IMPROVEMENTS IN BOTTLES AND IN THE STOPPERS FOR THE SAME
Year: 1875

page_text: ·LETTERS PATENT to William Netherwood, of Huddersfield, in the
County of York, Woollen Cord Cutter, and Benjamin Shaw, of the
same Place, Botanic Porter Manufacturer, for the Invention of
IMPROVEMENTS IN BOTTLES AND IN THE STOPPERS FOR THE SAME.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Netherwood
and Benjamin Shaw at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with their Petition, on the 20th May 1875.
We, WILLIAM NETHERWOOD, of Huddersfield, in the County of York,
Woollen Cord Cutter, and BENJAMIN SHAW, of the same Place, Botanic
Porter Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BOTTLES AND IN THE STOPPERS FOR THE SAME," to
be as follows:-
Our improvements consist in constructing on the neck of the bottle
(either inside or outside as most desirable) flanges or rims inclined or in
steps, and the stopper formed with a flange, and a ring of india-rubber®

page_text: or other suitable flexible substance placed thereon to be pressed against
the bottle neck by another part, which is in form of a cap furnished
with one or more lugs capable of taking under the flanges or rims.
When it is desired to stop or close the neck or mouth of the bottle,
the stopper is put in its place and a partial twist or turn given to the 5
cap, the lugs of which, passing underneath the inclined or stepped
flanges or rims, cause the stopper to be pressed firmly to its seat, the
india-rubber or other flexible material causing a tight fitting joint to be
made.
SPECIFICATION filed in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters
Patent, and of an Order of the Lord Chancellor, by the said
William Netherwood and Benjamin Shaw in the Great Seal Patent_
Office on the 1st December 1875.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, WILLIAM
NETHERWOOD, of Huddersfield, in the County of York, Woollen Cord
Cutter, and Benjamin Shaw, of the same Place, Botanic Porter Manu-
facturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twentieth day of May, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in the thirty-
eighth year of Her reign, did for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto us, the said William Netherwood and Benjamin
Shaw, Her special licence, that we, the said William Netherwood and
Benjamin Shaw, our executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as we, the said William Netherwood and Benjamin Shaw, our
executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with,
and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during
the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "Ix-
PROVEMENTS IN BOTTLES AND IN THE STOPPERS FOR THE SAME," upon the
condition (amongst others) that we, the said William Netherwood and

page_text: Benjamin Shaw, our executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under our, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should par-
cularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and
in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same
to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office on or before the Eighth day
of December, One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five.
NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said William Netherwood and
Benjamin Shaw, do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement and
accompanying Sheet of Drawings (that is to say) :-
Our improvements consist in constructing on the neck of the bottle
(either inside or outside as most desirable) flanges or rims inclined or in
steps, and the stopper formed with a flange and a ring of india-rubber or
other suitable flexible substance placed thereon to be pressed against the
bottle neck by another part, which is in form of a cap furnished with
one or more lugs capable of taking under the flanges or rims.
When it is desired to stop or close the neck or mouth of the bottle,
the stopper is put in its place and a partial twist or turn given to the
cap, the lugs of which, passing underneath the inclined or stepped
flanges or rims, cause the stopper to be pressed firmly to its seat, and the
india-rubber or other flexible material causing a tight fitting joint to be
made.
If desirable the lugs may be fitted or formed on the bottle neck, and
the inclined or stepped flanges or rims on the cap encircling or forming
part of the stopper.
In order that this Invention may be fully understood, we herein give
reference to the accompanying Sheet of Drawings in which,―
Fig. 1 is clevation partly in section of the neck and stopper of a bottle
constructed according to our Invention, and Fig. 2, a plan of same;
A is the neck in the inside of which are formed flanges or rims a¹; B is
the stopper on which is a flange C, and a ring of india-rubber or other
flexible substance c. This stopper is passed through a cap D on the
sides of which are lugs d. When it is desirable to close the mouth
of the bottle, the stopper is placed within the neck, the lugs passing
through the slots E in the neck (see Fig. 3). A partial twist or turn is
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page_text: given to the cap the lugs of which pass under the inclines or flanges,
causing the india-rubber flange to be pressed firmly against the seat f,
whereby the mouth of the bottle is firmly closed. The stopper is
prevented from falling out or becoming separated from the cap by
means of the ring G passing round the head of the stopper, which is 5
slightly recessed for that purpose:
Instead of the flanges being formed within the neck they may be
formed on the stopper, and the lugs attached to the neck by a collar or
ring encircling the same.
In Figs. 4, 5, and 6, we shew two elevations and plan of bottle neck 1
and stopper so constructed; H is the neck; J, the stopper; K, the
flanges at the highest end of each of which is a stop piece k, to prevent
the lugs L from being turned too far round; M is the collar to which
the lugs are attached. In each of the methods hercin shewn of carrying
out our Invention, the inclined flanges or rims may be made with either 1
a plane or stepped surface, as shewn in Fig. 7.
Having thus described the nature of our Invention and shewn by
Drawings how the same is to be performed or carried into practice, we
would have it understood that we claim,―
Firstly. The means or apparatus for closing the mouths or apertures 2
of bottles, constructed substantially as herein shewn and described.
Secondly. The application of inclined or stepped flanges to the necks
or stoppers of bottles, for the purpose of regulating the pressure of the
india-rubber washer or valve upon its seat, substantially as herein shewn.
and described.
In witness whereof, we, the said William Netherwood and Benjamin
Shaw, have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Eighteenth
day of November, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight
hundred and seventy-five
2
WILLIAM NETHERWOOD. (L.S.)
BENJAMIN SHAW.
(L.S.)