IMPROVED MEANS FOR CLOSING BOTTLES, JARS AND OTHER SIMILAR VESSELS to be as follows:
Year: 1885

page_text: I MARK STEPHENSON of Hoghton near Preston in the County of Lancaster
Shuttle Maker do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVED
MEANS FOR CLOSING BOTTLES, JARS AND OTHER SIMILAR VESSELS
to be as
follows:-
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"
This invention is designed principally for the purpose of closing the mouths of
glass bottles used for containing aerated liquids, but the same principle of con-
struction may also be applied to earthenware or other bottles and to jars and other
similar vessels. In making a glass bottle for aerated waters, for example, I make
an indentation in each side of the neck of bottle just below the mouth, so as to
reduce and flatten the two opposite sides of the throat at that point.
This is effected by pinching in the neck by means of a suitable tool during the
process of manufacturing the neck of the bottle.
The stopper may be made of wood, earthenware, or other suitable material or
composition, the plug which passes into the throat of the bottle or vessel being of
a suitable size and of a cylindrical or slightly conical form. It has cut or formed in
it a neck of a smaller diameter which can turn in the reduced part of the throat
of the bottle or vessel and the portion beyond this neck is flattened at two sides
so that it can pass through the flattened portion of the said throat.
The shoulder below the neck is made of an inclined form so as to act like a
screw thread and draw the stopper downwards when turned partly round.
The upper part or head of the stopper is formed of a larger diameter and is
fitted with a washer of india rubber leather or other elastic material which
effectually closes the mouth of the bottle or other vessel when the stopper is turned
partially round to the right as above described.
On turning the stopper in the reverse direction it is released and can then be
readily withdrawn.

page_text: similar Vessels.
I MARK STEPHENSON of Hoghton near Preston in the County of Lancaster,
Shuttle Maker, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVED
MEANS FOR CLOSING BOTTLES, JARS, AND OTHER SIMILAR VESSELS and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:-
This invention is designed principally for the purpose of closing the mouths of
glass bottles used for containing aerated liquids, but the same principle of con-
struction may also be applied to earthenware or other bottles and to jars and other
⚫ similar vessels.
Fig. 1 in the annexed drawing (which forms part of this Specification) is an 1
outside view and Fig. 2 a section of a bottle neck made according to my invention.
Fig. 3 is a face view and Fig. 4 a side view of my improved stopper.
In making a glass bottle for aerated waters, for example, I make an indentation
a, a in each side of the neck b, b of the bottle just below the mouth, so as to
reduce and flatten the two opposite sides of the throat at that point. This may
be effected by pinching in the neck b, b by means of a suitable tool during the
process of manufacturing the neck of the bottle, or projections may be formed
inside the throat by means of an expanding tool.
The stopper (see Figs. 3 and 4) may be made of wood, earthenware, or other
suitable material or composition, the plug c, c which passes into the throat b, b of
the bottle or vessel being of a suitable size and of a cylindrical or slightly conical
form. It has cut or formed in it a neck d, d of a smaller diameter which can turn
in the reduced part of the throat of the bottle or vessel and the portion e, e beyond
this neck is flattened at two sides so that it can pass through the flattened portion
of the said throat.
The shoulder below the neck is made of an inclined form so as to act like a
screw thread and draw the stopper downwards when turned partly round, the
indentation a, a is also similarly inclined.
The upper part or head f.f of the stopper (which is fluted or otherwise formed)
is of a larger diameter and is fitted with a washer g, g of india rubber, leather or
other elastic material which effectually closes the mouth of the bottle or other
vessel when the stopper is turned partially round to the right as above mentioned.
On turning the stopper in the reverse direction it is released and ean then be
readily withdrawn.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
The construction of the necks of bottles or the mouths of jars or other similar
vessels, and the combination therewith of stoppers, constructed and applied sub-
stantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the drawings annexed.
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GEORGE DAVIES,
Agent for the Applicant.