Improvements in Hot Water Bottles of Rubber.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 30th May, 1899
Complete Specification Left, 29th Mar., 1900-Accepted, 26th May, 1900
Improvements in Hot Water Bottles of Rubber.
I, ANNIE GERTRUDE O'BRIEN, of 69, Cecil Street, Manchester, in the County
of Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the top of the bottle and is designed to prevent the
top or stopper being misplaced or lost.
I secure the screw top to a tab of rubber or other material by means of a
swivel joint which permits of the free rotation of the top.
The tab is attached to the lip or other part of the bottle so as to carry the
screw top out of the way of the water as it is poured into the bottle. It may
be attached by stitching cement or otherwise.
An additional pivoted or hinged wing is fitted to the screw top or stopper to
enable it being screwed up more tightly and thus avoid leakage. The pivoted
wing folds down out of the way.
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WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
6, Bank Street, Manchester, Patent Agents.
Improvements in Hot Water Bottles of Rubber.
I, ANNIE GERTRUDE O'BRIEN, of 69, Cecil Street, Manchester, in the County
of Lancaster, 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 the screwed, stopper for the top of rubber hot water
bottles and is designed to prevent such stopper being misplaced or lost.
It consists essentially in the combination with the stopper of a tab of rubber
or other material attached thereto by means of a swivel joint which permits of
the free rotation of the stopper and also attached to the lip or other part of the
bottle.
It will be fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1. Is a perspective view of bottle.
Fig. 2. Side elevation.
Fig. 3. Section through the stopper.
The bottle A is made of any ordinary size form or shape with a screwed
stopper B.
To the screw stopper BI attach a tab or strip C of rubber or other material
in such a way as not to interfere with the free rotation of the stopper for the

page_text: purpose of screwing into position or removing it. The tab or strip C is secured
to the stopper B by a washer D loose around the stem of the stopper forming
a swivelling joint. The stopper is free to rotate in the washer which is secured
in position by a second washer or collar E soldered or otherwise fixed to the
stopper. The strip or tab C is attached at one end to the washer D by the
projecting piece e extending at one side and at the other end to the lip a or
other part of the bottle so as to carry the screw stopper out of the way of the
water when being poured into the bottle. It may be attached by stitching and
vulcanising or by cement or otherwise.
An additional pivoted or hinged wing is fitted to the screw top or stopper
to enable it being screwed up more tightly and thus avoid leakage. The
pivoted wing folds down out of the way.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is;
1. In a hot water bottle of rubber the combination with the screw stopper of
a tab to retain the stopper attached thereto and to the bottle so as to permit of
the free rotation of the stopper and to lift or carry the stopper out of the path
of the inflowing water substantially as described.
2. In a hot water bottle A. the combination with the screw stopper B of the
loose washer D forming a swivelling joint and the strip or tab attached to
the loose washer and to the bottle to retain the stopper from misplacement
substantially as described.
Dated this 28th day of March 1900.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Manchester, Liverpool and London, Patent Agents.