IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR STOPPERING BOTTLES
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Daniel Brown, of Bath, in the County of
Somerset, for the Invention of "IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR STOPPERING
BOTTLES."
Scaled the 16th May 1876, and dated the 18th November 1875.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Daniel Brown at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
18th November 1875.
I, DANIEL BROWN, of Bath, in the County of Somerset, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR
STOPPERING BOTTLES," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to the construction of apparatus for stoppering
bottles, whether containing aërated or still liquids, and whereby any
desired quantity of such liquids can be introduced into or with-
drawn from the bottles to which the apparatus is applied with great
facility.
The apparatus consists of two tubes, one of which is placed within

page_text: bottle, and within the same is placed a spiral or other suitable spring,
which is retained in position by a perforated plate or collar placed at
the bottom of the said tube. The internal tube is of two different
diameters, the upper portion fitting the external tube above the said
spring, and the lower portion being in the nature of a hollow or solid
spindle, and passing through a cross bar at the bottom of the outer tube,
the shoulder formed at the junction of the two parts necessarily resting
upon the top of the spring. The lower part of the internal cylinder
when hollow is perforated so as to admit of the ingress or egress of
liquids, and the bottom or lower end thereof is provided with a button
or valve head having a washer on the upper part thereof. *
The action of the stopper is as follows:-Upon pressure being exerted
upon the upper end of the internal tube the spring is compressed and
the lower end of the tube, which when hollow is perforated, as before
mentioned, is pressed beyond the lower end of the external tube, thereby
allowing of the ingress or egress of liquid either through the internal
tube itself or through any aperture or outlet which may be arranged in
connection with the external tube for that purpose. Upon the pressure
being removed from the upper part of the internal tube the spring
restores the same to its normal position, and the valve head with its
elastic washer is brought into contact with the lower end of the
external tube, thereby closing the same.
In the case of this apparatus being applied to aërated liquids the
spring may be if desired dispensed with, the force of the gas or fixed
air in the interior of the bottle being sufficient to restore the valve to
its position:
The apparatus may be secured to the neck of the. bottle by metallic
clips or in any other convenient manner, and may be constructed of
white metal or of any other suitable material or materials.

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WHEREAS. Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Eighteenth day of November, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in the
thirty-ninth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto the said Daniel Brown, Her special
licence that I, the said Daniel Brown, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said Daniel Brown, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no
others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term
therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise,
and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVED
APPARATUS FOR STOPPERING BOTTLES," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said Daniel Brown, my executors or administrators; by an
instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and
seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and
cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Daniel Brown, 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, that is to say:
My said Invention relates to the construction of apparatus for
stoppering bottles, whether containing aërated or still liquids, and
whereby any desired quantity of such liquids can be introduced into or
withdrawn from the bottles to which the apparatus is applied with great
facility.
The apparatus consists of two tubes, one of which is placed within
the other. The external tube is placed so as to fit into the neck of the
bottle, and within the same is placed a spiral or other suitable spring,
which is retained in position by a plate or collar (by preference per-
forated), placed at the bottom of the said tube. The internal tube is of
two different diameters, the upper portion fitting the external tube
above the said spring, and the lower portion being in the nature of a
hollow spindle, the shoulder formed at the junction of the two parts
necessarily resting upon the top of the spring. The lower part of the

page_text: internal cylinder is perforated so as to admit of the ingress or egress of
liquids, and the bottom or lower end thereof is provided with a button
or valve head having a washer on the upper part thereof.
The action of the stopper is as follows:-Upon pressure being exerted
upon the upper end of the internal tube the spring is compressed, and
the lower end of the tube, which is perforated, as before mentioned, is
pressed beyond the lower end of the external tube, thereby allowing of
the ingress or egress of liquid either through the internal tube itself or
through any aperture or outlet which may be arranged in connection
with the external tube for that purpose. Upon the pressure being
removed from the upper part of the internal tube the spring restores the
same to its normal position, and the valve head with its elastic washer
is brought into contact with the lower end of the external tube, thereby
closing the same.
In the case of this apparatus being applied to aërated liquids the
spring may be, if desired, dispensed with, the force of the gas or fixed
air in the interior of the bottle being sufficient to restore the valve to its
position.
The apparatus may be secured to the neck of the bottle by metallic
clips or in any other convenient manner, and may be constructed of
white metal or of any other suitable material or materials.
Having thus declared and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I would observe
in conclusion that what I consider novel and original, and therefore
claim as constituting the Invention secured to me by the said herein-
before in part recited Letters Patent is, the construction of apparatus
for stoppering bottles, substantially as herein-before described and set
forth, or any mere modifications thereof.
In witness whereof, I, the said Daniel Brown, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Eighteenth day of May, in the year of a
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-six.