Improvements in Bottles in Connection with Stoppering.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date o. Application, 21st Sept., 1886.
Complete Left, 18th June, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 19th July, 1887.
Improvements in Bottles in Connection with Stoppering.
I, RICHARD HENRY BARRETT of The Oval, Hackney Road in the County of
Middlesex Glass Bottle Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
The object of the invention is to facilitate the closing or stoppering of bottles.
grooves
It has before been proposed to close the mouth of a bottle by means of a cap fitting
over the mouth and formed with inward projections on its sides to enter inclined
grooves formed around the exterior of the sides of the neck. The upper ends of the
inclined
have been made to terminate in short longitudinal grooves passing
to the extremity of the neck so that when putting a cap on to the neck of a bottle the
inward projections from the cap had first to be inserted into these longitudinal
grooves and the cap pressed downwards before commencing to give to it a partial turn
to bring its inward projections into the inclined grooves.
With bottles closed in this way the cap cannot always be quickly put on as the
mouth of the longitudinal grooves into which the inward projections of the cap have
to be made to enter are comparatively narrow. To remedy this I make inclines on
the underside of lugs or projections which stand out from the side of the neck and
make the cap with inward projections to pass below these inclines-the upper side of
the lugs or projections on the neck I likewise make inclined and the inclined top of
one projection I make to extend or lead below the commencement of the incline on
the underside of the other or next projection.
Each lug or projection is therefore of a triangular form with one side vertical and
the two others both inclining downwards from its ends so that each lug or projection
comes to a point at the top. In this way when the cap is placed on to the top of the
bottle there is no horizontal ledge or surface for the inward projections of the cap to
rest on but if the cap be pressed downwards and at the same time turned in the
proper direction it must of necessity be drawn down by the inclines and the cap be
securely engaged without trouble. The lower ends of each lug or projection also
form stops to prevent the cap from being turned too far round.
D
1000
CARPMAEL & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant,

page_text: Improvements in Bottles in Connection with Stopping
I, RICHARD HENRY BARRETT of The Oval Hackney Road in the County of
Middlesex 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:-
:-
The object of the invention is to facilitate the closing or stoppering of bottles
and jars.
It has before been proposed to close the mouth of a bottle by means of a cap fitting
over the mouth and formed with inward projections on its sides to enter inclined
grooves formed around the exterior of the sides of the neck. When this has been
done the upper ends of the inclined grooves have been made to terminate in short
longitudinal grooves passing to the extremity of the neck so that when putting a cap
on to the neck of a bottle the inward projections from the cap have first to be
inserted into these longitudinal grooves and the cap pressed downwards before com-
mencing to give to it a partial turn to bring its inward projections into the inclined
grooves.
With bottles closed in this way the cap cannot always be quickly put on as the
mouth of the longitudinal grooves into which the inward projections of the cap have
to be made to enter are comparatively narrow and consequently the inward pro-
jections of the cap generally come against the flat horizontal surface of the mouth of
the bottle or vessel before entering the longitudinaal grooves.
To remedy this I make the neck with two or it might be more lugs or projections
standing out from its sides and I make both the upper and under sides of the lugs to
incline downwards from the mouth towards the body of the bottle.
Each lug I also make to come to an edge at the top its upper end being made
to terminate in a line approximately parallel with the longitudinal axis of the bottle
or with the lower corner of such an end more or less rounded off.
In this way when a cap with inward projections is placed over the mouth of the
bottle or vessel there is no flat horizontal surface for the inward projections to rest on
but the inward projections of the cap must first rest upon the upper inclined sides of
the lugs and if the cap be then turned in the proper direction and pressed downwards
the inward projections of the cap whilst resting upon the upper inclined side of one
lug will be guided below the inclined underside of the other or next lug and so the
cap can be placed on securely without trouble.
Figure 1 of the drawings hereunto annexed shews a side elevation and Figure 2 a
vertical section of a bottle closed in the above manner. Figures 3 and 4 shew
side elevations taken at right angles to one another of the bottle without its cap.
Figure 5 shows an underside view of the cap and Figure 6 a plan view of the bottle
without the cap.
AA are two lugs or projections from the neck of the bottle. B B are the inward
projections on the cap which are to pass below the inclined under sides of these lugs.

page_text: As will be seen the cap when in place is for the sake of appearance made to extend
down to the shoulder of the bottle but without bearing against it. If the bottle or
vessel were made with a longer neck then I prefer for the same reason to form a
shoulder around the neck just below the lugs or projections A for the lower edge of
the cap to come down to so that no opening is left at the bottom of the cap between
it and the neck. To make a tight joint a washer of cork or other material C is placed
at the top of the interior of the cap to be nipped between the cap and the top of the
neck when the cap is put on to the bottle.
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 :-
1. A bottle or vessel with projections standing out from the sides of the neck, the
upper as well as the under sides of such projections being made to incline downwards
and each projection being made to come to an edge or acute angle at the top its
upper end being made to terminate either in a line approximately parallel with the
central axis of the bottle or with the lower corner of such an end rounded off.
2. The means substantially as described for closing the mouths of bottles or
vessels.