SECURING MALT LIQUORS, SPIRITS, WINES, AERATED WATERS, AND OTHER LIQUIDS IN BOTTLES
Year: 1884

page_text: I, WILLIAM LAWSON, of number 35 Rathgar Avenue, Rathgar, County of Dublin,
Manager to Edward & John Burke, of Dublin, Bottlers of Malt Liquors, and
Spirits, for exportation to Foreign Countries do hereby declare the nature of my
invention for SECURING MALT LIQUORS, SPIRITS, WINES, AERATED WATERS, AND
OTHER LIQUIDS IN BOTTLES to be as follows:-
A reference to the accompanying drawing will show :-
1st That the bottle is made with a thread (A) on the outside of the neck,
extending from the top downwards to a depth of about half an inch.
2nd Corresponding to this thread is a cap (B), or disc hollowed out &,-bearing
an internal thread similar in depth and suited to the thread on the bottle; which
is made of wood, paper pulp, tinned iron, or other material.
3rd Inside of the cap, fixed by an adhesive liquid to the surface at bottom, is a
thin wafer made of cord, rubber, paper pulp, or other substance, circular in form,
and of the full diameter of the orifice.
4th In the case of the aerated water bottle (N° 3), two perpendicular grooves (c),
or cuts (one on each side) across the thread on the bottle are provided to permit the
gas to escape whilst the cap is being unscrewed, from the moment the unscrewing
commences.
I claim for my invention, the following advantages, viz.
1st The caps cost less than corks, and the bottle costs no more than the ordinary
bottle at present used with corks.
2nd The wiring of corks is altogether dispensed with, and thereby is effected an
enormous saving in labour and material.
3rd The caps can be used over and over again, an indefinite number of times,
and the saving thus effected in corks is incalculable.
4th Facility in securing the liquid in the bottle,-no machinery being required
to do this as in corking, and in opening the bottle to decant its contents.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means for Stoppering Bottles.
I WILLIAM LAWSON, N° 35 Rathgar Avenue, Rathgar, Dublin, Manager for
Edward & John Burke, of Dublin, Bottlers of Malt Liquors & Spirits, for
Exportation to Foreign Countries do hereby declare the nature of my invention
for SECURING MALT LIQUORS, SPIRITS WINES, AERATED WATERS & OTHER
LIQUIDS, IN BOTTLES and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be f
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
A reference to the accompanying drawing will show :-
1st That the bottles are made with a thread on the outside of the neck,
extending from the top downwards to the depth of about an inch.
2d Corresponding to this thread is a cap, made either of wood, or tinned iron, 1
or other material; the former hollowed out & internally threaded, the latter
stamped out with a die bearing a thread, to correspond with the thread on the
bottle.
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3d Inside the cap is placed a thin wafer, circular in form, & of the full diameter
of the orifice, made of cork, rubber, paper, or other material.
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
1st The caps cost less than corks, and the bottles cost no more than the ordinary
bottles as used at present with corks.
2 The wiring of corks is altogether dispensed with and thereby is effected an
enormous saving in labour & material.
3d The caps can be used over & over again, an indefinite number of times, and
the saving thus effected in corks, wire, & labour, is incalculable.
4th Facility in securing the liquid in the bottle; no machinery being required
to do this as in corking; and in opening the bottle to decant its contents.
5th In the case of aerated water bottles, the gas escapes during the process of
unscrewing the cap, thus avoiding the unpleasantness of the gaseous liquid flying
up into the face in opening a bottle secured with a cork as used at present.
Deted this 1at Tuna 100%
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