IMPROVEMENTS IN BOTTLES FOR CONTAINING AERATED LIQUIDS AND IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SUCH BOTTLES ”
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Hiram Codd of 58 King William Street in the City of
London and Dan Rylands of Barnsley in the County of York for an
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN BOTTLES FOR CONTAINING AERATED LIQUIDS
AND IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SUCH BOTTLES
”
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Hiram Codd and Dan
Rylands at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 8th July 1882.
HIRAM CODD of 58 King William Street in the City of London and DAN
RYLAND'S of Barnsley in the County of York "IMPROVEMENTS IN BOTTLES FOR
CONTAINING AERATED LIQUIDS AND IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SUCH BOTTLES
"
This Invention relates to bottles which have internal stoppers that are to be held
up by the pressure of gas to the mouths of the bottles so as to close them and has
for its object to permit of such bottles being opened without the necessity of in
any way touching the stoppers or of pressing them inwards into the bottles.
For this purpose we form through the side of the neck of the bottle a small hole
which we subsequently close by a small valve on the inside. The stem of the
valve we make to project outwards through the hole and to its outer end we affix
a small bead by pressing upon which the valve may be pressed inwards a short
distance.
The hole is formed through the neck just after the bottle. has in the ordinary
manner been blown in a mould and whilst it still remains hot after being removed
therefrom.
Preferably the mould has a small hole formed through its side so that the bottles
blown in it may each be moulded or formed with a small hollow projection standing
out from it and before removing the bottle from the mould the head of the hollow
projection may be pressed 'inwards so as to form in it a recess for the outer head of
the valve to lie in.
When the bottle has been removed from the mould a small punch is driven from
the inside through the centre of the end of the projection and thereby the formation
of the hole is completed.

page_text: The hole is formed through the neck just below where the head has subsequently
to be formed around it. For bottles already made the hole may be drilled by a
sand blast or otherwise.
The valve is preferably formed of a small disc with on one side of it a stem
projecting from its centre.
A small rivet shaped disc or washer of elastic material with a hole perforated
through its contre is threaded on to the stem. The stem is then passed through
the hole in the neck of the bottle from the inside and on to its outer end is screwed
or otherwise secured the small head.
When the bottle is charged with aerated liquid the pressure within the bottle
presses the valve against the inside of the neck and keeps the hole closed.
When the bottle is to be opened the head of the valve may be pressed on so as to
open the valve and allow of the escape of gas from the interior of the bottle, the
diminution of pressure thereby produced within the bottle quickly causes the
stopper to drop away from the mouth of the bottle by reason of its own weight and
the contents can then be poured out. .

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Hiram Codd and Dan Rylands in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 8th January 1883.
HIRAM CODD of 58 King William Street in the City of London and DAN
RYLANDS of Barnsley in the County of York. "IMPROVEMENTS IN BOTTLES FOR
CONTAINING AERATED LIQUIDS AND IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SUCH BOTTLES
"
This Invention relates to bottles which have internal stoppers that are to be held
up by the pressure of gas to the mouths of the bottles so as to close them and has
for its object to permit of such bottles being opened without the necessity of in
any way touching the stoppers or of pressing them inwards into the bottles.
For this purpose we form through the side of the neck of the bottle a small hole
which we subsequently close by a small valve on the inside. The stem of the
valve we make to project outwards through the hole and to its outer end we affix
a small head by pressing upon which the valve may be pressed inwards a short
distance.
The hole is formed through the neck just after the bottle has in the ordinary
manner been blown in a mould and whilst it still remains hot after being removed
therefrom.
When the bottle has been removed from the mould a small punch is driven from
the inside through the neck just below where the head has subsequently to be
formed around it. For bottles already made the hole may be drilled by a sand
blast or otherwise.
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The valve is preferably formed of a small disc with on one side of it a stem
projecting from its centre.
A small rivet shaped disc or washer of elastic material with a hole perforated
through its centre is threaded on to the stem. The stem is then passed through
the hole in the neck of the bottle from the inside and on to its outer end is screwed
or otherwise secured the small head,
When the bottle is charged with aerated liquid the pressure within the bottle
presses the valve against the inside of the neck and keeps the hole closed.
When the bottle is to be opened the head of the valve may be pressed on so as to
open the valve and allow of the escape of gas from the interior of the bottle, the
diminution of pressure thereby produced: within the bottle quickly causes the
stopper to drop away from the mouth of the bottle by reason of its own weight and
the contents can then be poured out.
In the Drawings hereunto annexed we have shewn as an example one form of
internally stoppered bottle fitted with a small valve in the neck for the purpose
above described but the necks of bottles fitted with other forms of internal stoppers
may similarly be fitted with a small valve.
Figure 1 shews the neck of the bottle, it has an internal globular stopper of glass
which rests against a ring of vulcanized india rubber held in a groove formed
around the interior of the neck.
Figures 2, 3 and 4 shew to a scale of about half size the apparatus we use to
form the hole in the neck. Figure 2 is a longitudinal section of the apparatus and
Figure 3 is an end view,
A is a thick plate of metal which is to be fixed vertically to the back edge of the
table or bench on to which the glass blowers assistant places the bottles as they are
removed from the mould. B is a hollow projection standing out from the plate A
C. D. are two levers carried by pins which are passed through plates that project
from the back of the plate A. E is a third lever the pin or axis of which is carried

page_text: by the same plates-upon it is a cam E¹_ one end of the cam (the end furthest
from the plate A) acts against the upper lever C-the other end of the cam (the
end nearest to the plate A) acts against the rear end of the lever D. The two
levers CD are at their rear ends drawn together by a spring F and are so held
against the cam E. The front end of the lever D carries a small punch which
rises up through a small hole in the top of the projection B-the front end of the
lever Ċ carries a plate to come down on to the exterior of the neck-and it has a
small hole formed. vertically through it just above the punch carried by the
other arın.
When the bottle has been removed from the mould in which it was blown and
the superfluous glass has been severed off from the end of the neck, the bottle is
taken up by the workman with what is called a punty by which he lays hold of
the base of the bottle, holding the bottle in this way he places the neck over the
projection B of the punching apparatus: The lever E is then at once turned into
the position shewn by Figure 4. In this way the punch E' is passed through the
neck. Afterwards when the bottle has been headed and annealed a small valve G
is fitted to the hole. The valve is composed of a small disc with a wire stem
projecting from it-over the wire is placed a conical piece of india rubber or other
elastic material, the wire stem is passed through the hole from inside the neck and
a. disc or head is then rivetted on or otherwise secured to the outer end of
the stem.
Having thus described the nature of our Invention and the manner of performing
the same we would have it understood that we claim.—
First. The construction of bottles which are closed at the mouth by internal
stoppers with in addition a small valve at the side of the neck substantially as
described.
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Second. Forming the hole in the neck of the bottle by means of punching
apparatus whilst the bottle is in a heated state as it comes from the mould
substantially as described.
In witness whereof we the said Hiram Codd and Dan Rylands have hereunto
set our hands and seals this fifth day of January in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and eighty three.
ПІПАМ CODD (L.S.)
DAN RYLANDS (L.S.)