AN IMPROVED STOPPER FOR BOTTLES, AND BOTTLE FOR CONTAINING GASES OR GASES COMBINED WITH LIQUIDS, SUCH AS AERATED BEVERAGES, WHEREBY AN IMPROVED MODE OF STOPPERING SUCH BOTTLES CAN BE EFFECTED
Year: 1870

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Lauchlan Rose at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 7th June
1870.
I, LAUCHLAN ROSE, of 5, Bank Leith, in the County of Edinburgh,
in Scotland, Lime and Lemon Juice Merchant, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED STOPPER FOR BOTTLES, AND
BOTTLE FOR CONTAINING GASES OR GASES COMBINED WITH LIQUIDS, SUCH AS AERATED
BEVERAGES, WHEREBY AN IMPROVED MODE OF STOPPERING SUCH BOTTLES CAN BE
EFFECTED," to be as follows:-
The intention of this Invention is to remove the difficulties attending
the stoppering process as regards the bottling of aerated or gaseous
liquids. This Invention comprises the use of a piston or rod of metal,
wood, earthenware, or glass (according to the nature of the liquid).
For acidulous beverages I prefer an earthenware or glass piston or
rod, the diameter of such piston or rod nearly equal to the opening
of the neck of the bottle, allowing however sufficient space for the
passage of the gas and water or prepared syrups or waters used in

page_text: the manufacture of aerated beverages. This piston or rod is sus-
pended in the neck of the bottle, and held in its position by means
of a ring or cross bar to prevent its falling into the bottle; or it
may be provided with a perforated disc or cap fitting the neck of the
bottle, or the piston formed in a triangular or other shape fitted to catch
the neck of the bottle and hold it suspended, space being allowed for
the passage of the gas and water or other liquid used in the manufacture.
The ring, however, is what I prefer for the purpose of suspension, being
serviceable also for extracting the stopper in emptying the bottle.
The piston or rod extends down into the lower neck of the bottle, and
is provided with a washer or disc consisting of indian-rubber or other
suitable material, so fixed or adjusted to the end and of such diameter
as to fit tightly the upper neck of the bottle, the action of filling being
suspended the piston or rod is forced up into its proper position in the
narrower neck of the bottle by the force inside, closing it effectually from
escape of gas or atmospheric influence.
The bottling and stoppering may thus be completed by any ordinary
hand bottling crane used in aerating beverages, the stopper on being
relieved from the filling pressure being immediately forced into its proper
position in the narrow neck of the bottle from inward pressure and
effectually closing it, thus dispensing not only with skilled labour,
frequently unobtainable at the particular period required, but also with
the corking and wiring and the expensive machinery at present in use.
The bottles are emptied by extracting the stopper from the neck by
means of the ring or disc already described attached to its upper end,
and which served for its suspension in the neck during the process of
filling, the force necessary in extracting being about equal to that
required in drawing a wine or beer cork.
As regards my improved bottle. The mouth for a short distance
inside is made wider than the top part of the neck to hold the ring or
other material already described in proper position, and at the mouth of
the bottle a catch is formed to hold down the ring after filling to prevent
the piston being forced out; this catch may be formed of glass in making
the bottle, or it may be attached with wire or string to the neck. I do
not hold it indispensable however that the bottle should be made of this
particular shape as the stopper is effective to some degree with nearly
every shape of bottle having a regular coned or conical neck such as

page_text: champagne or the ordinary lemonade or soda water bottles, the piston
and washer only requiring regulating in length or diameter to suit each
size of bottle, and for greater security after filling being tied down to the
neck with wire or string.