improvements in Stoppers to be Used for Bottles Containing Malt Liquors, Wine, Spirits, Vinegar, Ink, or other Liquids, or for Jars or other Vessels.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 13th July; 1887
Complete Left, 13th Mar., 1888
Complete Accepted, 4th May, 1888
improvements in Stoppers to be Used for Bottles Containing Malt
Liquors, Wine, Spirits, Vinegar, Ink, or other Liquids, or for
Jars or other Vessels.
I, WILLIAM WOOTTON of Combermere, Ennerdale Road, Kew Gardens, Surrey,
Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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The improvements relate more especially to screw stoppers.
Although wood is of all materials the cheapest and most readily shaped for the
purpose, it has hitherto been but little used for forming screw stoppers, as wood being
liable to expand when wetted is likely to break the necks of bottles.
By my invention I first shape the screw of wood or other suitable material, and
after thoroughly drying it and depriving it of air or gas by means of heat or other-
wise, I coat it with a composition known as Lignozote, and described in Specification
of Patent No. 1188 in the year 1877, so as not only to protect the wood from coming
in contact with the liquid in the bottle and also from any moisture from without, this
cannot be done by ordinary varnish as that would crack off or spoil the contents of
the bottles, or be acted upon by the acids therein contained. Lignozote is a very
peculiar preparation, as it not only penetrates into the pores of the wood, so as to
entirely exclude moisture, but is not acted upon by either acids, alkalios, or alcohol,
and when once dried, has neither taste or smell; a Patent for Lignozote was taken
out some years ago for coating the interior of Brewers, Distillers and Vinegar makers,.
casks, and vats and has been successfully used for that purpose ever since. The
Lignozote might also cover the washer, invariably used for bottle screws as that would
prevent the liquid coming in contact with the india rubber, which when vulcanized
sometimes gives an unpleasant flavour to the contents of bottles, this would also give
a uniform colour throughout without in any way interfering with the elasticity of the
rubber.
The Lignozote coating could of course be also applied to any outside screw cap or
other mode of fastening.

page_text: Improvements in Stoppers to be Used for Bottles Containing Malt
Liquors, Wine, Spirits, Vinegar, Ink, or other Liquids, or for
Jars or other Vessels.
I, WILLIAM WOOTTON of Combermere, Ennerdale Road, Kew Gardens, Surrey
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:-
The improvements relate more especially to screw stoppers.
Although wood is of all materials the cheapest and most readily shaped for the
purpose, it has hitherto been but little used for forming screw stoppers, as wood being
liable to expand when wetted is likely to break the necks of bottles.
By my invention I first shape the screw of wood or other suitable material, and
after thoroughly drying it and depriving it of air or gas by means of heat or other-
wise, I coat it with a composition known as Lignozote, and described in Specification
of Patent No. 1188 in the year 1877, so as not only to protect the wood from coming
in contact with the liquid in the bottle but also from any moisture from without, this
cannot be done by ordinary varnish as that would crack off or spoil the contents of
the bottles, or be acted upon by the acids therein contained. Lignozote is a very
peculiar preparation, as it not only penetrates into the pores of the wood, so as to
entirely exclude moisture, but is not acted upon by either acids, alkalies, or alcohol,
and when once dried, has neither taste or smell; a Patent for Lignozote was taken
out some years ago for coating the interior of Brewers, Distillers and Vinegar
makers, casks, and vats and has been successfully used for that purpose ever since.
The Lignozote might also cover the washer, invariably used for bottle screws, as that
would prevent the liquid coming in contact with the india rubber, which when
vulcanized sometimes gives an unpleasant flavour to the contents of bottles, this would
also give a uniform colour throughout without in any way interfering with the
elasticity of the rubber.
The Lignozote coating could of course be also applied to any outside screw cap or
other mode of fastening.
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 :-
1. The manufacture of screw stoppers for bottles jars and other vessels of wood
coated or impregnated with lignozote substantially as described.
2. Covering with Lignozote those parts of the stoppers of bottles jars and other
vessels with which liquids contained in the vessels are liable to come into contact
substantially as described.
Dated this 15th day of March 1888.