Improvements in Stoppering Bottles for Containing Aërated or Gaseous Liquids.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Jan., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 4th Feb., 1895-Accepted, 9th Mar., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Stoppering Bottles for Containing Aërated or
Gaseous Liquids.
I, JOHN JAMES VARLEY, Managing Director of Barrett & Elers Limited, of
268, South Lambeth Road, in the County of London, Manufacturers, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to stoppering bottles for containing aerated or gaseous
liquids the object of the invention being to combine the advantages of the internal
stopper, such as Codd's ball stopper, and the well known screw stopper such as
Barrett's stopper.
In carrying out the invention I employ a bottle having an internal stopper
preferably that known as Codd's ball stopper and having the neck pinched or
otherwise formed for holding the stopper, when the bottle is opened, from rolling
to the mouth.
The mouth of the bottle is formed with a screw thread for receiving a screw.
The screw which I employ in conjunction with the internal ball is similar to the
ordinary well known screw stopper but is formed with a hole or passage passing
axially through it, the lower end of the said hole being provided with a seating of
india-rubber or other suitable elastic material.
By this arrangement it will be obvious that if the screw portion of the stoppering
device be screwed into the mouth of the bottle the bottle can be filled by the
ordinary machinery for filling Codd's bottles and with the same rapidity, the ball
falling against the seating at the lower end of the screw portion of the stopper,
while to open the bottle it is simply necessary to remove the screw as in opening an
ordinary screw stoppered bottle.
Dated the 5th dor of Tanue 1805
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Stoppering Bottles for Containing Aërated or
Gaseous Liquids.
I, JOHN JAMES VARLEY, Managing Director of Barrett & Elers Limited, of
268. South Lambeth Road, in the County of London, Manufacturers, 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 stoppering bottles for containing aërated. or gaseous
liquids, the object of the invention being to combine the advantages of the internali
stopper, such as Codd's ball stopper, and the well known screw stopper, such as
Barrett's stopper.
In carrying out the invention I employ a bottle having an internal stopper
preferably that known as Codd's ball stopper and having the neck pinched or

page_text: otherwise formed for holding the stopper, when the bottle is opened, from rolling
to the mouth.
The month of the bottle is formed with a screw thread for receiving a screw.
The screw which I employ in conjunction with the internal ball is similar to the
ordinary well known screw stopper but is formed with a hole or passage passing
axially through it, the lower end of the said hole being provided with a seating of
india-rubber or other suitable elastic material.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe the same with
reference to the accompanying drawing, in which
Figure 1 is a vertical section of the neck portion of a bottle made according to
my invention.
Figure 2 is an elevation of the screw part of the stoppering device.
Figure 3 is a vertical section of the said screw portion of the stopper; and
Figures 4 and 5 are respectively a plan and an underside view of the same.
Figure 6 is a similar view to Figure 1 but shewing the bottle stoppered.
Figure 7 is an elevation of the same.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.
a represents a bottle for containing aërated or gaseous liquids and suitable for
being stoppered according to my invention. The bottle is shewn provided with an
internal stopper of the kind known as Codd's ball stopper, the bottle being
contracted or pinched in at c to prevent the stopper b falling to the bottom of the
bottle and also at d to prevent the stopper rolling to the mouth of the bottle when
the contents are being discharged. The opening in the mouth of the bottle is also
contracted after the stopper is introduced so that the stopper cannot fall out of the
bottle, the bottle and stopper being so far made according to the well known Codd
bottle and stopper.
According to my invention, instead of forming the mouth of the bottle with a
groove to receive an elastic ring or washer to serve as a seating for the stopper b
as has heretofore been done, I form the mouth of the bottle with a screw thread e
adapted to receive the screw portion of my stoppering device represented in
Figures 2, 3, 4 and 5. This screw is similar to the ordinary well known screw
stopper (known in the trade as Barrett's screw-stopper) being provided with an
elastic ring funder the shoulder g for making a tight joint in the mouth of the
bottle, but I form it with a hole i passing through it axially and I provide it at its
lower end with an elastic seating fitted into a groove in the bottom of the stopper,
as clearly shewn in Figures 3 and 6. By this arrangement, if the screw portion
of the stoppering device be screwed into the mouth of the bottle, the washer or
ring will form a tight joint in the top of the mouth of the bottle which can then
be filled by the ordinary well known machinery used for filling Codd's and like
internally stoppered bottles and with the same rapidity, the ball of the stopper
falling against the seating ; in the lower end of the screw portion of the stoppering
device and being retained in this position, as shewn in Figures 6 and 7, by the
pressure within the bottle.
To open the bottle it is simply necessary to remove the screw portion of the
stoppering device as is done in opening an ordinary screw-stoppered bottle, as when
the screw is removed the compressed gas will escape and the stopper will fall into
the position shewn in Figure 1 and the contents can be poured out as with an
ordinary Codd's bottle.
By this mode of stoppering bottles containing aurated or gaseous liquids I obtain
the advantages of an internally stoppered bottle as regards filling and of the screw
stopper as regards the opening.
Although in the drawing I have shewn a bottle with an internal stopper of the
kind known as Codd's bottle and stopper, it will be understood that I may use any
other bottle having an internal stopper, provided it will not fall out when my screw
is removed but I prefer the one shewn in the drawing, and where I employ an
internal stopper provided with a ring or elastic seating, the seating; in the screw
would not be required.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. In bottles for containing aërated liquids, the combination of a screw stopper
having a hole through it for filling with a ball valve or its equivalent for closing
the filling hole and means for retaining the ball or its equivalent within the bottle
when the stopper is unscrewed, substantially as described.
2. The combination shewn in Figure 1 of a bottle provided with an internal ball
stopper and projections as described and with an internally screwed mouth.
3. A stoppered bottle for aërated liquids constructed substantially as hereinbefore
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, Figures 1 to 7.
Dated the 4th day of February 1895.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.