Improvements in and connected with Bottles.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Aug.. 1890
Complete Specification Left, 9th May, 1891-Accepted. 13th June, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Bottles.
I, WILLIAM REID, of Cyprus Place, Shettleston, in the County of Lanark,
North Britain, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows, that is to say :-
My said invention has for its object the forming of the necks of bottles in an
improved manner and so that there may be no tendency for a cork or other similar
stopper to be forced out by internal pressure.
In carrying out my invention I make the neck of the bottle with the outer part
or faucet inclined to the middle part of the neck, the latter being kept like that of
an ordinary bottle or being curved so as to bring the outer part into or parallel to
the axis of the bottle. The outer inclined part or faucet is shaped internally to
receive a cork or stopper which is made with its ends as nearly as possible of the
same size. The neck communicates with the middle of the inclined faucet; and it
is important that the circumferential bearing surface for the inner end of the cork
or stopper should be at least equal to the bearing surface for the outer part of
the cork. With this construction any pressure inside the bottle acts only on the
middle of the cylindrical surface of the cork or stopper and cannot force it out, so
that external fastenings are not required, whilst the cork or stopper can be easily
drawn in the ordinary way when required.
The improved bottle may be moulded in the ordinary way the half moulds used
being shaped to form the inclined faucet, and being divided as by a plane passing
through the axis of the faucet as well as through the axis of the body of the bottle.
The outside of the inclined faucet may be finished by means of a suitably modified
shears-like tool of the kind employed in making ordinary bottles, this tool being
provided with a mandril to enter the faucet and impart the desired internal form.
To facilitate the finishing of the inclined faucet the holder in which the bottle is
placed is made with a cranked bracket which allows of the bottle being supported
in the requisite inclined position on the rest or bar and of the turning movement
being about an axis passing through the faucet. The inner end of the inclined
faucet will be closed when first formed and it may be left so, or it may be
perforated in the finishing operation.
Dated this Eighth day of August 1890.
EDMUND HUNT,
Applicant's Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Bottles.
1, WILLIAM REID, of Cyprus Place, Shettleston, in the County of Lanark,
North Britain, Engineer, 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, that is to say —
My said invention has for its object the forming of the necks of bottles in an
improved manner and so that there may be no tendency for a cork or other similar
stopper to be forced out by internal pressure.
In carrying out my invention I make the neck of the bottle with the outer part,
or faucet, inclined to the middle part of the neck the latter being kept like that of
an ordinary bottle, or being curved so as to bring the outer part into or parallel to
the axis of the bottle.

page_text: The outer inclined part or faucet is shaped internally to receive a cork or
stopper, which is made with its ends as nearly as possible of the same size. The
neck communicates with the middle of the inclined faucet; and it is important
that the circumferential bearing surface for the inner end of the cork or stopper
should be at least equal to the bearing surface for the outer part of the cork.
With this construction any pressure inside the bottle acts only on the middle
of the cylindrical surface of the cork or stopper, and cannot force it out, so that
external fastenings are not required, whilst the cork or stopper can be easily
drawn in the ordinary way when required.
And in order that any said invention and the manner of performing the same
may be properly understood I hereunto append a sheet of explanatory drawings
to be hereinafter referred to, and representing an example of my improved bottle,
and apparatus used in making it.
Figure, 1, of the drawings is a vertical section of my improved bottle.
Figure, 2, is a vertical section of the mould used in making it.
Figure, 4, is a sectional side elevation and
Figure, 5, is an end elevation of apparatus to be used in finishing the faucet or
mouth, whilst
Figure, 3, shows a modification of parts of the apparatus shown in Figure, 4.
The bottle, A, is made with an inclined faucet, B, which is internally as nearly
cylindrical as possible, the neck, C, of the bottle being shaped so as to communicate
with the middle part of the faucet. The mould, Figure, 2, in which the bottle is
blown and shaped consists of four parts, D, E, F, G, the two main parts, D, E,
being hinged together at the bottom on a pin, H, on which pin is also jointed a
bottom piece, F, whilst a fourth piece, G, which shapes the outer side of the faucet
is hinged to the main piece, D, by means of a pin, J, held in a forked piece, K,
bolted to the piece, D. The main parts, D, E, of the mould are, preferably con-
structed to open as along the line, L, L, L, and not as originally proposed, in the
plane of the section Figure, 1. With the construction of mould shown in Figure, 2,
the glass can be conveniently put into the mould, and the bottle can be easily
removed on turning out the piece, G, and opening the pieces, D, E.
For finishing the faucet, B, externally and internally the apparatus shown in
Figures, 4, and, 5, may be conveniently used. This apparatus comprises a pair of
standards, M, with notches or bearings in which a rod, N, carrying the bottle, A,
can be made to rotate, this rod being made with a long cranked part, P, for turning
it by. The bottle holder consists of an inclined cylinder, Q, fixed to the end of
the rod, N, the inclination being such as to bring the axis of the faucet, B, of the
bottle into coincidence with the axis about which the rod, N, turns. The holder, Q,
is made with a part, R, at right angles to the axis of the faucet and which serves
as a stop against which the end of the faucet abuts, whilst the parts of the holder
at the sides of the stop, R, being continued serve to confine the faucet between
them, and keep it in its proper position. The faucet, B, is heated for the finishing
operation, whilst in the holder, Q, the holder being held by means of the cranked
part, P, of the rod, N, whilst presenting the bottle at the furnace hole; and for
convenience in handling the parts are shaped and arranged so that with the bottle
in the holder, Q, the axis of the cranked part, P, will pass through the centre of
gravity. When the rod, N, is placed in the notches of the standards M, it can be
retained by a handle claw, S, jointed on one of the standards.
Instead of the rod, N, being turned by means of the cranked part, P, a part of
it may be made of a helical or screw forin as shown in Figure, 3, and be turned by
moving along it backwards and forwards a block, T, shaped internally to loosely
fit the screw threads, this being an application of a well known device. The
centre of gravity of the parts may be brought into the axis about which the rod, N,
turns, by fixing to the rod a suitable weight or weighted arm on the side of the
axis opposite to that on which the holder, Q, is arranged. When the parts are
balanced in this way the rotation may be effected by rolling the rod, N, on rails or
guides as practised in ordinary bottle making. Or the counterweight may be on a

page_text: separate piece permanently carried in bearings in one of the standards, M, and
made with a square socket to receive the squared end of the rod, N. The finishing
operation is effected by applying, during the rotation of the bottle, a suitably
modified shears-like tool of the kind ordinarily used, this tool being provided with
a mandril to enter the faucet, and impart the desired internal form.
The apparatus for finishing the faucet may be modified so as to have the axis of
rotation vertical or inclined if preferred.
The inner end of the inclined faucet, B, will be closed when first formed, and it
may be left so, or it may be perforated in the finishing operation.
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 An improved bottle made with a faucet inclined to the neck and communi-
cating at about its middle with the neck substantially as and for the purposes
hereinbefore described.
2-The making of a bottle with a faucet inclined to its neck by means of an
improved mould substantially such as is hereinbefore described and shown in the
accompanying drawings.
3-The improved apparatus herein before described and shown in the accom-
panying drawings for finishing the faucet of a bottle to the neck of which the
faucet is inclined.
Dated this Seventh day of Mar 1891
EDMUND HUNT,
Applicant's Agent.