Improvements in or connected with Bottles and Bottle Stoppers.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Jan., 1896
Complete Specification Left 23rd Oct. 1896-Accented 9th Jan
1807
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Bottles and Bottle Stoppers.
We, JOHN CREASY of 22 Chapel Court High Street Borough in the County
of Surrey Engineer and JOHN BREE of The Homestall Barley Royston in the
County of Herts, Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
The invention relates to improvements upon an invention in respect of which
provisional protection was granted to William Henry Watts and Horace Everest
in pursuance of an application dated the 29th day of March 1895 No. 6478 and
which said invention consisted in part in forming vertical grooves in the botle neck
terminating in right angle or horizontal offsets of L form and in forming the
coacting stopper with laterally projecting studs to traverse the grooves, and
upon the rotation of the stopper enter the offsets the upper side of the latter being
formed inclined to act in conjunction with the studs to force the stopper down upon
the bottle neck.
Now the objects of the present invention are to facilitate the insertion of the
stopper into position, to securely lock or retain the same against accidental displace-
ment and to afford a ready means of indicating to the bottler the required position
in which to place the bottle in the bottling machine.
In carrying the invention into effect the upper part of the vertical grooves in the
bottle neck are formed bell mouthed, or the entire length of the vertical grooves
might be formed tapered to facilitate the ready entry of the projecting studs of the
stopper therein and to guide the same into correct position whilst in order to
prevent the accidental displacement or working back of the stopper from its closed
position the upper inclined or wedge shaped sides of the offset or horizontal grooves
are formed with one or more, preferably two, indentations therein, with which the
projecting studs of the stopper will engage and thus securely hold the same in
position.
In the process of bottling when employing bottles of the character herein-before
described the stopper is held and turned into position by the plunger of the bottling
machine and the bottle is placed in a holder and brought up into engagement with
the stopper and it therefore becomes necessary to place the bottle in such position
in the holder that the vertical grooves in the bottle neck will come into more or less
accurate alignment with the projecting studs of the stopper and in order to enable
this to be done with some degree of certainty the bottle neck is coincident with or
opposite the vertical grooves formed with a projecting stud or it might be a rib
which the operator can readily feel in handling the bottle and which thus serves as
an indicator to enable the position of the bottle to be accurately arranged.
By the means hereinbefore described with but trifling additional cost the device
is rendered more certain in its action and the bottling is greatly facilitated.
Dated this 28th day of January 1896.
WHITE & WOODINGTON,
27 Southampton Buildings, London, Agents.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Bottles and Bottle Stoppers.
We, JOHN CREASY of 22 Chapel Court, High Street, Borough in the County
of Surrey Engineer and JOHN BREE of The Homestall Barley, Royston in the
County of Herts Gentleman 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:-
The invention relates to improvements upon an invention in respect of which
Letters Patent were granted to William Henry Watts and Horace Everest dated
the 29th day of March 1895 No. 6478 and which said invention consisted in part
in forming vertical grooves in the bottle neck terminating in right angle or
horizontal offsets of form and in forming the co-acting stopper with laterally
projecting studs to traverse the grooves and upon the rotation of the stopper enter
the offsets, the upper side of the latter being formed inclined to act in conjunction
with the studs to force the stopper down upon the bottle neck.
Now the objects of the present invention are to facilitate the insertion of the
stopper into position, to securely lock or retain the same against accidental displace-
ment, and to afford a ready means of indicating to the bottler the required position
in which to place the bottle in the bottling machine.
In carrying the invention into effect the upper part of the vertical grooves in
the bottle neck are formed bell mouthed, or the entire length of the vertical
grooves might be formed tapered to facilitate the ready entry of the projecting
studs of the stopper therein, and to guide the same into correct position whilst in
order to prevent the accidental displacement or working back of the stopper from
its closed position the upper inclined or wedge shaped sides of the offset or
horizontal grooves are formed with one or more preferably two indentations therein
with which the projecting studs of the stopper will engage and thus securely hold
the same in position.
In the process of bottling when employing bottles of the character herein-
before described the stopper is held and turned into position by the plunger of the
bottling machine, and the bottle is placed in a holder and brought up into engage-
ment with the stopper, and it therefore becomes necessary to place the bottle in
such position in the holder that the vertical grooves in the bottle neck will come
into more or less accurate alignment with the projecting studs of the stopper and
in order to enable this to be done with some degree of certainty the bottle neck is
coincident with or opposite the vertical grooves formed with a projecting stud or
it might be a rib which the operator can readily feel in handling the bottle and
which thus serves as an indicator to enable the position of the bottle to be
accurately arranged.
And in order that the said invention may be more clearly understood and
readily carried into effect we will proceed aided by the accompanying drawings
more fully to describe the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is an elevation of portion of a bottle neck having the present
improvements applied thereto.
Figure 2 is a plan thereof.
Figure 3 is a similar view to Figure 1 but taken at right angles thereto.
Figure 4 is a plan thereof with the stopper removed.
Figure 5 is a vertical section taken on the line 1-1 of Figure 2.
Figure 6 is a similar view taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 4.
Figure 7 is a similar view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 8.

page_text: Figure 9 is a similar view to Figure 6 but showing the position occupied by one
of the studs of the stopper in the locked position thereof.
Figure 10 is an elevation of the stopper separately.
Figure 11 is an elevation thereof partly in section taken at right angles to
Figure 10.
Figure 12 is an underside view thereof.
Figure 13 is a similar view to Figure 7 but representing a slight modification.
Figure 14 is an elevation of part of a bottle neck illustrating a further slight
modification and
Figure 15 is a similar view to Figure 14 but taken at right angles thereto.
In the several figures like parts are indicated by similar letters of reference.
a represents the neck of a bottle constructed according to the present invention
and which on the interior thereof is provided with vertical grooves a¹ terminating
in inclined right angle or offset grooves a².
b represents the stopper which is formed of glass, earthenware or other suitable
material and provided with laterally projecting wood or equivalent studs 61 which
engage the offset grooves a³ in the bottle neck and thus fix the stopper in position,
and represents a ring of cork or other suitable packing located at the upper part
of the stopper b which is received into a corresponding seat a' in the bottle neck,.
and thus makes a tight joint between the parts.
According to one part of the present invention the upper part of the vertical
grooves al of the bottle neck are at a¹ formed bell mouthed to facilitate the ready
entry of the projecting studs 6 of the stopper into the vertical grooves a' of the
bottle neck and to guide the same into correct position, or as represented at
Figure 13 the entire length of the vertical grooves a¹ might be formed tapered
with the same object.
In order to prevent the accidental displacement or working back of the stopper b
from its closed position the upper inclined or wedge shaped sides of the offset or
horizontal grooves a are formed with one or more, but preferably two, indenta-
tions a therein with which the projecting studs of the stopper engage as
represented more particularly at Figures 1 and 9 and thus securely lock the
stopper in position.
It will be evident that the number and form of the indentations a³ may be
modified to suit the varied proportions or arrangement of parts without departing
from the spirit of the invention.
In the process of bottling when employing bottles of the character hereinbefore
described the stopper 6 is held and turned into its locking position by the plunger
of the bottling machine and the bottle a is placed in a holder and brought up into
engagement with the stopper and it therefore becomes necessary to place the
bottle a in such position in the holder that the vertical grooves al in the bottle neck
will come into more or less accurate alignment with the projecting studs 61 of the
stopper b.
In order to enable this to be done with some degree of certainty the bottle
neck a according to another part of the present invention is coincident with or
opposite the vertical grooves a¹ formed with projecting studs as as represented at
Figures 1 to 4 and 6 to 8 or there might be only one of such studs.
Or in lieu of employing studs for this purpose the upper part of the bottle
neck a might as represented at Figures 14 and 15 be formed with vertical ribs a
the devices in either case being such that the bottler can readily feel them in
handling the bottle and these projecting devices thus serve as an indicator to
enable the position of the bottle a and of the vertical grooves a¹ to be accurately
arranged with relation to the studs of the stopper b.
It will be obvious that in lieu of the projections a recesses might be employed
but the projections are preferred inasmuch as they are more easily produced in the
manufacture of the bottle and give a readier indication to the hand of the bottler.

page_text: By the means herein before described this system of bottling is rendered more
reliable and the actual bottling operation is greatly facilitated.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. In a bottle the neck of which is internally provided with vertical grooves
terminating in offset grooves for the passage of co-acting studs carried by the
stopper forming the vertical grooves bell mouthed or tapered substantially as
herein shown and described and for the purpose stated.
2. In a bottle the neck of which is internally provided with vertical grooves
terminating in offset grooves for the passage of co-acting studs carried by the
stopper forming the upper sides of the offset grooves with one or more indentations
to engage the studs of the stopper substantially as herein shown and described and
for the purpose stated.
3. In a bottle the neck of which is internally provided with vertical grooves
terminating in offset grooves for the passage of co-acting studs carried by the
stopper, forming the exterior of the bottle neck with a projecting stud, rib, or its
equivalent substantially as herein shown and described and for the purpose stated.
4. In a bottle and bottle stopper the peculiar combination and arrangement of
parts substantially as herein shown and described and for the purposes stated.
Dated this 23rd day of October 1896.
WHITE & WOODINGTON,
27 Southampton Buildings, London, Agents.