Improvements in the Construction of Bottles, Jars, and the like, and in Means for Stoppering the same.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Feb., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 4th Nov., 1890-Accepted, 6th Dec., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Bottles, Jars, and the like, and
in Means for Stoppering the same.
I, THOMAS HOWARD DRAY, of Beyrout, Syria, Dental Surgeon, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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The object of this invention is to construct bottles, jars, and the like in such a
manner that the pressure of the gaseous contents is received on the side and not on
the bottom of the cork or stopper as heretofore.
In one form of my invention I provide the bottle neck with a side aperture or
apertures through which the liquid can be poured. I close this form of bottle by
means of an external stopper fitting on the outside of the bottle neck. This stopper
may if desired be provided with an aperture which corresponds with that in the
bottle neck, so that when the stopper is turned round the two apertures will coincide
and the contents may be poured out without removing the stopper.
In another form of my invention 1 provide the interior of the bottle neck with a
chamber to receive the cork or internal stopper, the said chamber being provided
with apertures perpendicular or at an angle to the surface of the cork or
stopper.
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CASTLE SMITH,
Invention" Office, 54, Fleet Street, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Bottles, Jars, and the like, and
in Means for Stoppering the same.
I, THOMAS HOWARD DRAY, of Beyrout, Syria, Dental Surgeon, 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 this invention is to construct bottles, jars, and the like in such a
manner that the pressure of the gaseous or other contents is received on the side and
not on the bottom of the cork or stopper as heretofore.
In one form of my invention I provide the bottle neck with a side aperture or
apertures through which the liquid or other contents can be poured. I close
this form by means of an external stopper, either ring or cap, fitting on the
outside of the bottle neck. This stopper may if desired be provided with an aperture
which corresponds with that in the bottle neck so that when turned round, the two
apertures may coincide and the contents be poured out without otherwise removing
the stopper.
In another form of my invention I provide the interior of the bottle neck with a
chamber to receive the cork or internal stopper, the said chamber being provided with
an aperture or apertures perpendicular or at an angle to the surface of the cork or
stopper.
And in order that my invention may be more fully understood and carried into
practice I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accoin-
panying drawings in which similar letters are used to indicate corresponding parts
thronghout.

page_text: Figure 1 is an elevation, in section, of part of a bottle constructed in accordance
with one form of my invention showing interior of bottle;
Figure 2 is a vertical section of the same through line X Y Figure 1;
Figure 2ª is a front view of Figure 2, showing shape of opening B;
Figure 3 is a vertical section showing the stoppering device in position on neck of
bottle closed;
Figure 4 is a vertical section of the same open, and
Figure 5 is a sectional plan of stopper and bottle neck taken on the line Z Z
Figure 3.
Figures 6.and 7 are sectional elevations of the second form of my invention which
will be explained hereafter.
Referring to Figures 1 to 5 the neck of the bottle is entirely closed at the top
thereof, and is provided with an aperture B in the side as shewn, through which the
contents can be drawn off.
The closing device, as shewn in Figures 3, 4 and 5 consists of a glass or other ring
or inverted cup C lined with cork or other suitable material´D, which fits closely over
the outside of the bottle neck, and thus forms an external stopper therefor, the bottle
neck if necessary being slightly conical to insure tightening of stopper. The inverted
cup or ring C may if desired be provided with a side aperture E so that the contents
of the bottle may be drawn off without removing the stopper, other than turning
round. This is effected by bringing the apertures B and E into coincidence. The
drawings, Figures 1 to 5 shew a bottle with a cylindrical neck and external stopper,
and I prefer to make them in this form as the stopper can be easily rotated over the
neck of the bottle when it is required to bring the two apertures into coincidence, but
I do not confine myself to a cylindrical shape for the bottle neck and stopper, as it is
obvious that they may be made in any shape provided that the bottle neck and stopper
correspond with each other.
In Figures 6 and 7 I have shewn sections of another form of bottle, Figure 6 being a
vertical section of bottle open, and Figure 7 the same closed with cork in position,
and having loop for extraction of cork. The chamber F for the reception of a cork
or other stopper is formed in the interior of the bottle at an angle as shewn in
Figure 6. This chamber is provided with an aperture B through which the contents
of the bottle can be poured. The cork G when in position must be sufficiently long
to reach below, and thus close the aperture B, so that the pressure of the gaseous
contents of the bottle is exerted against the side of the cork and not on the bottom
as heretofore. To allow of the easy withdrawal of the cork, a cord or wire K, Figure 7,
may be passed longitudinally through and secured to a plate H bearing against the
bottom of the cork. A small vent J is made in the cork chamber F to prevent
compression of air when the cork is driven home.
In modifications of my invention, the position of the tube or cork chamber is
varied, but the pressure of the gas or other contents is exerted on to the sides of the
*cork or stopper G as before.
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) A bottle or jar so arranged that the contents of the same shall be presented to
the side of the cork or stopper instead of the end as heretofore, and that the stopper
may be applied either internally or externally substantially as described.
(2) A bottle or jar, the neck of which is entirely closed at the top and provided
with a side aperture B for drawing off the contents the said aperture being closed by
a ring or inverted cup fitting on the outside of the bottle neck with or without an
aperture for drawing off the contents without removing the ring or cap substantially
as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth and illustrated by Figures 1 to 5 of the
accompanying drawings.
(3) A bottle or jar having a side aperture or apertures B communicating with the

page_text: tube or chamber closed by the cork or internal stopper substantially as and for the
purpose hereinbefore set forth and illustrated in Figures 6 and 7 of the accompanying
drawings.
Dated th: 1
1900
CASTLE SMITH,
Per F. W. Golby,
"Invention" Office, 54, Fleet Street, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.