Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 1st May, 1888
Complete Left, 1st June, 1888
Complete Accepted, 6th July, 1888
We, WILLIAM ROBINSON, and JAMES HENRY ROBINSON, both of Hunslet, in the
County of York, Manufacturers of Stoneware bottles, do hereby declare the nature of
our said Invention, to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to certain improvements in or applicable to bottles made of
stoneware, the special object of the improvements being to apply thereto improved
means of filling and withdrawing the contents thereof.
As at present constructed such bottles are made with a side bung-hole adjacent to
the bottom of the bottle, such bung hole being usually closed with an ordinary bung
cork which requires frequent renewal, and in which an ordinary tap is driven by a
mallet frequently resulting in the breaking of the bottle, and, moreover, the bung corks
and taps are liable to be blown out by an excess of pressure within the bottle entailing
loss of the contents thereof.
The especial object of the Invention is to provide improved means by which these
and other attendant disadvantages will be avoided, and to this end the Invention
consists essentially in making the bottle entirely of stoneware together with an
internally screwed inlet and outlet adapted for receiving the correspondingly externally
screwed spigot end of a tap for withdrawing the contents of the bottle, and in applying
a tap thus adapted to such inlet of the bottle with an elastic washer between the collar
of the tap and the neck of the said outlet so that when the tap is screwed home the
rubber will be compressed rendering the joint properly air-tight and liquid-tight.
Dated thin 90th dow of Anril 1888
DAY, DAVIES & HUNT,
321, High Holborn, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicants.

page_text: We, WILLIAM ROBINSON, and JAMES HENRY ROBINSON, both of Hunslet, in the
County of York, Manufacturers of Stoneware bottles, do hereby declare the nature of
our said 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 certain improvements in or applicable to bottles made of
stoneware, the special object of the improvements being to apply thereto in an
improved manner means of filling and withdrawing the contents thereof.
On the accompanying drawings; Fig. 1. represents, in elevation, a bottle constructed
and adapted in accordance with our present improvements. Fig. 2. represents the
bottle fitted with a protecting wickerwork basket, and Fig. 3. represents a sectional
elevation of the part of the bottle to which the means of filling and withdrawing the
contents thereof are applied.
As at present constructed, stoneware bottles are made with a side bung-hole adjacent
to the bottom of the bottle, such bung-hole being usually closed with an ordinary
bung-cork which requires frequent renewal, and in which an ordinary tap is driven by
a mallet frequently resulting in the breaking of the bottle, and, moreover, the bung
corks and taps are liable to be blown out by an excess of pressure within the bottle
entailing loss of the contents thereof.
The especial object of this Invention is to provide improved means by which these
and other attendant disadvantages will be avoided, and to this end the Invention
consists essentially in making the bottle, 4, of stoneware entire with an internally
screwed inlet and outlet, 5, in one side adjacent to its bottom, and adapted for
receiving the correspondingly externally screwed spigot end, 6, of a tap, 7, for
withdrawing the contents of the bottle, and in applying a tap thus adapted to such
inlet of the bottle with an elastic, washer, 8, between the collar, 9, of the tap and the
neck, 10, of the said outlet, so that when the tap is screwed home the washer, 8, will
be compressed, rendering the joint properly air-tight and liquid-tight.
When it is required to refill the bottle the tap is unscrewed and removed from the
inlet, 5, which can be very readily effected and the tap can be as readily replaced.
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 :-
The construction of stoneware bottles substantially in the improved manner herein-
before described.
DAY, DAVIES & HUNT,
321, High Holborn, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicants.