Improvements in or connected with Stoppers for Bottles for Aërated Liquids.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Nov.; 1895
Corcolete Specification Loft 50th Aur 1906 Accented 24th Oct
180F
Date of Application, 28th Nov., 1895
Complete Specification Loft, 18th Aug, 1906 Accepted 24th Oct 180F
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Stoppers for Bottles for
Aërated Liquids.
I WALTER HYSLOP, of 57 Marlborough Street, Seaham Harbour, in the
County of Durham, Secretary of Glass Works, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
This invention for improvements in or connected with stoppers for bottles for
aërated liquids has for its object to provide a stopper with a simple cheap and
efficient valve or cock so that the contents of a bottle to which it is applied can be
drawn off as desired; and consists in drawing or otherwise tightly inserting a
rubber or other elastic tube through the body of the stopper and in providing
devices in the body of the stopper whereby the said tube can be nipped or released
at the desired part to close or open the bore of the tube.
In one arrangement the screw stopper of a bottle is bored centrally with a
small hole and a rubber tube of a larger diameter than the said hole is drawn into
the said hole so that it makes a tight joint with the sides of the hole. A mortise
is cut through the centre of the stopper and the tube is closed by a small slide
working in the said mortise and pressed against the tube by a spring. To open
the tube the slide is withdrawn by hand. Preferably the slide extends across the
stopper being inserted in place before the tube is drawn in and has a hole for the
passage of the tube. A rubber ring surrounding the stopper presses on one end of
the slide and causes it to nip the tube. By pressing on the other end of the slide
the tube is released. The upper end of the bore of the stopper may be connected
to any suitable outlet spout.
It will be seen that the stopper is very cheap to manufacture and can be applied
to existing screw stopper bottles at a very small expense.
Dated this 28th day of November 1895.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.
Improvements in or connected with Stoppers for Bottles for
Aërated Liquids.
1, WALTER HYSLOP, of 57 Marlborough Street, Seahain Harbour, in the
County of Durham, Secretary of Glass Works 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 for improvements in or connected with stoppers for bottles for
aërated liquids has for its object to provide a stopper with a simple cheap and
efficient valve or cock so that the contents of a bottle to which it is applied can be
drawn off as desired; and consists in drawing or otherwise tightly inserting a
rubber or other elastic tube through the body of the stopper and in providing
devices in the body of the stopper whereby the said tube can be nipped or
released at the desired part to close or open the bore of the tube.

page_text: In one arrangement the screw stopper of a bottle is bored centrally with a small
hole and a rubber tube of a larger diameter than the said hole is drawn into the
said hole so that it makes a tight joint with the sides of the hole. A mortise is
cut through the centre of the stopper and the tube is closed by a small slide
working in the said mortise and pressed against the tube by a spring. To open
the tube the slide is withdrawn by hand. Preferably the slide extends across the
stopper being inserted in place before the tube is drawn in and has a hole for the
passage of the tube.
A rubber ring surrounding the stopper presses on one end of
the slide and causes it to nip the tube. By pressing on the other end of the slide
the tube is released. The upper end of the bore of the stopper may be connected
to any suitable outlet spout.
It will be seen that the stopper is very cheap to manufacture and can be applied
to existing screw stopper bottles at a very small expense.
In the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation
of a stopper constructed according to this invention and Fig. 2 is a plan of the
same with the upper part or the cap removed.
The stopper a is bored centrally with a hole b in which is inserted a tightly
fitting rubber tube c. A tight joint between the rubber tube c and the hole b is
further ensured by forcing a hollow plug d into the lower end of the tube c.
The upper part of the stopper is provided with a cap e secured to the stopper
proper by screws f. Between the cape and the top of that portion of the stopper
on which it rests is inserted a spring slide g one end of which is held securely in
the recess by the cap e, and the other end is left free to extend laterally in the
cut away portion / and come against the tube c.
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In operation the slide g bears against the tube c and prevents the escape of gas
or liquid through the stopper. In order to allow the passage of the liquid
through the tube c the slide g is pressed by the hand into the position shown in
dotted lines.
The stopper is specially designed for drawing off desired quantities of aërated
liquids from a bottle. The bottle is either held approximately vertical with its
mouth downwards or a curved glass tube is inserted into the rubber tube c to form
a spout. The stopper may also be provided with a glass tube extending to nearly
the bottom of the bottle similarly to an ordinary syphon.
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 stopper consisting of a plug fitting the outlet of the vessel to which it is to
be applied, a flexible tube extending through the stopper and fitting tightly
therein and a means for nipping the tube within the stopper for the purpose set
forth.
2. The improvements in or connected with stoppers for bottles for aërated liquids
substantially as described with reference to the drawings.
Dated this 28th day of August 1896.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.