IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF BOTTLES FOR CONTAINING AERATED OR OTHER LIQUIDS."
Year: 1876

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Rule, of Gilesgate, in the City of Durham, in the
County of Durham, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION
OF BOTTLES FOR CONTAINING AERATED OR OTHER LIQUIDS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Rule at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 25th March 1876.
THOMAS RULE, of Gilesgate, in the City of Durham, in the County of Durham.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF BOTTLES FOR CONTAINING AERATED OR
OTHER LIQUIDS."
This Invention consists in certain improvements in the construction of bottles,
whereby the advantages of a receptacle for holding liquids and of a cup from which
to drink the same are combined in one and the same article. The lower part of
the bottle is formed of a cylindrical or other suitable section, the same being
contracted at the requisite height from the bottom, according to the capacity the
bottle is desired to possess, in order to form the neck. From the top of the neck
the material of which the bottle is formed is expanded into a cup-like shape. The
diameter of the neck of the bottle decreases towards the top and is provided with
any suitable stopper, and upon the latter being removed or displaced and the bottle
being tilted, the liquid contained therein flows into the cup at the upper part
thereof, from whence it can be conveniently drunk.
The bottles forming the subject of this Invention may be constructed of glass or
earthenware, and are equally well adopted for aürated or still liquids. It will be
readily seen that a great advantage is gained in point of convenience by the combi-
nation in one article of a receptacle for the liquid and a cup or vessel from which the
same can be drunk.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Thomas Rule in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 25th September
1876.
THOMAS RULE, of Gilesgate, in the City of Durham, in the County of Durham.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF BOTTLES FOR CONTAINING AERATED OR
OTHER LIQUIDS."
My said Invention consists in certain improvements in the construction of bottles,
whereby the advantages of a receptacle for holding liquids and of a cup from which
to drink the same are combined in one and the same article. The lower part of the
bottle is formed of a cylindrical or other suitable section, the same being contracted
at the requisite height from the bottom, according to the capacity the bottle is
desired to possess, in order to form the neck. From the top of the neck the
material of which the bottle is formed is expanded into a cup-like shape. The
diameter of the neck of the bottle decreases towards the top, and the same is
provided with any suitable stopper, and upon the latter being removed or displaced
and the bottle being tilted, the liquid contained therein flows into the cup at the
upper part thereof, from, whence it can be conveniently drunk.
The bottles forming the subject of this Invention may be constructed of glass or
earthenware, and are equally well adapted for aërated or still liquids. It will be
readily seen that a great advantage is gained in point of convenience by the
combination in one article of a receptacle for the liquid and a cup or vessel from
which the same can be drunk.
Having thus declared and ascertained the nature of my said Invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, I would observe in conclusion that what
I consider novel and original, and therefore claim as constituting the Invention
secured to me by the said herein-before in part recited Letters Patent are--
The improvements in the construction of bottles for containing aërated or other
liquids, substantially as and for the purposes herein-before declared and set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Rule, have hereunto set my hand and
seal, this Twenty-second day of September, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-six.