasped in the hand and by a pressure tending to draw the opening instru-
ment and the bottle neck towards each other, the stopper is displaced, and the
liquid may be then poured out as required, without removal of the opening
instrument. The ball stopper is held back in the bottle neck by internal projec-
tions formed in the usual and ordinary manner; the opening instrument is, therefore,
not required for a second or subsequent pouring of the liquid.
In order that aërated liquids may be bottled in my improved bottles by the
machines at present in ordinary and general use for bottling purposes, modifications
are required to certain parts of the machines, and such modifications as hereinafter
described, constitute the third part of my invention.
In the usual type of bottling machine in which the orifice of the bottle is held in
a cup by the pressure of a disc or pad ou the bottom of the bottle, the necessary
alterations consist in moving the cup slightly to one side of its ordinary position,
and in setting it at an angle therewith to suit the bend of the bottle neck. I then
attach to the cup or adjoining part a support against which the side of the neck or
other portion of the bottle remote from the orifice is caused to rest. The pressure
of the disc or pad on the bottom of the bottle, together with the taper of the neck
cause the bottle to be firmly held, and the bottle is then filled and the stopper.closes :
in the usual way.
In order that my invention and the method of carrying the same into effect may
be the more clearly understood I append hereunto one sheet of explanatory drawings
to be hereinafter referred to.

page_text: Figure 1 is a front elevation and Figure 2 a sectional elevation showing my
improved bottle having the neck bent in such manner that the orifice A is at one
side of the bottle as shown. The opening instrument or opener B, (Figures 1 and 2)
having its end C bent to allow of admission into the orifice, and the crosspiece or
bow curved to enable it to rest on the side of the bottle, is shown in position
for displacing the stopper.
Figure 3 is a part sectional elevation showing my improved bottle with a raised
orifice E on one side of the bottle neck, whilst the end of the neck is completely
closed in the manner shown.
Figure 4 represents the operation of my improved bottle by means of the
opening instrument hereinbefore described showing the pouring of the contained
liquid into a glass or other vessel without removal of the opener or opening
instrument.
In Figure 51 illustrate the modifications required in ordinary bottling machines
when used for bottling aërated waters or other fiquids in my improved bottles. The
cup F within which the orifice is held during filling, is set at an angle, as shown, to
suit the orifice. The opposite side of the bottle neck is supported by the rest or
arm G, and the pressure on the disc or pad H at the bottom of the bottle causes it
to be securely held and leakage of the liquid prevented during the charging or
filling process. The charging or filling is performed in the usual and ordinary
manner.
Figure 6 is a part section on the line y (Figure 2).
I sometimes provide projecting horns or stops such as a Figures 1, 2 and 5
on the bottle neck which serve to increase the grip obtained when handling the
bottle.
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. A bottle for aërated or like liquids having the orifice with ball and ring
stopper placed to one side, to allow of secure pouring into a vessel without loss or
difficulty, substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described reference
being had to the accompanying drawings.
2. The construction of a bottle for containing aërated or like liquid, having its
neck bent away from or out of the centre line of the body of the bottle, substan-
tially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described and as illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.
3. In a bottle such as claimed in the preceding claims, an instrument for opening
the bottle by hand pressure such as CD in Figures 1, 2, 4 and 6 of the accom-
panying drawings, substantially as and for the purposes described.
4. The modification of the bottling cup and rest of a bottling machine as herein-
before described and illustrated at Figure 5 of the drawings.
Dated this 20th day of January 1893.
MARKS & CLERK,
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicant.