Improvements in and in connection with Bottles.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Sept., 1890-Accepted, 18th Oct., 1890
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and in connection with Bottles.
I, WILLIAM COWEL SLY of The London Paper Mills Co. Limited Riverside Mills
Dartford Kent Draughtsman 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:-
The object of my invention is, to manufacture bottles for containing liquids.
generally, but specially applicable for all kinds of mineral waters, beers and like
beverages, the stoppers of which can easily be removed by hand, while at the same
time, the pressure produced by the generated gases from the contained fluid, has no
power to force the stopper out of its position.
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For the purpose of my invention' I construct the bottles of glass, earthenware, or
other suitable material, and lof any size and shape required. In the neck of the
bottle, I cast a small chamber or seating at any angle required, but preferably at
right angles to the neck and open at either one or both its ends, this chamber may
be of any suitable dimensions required, to fit a conical plug or stopper, of glass,
wood or other material covered with india rubber, cork or any elastic substance, this
plug or stopper when passed into the chamber or seating forms an airtight stopping
for the bottle which cannot be removed by internal pressure. If preferred, these
stoppers can be made hollow, and by having an inlet bored or cast on one side will
act as a tap or cock, through which any portion, or all the contents of the bottle can
be allowed to flow out by turning the stopper half round, the bottle being again
closed at once on turning the stopper to its normal position.
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If found more convenient to have the spout at the top of the bottle, the neck can
be continued beyond the chamber or seating and either a solid stopper used, or one
bored with a suitable hole, to allow the liquid contents to flow out by turning half a
revolution; in the latter instance, the stopper need never be removed, as it forms a
complete tap or cock, through which the bottle can be either filled or emptied at
will.
For convenience in turning or removing the stoppers, the head, which may be of
any suitable size and shape, I form with a milled edge or with two or more recesses
for the finger and thumb, as found most suitable for the purpose.
On the smaller end of the stopper a flange is cast, to prevent the rubber or other
covering from slipping off when the stopper is removed, or the rubber or other
flexible covering can be made as a lining to the chamber or seating by being affixed
therein instead of surrounding the stopper.
By the use of my invention the bottles can always be opened, or the stoppers
entirely removed by hand, without the aid of tools, or openers of any description, or
can be half emptied if desired and the airtight stopping removed at will, by simply
replacing the stopper as before, thus preserving the contained fluid until required for
use.
In the accompanying drawings
Fig. 1 (Sheet 1) shows a sectional view of the neck and shoulders of the bottle in
which A is the chamber or seating, B the conical stopper, C the rubber or other
covering, D the flange cast on the stopper, to prevent the covering C from slipping
off, when the stopper is withdrawn, E the head or cap of the stopper shown with a
milled odgo

page_text: Fig. 2 (Sheet 1) is a plan of Fig. 1 with the exception, that the head or cap of the
stopper has a recessed head instead of a milled edge, the shape of such recesses F,
being more fully shown in Fig. 3 (Sheet 1) which is a plan of the head of the stopper
as in Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 (Sheet 1) is a section, showing another arrangement in which the stopper is
made hollow, having a hole at G, corresponding with the neck of the hottle and when
placed as shown in the drawing, acts as a tap or cock, which may be closed by merely
turning the stopper half a revolution to left or right, in this instance the rubber
covering C, is made to form a lining to the chamber A, being affixed therein, instead
of to the stopper B.
Fig. 5 (Sheet 2) is a front elevation of Fig. 4, showing the hollow stopper B
through which the contents of the bottle can be withdrawn at will, by simply turning
the stopper, without removing same.
Fig. 6 (Sheet 2) shows a section of a third arrangement in which the neck of the
bottle H, is continued above the chamber at J, a solid stopper B, having a hole at
right angles to its length at K, which forms a complete tap or cock by which the
bottle can be filled or emptied at will without removing the stopper.
Fig. 7 (Sheet 2) is a plan of Fig. 6, and
Fig. 8 a front elevation of same.
The letters refer to corresponding parts in all the drawings.
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 I am aware that
tap-stoppers formed by arranging a cylindrical plug or stopper in a cylindrical
chamber or seating in the neck of the bottle, have been previously proposed and I
make no claim to chambers or seatings or to plugs or stoppers of forms other than
conical but what I claim is-
1. The construction of a chamber or seating on the necks of bottles for the reception
of liquids substantially as described and illustrated.
2. The use of a hollow or solid stopper forming a tap or cock, by which the bottle
can be filled or emptied without removing the same, as herein substantially set forth,
illustrated and described.
Dated this 13th day of September 1890.
GRAHAM & GRAHAM,
Agents for Applicant.