An Improvement in Bottles for holding Aerated and other similar Liquids.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Dec., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 6th Sept., 1897-Accepted, 16th Oct., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Bottles for holding Aerated and other similar
Liquids.
We FREDERICK AUGUSTUS BIRD of No 33 Francis Road, Edgbaston Birmingham
in the County of Warwick Manufacturers Manager and CHARLES REASBECK of
No 49 Saint Mary's Road, Doncaster in the County of York, Glass Bottle
Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the improvements hereinafter described in Bottles for
Aerated or other Liquids under pressure and has for its object to provide a
cheap, simple, and effective means of holding or retaining a cork in the mouth of
a bottle against the pressure of the bottle's contents. Many costly devices have
from time to time been adapted for closing the mouths of bottles filled under
pressure such for example as a composition substituted for the cork, a glass, or
rubber ball and the like driven by internal pressure against an annular ring
inserted in the neck of the bottle or against a ledge formed in the bottle mouth
at right angles to its base in the neck of the bottle. Heretofore corks have
been held in their place in the bottle's mouths by means of a wire or
string. By our invention we are enabled to dispense with these arrangements or
with any other artificial or extraneous contrivance and cause the formation of
the neck of the bottle to grip the cork. In carrying our invention into practice
we form screw threads of a peculiar form on the inside of the neck of the bottle
near the orifice, the said screw threads we make preferably of an archimedean or
inclined pitch the threads being slightly raised above the internal surface of the
neck and a little distance from the mouth of the bottle. We make the mouth
taper that is to say from the orifice to the screw threads the mouth tapers
inwards allowing a lead for the insertion of the cork into the neck when the
screw threads embed themselves into the cork thus gripping and holding it
securely against the pressure of the bottles contents. The cork may be withdrawn
by gyrating it in the reverse direction, by a cork screw or other means.
We may make the screw threads either right or left hand and may adapt the
same to any kind of bottle for containing aerated waters or other liquids.
Dated this 4th day of December 1896.
WILLIAM HENRY BARACLOUGH,
36 Temple Street, Birmingham, Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Bottles for holding Aerated and other similar
Liquids.
We, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS BIRD of No 23 Francis Road, Edgbaston Birmingham
in the County of Warwick Manufacturer's Manager and CHARLES REASBECK of
No 49 Saint Marys Road Doncaster in the County of York Glass Bottle Manufacturer
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 relates to the improvements hereinafter described in Bottles for
holding aerated or other liquids and has for its object to provide a cheap simple
and effective means of holding or retaining a cork in the mouth of a bottle
against the pressure of the bottle's contents."
Many costly devices have from time to time been adapted for closing the mouths
of bottles filled under pressure such for example a composition substituted for cork, a
glass or rubber ball and the like driven by internal pressure against an annular ring
inserted in the neck of the bottle or against a ledge formed in the bottle mouth
at right angles to its base. Heretofore corks have been held in their place in
the bottle's mouth by means of a wire or string. By our invention we are
enabled to dispense with these arrangements or any other artificial or extraneous
contrivance, and cause the formation of the neck of the bottle to grip the cork.
In carrying our invention into practice we form screw threads of a peculiar form on
the inside of the neck of the bottle near the orifice; the said screw threads we make
preferably of an archimedian or inclined pitch the threads being slightly raised above
the internal surface of the neck and a little distance from the mouth of the bottle..
We make the mouth taper that is to say from the orifice to the screw threads, the
mouth tapering inwards allows a lead for the insertion of the cork into the neck
when the screw threads embed themselves into the cork thus gripping and holding
itself securely in position against the pressure of the bottle's contents. The cork
may be withdrawn by gyrating it in the reverse direction, by means of a cork screw
or otherwise. We may make the screwthreads either right or left hand and may
adapt the same to any kind of bottle containing aerated waters or other liquids.
The nature of our invention will be more clearly understood from the accompanying
drawings the same letters of reference indicating similar parts throughout. Figure 1
represents an elevation partly in section of an aerated water bottle before the cork is
placed in the neck. Figure 2 represents the same view of the bottle with the cork
in the neck. A are the screw threads formed on the inside of the bottle neck B.
C shows the taper of the orifice of the neck to allow for the insertion of the cork D
which is shown in its place at Figure 2 firmly gripped by the screw threads A and
held against any pressure of the bottle's contents. The cork may be easily withdrawn
by gyrating it in the reverse direction. Figures 3 and 4 represent a similar bottle
with the screw threads and pitch of a slightly different formation.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
In combination with an aerated water or other bottle the surow threads for 1.1

page_text: a cork against the pressure of the bottle's contents substantially as described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 1st day of September 1897.
WILLIAM HENRY BARACLOUGH,
36 Temple Street, Birmingham, Agent for the Applicants.