IMPROVEMENTS IN STOPPERS FOR BOTTLES
Year: 1876

page_text: .LETTERS PATENT to Edgar Breffit, of the City of London, and Thomas Neville,
of Lichfield, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN STOPPERS FOR BOTTLES."
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edgar Breffit and Thomas
Neville at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 25th February
1876.
EDGAR BREFFIT, of the City of London, and THOMAS NEVILLE, of Lichfield.
IMPROVEMENTS IN STOPPERS FOR BOTTLES."
This Invention relates to stoppers for bottles known as patent stoppered bottles,
in each of which there is a flexible lining of cork or other material resting on a
bearing shoulder, and into which is inserted the stem or plug of the stopper, the
head forming a cover; and the improvements consist in forming two grooves or
sluices opposite each other in the stem or plug of the stopper, one groove for the
admission of air, and the other to be used as an outlet for the contents of the bottle;
and we also make the head of a beak shape, with swells or curves on the under
side, which when pressed down on to the cork or other lining excludes the air and
prevents leakage.
When the head is slightly raised above the flexible lining, which we prefer to
project above the top of the bottle, air passes along one groove and causes a fine
stream of the contents to flow through the other groove, and thus the contents can
be poured with great nicety, even to drops, and when sufficient is obtained the
bottle is turned up, and by means of the beak the drops run back into the inside of
the bottle instead of the outside as at present.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Edgar Breffit and Thomas Neville in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 24th August 1876.
EDGAR BREFFIT, of the City of London, and THOMAS NEVILLE, of Lichfield.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN STOPPERS FOR BOTTLES."

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This Invention relates to stoppers for bottles known as "Patent stoppered
bottles, in each of which there is a flexible lining of cork or other material resting
on a bearing shoulder, and into which is inserted the stem or plug of the stopper,
the head forming a cover, and the improvements consist in forming two grooves or
sluices opposite each other in the stem or plug of the stopper, one groove being for
the admission of air, and the other to be used as an outlet for the contents of the
bottle; and we also make the head of a beak shape, with swells or curves on the
under side, which when pressed down on to the cork or other lining excludes the
air and prevents leakage.
When the head is slightly raised above the flexible lining, which we prefer to
project above the top of the bottle, air passes along one groove and causes a fine
stream of the contents to flow through the other groove, and thus the contents can
be poured with great nicety, even to drops, and when sufficient is obtained the bottle
is turned up, and by means of the beak the drops run back into the inside of the
bottle instead of the outside as at present.
In the accompanying Drawings Figure 1 is a top view of the stopper; Fig. 2, a
side view; Fig. 3, a front view seen from the left of Fig. 2; Fig. 4, a section on
line a,, of Fig. 2; and Fig. 5 represents the stopper applied to a bottle.
A is the stem or plug of the stopper; B, the head; C, the groove for admission
of air; D, outlet groove for passage of contents of bottle; E, part of head of stopper
formed beak shaped; F are swells or curves on the under side of head B, here
represented as curves.
When the head B is slightly raised above the flexible lining G, as shewn in
Figure 5, air will pass in the direction of the arrow C₁ down the groove C, and the
contents of the bottle flows through the other groove D of the stopper in a fine
and easily regulated stream on to the beak-shaped portion of the stopper, and when
a sufficient quantity of the contents is poured out the bottle is placed in a standing
portion, and any drops remaining on the beak will run back on the incline formed
by the beak and the curves F into the bottle, instead of upon the outside.
When the bottle is not in use the stopper is pressed down so that the curves F
rest upon the upper edge of the flexible lining G, thus forming an air-tight
stoppering.
Having now described the nature and particulars of our said Invention, we claim
the improvements in stoppers for bottles, substantially as herein described and
shewn by the Drawings, and for the purpose set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Edgar Breffit, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Tenth day of August, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and seventy-six.