Improvements in Stoppers for Bottles.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Dec., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 5th Oct., 1896-Accepted, 7th Nov., 1896
I, JOSEPH ROBERT MALLY, of 5 Bridgewater Square, Barbican, in the City of
London, Fancy Goods Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in stoppers for bottles, which consists of
an apparatus to be forced inside the neck of a bottle after the bottle is filled with
liquor for the purpose of preventing any liquor passing into the said bottle. The
apparatus will only permit liquor to pass out of a bottle. The neck of a bottle to
receive my apparatus must be made in the inside parallel or slightly tapered from
the mouth. This invention cannot be removed from the bottle when empty except
by_smashing the bottle.
In carrying my invention into practice I provide a cork or suitable stopper of
any material and through this said stopper I pass a tube of metal, glass or any
other material and above the aforesaid tube I place loosely a cup or the like made
of bladder, india rubber or of any other material, and over the said cup and tube
I fix or screw onto the top of the cork or stopper a perforated china, glass or metal
cap of any suitable shape.
The liquor when a bottle is canted up pass through the tube underneath the cup
and out of the perforations in the cap.
The whole of the apparatus is fixed inside the neck of the bottle as low down as
possible.
If preferable any kind of valve may be used in place of the bladder cup, such as;
a valve with a weight at top and bottom or a ring valve resting on the tube and
cap or a bent shaped india rubber tube with weight and cap or a mushroom headed
valve with springs and cap.
Dated this 4th day of December 1895.
J. P. BAYLY,
18 Fulham Place, W., Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in Stoppers for Bottles.
I, JOSEPH ROBERT MALLY, of 5 Bridgewater Square, Barbican, in the City
of London, Fancy Goods 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 :-
My invention relates to improvements in stoppers for bottles, which consists of
an apparatus to be forced inside the neck of a bottle after the bottle is filled with
liquor for the purpose of preventing any liquor passing into the said bottle. The
apparatus will only permit liquor to pass out of a bottle. The neck of a bottle to
receive my apparatus must be made in the inside parallel or slightly tapered from
the mouth. This invention cannot be removed from the bottle when empty except
by smashing the bottle.
And in order that my invention may be thoroughly understood, I now proceed
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page_text: to describe the accompanying drawing thereor, reference being at
figures marked thereon.
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Fig. 1, is a vertical section of the bottle neck with the apparatus fixed in its
stationary position.
Fig. 2, is a plan of the top of the glass or earthenware cap.
Fig. 3, is a vertical section of the apparatus.
Fig. 4, is a plan of the top of the valve.
Fig. 5, is a section on line A. B.
In carrying my invention into practice I provide a stopper of cork d or a suitable
stopper of any other material, and through this said cork stopper d I pass a
tube e of metal, glass or any other material; and at the top of the aforesaid tube e
I place loosely an india rubber disc valve; with a washer land a tapered lead plug
or weight i fixed together by a metallic pin k. At the end of the pin k I fix a
string or cord g of catgut or of any other material, which passes down the tube e
through a wire eye f fixed at the bottom of the tube, and on the end of the catgut
string I fix a spherical lead weight h. At the top of the cork d I provide a glass
or earthenware cap a which is constructed with a female screw so that the cork
stopper is screwed into the cap as in Fig. 4. The cap a has four grooves band four
perforations c formed for the purpose of allowing liquid to pass out of a bottle m
provided with the aforesaid apparatus.
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The liquor when a bottle is canted passes through the tube e underneath the
disc valve through the perforations c and grooves 6 and out of the mouth of the
bottle.
When a bottle fitted with my apparatus is canted the india rubber disc valve j
and tapered weight i falls away from the top of the mouth (or seating) of the tube e
for the purpose of opening the valve to permit liquor to run out of the bottle.
The valve is closed directly a bottle is placed upright by the action of weight h
attached to the catgut string g.
The whole of the apparatus is fixed inside the neck of the bottle as low down as
possible.
If preferable any kind of valve may be used, such as; a valve with a weight at
top and bottom or a ring valve resting on the tube and cap or a bent shaped india
rubber tube with weight and cap or a mushroom beaded valve with springs
and cap.
It will be understood in carrying out my invention that the shapes, materials
and parts may be varied in many ways within the scope of the invention herein before
described.
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. In stoppers for bottles, the combination of the cap a grooves 6 perforations c
cork stopper d tube e wire eye f catgut string g weight h tapered plug or weight i
india rubber disc valvej centre pin k and washer l, substantially as herein described
and according to the accompanying drawing.
2. In stoppers for bottles, the combination of the various parts of the apparatus
herein before described in this specification and for the purpose specified.
3. In stoppers for bottles, the combination of the parts of the apparatus to be
forced inside the neck of a bottle after the bottle is filled with liquor for the
purpose of preventing any liquor passing into the said bottle, substantially as
herein described.
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1900
J. P. BAYLY,
18 Fulham Place, London, W., Agent for the Applicant.