IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF BOTTLES AND STOPPERS FOR THE SAME.
Year: 1876

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Brierley and Henry McCraith, both of Rochdale,
in the County of Lancaster, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
CONSTRUCTION OF BOTTLES AND STOPPERS FOR THE SAME.
Sealed the 30th May 1876, and dated the 24th March 1876.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Brierley and Henry
McCraith at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 24th March
1876.
JOHN BRIERLEY and HENRY MCCRAITH, both of Rochdale, in the County of
Lancaster. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF BOTTLES AND STOPPERS
FOR THE SAME.'
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This Invention is applicable to glass, earthenware, and other bottles, and consists
principally in making the neck of the bottle flat at the sides, and forming
transverse hole through the same at right angles thereto, such hole being closed
by means of a stopper or plug, which is not intended to be removed from the
bottle but is formed with an opening through it like a plug of a tap, and is
opened or closed by turning it round in the neck of the bottle.
The transverse opening through the neck of the bottle is made slightly conical,
and the piug or stopper is made to fit the same closely.
The plug or stopper may be made of wood or any other suitable material, and
at its larger end it is furnished with a shoulder fitting against the side of the
neck of the bottle, and a head or enlargement by means of which it can be grasped
and turned round. The body of the stopper or plug has a transverse hole made
through it which corresponds with the longitudinal passage through the neck of the
bottle, which passage is made smaller than usual.
The smaller end of the plug or stopper passes through the other side of the
neck, and has a washer of rather large diameter screwed to it and bearing outside
the neck of the bottle. Washers or linings of india-rubber, cork, leather, felt, or
other material may be interposed, if requisite, to make a perfectly tight joint,
especially when the bottle is intended to contain aërated liquids.
In short the bottle neck and its plug or stopper are constructed and operated in
a similar manner to the body and plug of an ordinary tap.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said John Brierley and Henry McCraith in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 23rd September 1876.
JOHN BRIERLEY and HENRY MCCRAITII, both of Rochdale, in the County of
Lancaster. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF BOTTLES AND STOPPERS FOR
THE SAME"
This Invention is applicable to glass, earthenware, and other bottles, and consists
principally in making the neck of the bottle flat at the sides, and forming a transverse
hole through the same at right angles thereto, such hole being closed by means of
a stopper or plug, which is not intended to be removed from the bottle but is formed
with an opening through it like a plug of a tap, and is opened or closed by turning
it round in the neck of the bottle.
Such being the nature and object of our said Invention we will now proceed to
describe in detail the manner in which the same is to be or may be performed or
carried into practical effect, and in order that the same may be clearly understood,
we have hereunto annexed a Sheet of Drawings illustrative thereof, and have marked
the same with figures and letters of reference corresponding with those in the
following explanation thereof :-
Figs. 1 and 2 in the annexed Drawing are external elevations, and Fig. 3 a
vertical section of a bottle constructed according to my Invention, and fitted with
my improved stopper.
The neck of the bottle is made flat at the sides a, a, and has a hole made through
it at right angles thereto.
The transverse opening through the neck of the bottle is made slightly conical,
and the plug or stopper b, b, is made to fit the same closely.
The plug or stopper b, b, may be made of wood or any other suitable material,
and at its larger end it is furnished with a shoulder c, c, fitting against the side of
the neck of the bottle, and a head or enlargement d, d, by means of which it can
be grasped and turned round. The body of the stopper or plug has a transverse
hole e, c, made through it which corresponds with the longitudinal passage f, £,
through the neck of the bottle, which passage is made smaller than usual.
The smaller end of the plug or stopper passes through the other side of the neck,
and has a washer g, g, of rather large diameter, screwed or otherwise attached to it,
and bearing outside against the neck of the bottle. Washers h, h, or linings of
india-rubber, cork, leather, felt, or other material may be interposed, if requisite, to
make a perfectly tight joint, especially when the bottle is intended to contain
acrated liquids.
In short the bottle neck and its plug or stopper are constructed and operate in a
similar manner to the body and plug of an ordinary tap.
In some cases we propose to make one side of the neck of the bottle solid, as
shown at a*, Fig. 4, in which case the taper of the stopper must be very slight or it
would be liable to come out.
Having now described the nature and object of our said Invention, together
with the manner in which the same is to be or may be performed or carried into
practical effect, we wish it to be understood that we claim as our Invention,
making two sides of the bottle neck flat, and forming a taper transverse hole
therein (either through one or both sides), and fitting therein a taper or conical
stopper provided with a shoulder fitting against the flat side of the neck, and with
a transverse hole or opening corresponding with the passage through the neck of
the bottle, substantially in the manner and for the purposes above more particularly
set forth and illustrated by the Drawing annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Brierley (on behalf of myself and the said
Henry McCraith), have hereunto set my hand and seal, this Nineteenth day
of September, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and
JOHN BRIERLEY. (L.S.)