Improvements in the Manufacture of Syphon Bottles and other similar Glassware.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 21st July, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 20th Apr., 1891-Accepted, 23rd May, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Syphon Bottles and other
similar Glassware.
1 DAN RYLANDS of Shepcote, near Barnsley, in the County of York, Glass
Bottle Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
:-
My present invention has for its object the better adaptation of glass heads to the
bodies of syphon or other similar bottles, so that these heads can be affixed in a
simpler and cheaper way than hitherto adopted, and so that an outside screw may
be formed on the mouth of the bottle or syphon.
According to my present invention I first form a syphon vase or any other shape
of bottle or syphon required having a male screw thread formed on the outside of
the mouth. I prefer to form this by machinery combining the pressing and blowing
process, though it may be formed by hand. The outside of the mouth below the
screw threads is also formed with a fairly strong projecting underside. The top
side of the mouth has an annular inner raised portion which stands say of an inch
or any other suitable distance above the ordinary level of the mouth, and there is a
shoulder formed on the bottom of this to receive an india rubber ring. In some
cases this annular shoulder or ledge may have a groove formed therein for the better
securing of the washer therein. Having fitted this india rubber washer on I take
a glass syphon head constructed as to its top portion similar to my Patent
No. 15,695 A.D. 1887; but as regards the lower portion instead of fitting thereon
a screw of white metal or other material, I form in the glass any suitable number
of wing-pieces and between each wing-piece there is a slot. I then form a made
cap
of tinned steel or nickel-plated metal or other suitable metal or material, which cap
has a female screw formed on its inside, and has also wing-pieces turned over or
formed on the top to work on the wing-pieces or slots formed on the glass syphon
head; this cap has also wing-pieces that pass below the threaded portion and which
are made to bend over and bite in or under the bottle mouth so as to prevent the
cap being screwed off. The internal portion of the cap is fitted up with a suitable
pin or stud in a similar manner to that shown in my Patent 15,695 A.D. 1887; but
in some cases it may be preferable to keep the head of this pin or valve below the
level of the glass syphon head. I also form on the glass syphon head a stud or
projection so as to allow a suitable lever to be passed over and attached thereto and
which can be pressed upon the glass valve. This glass valve works through the
syphon head and into the glass tube in a similar manner to that shown and described
in Letters Patent No. 15695 of 1887 only of course the said valve will not need to
be so long.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Syphon Bottles and other
similar Glassware.
I, DAN RYLANDS of Shepcote near Barnsley in the County of York, Glass
Bottle Manufacturer, 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 better adaption of glass heads to the bodies

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of syphon or similar bottles, so that these heads can be affixed in a simpler and
cheaper way than hitherto adopted, and so that an outside screw may be formed on
the mouth of the bottle or syphon. In order more clearly to show the manner in
which this invention is performed I append hereto a sheet of drawings in which
Fig. 1 is a side, Fig. 2 a sectional elevation, Fig. 3 a side elevation, and Figs. 4
and 5 being plan views of a threaded cap and portion of glass head respectively.
Referring to Fig. 2 a is the mouth of the syphon bottle formed with a screw
thread b, c an annular projection formed around the lower portion of bottle mouth,
d an annular recess or groove for the reception and seating of the elastic jointing
ring e, f the syphon tube, g the glass head of the syphon formed with the outlet
passages and furnished with the stemmed valve i formed to work easily through
the vertical outlet passage h. jan elastic valve ring, ka valve ring and lifting spring
combined. 1 an internally threaded button securing the stemmed valve i and valve
rings and in position in the outlet passage h. m is a cap or internally threaded
ring of metal or other suitable material formed with wing pieces on its upper
surface as shown by Fig. 4 at n Fig. 4 being a plan view of the upper surface of
the internally threaded cap m on line A A Fig. 2. Fig. 5 shows in plan view the
formation of that portion of the glass head indicated by dotted line BB Fig. 2.
The method of operating the above described apparatus is as follows The elastic
jointing ring being placed in position in the annular recess d and the inner syphon
tube being placed as shown a second jointing ring is put on the upper surface of the
syphon tube f, the internally threaded cap or ring m being now screwed on to the
threaded mouth of the bottle and nearly into the position shown by Fig. 2,
the glass head can now be put into place and attached to the syphon bottle by
entering that portion of the head shown by Fig. 5 through the toothed opening
formed in upper portion of internally threaded cap as shown by Fig. 4, the threaded
cap being now rotated will cause the wing pieces n n carried by the threaded cap to
obtain a bearing on the winged projections formed on the lower portions of glass
head, compressing the elastic jointing rings and making pressure tight joints
between the interior of bottle, the interior of syphon tube and the glass head, the
syphon bottle and its head being now attached and firmly held together the lips o o
shown by Figs. 1, 2, and 3 can be closed under the lower surface of the annular
rim or projection formed below the screw threads on the mouth of the bottle thus
preventing the head being removed from the bottle. The putting together of the
various parts constituting the complete bottle being now completed it can be filled
in the usual manner, and any portion of its contents can be obtained by depressing
the knob l, on releasing the knob the action of the valve spring ring k which has
been in compression during the drawing off operation will raise the stemmed valve
aided as it will be by the pressure acting on the valve inside the bottle. In some
cases I attach a handle (which may be detachable) to the glass head, the leverage
gained by the handle enabling the stemmed valve to be more easily depressed, the
construction of the handle and its attachment to the glass head being clearly shown
by Fig. 3.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is :-
My improvements in the manufacture of syphon bottles and other similar glass
ware as shown and described with reference to Figures 1 to 5 of the accompanying
drawings.
DAN RYLANDS.