IMPROVEMENTS IN CLOSING SPIRIT AND OTHER CANS OR VESSELS
Year: 1848

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
YOUNG, of Queen Street, Cheapside, in the City of London, Lamp Manufac-
turer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Ier
Royal Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster, the Twenty-first
day of August, One thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, in the twelfth
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant
unto me, the said William Young, my exors, adiñors, and assigns, Her especial
licence, full power, sole privilege and authority, that I, the said William Young,
my exors, adñiors, and assigns, or such others as I, the said William Young.
my exors, admors, or assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others,
from time
and at all times during the term of years therein
expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within
England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN CLOSING SPIRIT AND OTHER CANS OR VESSELS;" in which said
Letters Patent is contained a proviso that I, the said William Young, should
cause a particular description of the nature of my said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, by an instrument in writing under my
hand and seal, to be inrolled in Her said Majesty's High Court of Chancery
within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
ISIT

page_text: the forowing statement thereof, reference being had to
the Drawings hereunto annexed, and to the figures and letters marked thereon,
that is to say:-
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 shows a side view, Figure 2 a section, and Figure 3 a plan of a
spirit can, such as are used for containing camphine, having part of my
improvements applied thereto, and such improvements may be applied to the
necks or mouths of other vessels, the construction of the vessel itself, as shewn,
not forming any part of my Invention. On the upper part of the neck or
mouth a is formed an enlargement, commencing at b, and on the interior is
formed a screw, as is shewn. c is a cap, formed with a screw on the interior,
to fit the exterior of the part of the mouth or neck b. there being a perforated
disc forming the top of such cap c. The stopping of the vessel is to be by a
cork or clastic stopper d, the lower end of which comes against the shoulder
formed at b, within the neck or mouth a, b, so that by screwing on the cap c
the cork or stopper will be compressed between the top of the cap and the
shoulder &; and the advantage of having a hole through the top of the cap is,
that the stopper of cork used can be. scen through, so that if the cap be put
on accidently, without the stopper or cork, that fact will be detected, which
would not be the case if the cap were not open at top. And it is the closing
of spirit and other cans and vessels by the combined apparatus above described,
which constitutes the first part of my Invention.
I will now describe the second part of my Invention, which has for its
object the closing cases or vessels in which cans or other articles are enclosed
or packed.
Figuro 4 shows a section, Figure 5 an external elevation, and Figure 6 a
plan of such a vessel, the lid of which is to be closed and secured by means of
the apparatus which I will now describe. e is a bracket, which is fixed to the
front of the vessel, the bracket having a male screw f formed or affixed
thereon. g is a screw nut attached to the lid or cover in such manner that
it can revolve, but so as not to be separated from the lid or cover. By this
arrangement, on shutting the lid or cover, and turning the nut by the aid of a
suitable key or otherwise, the cover will be fastened securely, and by running

page_text: wax into the recess, as shewn, a seal impression may be made thereon, and thus
offer a means of detecting the fact, if the vessel should have been opened, as the
nut cannot be noved after applying the sealing wax without the wax being first
broken. This vessel is shewn to be of iron or sheet metal, and suitable for
containing four spirit cans, but the vessel may be of other material and
be used for containing other articles, and it is the mode of closing and
fixing the lid or cover which alone constitutes the novelty of this part of my
Invention.
I will now describe the third part of my Invention, which has for its object
another mode of closing spirit and other cans or vessels, and consists of
employing discs of sheet metal raised into a conical form so as to reduce the
diameter in order to their entering the mouth or neck of such vessels, and then,
by causing them to be pressed so as to assume a flat form, they will retain
the cork or other elastic stoppers securely in the necks or mouths of such vessels.
Figure 7 shows part of a section of a spirit can; Figure 8, a plan thereof.
Figure 9 shows the section of a bottle or such like vessel; and Figure 10
shows a disc of metal before and after it has been raised into a conical form.
In these arrangements the cork or other elastic stopper enters the neck or
mouth of the vessel and rests on the shoulders b, b, and is retained and pressed
securely by means of the disc, which is introduced in the conical form, that
then is to be caused to spread out and become flat by pressure, so that the
edges will enter the groove around the neck or mouth, as is shewn by the
Drawing. By this arrangement the cork or stopper cannot be drawn out
without a power equal to that required for bending the disc of metal.
I will now describe the fourth part of my Invention, which has for its object
a mode of fixing the glass or other vessel of a lamp and at the samo timo
closing it fluid-tight where the fastening takes place. Figure 11 shows the
section of so much of a lamp as will enable me to describe this part of my Inven-
tion. 9 is the spirit or oil vessel through which the tube h passes. This vessel 9
may be of glass or other material, as heretofore. The tube h has an enlarge-
ment at i, and a screw formed at j, on to which the screw plate or nut k is
applied; and it is by causing the stopper of cork or other suitable elastic
material to be pressed between this plate and the lower part of the vessel
which produces the close stopping.
I will now describe the fifth part of my Invention, which consists of a
novel combination of parts constituting a bung or such like stopper, the
oxterior being of a ring of cork, the interior being of wood or other suitable
material, the cork being fixed to the wood by any suitable waterproof

page_text: cement. Figure 12.sbows an under side view; Figure 13, a top view; nut
Figure 14, a section. m is a ring of cork fixed around the wood, the shap
of which is clearly shewn in the Drawing.
I will now describe the sixth part of my Invention, which has for its objec
an improved cover for bottles and other vessels having similar ueks c
mouths; and the same consists of having a cover of metal lived on the inside
with a ring of cork. Figure 15 shows a section of the neck of a bottle with
my improved cover; and Figure 16, a plau atul section of the cover separately.
being a metal cover, and the ring or lining of cork. In this using cork
it is important that the cork used should be first subjected to pressure and
rulling, to make the grain as oqual' as possible.
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I will now describe the soventh part of my Invention, which consists of a
made of closing the passage of tubes through which gas or other flaids pass,
the object being to get what may be called a sliding joint to such vassels.
Figure 18 shows a section, and Figure 19 an exterual view of suich: an
arrangement, aud consists of making a fluid-tight joint between the two tubes
or pipes 9, 7, and allow of the same being slided to or fro. And this part of
the Invention corresponds with the first part of the Invention; as above
described, and the only difference is, that the taber passes through the cock
or other elastic stopper, as is shown.
I will now describe the eighth part of my Inventions, which consists af
forining bottles with an opening through the neck laterally, as well as in the
ordinary direction. Figuro 20 shows an external view, and figure 21 a
section, of a bottle constructed according to this part of my Invention,
,, being the side openings through and into which the cork or stopper is to
be applied, by which not only will thuse openings be closed, but also that at
which is in the ordinary direction. This construction of bottle will be found
more suitable for erated liquids than those now used. Figuro. 22 shows a
forus into which I blow the necks of glass bottles in a mould, and then I ent
off the projection at the dotted lines a, a, or, if desired, only one part may
be cut off as shown at 22*, in which case the cork or stopper would enter
through the opening when one is cut off, and pass into the chamber of the
other. I would remark, that in addition to glass bottles, this part of my
Invention may be applied to earthenware bottles or vessels, and also the nocks
or mouths of metal cans.
I will now describe the ninth part of my Invention. Figure 29 shows
plan. Figure 24 shows a side view, and Figure 25 an end view of apparates
for pressing and rolling corks, so us to equalize the grain and to render

page_text: them moro readily need as stoppers. In this apparatus a surface or bod v is
cimployed, baving a standaril frame carrying the axis of a roller, which can be
regulated to a proper position by the screw u, and' is a muwenble surface
between which and the bod the corks are placed; and by moving the
surface w to and fro with pressure on the corks, they will become more
oqualized in grain or substance, and more readily introifuced fits the necks
of spirit cans or bottles, or other openings in vessels to be suppet thereby,
by which means the closing of spirit cans and other vessels will be more
advantageously performed.
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I will now describe the tenth part of any Invention. Figure 20 shows the
section of two glass tubes connected with a socket joint, in which a ring
packing of cork is introduced, and two or more wood pins passid through
the socket so as to outer recesses formed in the other tube; and it is the
closing of the ends of two glass pipes or tubes by the use of work and
pins as described, which constitutes the peculiarity of this part
Invention.
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Haring thus described the nature of my Invention, and the maine in
which each part is to be performed, I would have it understunt that. I do ant
confine myself to the details as described, so long as the peculiar character of
my Invention be retained; but what I claim is--
First, the mode of closing spirit and other cans ur. vessels, shrein
described.
Secondly, I claim the mode of closing the lids or covers of resrele described
in respect to Figures 4, 5, and 6.
.
Thirdly, I claim the mode of closing cans or vessels described in respect to
Figures 7, 8, 9, and 10.
Fourthly, I claim the mode of closing vessels as described in respect to
Figure 11.
Fifthly, I claim the mode of making stoppers for closing vessels, by coni-
bining a ring of cork with a centre of wood or other suitable material, as
described in respect to Figures 12; 18, and 14.
Sixthly, I claim the mode of closing vessels by covers lined with cork, na
described in respect to Figures 15 and 16.
:
Seventhly, I claim the mode of closing the sliding joints of pipes or tubus
used for containing and conveying gas or fluid:
Eighthly, I claim the mode of constructing bottles described in respect to
Figures 20, 21, 22, & 22*.
:
Niuthly, claim the nude of preparing corks for closing wis by

page_text: arranging and applying apparatus described in respect to Figures 23, 24,
and 25. And,
Tenthly, I claim the mode of closing the ends of two glass tubes as described
in respect to Figure 26.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Young, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-first day of February, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty-nine.