Improvements in the Stoppering or Closing Means for Bottles or Syphons to Contain Aërated Waters.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Sept., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 13th June, 1893-Accepted, 15th July, 1893
PROVIDIUNAL DIDUITIGATION.
Improvements in the Stoppering or Closing Means for Bottles or
Syphons to Contain Aërated Waters.
I HENRY TIPPING of 38 South Street, Greenwich, in the County of Kent,
Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of the invention is to provide a bottle or syphon adapted to contain
aërated water, of simple construction, cheaply producible easily cleansable and
having a clear fairway for the exit of the contained liquid so as not to unduly
disturb and liberate the gas and also to provide a plug or stopper adapted to
cooperate with an elastic seating located in the neck of the said bottle for closing
the opening of the neck thereof and yet not interfere with free delivery of the
contents.
For an ordinary bottle of aërated water the neck may be fully long the shoulders
somewhat abrupt and the neck aperture full and round with a recess internally to
detain an elastic ring or valve.seat.
The plug, or stopper consists of a part circular, or globular head on the end of
a cylindrical or other suitable tail, or rod; or the rod may if so desired be provided
with a knob on each end, one advantage of which might be that the filler could
not put the stopper wrong end inward as both might be alike and the inner end
might help to guide, the outer end to the inner side or seating of the elastic
ring but on the other hand the single knob allows the tail to lie against side of
the neck.
The appearance of the knob as well as it lasting qualities is enhanced by covering
the knob or knobs with metal which may further be plated and the tail or body
may be of lignum vitæ or other suitable material but for cheapness glass would
be used.
The opening will be effected by pressing any suitable opener or object on to the
top of the globular part or knob shewing within the circular opening in the washer
in the neck.
For syphons the stopper of the character described is modified by the formation
of the tail and knob hollow so that it may serve as the tube for exit of the liquid
to a small valve in the stopper head, actuated by means of a lever and parts in the
syphon head, and thence by a tube to deliver the liquid to a tumbler or other vessel
for ordinary use, whilst for filling, the stopper entire is lifted from its seat-to fall
to it again so soon as filling under pressure has been completed.
Dated the 13th day of Sentember 1809
WM. BROOKES & SON,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Stoppering or Closing Means för Bottles or
Syphons to Contain Aërated Waters.
I HENRY TIPPING of 38 South Street, Greenwich, in the County of Kent,
M.I.N.A., M.I.M.E., 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 that class of stoppering for bottles to contain aërated
liquids, in which the stopper is held by the pressure of the gas against an elastic
ring or seating contained in a recess in the inside of the neck of the bottie, aud

page_text: invention consists in a novel form of plug or stopper, which will admit of the bottle
being made of strong form, more readily cleansable, and more sightly than hereto-
fore, thereby overcoming the disadvantages of similar stoppers hitherto employed,
and which are well understood in the trade.
The improved plug or stopper is of an elongated form, the object of the elonga-
tion being to act as a kind of brake, so that the stopper will not readily roll into
the neck of the bottle, but gradually slide down, when the bottle is being emptied
of its contents, and lodge in the bend. The stopper is made with a knob at one
end, to serve as a head, and has a tail or extension piece of similar, or other suitable
form.
And in order that my invention may be clearly understood, I have represented,
in the accompanying drawings, examples of my improved stopper, which I will now
more particularly refer to.
The form of stopper or plug which I prefer, is shewn at Figs. 1, 2, and 3, that is
to say, with a knob or globular shaped head A, and a similar shaped globular tail
or extension B, and made either hollow or solid.
In this case, either end may be used to close the orifice of the bottle. The bottle
will be unsealed in the usual way, and the stopper, when pushed off its seat, will
drop to the bottom of the bottle, and there lie snugly, as seen in Fig. 2, and when
the bottle is tipped, to discharge the contents, the stopper will slide down gradually,
and remain well within the bend, as indicated at Fig. 3, thus leaving a clear space
for the passage of the contents through the neck.
In the operation of filling and stoppering the bottle, the bottle is turned neck
downwards in the ordinary filling machine, and when full, the pressure of the gas
inside, forces the stopper onto its seat, and retains it there.
Fig. 4 shews a slight modification in the manufacture of the stopper.
Fig. 5 shews a stopper with a knob or globular head, and a long taper or
cylindrical tail, either hollow or solid, with or without a knob at the other end.
In this case, the tail will be of such a length that the stopper will not turn over,
end for end, in the bottle during filling.
Fig. 6 shews a plug or stopper with a globular head, and a short taper or cylin-
drical tail.
The plug or stopper may be made of glass or any other suitable metal, and be
hollow or solid.
By the use of the improved form of stopper, ordinary shaped bottles of the
strongest form may be used, and objectionable indentations in the bottle, which are
unsightly, and a source of great weakness, are entirely avoided.
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 :-
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A stopper for bottles to contain aërated liquids, in which the stopper is kept
against its seating in the neck of the bottle by the pressure of the gas contained in
the liquid, and consisting of a knob or globular portion or head, with a tail or rear
extension of globular, cylindrical, taper, or other shape, whereby the advance of
the stopper towards the neck, when the bottle is tipped, is retarded, as and for the
purpose set forth.
Dated this 13th day of June 1893.
NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.