A New or Improved Combined Bottle Stopper and Liquid Measure.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Feb., 1898-Accepted, 20th May, 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Combined Bottle Stopper and Liquid Measure.
We, PERCY ALBERT WOODWELL, of Marmora, Upper Tooting, S.W., JOHN
HARMSWORTH DEAKIN, of 43, Lessar Avenue, Clapham Common, S.W., and Joun
HERBERT SMITH, of 38, Strathbourne Road, Upper Tooting, London, S.W.,
Licensed Victuallers, 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:-
This invention relates to a new or improved combined bottle stopper and liquid
measure, and has for object to provide a check flow stopper (of that kind in which
a tube passes through the stopper down into the neck of the bottle, the other end
projecting through the top of the stopper and forming the outlet for the liquid,)
with a measure conveniently situated at the pouring outlet. By this means the
use of an extraneous measure is dispensed with, thereby enabling the user to pour
out the contents of a bottle so stoppered with greater facility than was heretofore
possible where the measure had to be held in one hand and the bottle in the
other while the glass or other receptacle had to be placed on the counter or any
spot that was available.
In carrying our invention into practice, we provide the usual check flow stopper
having a tube reaching well down into the bottle, and provided with the usual air-
passage to permit of the pouring out of the liquid in a bottle to which the stopper
is applied.
Fixed to, or formed integral with the upper portions of the tap and the air-
tube is a spherical or other conveniently shaped receptacle of any desirable capacity,
the mouth of the said tap and air-tube communicating with the interior of such
receptacle. An outlet provided with a suitable pouring lip is provided on the
upper part of this receptacle constituting the measure, and if desirable such
measure may be in two parts which can be separated when required for cleaning
or other purposes.
In order that this our said invention may be the more readily understood and
carried into practical effect, reference is hereby made to the accompanying sheet of
illustrative drawings, wherein :-
Fig. 1 is a side sectional elevational view of a check flow stopper with our inven-
tion applied thereto.
Fig. 2 being a perspective view of the stopper and measure applied to a bottle,
while
Fig. 3 is a plan of the combined stopper and measure, shewing means for
separating the latter in two parts for cleaning purposes.
Referring to the drawings wherein like letters of reference indicate correspond-
ing parts throughout the several figures a is a stopper having the usual pouring
tube a' and air-inlet tube a². b represents the measure which is preferably
globular in form and provided with an opening 6 in the upper part which opening
has a pouring lip b².
The said measure 6 may be formed integral with, or fixed to, the pouring tube a¹.

page_text: and air inlet tube a, the mouths of such tubes being situated within the interior
of the measure b. The said measure 6 may be in one piece or be formed in two
parts adapted to screw together at c (Fig. 3).
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:-
:-
In bottle stoppers of the check flow kind, the application of a measure thereto,
consisting of a globular vessel formed in either one or two parts and having an
opening provided with a pouring lip, the mouths of the pouring tube and the air-
inlet tube communicating with the interior of said measure, all arranged,
combined, and operating substantially as and for the purpose described, and as
illustrated by the drawings.
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HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.