Year: 1885

page_text: I JOHN HUMPHREYS of 87 Booth Street Hulme Manchester in the County of
Lancaster Glass Mould Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this Invention
to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to the bottles which it is desirable to tightly close so as to
retain or preserve their contents as for example to the bottles adapted to contain
malt liquors, aerated waters, wines, spirits, chemicals and other liquids or matters.
Previously to my Invention bottles have been formed in each case with a screw
thread and been closed with a stopper having an elastic washer or surface to press
upon the mouth of the bottle. In carrying my Invention into effect I form an
internal thread in the mouth or neck of the bottle and I adapt the said mouth or
neck to receive a stopper or cork which will become compressed or tightened at its
inner end or will otherwise fit tightly in or upon a seating formed by a contraction
of the throat of the bottle at a point below or inside of or at the inner termination
of the screw thread. I prefer tor some purposes to form the screw thread with one
side of the groove at right angles to the axis of the stopper or thereabouts or other-
wise to make the angle of one side of the thread groove much more acute than the
other so as to increase the resistance offered by the stopper to being forced out.
Such a bottle is adapted to be closed by means of an ordinary cork so that a
special stopper is not necessary. When a cork is screwed into place the lower end
of the cork is compressed against or into the aforesaid seating so as to close the
bottle. In place of ordinary corks special stoppers may be used such stoppers by
preference being tipped with cork at the point where the closure is to take place
but I do not confine myself to the use of this material as I may use other suitable
elastic material either to tip a stopper made of metal, glass, earthenware, wood or
other suitable inaterial or to compose the stopper. In the making of bottles
adapted to be closed with special stoppers in or on which a screw thread is formed
I form the bottle with a screw thread to suit the stopper.

page_text: Improvements in Bottles and in the Method of and Means for
Closing the same.
I JOHN HUMPHREYS' of 87 Booth Street, Hulme, Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Glass Mould Manufacturer, 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 and accompanying drawings:-
My Invention relates to the bottles which it is desirable to tightly close so as to
retain or to preserve their contents as for example to the bottles adapted to contain
malt liquors, aerated waters, wines, spirits, chemicals and other liquids or matters.
Previously to my invention bottles have been formed in each case with, a screw
thread and been closed with a stopper having an elastic washer or surface to press
upon the mouth of the bottle. In carrying my invention into effect I form an
internal thread in the mouth or neck of the bottle and I adapt the said mouth or
neck to receive a stopper or cork which will become compressed or tightened at its
inner end or will otherwise fit tightly in or upon a seating formed by a contraction
of the throat of the bottle at a point below or inside of or at the inner termination
of the screw thread.
My Invention will be well understood when described with reference to the
accompanying drawings. In the said drawings Figs. 1 and 2 illustrate the
application of my invention to the closing of bottles suitable to be used to contain
malt liquors, spirits, sauces or other liquids. Fig. 3 represents the mouth of a
large mouthed bottled or jar closed in accordance with my Invention. In all the
examples a double screw thread is formed on the interior surface of the neck of the
bottle and in all cases a seating for the cork on the lower end of the stopper to fit
tightly upon is formed by contracting the mouth of the bottle at the lower or
inner termination of the screw thread. I prefer that the said screw thread shall
be double especially in the cases of wide mouthed bottles or jars for the reason that
the stopper can be removed and replaced with less rotation than when a single
screw thread is formed in the mouth and also the stopper when introduced is
immediately held at two diametrically opposite points. In Fig. 1 the screw thread
which is preferably formed in an inwardly tapering bottle neck is made with one
side nearly at right angles to the axis of the screw in order that the cork or
stopper may better resist pressure acting to force it out of the bottle neck. This
is the form of screw I prefer when using a simple cork or a stopper of such a
formation as that the cork itself or the cork covering of the stopper will engage
with the screw thread as in the example illustrated by Fig. 1. In this case a
stopper a of an ordinary description is represented the said stopper consisting of a
metal capped wood plug a to which is secured a ferule 6 of cork. The aforesaid
seating is formed in the bottle neck at c at the inner termination of the screw
threads. When the stopper or cork is screwed tightly into its place the lower end
of the cork becomes compressed upon the seating and thus closes the mouth of the
bottle. Instead of the composite stopper shown at Fig. 1 a simple cork may be
used. It will be seen that in consequence of the position of the seating the
contents of the bottle are shut off from access to the threads of the screw and also

page_text: that the joint to be made tight is less in diameter than if the joint were made
between the head of the stopper and the lip of the bottle as has been the case in
bottles and stoppers which have been made previously to my invention. The
example illustrated by Fig. 2 differs in respect of the form of thread and also in the
formation of the stopper. The double screw thread is made of a suitably rounded
form in place of the peculiar formation represented in Fig. 1. The stopper is made
of glass, earthenware, wood or of a suitable composition or material and carries at
its lower end a cork b which forms a tight joint when pressed upon the seating c.
The example illustrated by Fig. 3 differs in the proportions of the parts and
illustrates the application of my invention to wide mouthed bottles or jars. The
formation of the stopper may be varied so long as it is adapted to make a tight
joint with the seating or an ordinary cork may be used especially when the bottle
is made according to Fig. 1.
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:-
1. A bottle stopper of glass, earthenware, or other suitable material and having
a double screw thread the said stopper to screw into the mouth of a bottle formed
with a similar double screw thread the said stopper carrying at its lower end a pad
or packing of cork which is pressed down upon the seating formed in the bottle
neck substantially as described and shown.
2. Forming the neck of a bottle with a double screw thread of the section
illustrated at Fig. 1 of the drawings into which a stopper or cork is screwed until
its lower end presses upon the seating c formed in the bottle neck substantially as
described and shown.