IMPROVE- MENTS IN THE FORK OF BOTTLES AND IN THE MEANS EMPLOYED FOR STOPPING PROVISIONALATION FOR STOPPING OR CORKING THEAME AND OTHER SIMILAR RECEPTACLES
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Jonathan Bowman, of 12, Montpelier Road,
Peckham, in the County of Surrey, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE FORK OF BOTTLES AND IN THE MEANS EMPLOYED FOR STOPPING
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Jonathan Bowman
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 6th January 1875.
I, JONATHAN BOWMAN, of No. 12, Montpelier Road, Peckham, in
3 the County of Surrey, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FORK OF BOTTLES AND IN THE MEANS EXPLOYED
FOR STOPPING OR CORKING THE SAME AND OTHER SIMILAR RECEPTACLES," to be as
follows:-
I propose making the upper part of the necks or heads of bottles of a
slightly tapered or conical form, having the smaller opening or outlet to
the mouth of the bottle, and for this purpose in the case of ordinary soda

page_text: water bottles, I attach the rings or leads to the necks in an inverted
position to that now generally done.
In addition to the above I also cause a shoulder or projection to bo
formed, so as to run partly round on the inner surface of the bottle at or
about the commencement of the neck. I also propose making stoppers
of an clongated or egg-shaped form, either of glass, china, hard wood, or
other suitable material having a recess or necking cut around their
shorter axis, and into which recess or necking is fitted a collar or washer
of india-rubber or other clastic material, so arranged as to project all
round beyond the face of the stopper.
Fig. 1 is a section through the peck of an ordinary soda water bottle 1
shewing position and configuration of ring or head; Fig. 2 represents
a section through an improved bottle with head reversed and having a
shoulder formed at lower portion of neck.
Fig. 3 is an elevation of an improved bottle fitted with stopper com-
pleto and ready for use. A is the bottle; B, the neck; C, ring or 2
bead; D, the shoulder; E, the stopper having a recess or necking e; F,
the collar or washer fitted into recess e. From the above it will be seen
that upon the bottle A being filled, in order to open the same it is only
necessary to press down the stopper E, thus affording not only a greater
facility in opening but also avoiding any necessity for a corkscrew.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Jonathan Bowman in the Great Scal Patent
Office on the 21st May 1875.

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WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Sixth day of January, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in the
thirty-eighth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto me, the said Jonathan Bowman, Her
special licence that I, the said Jonathan Bowman, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Jonathan
Bowman, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times there.
after 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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FORM OF BOTTLES AND IN THE MEANS EMPLOYED FOR
STOPPING OR CORKING THE SAME AND OTHER SIMILAR RECEPTACLES," upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said Jonathan Bowman, 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 immediately
after the date of the said Letters Patent.
.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Jonathan Bowman, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement (that is to say):-
My Invention relates more particularly to the construction and form of
the upper part of the necks of bottles (known as the rings or heads) for
containing serated or gaseous waters, in combination with an elongated
or egg-shaped stopper having an elastic ring or washer secured around
its shorter axis, and midway or centrally between the extremities of the
stopper itself, and is also applicable to any such bottles as are closed by
means of an internal stopper.
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According to my Invention I make the upper part of the necks of
bottles (known as the rings or heads) of a tapered or conical form,
; having the smaller opening or outlet to the mouth of the bottle, and for
this purpose in the case of an ordinary soda water bottle I attach the
“ring” or “head” to the neck of the bottle in an inverted position to
that generally done. _

page_text: A is the bottle; B, the neck to which is attached the "ring" or
“head” 0; D, the shoulder; E, stopper having a recess or necking e;
F, collar or washer fitting into recess e. The stopper E having been
inserted into the bottle A, the collar F is then passed into the same and
secured around the neck or recess e of stopper E.. The bottle is then
filled and slightly inverted when the stopper E at once closes the mouth
of the same. From the above it will be seen that in order to open the
bottle, it is only necessary to press down the stopper E by means of any
suitable device or by the hand, thus affording not only greater facility in
opening bottles, but also avoiding the necessity for a corkscrew,
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention and the mode
in which I carry the same into effect, I would have it understood that I
do not confine myself to the precise details herein shown and described,
but what I do claim is,—
Firstly. The novel construction of the upper part of the necks of
bottles known as the rings or heads.
Secondly. The improved construction of stoppers for bottles that are
closed from the inside by means of an internal pressure.
And, Thirdly. The combination of a bottle having a tapered head or
nozzle with an elongated stopper, around the shorter axis of which and
midway between its extremities is secured a ring or washer of india-
rubber or other elastic material.
In witness whereof, I, the said Jonathan Bowman, have here-
unto set my hand and scal, this Nineteenth day of May, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five.
JONATHAN ROWMAN