Game, Fish, Fruit, Vegetables, Jams, or similar Substances.
Year: 1888

page_text: Game, Fish, Fruit, Vegetables, Jams, or similar Substances.
I, EDWARD CHARLES HEPWORTH HILL of 9 Sevington Street Maida Vale in the
County of Middlesex Inspector of Schools Straits Settlements 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 :—
The object of this Invention is to construct bottles so that they may be used for
the preservation of soups meat game fish fruit vegetables jam or similar substances
whereby the obnoxious "tinny" taste sometimes given to the meat, fish or similar
substances by the tins hitherto used, and any poisonous qualities of the solder used
for fastening the said tins is entirely done away with.
The Invention consists of constructing a bottle with an enlarged neck that is to say
the neck will extend over the whole or nearly the whole of the top of the bottle. The
bottle is closed by means of a stopper which can be affixed thereto and hermetically
sealed with any suitable air tight composition; the said stopper being so constructed
that the outer edge or edges shall sink below the level of the top of the bottle neck
whon adjusted therein. A hole or vent is made in the stopper to allow for the egress
of steam, and air, after the meat, fish or similar substance is placed in and the bottle
stoppered. The said hole or vent is provided with a suitable stopper or cork so
constructed that the lower portion of the rim of the said stopper or cork when
inserted shall sink beneath the upper surface of the large stopper and so leave a small
opening which can be afterwards filled up with an airtight composition; or the said
vent or hole itself can be closed with an airtight composition without the use of a
stopper.
And in order that my invention may be more fully understood and carried into
practice, I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying
drawings.
Fig. 1 of which is an elevation of a bottle constructed according to my invention.
Fig. 2 an enlarged perspective view of the stopper for the same; and
Fig. 3 shews a modification of my invention.
Similar letters of reference are used to denote similar parts in all the figures.

page_text: The bottle A is made with an enlarged nock B into which fits a stopper C.. The
stopper C may be made either to project above the neck B as shewn in Fig. 1 or to
sink beneath the top of the neck as shewn in Fig. 3; in either case the top of tho
bottle neck being higher than the outer edge or edges of the stopper so that an air-
tight composition may be run round the rim of the bottle after the stopper has been
insertod.
The said stopper is provided with a hole or vent D into which a stopper or
cork E is inserted so as to sink beneath the upper surface of the large stopper C.
The meat, fish, or similar substance to be preserved is placed in the bottle A. and
the stopper C is put in and hermetically sealed all round its edge by means of any
suitable airtight composition. The air and steam meantime find an outlet through
the vent hole D which is afterwards closed by the stopper E and also hermetically
sealed with the airtight composition.
It is obvious that my invention is applicable to all kinds of bottles whether of
square, circular, or any other shape in cross section.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invon-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
The construction of bottles of any shape in cross section with enlarged necks, and
stoppers provided with vent holes for the preservation of soups, meat, game, fish,
fruit, vegetables jam or similar substances substantially as hereinbefore set forth and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 28th day of March 1888.
CASTLE SMITH,
Invention Office,
54, Fleet Street, London, E.U.,
Agent for the Applicant.