Improvements in Tools for Forming Bevel or other similar Grooves in the Mouths of Bottles and for Forming a Rim on Outside of Grooved Bottles.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Oct., 1886.
Complete Left, 16th July, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 16th Aug., 1887.
Improvements in Tools for Forming Bevel or other similar Grooves
in the Mouths of Bottles and for Forming a Rim on Outside of
Grooved Bottles.
We DAN RYLANDS of Hope Glass Works, Stairfoot, near Barnsley, in the County
of York, Glass Bottle Manufacturer, and BENJAMIN STONER, of Bridge Street,
Stairfoot aforesaid, mechanic, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
Our invention relates to improvements in Tools for forming bevel, undercut, or
other grooves in the mouths of Bottles; and the objects of our improvements are:-
first, to so construct the Tools that, in compressing the handles with the hand, it
causes the cutters which form the groove to move in opposite longitudinal directions
as soon as they have obtained a suitable lateral position for forming the groove;
second, that when said handles are released the cutters first return to their respective
longitudinal positions and then close laterally, and by this means they do not touch
or interfere in any way with the groove already formed within the mouth of the
bottle; third, where it is desired to form either the top or bottom of the groove
bevel or undercut, but not both, one cutter is made to move laterally into position for
forming such groove; the opposite cutter which is to form the bevel or undercut
moves to a suitable lateral position, after which it immediately performs a longitudinal
movement also; this is when the handles are compressed. When the handles are
released, the longitudinal movement of the bevel cutter takes place first, and then
both cutters close laterally. And the fourth object of our improvements is to form on
the faces of ordinary dies which form the exterior of the mouth of Bottle a Rim as a
trade mark on the exterior of the mouths of bottles; these dies may be in combina-
tion with our hereinbefore mentioned improvements, or in combination with any form
of Tools having protruding cutters.
We attain the before mentioned objects by making the Tools in the following
manner: The Tools are composed of the ordinary spring handles, standard, bridge,
and our improved dies having suitable marks formed on the faces thereof, together
with a plug which is made in two portions; one portion consisting of the swiller and

page_text: portion of plug which forms the top part of interior of bottle mouth above the
groove; the other portion of the plug is made in two parts, each part having a
spindle which works in a hole formed through the swiller and portion of plug in one
therewith similar to the plug described in our Patent No. 8299 of 1885. These parts
of the plug are caused to rotate or move laterally on their respective spindles, either
by means of a rack and pinion arrangement, or an arrangement of levers and rods in
connection with the spring handles of the Tools, or in any other suitable way. Each
rotating part of the plug has a cutter either made with or fixed thereon; if the
said cutters are required to form a groove in bottle mouth bevelled both top and
bottom or V shape, one cutter is made bevel on one side, and the opposite cutter is
made bevel on the reverse side, or where the bevel is required on only either the top
or the bottom of groove, then only one cutter is made bevel or formed to suit the
special shape of the undercut desired, and the opposite cutter is formed square, we
form the top part of groove with one cutter and the bottom part with the other
cutter.
When an arrangement of levers and rods are used to rotate the parts of plug
similar to that described in the aforesaid Specification No. 8299 of 1885, a helical
spring is placed between the crossbar and one lever, and a helical spring is also placed
between the back of the swiller and the opposite lever; a cam is fixed to one side of
the bridge opposite one lever, and a cam is fixed on the other side of the bridge
opposite the other lever. When the spring handles are compressed, one cam comes in
contact with one lever, and the opposite cam comes in contact with the other lever ;
by this means as soon as the cutters have obtained suitable lateral positions they are
immediately forced one in one longitudinal direction and the other in the reverse;
this causes each helical spring to be compressed, one between the crossbar and one
lever, the other between the opposite lever and the back of swiller, and the power
stored up in these helical springs exerts itself as soon as the handles are released,
thereby forcing each cutter immediately back to its original longitudinal position, after
which the rods and levers cause the rotating parts of the plug with their respective
cutters to rotate in a reverse direction, by which means the cutters close laterally so
that they do not touch or interfere with the bevel or undercut groove formed in the
mouth of bottle.
When the groove is required to be bevelled or undercut only on the top or bottom
side but not on both, only one cutter is bevelled or formed to suit the desired shape
of undercut; the other cutter is formed square; in this case it is only necessary to
give the longitudinal movement, to the rotating part of plug having said cutter
attached, thereby dispensing with the helical spring and cam in connection with the
rotating part of plug to which no longitudinal movement is needed.
We also in combination with these Tools, or with other Tools having protruding
dogs, use a special conformation or shape of dies in order to produce or form on the
outside of the Bottle Mouth one rim as a Trade Mark.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Tools for Forming Bevel or other similar Grooves
in the Mouths of Bottles and for Forming a Rim on Outside of
Grooved Bottles.
We DAN RYLANDS of Hope Glass Works, Stairfoot, near Barnsley, in the County
of York Glass Bottle Manufacturer, and BENJAMIN STONER of Bridge street, Stair-
foot, aforesaid, mechanic 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 :-
Our invention relates to improvements in Tools for forming bevel, undercut, or
other grooves in the mouths of Bottles; and the objects of our improvements are :-
first, to so construct the Tools that, in compressing the handles with the hand, it causes
the cutters which form the groove to move in opposite longitudinal directions as soon
as they have obtained a suitable lateral position for forming the groove; second, that
when said handles are released the cutters first return to their respective longitudinal
positions and then close laterally, and by this means they do not touch or interfere in
any way with the groove already formed within the mouth of the bottle, third where
it is desired to form either the top or bottom of the groove bevel or undercut but not
both one cutter is made to move laterally into position for forming such groove; the
opposite cutter which is to form the bevel or undercut moves to a suitable lateral
position, after which it immediately performs a longitudinal movement also; this is
when the handles are compressed. When the handles are released, the longitudinal
movement of the bevel cutter takes place first, and then both cutters close laterally.
And the fourth object of our improvements is to form on the faces of ordinary dies
which form the exterior of the mouth of Bottle a Rim as a Trade mark on the
exterior of the mouths of bottles; these dies may be in combination with our herein
before mentioned improvements or in combination with any form of Tools having
protruding cutters.
We attain these objects by constructing the Tools in the manner hereindescribed
and illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a longitudinal
elevation of our improved Tools having the handles compressed, and a section of a
bottle neck shown on the plug. Fig. 2 is an elevation of a portion of the same Tools
with the handles apart. Fig. 3 is an elevation of a portion of a modified form of
our improved Tools with the plug shown in position when the handles are compressed.
Fig. 4 is an elevation of the mouth of a Bottle showing a rim, which is used as a trade
mark, formed thereon.

page_text: The Tools have ordinary spring handles a a, a standard b, a bridge c and improved
dies d d, together with a plug E which is made in two portions, one portion consisting
of the swiller and portion g of plug E which forms the top part of interior of
bottle mouth above the groove; the other portion h is made in two parts h¹ h² having
spindles which work in holes formed through the swiller and portion g of
plug E. The parts ¹² are caused to rotate laterally on their spindles i i, either by
means of a rack and pinion arrangement similar to that described and illustrated in
our Patent No. 8299 of 1885 or an arrangement of levers, rods, and cranks in con-
nection with the spring handles a a such as shown at Figs. 1, 2, and 3 and also shown
and described in the aforesaid specification No. 8299 of 1885. The cranks ; are
fixed to the spindles by the set screws 1, and are connected to the handles or
tongs a a by means of the rods k. In Figs. 1 and 2 a helical spring m is placed
between the crank j and the swiller f and a helical spring m is also placed between
the crank and the cross bar n. A cam, tappet or projection p is fixed in a suitable
position on each side of the bridge c.
When the spring handles a a are compressed as shown at Fig. 1, the cams p come
in contact with the cranks j pressing one in one longitudinal direction, and the
other in the reverse. The cranks do not come in contact with the cams p until the
rods & have rotated the cranks ;, thereby moving the cutters 9 9 to a suitable lateral
position, after which by still pressing the handles a a the cranks j press longitudinally
against the cams p, so that one cutter q is caused to move in one longitudinal direc-
tion, and the other cutter 9 in the reverse. This movement causes each helical
spring m to become compressed, and the power stored up therein is utilised as soon as
the handles a a are released, by immediately forcing back into their original
longitudinal positions the cutters qq, after which the continued springing apart of,
the handles a a causes the rods k to pull back the cranks j, by which means the
cutters 9, 9, and parts h² of plug E become closed as shown at Fig. 2. By means
of giving the cutters q each a longitudinal movement one in one direction, the other
in the reverse, before they are closed laterally they are prevented interfering with the
undercut groove formed in bottle mouth, and so close clear out thereof.
By means of the Tools shown at Figs. 1 and 2, the top part of groove formed in
bottle mouth is made with one cutter q and the bottom part with the other cutter q.
The cutters may either be made with or attached to the parts h¹ 2.
Where the groove formed within the bottle mouth is required to be bevelled or
undercut only on the top or bottom side but not on both, only one cutter q is bevelled
or formed to suit the desired shape of undercut as shown at Fig. 3; the other cutter is
formed square or other suitable shape but not undercut. In this case it is only
necessary to give the longitudinal movement to the part h' of plug which has the
bevelled cutter either attached or made therewith, thereby dispensing with the helical
spring m and cam in connection with the rotating part to which no longitudinal
movement is required. The cutter q shown on part ¹ in Fig. 3 forms the undercut
in top part of groove and the cutter q on part 2 forms the bottom part of groove
without an undercut; when it is required to form the undercut on the bottom of
groove only, the cutter q on part 2 is formed to suit the shape of such undercut, and
instead of the helical spring m being placed on the spindle i of part h¹ it is placed
on the spindle i of part h² and the camp is fixed on the opposite side of the bridge in
which case the longitudinal movement is given to the part 2 instead of part ¹ as
shown at Fig. 1.
In combination with the Tools herein illustrated and described or with other Tools
having protruding dogs for forming grooves in bottle mouths, we use special shaped
dies d each having a suitable groove w formed on its face in order to produce or form
on the outside of bottle mouth one rim t as shown at Figs. 1 and 4.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said Invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we claim is:
1. In combination with Tools for forming grooves in bottle mouths, which Tools

page_text: have rotating parts h¹, h², the arrangement of springs m and cams p or any
mechanical equivalents for the purpose of giving 'said parts h¹ h² a longitudinal
movement substantially as described and illustrated and for the purpose specified.
2. In connection with Tools for forming grooves in the mouths of bottles, which
Tools have rotating parts h¹ h² the adaptation of a helical spring m and cam p, the
spring m being placed either on the spindle i of part h¹ or on the spindle i of part h²,
and the camp being fixed on the suitable side of the bridge c by which means
longitudinal movements are imparted to either the part h¹ or h² substantially as
described and illustrated or any mere modification thereof.
3. In combination with Tools for forming grooves in bottle mouths the special form
of dies d having grooved faces w for forming a rim on the outside of the mouths of
Bottles.