AN IMPROVED STOP VALVE OR STOP VALVE CAPSULE FOR BOTTLES AND OTHER LIKE VESSELS HOLDING FLUIDS
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Benjamin George George, of 47, Hatton Garden,
in the County of Middlesex, Lithographer, for the Invention of "AN
IMPROVED STOP VALVE OR STOP VALVE CAPSULE FOR BOTTLES AND OTHER
LIKE VESSELS HOLDING FLUIDS."-A communication from abroad by
Cerf Mayer, of 2, Boulevard Magenta, Paris.
Sealed the 10th June 1873, and dated the 13th December 1872.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Benjamin George
George at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 13th December 1872.
I, BENJAMIN GEORGE GEORGE, of 47, Hatton Garden, in the County
of Middlesex, Lithographer, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "AN IMPROVED STOP VALVE OR STOP VALVE CAPSULE FOR BOTTLES
AND OTHER LIKE VESSELS HOLDING FLUIDS,” to be as follows :—
This Invention has for its object an improved stop valve or stop valve
capsule for bottles and other like vessels holding fluids, and consists in

page_text: a slide valve composed of a thin metal plate sliding on or between a
disc or discs of leather, metal, or other suitable material, such leather disc
or discs, or other material and valve being held in place between two
discs of metal, each upper and lower disc of metal being perforated with
a hole for the passage of the liquid. The valve also being pierced with
a hole, and sliding or rotating on a centre admits of the whole being
brought in line with the hole in the upper and lower disc for the escape
of the fluid or of being pushed out of the line of these two holes to
prevent the escape of the fluid. To the upper and outer disc may be fitted
a small spout or other projection to guide the liquor when being poured
out, and one of the discs preferably the upper one is sometimes fitted
with a collar so as to resemble a capsule, and by means of which it may
very readily be attached to a bottle neck either by burring or com-
pressing the metal, or by any ordinary cement used for similar purposes,
or the capsule may be made with a screw to attach to a collar, this
collar being fitted to the neck of the bottle or other vessel by suitable
This arrangement gives great facilities for filling the bottle or
means.
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a slide valve composed of a thin metal plate sliding on or between a
disc or discs of leather, metal, or other suitable material, such leather disc
or discs, or other material and valve being held in place between two
discs of metal, each upper and lower disc of metal being perforated with
a hole for the passage of the liquid. The valve also being pierced with
a hole, and sliding or rotating on a centre admits of the whole being
brought in line with the hole in the upper and lower disc for the escape
of the fluid or of being pushed out of the line of these two holes to
prevent the escape of the fluid. To the upper and outer disc may be fitted
a small spout or other projection to guide the liquor when being poured
out, and one of the discs preferably the upper one is sometimes fitted
with a collar so as to resemble a capsule, and by means of which it may
very readily be attached to a bottle neck either by burring or com-
pressing the metal, or by any ordinary cement used for similar purposes,
or the capsule may be made with a screw to attach to a collar, this
collar being fitted to the neck of the bottle or other vessel by suitable
This arrangement gives great facilities for filling the bottle or
means.
other vessel.
Where it is not wished that the valve should be fitted as a capsule its
outer case may be made in the shape of a plug, or like a cork to drive
into the aperture it is intended for.
I also in some cases pierce the valve and the upper and lower discs
with a small aperture, so that when the large opening is used for
pouring out the fluid the smaller one serves for the admission of air into
the vessel. These latter small openings are closed by the action of the
slide valve simultaneously with the closing of the larger aperture.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Benjamin George George in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 11th June 1873.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, BEN- 30
JAMIN GEORGE GEORGE, of 47, Hatton Garden, in the County of
Middlesex, Lithographer, send greeting.

page_text: WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Thirteenth day of December, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in the
thirty-sixth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto me, the said Benjamin George George,
Her special license that I, the said Benjamin George George, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
Benjamin George George my 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 "AN IMPROVED STOP VALVE OR STOP VALVE
CAPSULE FOR BOTTLES AND OTHER LIKE VESSELS HOLDING FLUIDS," a communication
to me from abroad by Cerf Mayer, of 2, Boulevard Magenta, Paris, upon
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Benjamin George George,
my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my,
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 imme-
diately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Benjamin George George, 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 thereof, that is to say :-
This Invention has for its object an improved stop valve or stop valve
capsule for bottles and other like vessels holding fluids, and consists in
a slide valve composed of a thin metal plate sliding on or between a
disc or discs of leather, gutta percha, metal, or other suitable material,
such leather disc or discs, or other material and valve being held in
place between two discs of metal, each upper and lower disc of metal
being perforated with a hole for the passage of the liquid. The valve
also being pierced with a hole and sliding or rotating on a centre admits
of the hole being brought in line with the hole in the upper and lower
disc for the escape of the fluid, or of being pushed out of the line of
these two holes to prevent the escape of the fluid; to the upper and

page_text: outer disc may be fitted a small spout or other projection to guide the
liquor when being poured out, and one of the discs, preferably the upper
one is sometimes fitted with a collar so as to resemble a capsulc, and by
means of which it may very readily be attached to a bottle neck, either
by burring or compressing the metal, or by any ordinary cement used 5
for similar purposes, or the capsule may be made with a screw to attach
to a collar, this collar being fitted to the neck of the bottle or other
vessel by suitable means. This arrangement gives great facilities for
filling the bottle or other vessel.
Where it is not wished that the valve should be fitted as a capsule its 1
outer case may be made in the shape of a plug or like a cork to drive
into the aperture it is intended for.
I also in some cases pierce the valve and the upper and lower discs
with a small aperture, so that when the large opening is used for pouring
out the fluid the smaller one serves for the admission of air into the 1
vessel. Those latter small openings are closed by the action of the slide
valve simultaneously with the closing of the larger aperture.
The Invention will be more clearly understood by referring to the
accompanying Drawings in which on an enlarged scale,―
Figure 1 is a view from the top of the valve shewn in dotted lines, 2
and Figure 2 an elevation partly in section of a capsule fitted with the
slide valve; the like letters indicate the like parts in the two Figures.
a is the body of the capsule with the spout and lip in section (prefer-
ably made in white metal), it may be fitted with a thread to screw on to
a collar, or it may be burnished upon the bottle neck, but I prefer to 2
make the attachment by running plaster into it round the neck of the
bottle; b is the slide valve working on the pin c opening or closing by
means of the pin d moving in the slot e; f is the disc of cork or
leather, india-rubber, or other suitable material; g, a disc of metal (pre-
ferably perforated) to hold the valve and leather disc against the head of 8
the capsule. This disc g is held or fixed preferably by soldering the en-
larged edge g¹ to the capsule body.
In the drawing the apertures for the outlet of the fluid are shewn open
and it will readily be understood that by sliding the valve across the

page_text: Having now described and particularly set forth the nature of the
said Invention and the manner of carrying the same into effect, I would
have it understood that what I claim is, the improved stop valve capsule
for bottles or other vessels for holding fluids substantially as described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Benjamin George George, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Eleventh day of June, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three.
BENJAMIN GEORGE GEORGE. (L.S.)