Improvements in or connected with the Tap Holes of Stoneware and other Bottles and the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Feb., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 21st Mar., 1896-Accepted, 25th Apr., 1896
UNAT
Improvements in or connected with the Tap Holes of Stoneware
and other Bottles and the like.
I, HENRY JAMES ANSELL of Chertsey Road, Woking, Gentleman, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in or connected with the tap holes of
stoneware and other bottles and refers more particularly to that class of bottle
or jar which is provided with a tap hole at or near the bottom, the object
being to enable the tap to be more readily and effectively fixed than has
hitherto been possible without the liability of bursting or breaking the tap hole.
In carrying my invention into practical effect, I furnish the inner periphery
of the rear end of the tap hole with a circular flange or projection, said flange or
projection acting as a stop for the cork or other material which is generally
placed around the tap, or the front or fore part of the tap hole may be lined
with cork or other suitable material, the aforesaid ridge or projection preventing
the cork or the like from being pushed or forced into the bottle, jar or the like
when inserting the tap.
This invention is applicable to bottles and jars of various kinds and to all
receptacles provided or furnished with tap holes of suitable construction.
Dated this 4th day of February 1896.
F. G. CASSELL
(Of Cassell & Co.),
22, Glasshouse Street, Regent Street, London, W.,
Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in or connected with the Tap Holes of Stoneware
and other Bottles and the like.
I, HENRY JAMES ANSELL, of Chertsey Road, Woking, Gentleman, 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:
My invention relates to improvements in or connected with the tap holes of
stoneware and other bottles and refers more particularly to that class of bottle or
jar which is provided with a tap hole at or near the bottom, the object being to
enable the tap to be more readily and effectively fixed than has hitherto been
possible, without the liability of bursting or breaking the tap hole.
In carrying my invention into practical effect, I furnish the inner periphery of
the rear end of the tap hole with a circular flange or projection, said flange or
projection acting as a stop for the cork or other material which is generally placed
around the tap, or the front or fore part of the tap hole may be lined with cork
or other suitable material, the aforesaid ridge or projection preventing the cork

page_text: or the like from being pushed or forced into the bottle, jar or the like, when
inserting the tap.
This invention is applicable to bottles and jars of various kinds and to all
receptacles provided or furnished with tap holes of suitable construction.
In order that my invention may be more fully understood, I will now proceed to
describe same with reference to the accompanying drawings in which
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a bottle or jar showing the tap hole fitted with my
improvements in section.
Fig. 2 is a detailed sectional view of same drawn to an enlarged scale and Fig. 3
is a similar view of slightly different form.
Fig. 4 is a front view of the tap hole.
Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts through the several
views.
According to my invention the tap hole t of the bottle or jar b is furnished at its
inner end with a flange or ring/ formed integrally with same, iu any suitable manner,
during the course of construction, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, while in the slightly
modified form shown in Fig. 3 the ring or flange fis formed behind the tap hole,
the edges of said ring or flange being curved or softened down into the side of the
bottle or jar b as shown.
By this means cork, paper or other material which may be wrapped around the
tap enters the tap hole t and find a bearing against the ring or flange f so that
the tap can be readily tightened in position without any great pressure being
applied, and without the liability of bursting the tap hole, owing to the aforesaid
packing material being firmly retained within the tap hole by the flange or ring f
and not slipping or passing into the bottle or jar b' which now frequently occurs
where the ordinary or plain tap hole is employed.
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 :-
The improvement in or connected with the tap hole of bottles, jars or the like,
consisting essentially in the formation of a ring or flange fat the rear of or behind
said tap hole, substantially as herein described and shown and for the purposes
specified.
Dated this M
1000
F. G. CASSELL
(Of Cassell & Co.),
22, Glasshouse Street, Regent Street, London, W.,
Agent for the Applicant.