Improvements in Tools Employed in the Manufacture of Bottles.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 1st July, 1886.
Complete Left, 1st Apr., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 3rd May, 1887.
Improvements in Tools Employed in the Manufacture of Bottles.
I JOHN JAMES VARLEY of No. 268 South Lambeth Road, in the county of Surrey,
Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the construction of an improved tool for forming holes in
the sides of the necks of bottles where such are required, as in the case of bottles such
as those referred to in my application for a Patent for "Improvements in or applicable
to bottles and stoppers for aürated or gaseous liquids" of this date.
My improved tool consists of a mandril adapted to fit the neck of the bottle and
provided with a punch which can be operated by a lever pivotted to the mandril, the
said mandril also being provided with a socket guide which fits outside the neck of
the bottle so as to form a bolster for the punch.
By this improved tool a hole or passage can he made from the usual annular groove
therein to the outside of the bottle while the bottle is still in the mould or directly it
is removed therefrom.
It will be obvious that my punch and lever can be applied to the bottle tools now
in use instead of being used as a separate tool therefrom but I do not advise this
arrangement.
G. F. REDFERN,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Tools Employed in the Manufacture of Bottles.
1, JOHN JAMES VARLEY, of No. 268, South Lambeth Road, in the county of Surrey,
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:-
:-
This invention relates to the construction of an improved tool for forming holes in
the sides of the necks of bottles where such are required, as in the case of bottles
such as those referred to in my application for a patent for Improvements in or
applicable to bottles and stoppers for aërated or gaseous liquids" No. 8650 dated
1st July 1886.
My improved tool consists of a mandril adapted to fit the neck of the bottle and
provided with a punch which can be operated by a lever pivotted to the mandril, the
said mandril also being provided with a socket guide which fits outside the neck of
the bottle so as to form a bolster for the punch.
In order to enable my invention to be carried into practice I will proceed to describe
the same by reference to the accompanying drawings in which figure 1 is a section of
one of my improved tools for forming holes in the sides of the necks of bottles and
figure 2 is a similar view of a modified construction of the tool.
In figure 1a, is the mandril which fits the neck b, of the bottle; c, is the punch
which moves in the transverse hole d, in the mandril a; e, is the lever for operating
the punch e; this lever is pivotted at, to the mandril a, and works in a slot, in the
mandril, is a spring which presses the free end of the lever e, outwards so as
normally to keep the punch e, within the hole d, in the mandril;, is the socket guide
of the mandril which socket fits over the neck b, of the bottle thereby forming a
bolster for the punch: 1, hole in the socket to allow of the passage of the portions of
glass removed by the punch; j, is the usual groove in the neck b, of the bottle.
By this improved tool a hole or passage indicated by dotted lines at k, can be made
from the usual annular groovej, in the neck b, of the bottle to the outside of the bottle
by placing the tool in the bottle (as shewn in figure 1) while the bottle is still in the
mould or directly it is removed therefrom and pressing inwards the free end of
the lever e, against the mandril so as to force the punch c, outwards.
In the tool shewn in figure 2 the punch c, is fixed on the jaw a, the inner face
of the jaw a', being formed so as to adapt itself to the neck b, of the bottle. In this
figure the punch c, is shewn as having just heen forced through the side of the neck
of the bottle, the tool being closed.

page_text: h, is the spring for keeping the punch normally open, and 7, is a hole in the lower
jaw a', for the passage of the portions of glass removed by the punch c. The operation
will be understood without further description.
It will be obvious that my punches and lever can be applied to the bottle tools now
in use instead of being used as separate tools therefrom but I do not advise this
arrangement.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is :-
The manufacture and use of the improved tools hereinbefore described and illustrated
in the accompanying drawing for forming holes in the sides of the necks of bottles
substantially as hereinbefore described.