Improvements in Stoppering Bottles, Jars, and other Vessels.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 30th July, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 30th Apr., 1890--Accepted, 31st May, 1890.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Stoppering Bottles, Jars, and other Vessels.
I, WILLIAM COX BENNETT, of 7 Hyde Vale Cottages, Hyde Vale, Greenwich, in
the County of Kent, Author, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention bas reference to the stoppering of bottles and similar vessels such as
jars by means of a slide adapted to slide in grooves or ways with which the mouth of
the vessel to be closed is constructed or provided the arrangement being such that
the slide when slidden into place over the mouth of the vessel will effectually close
the same and when moved back will rest wholly over or partly over a projection or
division formed on or in the vessel. Bottles and other vessels may have my
invention applied to them in various forms.
Thus in carrying it out as applied to a bottle I form the bottle of glass or other
substance with the neck shaped as to one part, which I term the front part, of a half-
circular or elongated half-circular form or of such other form as I may prefer; the
remaining part, which I term the back part, being of a squared or elongated squared
form or of such other form as I may prefer. Under the inner edge of the neck of
the bottle I form a groove running horizontally or sloped with the end or ends open
at the extremity of the squared or shaped back part of the neck. This receives a slide
with its surfaces flat or sloping of either glass, metal, wood, ebonite, felt, india rubber
hard or soft or other solid or more or less elastic substances.
The slide, when slid, to the front extremity of the groove, into which it is shaped
to fit, closes the bottle, leaving the bottle open when it is withdrawn. The slide may
have on its upper or under surface, or on both such surfaces or part of such surface
or surfaces, felt, india rubber, soft vulcanite or any other more or less elastic
substance, such as will make the slide effectually stopper the liquid or semi-liquid or
solid contents of the bottle. The back end of the slide will be shaped to fit into the
back end or ends of the groove so as effectually to confine the liquid or other contents
of the bottle. The back end of the slide may project or be formed in any way so as
to enable the slide to be readily withdrawn wholly or in part, or a projection or
attachment may be formed on or attached to the top of the slide by which the slide
may be passed forward, to close the bottle or back to open it, such projection may be
either immovable or so attached as to be laid flat on the slide when not in use.
slide, if not entirely withdrawn from the groove may be suspended from the bottle
by an attachment of wire string or other suitable substance or the slide may be
prevented from being wholly withdrawn from the groove.
The
The neck of the bottle as above described is partly closed at its back end with glass,
which may be part of the bottle, metal, wood, cork, ebonite, felt, indiarubber, hard
or soft, gutta percha, or other substance either fixed or movable which may be covered
by or receive an insertion of india rubber or soft vulcanite, gutta percha, felt, or
other elastic or semi-elastic substance. The slide will be free to pass over the surface
and slide along the groove as above described. It will have a projection from or
attachment to its upper surface by which it can be moved backward or forward. It
is shaped at its front end to fit into the front of the groove in the neck of the bottle
and is shaped at its back end to fit into the groove at the back end of the neck
should such end be closed with a grooved bar or otherwise. When slid forward from
over the closed part of the neck of the bottle the slide will close the open or pouring
part of the neck by fitting into the front end of the groove. When slid back over
the closed part of the neck it uncovers the open or pouring part of the neck. Tho
back open ends of the groove may be by the end of the slide fitting into them, or
after the insertion of the slide by a bar of glass, without or with an internal groove
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page_text: to meet the groove in the interior of the neck of the bottle, which bar may be blown
on to the bottle or otherwise attached to the bottle. If the bottle be of any other
substance than glass, such bar' may be of a similar substance. The bar may be of
ebonite, metal, wood, felt, indiarubber, gutta percha, or other substance forming part
of or attached to the slide and fitting into so as to close effectually the ends of the
groove in the neck.
The slide working in the groove may be jointed across and when pulled back to
open the bottle, the part behind the joint may be turned down against the outside
of the neck of the bottle.
Part of the upper flange of the groove may be cut away. The slide working in
the groove may be jointed so that when the front end of the slide is drawn back from
the end of the groove, when it reaches the cut away part of the groove, it may be
turned up or back upon the outside of the back part of the slide behind the joint.
In the case of aerated and other elastic liquids the pressure of such liquids will
fling up the part of the slide in front of the joint when the slide is drawn back so
as to escape the hold of the groove.
I form a flange with undercut groove on each side of the exterior of the neck of
the bottle to receive the slide in the grooves. The lower surface of the slide passes a
stopper of cork, wood, metal, felt, indiarubber, vulcanite or any other substance,
preferably more or less elastic, along the inner groove in the interior of the neck of
the bottle to the groove at the semicircular front end. Such slide can be worked to
and fro by a projection or attachment on its external surface and is similarly rendered
watertight as to its back end and otherwise as in the previous arrangements. The
same slide and groove arrangement as made with the groove in the bottle may be
made in wood glass, metal, ebonite or other substance, separate from the bottle, and
with a projection attached with a screw on its exterior to work into a corresponding
feinale screw in the interior of the neck of the bottle, or such separate slide and groove
arrangement may screw onto a worm on the external surface of the neck of the .
bottle. This invention with its slide and groove arrangement apply also to bottles,
jars, boxes, and other vessels to hold potted meats, pickles, preserves and other
substances solid, liquid or semi-liquid.
Dind thi 90th
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W. C. BENNETT,
Per L. W.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Stoppering Bottles, Jars, and other Vessels.
I, WILLIAM Cox BENNETT, of 7 Hyde Vale Cottages, Hyde Vale, Greenwich,
in the County of Kent, Author, 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 :-
My invention has reference to the stoppering of bottles and similar vessels such as
jars by means of a slide adapted to slide in grooves or ways with which the mouth
and surrounding parts of the vessel to be closed is constructed or provided, the
arrangement being such that the slide when slidden into place over the mouth of the
vessel will hermetically close the same and when moved back will leave the mouth
open and rest wholly over or partly over a projection or division formed on or in the
vessel. Bottles and other vessels may have my invention applied to them in various
ways as I will now proceed to explain with reference to the accompanying sheet of
illustrative drawings in which
Figs. 1, 2 and 3 show respectively in central vertical section, back clevation, and
plan, a bottle neck provided with a slide according to this invention. In this
construction the mouth of the bottle, which may be of any suitable material, for
example glass is formed with a surrounding part or an enlargement one part of which
herein termed the front part 1, is of semi-circular form in plan, whilst the remaining

page_text: projection or part, herein termed the back part 2, is of a square or rectangular form
in plan as shown in Fig. 3. This enlargement 1-2 is made with an upwardly
projecting flange or rim 3, which in plan is of U form as shown in Fig. 3. This rim
on its inner side is formed with a groove 4 in which works a correspondingly formed
slide 5 of any suitable material as for examples, glass, metal, wood, ebonite or hard
or soft india-rubber. In the example shown the groove 4 is of V form in cross
section, though it may be of rectangular form, and is open at the rear ends to admit.
of the slide being readily inserted in place. The underside of the slide works upon
the flat upper surface of the enlargement 1-2, and carries a disc of suitable elastic
packing material 6, such as india-rubber, felt or soft vulcanite that serves to
hermetically close the mouth of the bottle and confine the contents thereof when the
slide is in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 3. 7 is a projection on the upper side
of the slide for moving the same into its open and closed positions. 8 is a circular
recess to receive the projecting part of the disc 6 when the slide is in its open
position and thus relieve this disc of pressure. The disc then serves to prevent. the
slide moving forward of itself and partly closing the bottle when the same is
inclined.
The arrangement of the groove 4 and slide 5 is such that when the latter is moved
forward into the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2 it will be forced downward so that
the elastic packing material 6 at its underside will hermetically close the mouth of
the bottle, and when the slide is moved backward it will open the mouth of the
bottle the contents of which can then be withdrawn.
In Figs. 4, 5 and 6, which are similar views to Figs. 1, 2 and 3 respectively, a
ring 6ª of elastic packing material is inserted within an annular groove surrounding
the bottle mouth. The backward movement of the slide is limited by a band 10 of
suitable material for examples, metal, chonite, or india-rubber that extends around
the enlargement 1-2 and fits within a recess formed therein.
As will be obvious the arrangement of the parts described with reference to Figs. 1
to 6 can be variously modified. Thus the curved part of the rim 3 may be removed
so as to leave two parallel rims the grooves in which are so formed as to prevent the
slide 5 moving too far forward, whilst the end opening between the rims at the back
end may be closed by a bar that may form part of the extension 1-2, or by suitable
material such as that mentioned for the band 10, that can be secured to the said
enlargement in any convenient manner. This bar when of hard material such as
glass may be covered or lined with elastic material such as india-rubber.
The recess 8 (Figs. 1, 2 & 3) or the end bar or band (Figs. 4, 5 and 6) may be
dispensed with so that the slide can be easily withdrawn from the groove 4, in which
case the slide may be connected to the bottle neck by a flexible connector of suitable
material such as wire or cord that serves to prevent the slide being lost. When the
slide is thus made removable the back part 2 may be made of less length than shown
in Figs. 1 to 6 inclusive. The projection 7 can be made removable or be so hinged
to the slide that it can be folded down to facilitate packing of the bottle for
transport.
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The slide 5 may in some cases be made in two parts jointed together in such a
imanner that when the slide is moved back to open the bottle, the rear part can be
turned down against the outside of the neck of the bottle. Or a portion of the
grooved flange or rim 3 may be cut away at each side and the slide be made in two
parts jointed together so that when the front end of the slide has been drawn back
sufficiently far to open the bottle mouth it will have reached the cut away portions of
the rim and can then be partly turned over so as to rest against the projection upon
the top of the back part of the slide.
In the case of bottles containing aërated liquid the pressure of such liquid will force
up the front part of the slide when the same is drawn back sufficiently far to escape
the hold of the grooved rim. These modified constructions will be readily understood
without the aid of a drawing.
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Figs. 7 and 8 are vertical sections at right angles to each other; and Fig. 9 is a
plan illustrating a modified construction in which the bottle mouth is formed with an

page_text: enlargement which in plan is in the form of a rectangular flange 1* and the slide 5 is
made as a cap with two inwardly projecting flanges 5ª that form with the top portion
of the cap, grooves 4° 4° to receive two opposite portions of the flange 1* against the
underside of which the flanges 5 tightly bear when the slide is in its closed position.
6ª.is.a ring of suitable elastic packing material as before, placed within an annular
groove surrounding the bottle mouth. The underside of the slide bears upon this ring
so as to hermetically close the bottle mouth when the slide is forced into its closed
position. The elastic packing material may instead of being applied to the bottle
mouth be applied to the underside of the slide 5 so as to move therewith, as in
Figs. 1 to 3, and the flanges 5ª may be arranged to work in corresponding grooves
formed in the two oppositely arranged parts of the flange 1*. In Figs. 7, 8 and 9
the slide 5 is removable from the bottle mouth but one side of the flange 1* may be
extended and formed with a recess to receive a pin on the slide to limit the opening
movement of the slide and prevent its ready removal.
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In Figs. 10, 11 and 12 which are respectively a vertical section, a side elevation
and a plan of a bottle mouth with slide according to this invention, the bottle mouth
is screw threaded internally and fitted with a correspondingly screw threaded plug 10
that is formed with a hole 11 and with oppositely arranged V shaped grooves 4 to
receive the correspondingly formed slide 5. The plug 10 can be of any suitable
material for examples, wood, glass, metal or ebonite. The disc of packing material 6
is shown recessed within the lower side of the slide, though it may be secured to
the plug 10. 11 is a recess in the plug to receive the packing material 6 when tho
slide is in its open attitude and thus relieve such material of pressure. This material
then serves to prevent the slide 5 moving forward of itself when the bottle is inclined
in the same manner as the disc 6 shown in Figs. 1 and 3. As will be obvious the
plug 10 can be replaced by a perforated cap arranged to be screwed or otherwise
secured to the exterior of the bottle mouth and provided with grooves or ways for the
reception of the. slide.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The formation of a bottle jar or similar vessel as herein described to receive a
slide adapted to serve as a stopper or closure and to slide transversely over the mouth
of the vessel the arrangement being such that the slide when slidden into place over
the mouth will hermetically close it and when moved back will leave the mouth open
as described.
2. The particular construction of the mouth and surrounding parts of a bottle jar or
similar vessel with sliding closure shewn in and described with reference to Figs. 12
nd 3 of the annexed drawings or modified as set forth.
: 3. The particular construction of the mouth and surrounding parts of a bottle jar or
similar vessel with sliding closure shewn in and described with reference to Figs. 4 5
and 6 of the annexed drawings or modified as set forth.
4. The particular construction of the mouth and surrounding parts of a bottle jar or
similar vessel with sliding closure shewn in and described with reference to Figs. 78
and 9 of the annexed drawings or modified as set forth.
5. The particular construction of the mouth and surrounding parts of a bottle jar or
similar vessel with sliding closure shewn in and described with reference to Figs. 10, 11
and 12 of the annexed drawings or modified as set forth.
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1 1000
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W. Lloyd Wise,
W. C. BENNETT.
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.