Improved Shears Used in the manufacture or Glass Bottles.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Oct., 1886.
Complete Left, 1st July, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 16th Sept.,
1887.
Improved Shears Used in the manufacture or Glass Bottles.
We WALTER HORN of Sunderland in the County of Durham Glass Bottle Manu-
facturer and ROBERT BELL of Sunderland aforesaid Glass Bottle Manufacturer's
Manager do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
An arrangement whereby on the closing of the Shears by which the bottle neck is
made or formed after the ring is cast (Figs. 1 & 2) the plug A is split into two or
inore parts and made to open, by means of which the inside of the bottle neck is
made or can be kept perfectly smooth (Fig. 1) or indented in any way according to
the shape of the plug (Fig. 2) and the bottle finisher is also enabled to keep the mouth
of the bottle smaller than the neck.
The following is a description of the mechanism which actuates the plug.
As to Figure 1.
On pressing the handles D D the heads B B which form the outside of the bottle
ring are closed and at the same time the two parts of the split plug A which are
connected with the handles by G. G. and act on the centre pin E open scissorwise.
As to Figure 2.
On pressing the handles D. D the heads B B are closed and at the same time the
two rods C. C which terminate in the two parts of the split plug A are opened by the
cross rods E E.
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page_text: We WALTER HORN of Sunderland in the County of Durham Glass Bottle Manu-
facturer and ROBERT BELL of Sunderland aforesaid Glass Bottle Manufacturer's
Manager do hereby declare the nature of our invention for IMPROVED SHEARS USED
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF GLASS BOTTLES and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
The nature of our invention is:-An arrangement whereby on the closing of the
shears by which the bottle neck is made or formed after the ring is cast Fig. 1 and 2
(see plans left with provisional specification) the Plug A is split into two or more
parts and made to open by means of which the inside of the bottle neck is made or
can be kept perfectly smooth Fig. 1 or indented in any way according to the shape of
the Plug Fig. 2 and the bottle finisher is also enabled to keep the mouth of the bottle
smaller than the neck.
The following is a description of the mechanism which actuates the plug. As to
Fig. 1 on pressing the handles D D the heads B. B. which form the outside of the
bottle ring are closed and at the same time the two parts of the split plug A which are
connected with the handles by G G and act on the centre pin E open scissor wise.
As to Fig. 2. On pressing handles D. D the heads B. B are closed and at the same
time the two rods C. C. which terminate in the two parts of the split Plug A are opened
by the cross rods E. E. which are attached right handle D to left rod C and vice
versa. The slots in the cross bars E allow of the closing of the heads B B to that
extent so as to grip the bottle before the plug begins to open.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that our claim is :-
1. The split Plug.
2. The expansion of the split Plug by the means above described or any other
mechanism whereby the inside of the bottle neck and mouth are regulated in shape
and size according to the shape and size of the Plug when the Shears are closed.
Dated this 30th day of June 1887.