IMPROVEMENTS IN BOTTLES, AND IN THE MODE OF STOPPING OR CLOSING THE
Year: 1873

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Frederick Horner, William Whitfield Horner,
and Joseph Sibley, of the Oity of Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Aerated Water Manufacturers, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN BOTTLES, AND IN THE MODE OF STOPPING OR CLOSING THE
"
Sealed the 17th July 1874, in pursuance of an Order of the Lord
Chancellor, and dated the 27th December 1873.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Frederick Horner,
William Whitfield Horner, and Joseph Sibley at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with their Petition, on the 27th December
1873.
We, FREDERICK HORNER, WILLIAM WHITFIELD HORNER, and JOSEPH
SIBLEY, of the City of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Aërated
Water Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BOTTLES, AND IN THE MODE OF STOPPING OR CLOSING
THE SAME," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to bottles for containing waters or liquors
impregnated with high-pressure gases or air, and also to stoppers which
stop or close the bottles by the high pressure in their interiors, the
bottles being of all shapes and sizes, and either new or old.

page_text: In all cases the stoppers are smaller than the original diameters of the
mouths of the bottles and are passed into their interiors, after which
annular tubes or rings of glass, metal, or other suitable material are
cemented into the necks of the bottles.
One arrangement of stopper is formed as a partial globe, having two
circular projections so notched or inclined that they can hold washers of
india-rubber or other packing material, so that when the aërated water
is pumped into the bottle it raises the stopper, passes one or other of the
projections into the neck, and presses the packing so strongly against
the bottom of the annular tube or ring that the bottle is perfectly stopped
or closed.
Another arrangement of stopper is formed by hinging or jointing to
the bottom of the annular tube or ring a valve or plug which is turned
down when the bottle is empty, but turns up when the bottle is being
filled, and finally presses firmly against the bottom of the annular tubo :
or ring and stops the bottle; and in both arrangements the bottles are
opened by pressing down the stoppers by hand.
SPECIFICATION filed in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters
Patent, and of an Order of the Lord Chancellor, by the said
Frederick Horner, William Whitfield Horner, and Joseph Sibley in
the Great Seal Patent Office on the 21st July 1874.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, FREDERICK
HORNER, WILLIAM WHITFIELD HORNER, and JOSEPH SIBLEY, of the
City of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Aërated Water Manu-
facturers, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-seventh day of December, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, in
the thirty-seventh year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and
successors, give and grant unto us, the said Frederick Horner, William ;
Whitfield Horner, and Joseph Sibley, Her special licence that we, the
said Frederick Horner, William Whitfield Horner, and Joseph Sibley,
our executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as wo, the
said Frederick Horner, William Whitfield Horner, and Joseph Sibley,

page_text: 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
“IMPROVEMENTS IN BOTTLES, AND IN THE MODE OF STOPPING OR CLOSING THE
SAME," upon the condition (amongst others) that we, the said Frederick
Horner, William Whitfield Horner, and Joseph Sibley, our executors or
administrators, by an instrument in writing under our, or their, or one
of their hands and seals, should particularly 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 Twenty-first day of July, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four.
NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said Frederick Horner, William Whitfield
Horner, and Joseph Sibley, do hereby declare the nature of our said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be par-
ticularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement
(that is to say):—
This Invention relates to bottles for containing waters or liquors
impregnated with high-pressure gases or air, and also to stoppers which
stop or close the bottles by the high pressure in their interiors, the
bottles being of all shapes and sizes and either old or new.
In all cases the stoppers are smaller than the original diameters of the
mouths of the bottles, and after being passed into their interiors annular
tubes or rings of glass, metal, or other material are cemented or fastened
into the necks of the bottles.
The stopper is formed as a cylinder or plug having the centre a little
larger than the ends, and on each side of the said projection a recess
into which is entered a small washer of india-rubber or other packing
material so that when the aërated water is pumped into the bottle one of
the ends of the stopper enters into the neck, and the packing is so
strongly pressed against the bottom of the annular tube or ring by the
force of the gases in the liquid that the bottle is perfectly stopped or
closed.

page_text: down when the bottle is empty but is kept up by the force of the gases
in the liquid when the bottle is full and pressed firmly against the
bottom of the annular tube or ring and stops or closes the bottle.
This Invention will be readily understood by reference to the accom-
panying Sheet of Drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a view of a bottle with
our improved nozzle and stopper, the nozzle being shewn in section and
fastened in the bottle neck by cement.
Fig. 2 shows another arrangement of securing the nozzle in the bottle
by means of loops fastened to the nozzlo, through which is passed a
piece of wire, the ends of which are twisted up round the bottle neck, 1
the space between the metal and the glass in this arrangement being
filled by a piece of cork or other yielding substance.
Fig. 3 is a view with part in section of a bottle shewing our plan of
hinging or jointing a valve or plug to the nozzle so as to form a stopper,
the inner surface being furnished with some yielding material to 1
bed against the nozzle when pressed thereto by the force of the gases in
the liquid.

page_text: against the nozzle or annular ring, to which it is closely pressed by the
gaseous pressure in the liquid. It will be seen by this arrangement that
we can use a very small stopper in consequence of making it with two
yielding rings or washers as it is immaterial which end falls into the
bottle neck, and by the combined use of our nozzle or annular ring and
stopper we are enabled to adapt our improvements to any size or shape
of bottle.
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Having now described the nature and particulars of our said Inven-
tion, and the manner in which the same is to be performed, we desire
it to be understood that we make no claim to the use of an internal
stopper for aerated water bottles by itself apart from the combination
thereof with the nozzle or annular ring, as such internal stoppers have
before been used; but what we do claim is,….
First. The mode or method of stopping or closing bottles by the use
of an internal stopper and nozzle or annular ring as the same is herein-
before described and shewn in Figs. 1 and 2, and in detached parts in
Figs. 4, 5, and 6 of the Drawings hereunto annexed..
And, Secondly. The arrangement of stopper and nozzle herein-before
described and shown in Figs. 3, 7, and 8 of the said. Drawings.
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In witness whereof, we, the said Frederick Horner, William
Whitfield Horner, and Joseph Sibley, have hereunto set our.
hands and seals, this Eighteenth day of July, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four.
FREDERICK HORNER. (L.s.)
W. W. HORNER.
JOSEPH SIBLEY.
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the
within-named Frederick Horner,
William Whitfield Horner, and
Joseph Sibley, in the presence of
G. SEPTIMUS HUGHES,
Patent Agent,
Manchester.
(L.B.)
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