Improvements in and relating to the Stoppering of Bottles, Jars, and other Vessels and in the Manufacture of the same.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 12th July, 1899-Accepted, 2nd Sept., 1899
Improvements in and relating to the Stoppering of Bottles, Jars, and
other Vessels and in the Manufacture of the same.
I, SAMUEL BRAME, of 31, Claremont Hill, Shrewsbury, in the County of Salop,
Hotel Proprietor and Agent, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My invention has for its object improvements in and relating to the stoppering
of bottles jars and other vessels and in the manufacture of the same whether
made of glass earthenware tin or other suitable metal or material by which I
am enabled to greatly facilitate the bottling of ales stout wines aerated waters
and other liquids.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried
into practical effect I have appended hereunto three double sized sheets of
drawings upon which I have illustrated the application of my improvements
to the neck of a bottle.
Figure 1 is a part sectional elevation of a bottle made according to my inven
tion with one internally formed ledge.
Figure 2 is a part sectional view of the bottle neck shewing a front view of
one of the internally formed ledges.
Figure 3 is an inverted cross sectional plan view of the bottle neck.
Figure 4 is a view of the stopper.
Figure 5 is an inverted plan view of Figure 4.
Figure C is a view of a bottle neck fitted with my stopper shewing one of the
externally formed ledges.
Figure 7 is a part sectional view of the bottle neck and stopper as shewn at
Figure 6.
Figure 8 is a cross sectional plan view of Figure 6 taken on the line a-b.
Figure 9 is an inverted cross sectional plan view of Figure 6 taken on the
line y
Figure 10 is a part sectional view of the bottle neck shewing the internally
formed single ledge slightly inclined.
Figure 11 is a plan view of the bottle neck as shewn at Figure 10.
Figure 12 is a part sectional view of the bottle neck as shewn at Figure 10
fitted with a modified form of my stopper.
Figure 13 is a sectional plan view of the bottle neck as shewn at Figure 12
taken on the line 1-2.
Figure 14 is a view of the stopper as shewn at Figure 12.
Figure 15 is an inverted plan view of Figure 14.
Figure 16 is a sectional view of a portion of a bottle neck made with internally
formed grooves instead of a ledge.
Figure 17 is a part sectional view of a bottle neck shewing two internally formed
ledges made according to my invention.
Figure 18 is a part sectional view of the bottle neck shewing a front view of
one of the internally formed ledges.

page_text: Figure 19 is a sectional view of a portion of the bottle neck as shewn at
Figure 17 fitted with my stopper.
Figure 20 is a view of my stopper as used with
or ledges.
Figure 21 is an inverted plan view of Figure 20.
bottle having two grooves
Figure 22 is an elevation of a bottle fitted with my stoppering arrangement
the stopper being attached to the bottle neck by a chain.
Figure 23 is a part sectional elevation of a bottle shewing internally formed
inclined ledges with a sudden inclination at one end.
Figure 24 is a similar view to Figure 23 shewing another form of internally
formed inclined ledges.
Figure 25 is a view of another form of stopper.
In carrying my invention into practice I form in the interior of the neck of
the bottle B two projecting ledges 1 and 2 formed at their opposite ends with
the downwardly projecting stop pieces 63 and 6 as clearly shewn at Figures 1,
2 and 3 the exterior of the bottle neck being perfectly smooth or even at
the parts where the projections 61, 62, 63 and 6 occur as in an ordinary bottle.
Or I may form these projections and stops during the process of manufacturing
the bottle by indenting the neck of the bottle inwardly at these particular
parts as clearly shewn at Figures 6, 7. 8 and 9. The stopper S is formed with
the head which is preferably serrated on its edge and under the flange of
this head I fit the rubber washer W. These stoppers may be made of various
materials such as glass, wood, compressed paper, metal or a combination of
materials. The stem is preferably formed globular with the cross piece ³
at the lower end the sides of which are flat as shewn at Figure 5. It will
be seen that when this stopper is fitted into the neck of the bottle, the cross
piece of which exactly fits between the projections 61 and 62 and slightly
turned, the ends of the cross piece will catch under the ledges and 63 and
come against the stop pieces 63 and 6 thus firmly securing the stopper in position.
The rubber washer W forms an air tight joint between the stopper and the
bottle neck as clearly shewn at Figure 6.
In order to draw the stopper more firmly down onto the bottle neck I may form
the ledges and 6 slightly inclined as clearly shewn at Figures 10, 23 and 24 so
that when the stopper is turned it is drawn tightly inwards and the washer W
pressed firmly on the top of the bottle neck as shewn at Figure 12. In some
cases I may form the stopper S with the half round formed shank s as shewn at
Figures 12 14 and 15. Instead of forming projecting ledges in the interior of
the bottle neck for the cross piece 3 of the stopper to catch under I may construct
the bottle necks with either internally or externally formed grooves d¹ and
as shown at Figure 16 a stop 3 being formed at the end of each groove so as
to limit the turn of the stopper when stoppering the bottle.
At Figures 17, 18, and 19 I have shewn two inwardly formed ledges 65, 66, 67
and 68 and on the end of the stopper S I form two cross pieces 5 and 6 as shewn
at Figure 20 so that when the stopper is fitted into the bottles these cross pieces
catch under the ledges 65, 66, 67, and 18 as clearly shewn at Figure 19. It will be
evident that these ledges may be formed in the same manner as shewn at
Figures 6 and 7 that is this particular part of the bottle neck may be pressed
inwardly. Or I may form grooves instead of ledges and whether grooves or ledges
they may be slightly inclined so as to draw the stopper firmly onto the top of the
neck when stoppering the bottle.
At Figure 23 I have shewn the ledges 610 and inclined with a sudden incline
or bend at the end 12 instead of the stop pieces 73 and 74 so that as the stopper
is turned it is drawn tightly upon the mouth of the bottle the part 2 of the ledge
limiting the turn of the stopper. Or I may form the short stop piece 612 at the
end of the ledges 610 and 11 as shewn at Figure 24. At Figure 25 I have shown
the cross pieces scolloped out at where the neck s joins the cross piece and the
ledges in the neck of the bottle may be made to fit in the scolloped out portions.

page_text: In order to prevent the stoppers S from being lost I secure them to the bottle
neck by the chain F one end of which is fixed to the head of the stopper and the
other end to the ring for its equivalent which fits in the groove 69 formed around
the exterior of the neck as clearly shewn at Figure 22. The chain is preferably
attached to the stopper and the bottle neck in all cases.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:
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CLAIMS.
First The improvements in and relating to the stoppering of bottles jars
and other vessels and in the manufacture of the same consisting essentially in
forming an inwardly projecting ledge or ledges or a groove or grooves in the
neck of the bottle having downwardly projecting stop-pieces for limiting the
turn of the stopper which stopper is formed at its lower end with a cross piece
or its equivalent for butting against the stop piece in the manner and for the
purpose substantially as herein set forth and as shewn upon the accompanying
sheets of drawings.
Second: In stoppering bottles forming the bottle neck with an internally
projecting or incised groove or ledge or grooves or ledges whether parallel or
inclined and having projecting stop pieces in combination with a stopper having
one or more cross pieces for taking into or under the groove or grooves or ledge
or ledges and a chain or its equivalent for attaching the stopper to the bottle
in the manner substantially as herein set forth and as shewn upon the accom-
panying sheets of drawings.
T
1000
SAMUEL BRAME.
By George Barker,
Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Patent Agents,
Agent for Applicant, 77, Colmore Row, Birmingham.