Improvements in Bottles.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 15th July, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 31st Dec., 1889-Accepted, 8th Feb., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
· Improvements in Bottles.
I, THOMAS MAROUS HOUGHTON, of 10, John Street, Adelphi, in the county of
London, Architect and Surveyor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements on the invention described in my applica-
tion No. 5399, dated 29th March 1889, that is to say, in bottles used for containing
ale, beer or other liquors in which a sediment or crust deposits or forms after the
liquors have been bottled.
In manufacturing bottles according to my said former invention I have found
that the opening or throat from the bottom proper of the bottle into the well was too
small to allow of the bottles being blown accurately and also to allow of the bottles
being rapidly filled and cleaned.
The object of the present improvements is to remedy the above named incon-
veniences and for this purpose I now make the said throat or hole larger than
before, whereby the bottles can be easily filled and cleansed, but, in order to ensure
that the sediment or crust deposited or formed shall be retained in the well provided
to receive them, I throttle or reduce the size of the said throat or hole by introducing
into the same a plug which is advantageously formed of a ring or washer of cork or
other suitable elastic material which is held in position against the sides of the throat
or hole leading to the well by a ring of suitable metal or other material which would
not be affected by the contents of the bottle, the interior diameter of the said fixing
ring being that required for preventing the sediment or deposit from passing out
of the well, and being suitably shaped to allow the sediment as it forms to readily
pass into the well.
By this arrangement it will be obvious that when the bottle is to be cleaned
the said plug is withdrawn, thereby leaving a sufficiently large opening for the
sediment to pass out of the well and to allow of the well being easily and rapidly
cleaned.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bottles.
I, THOMAS MAROUS HOUGHTON, of 53 Park Road, St. John's Hill, in the County
of Surrey, Architect and Surveyor, 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 improvements in bottles used for containing ale, beer or
other liquors in which a sediment or crust deposits or forms after the liquors have
been bottled.
In manufacturing bottles according to this invention, I form a well or chamber
beneath the base or bottom of the bottle communicating with the interior of the
bottle by means of a small opening or throat of conical form into which a cork,
plug, or other stopper provided with a central vertical aperture may be placed. The
sediment will fall through the aperture in the cork into the well or chamber beneath,
where it will remain while the contents of the bottle are being poured off or emptied
out. To clean out the well or chamber, the cork, or stopper is removed by any
suitable means. To prevent the sediment from adhering to the sides of the cork and

page_text: thus blocking up the aperture therein the sides of the said aperture, and the top or
other parts of the cover, may be coated with tin foil or other suitable material which
would not be affected by the contents of the bottle.
The accompanying drawing shews a vertical section of the lower part of a bottle
fitted with my invention. The sides of the bottle near the bottom are made of a
tapering form as shewn in the drawing and terminate in a throat A opening into
the well or cavity B. The cork or stopper C fits tightly into the throat A when pressed
down and is provided with a central aperture D the mouth of which covers the
whole of the top of the cork or nearly so, the said aperture being preferably of a
slightly tapering or conical form, or funnel shaped as shewn, so as to form an incline
down which the sediment will slowly and gently fall by gravitation, into the well
or chamber B.
The throat A is made smaller in diameter than the mouth of the bottle, so that the
cork or stopper C may pass easily through the said mouth, and can be secured in
position in the throat A, by pressure on a suitable rod about equal in length to the
height of the bottle.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
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(1) The construction of bottles with a well or chamber such as B communicating
with the body of the bottle by means of a throat or opening such as A throttled or
reduced by a plug of cork, or other suitable material "C with an aperture D therein,
all substantially as and for the purpose described and illustrated.
(2) My improved bottle constructed substantially as described and shewn.
Dated this 31st day of Decembar 1900
CASTLE SMITH,
Per F. W. Golby,
"Invention" Office, 54, Fleet Street, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.