Improvements in Stoppers applicable to Aerated Water Bottles and the like.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Mar., 1891
Complete Specification Le't, 12th Dec., 1991-Accepted, 27th Feb., 18'2
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Stoppers applicable to Aerated Water Bottles and
the like.
1, ELLIS BARKER, of 7 Roseleigh Avenue, Highbury Park, in the County of
London, Draughtsman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in stoppers applicable to aerated water
bottles and the like, which consists of a stopper attached to the mouth of a bottle
for the purpose of obtaining the contents by pressing the said stopper downwards
and without removing the stopper from the bottle.
This invention is constructed with a glass perforated stopper with a circular
groove on the underside and on the centre of the underside I form a plunger of any
suitable shape. The aforesaid stopper attach to a bottle with a groove in the
inside of the neck of the bottle and a small shoulder on the top of the neck of the
bottle on the outside. In the groove in the inside of the neck of the bottle I fit an
india rubber ring with a slot or slots, and on the shoulder of the neck of the bottle
I place a cylindrical india rubber ring of a suitable thickness to pass in the groove
on the underside of the stopper. The plunger is attached to the slot or slots of the
india rubber ring in the inside of the neck of the bottle.
The object of the invention is to obtain the content of the bottle without
removing the stopper from the bottle which operation is carried out in the following
manner By pressing the stopper and plunger downwards the plunger forces the
inside indin rubber ring down the groove in the inside of the neck of the bottle and
by tipping the bottle the fluid passes between the rubber ring and the groove and
out through the opening or perforation in the stopper.
This invention may be constructed to be attached to a syphou bottle instead of
the metallic apparatus now in common use.
It will be understood that the foregoing is given by way of illustration only, and
that the shapes, materials, and proportions of the various parts may be varied in
many ways within the scope of my invention.
Dated this 14th day of March 1891
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, W., Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Stoppers applicable to Aerated Water Bottles and
the like.
I, ELLIS BARKER, of 7 Roseleigh Avenue, Highbury Park, in the County of
London, Draughtsman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement :-
My invention relates to improvements in stoppers applicable to aerated water
bottles and the like, which consists of a stopper attached to the mouth of a bottle
for the purpose of obtaining the coutents by pressing the said stopper downwards
and without removing the stopper from the bottle.
I attain these objects by the mechanisin illustrated in the accompanying
drawing, in which-

page_text: Fig. 2, is a section of the stopper and the mouth of the bottle;
Fig. 3, is an india rubber ring;
Fig. 4, is a plan of the plunger and section of the stem g;
Fig. 5, is a section of the stopper and neck of the bottle when the stopper is
being taken out ;
Fig. 6, is the position of the india rubber ring when replacing the stopper;
Fig. 7, is a section of a stopper fitted to a syphon to permit the contents to flow
through the stopper;
Fig. 8, is an alternate section for the contents to pass through the stopper.
Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.
This invention is constructed with a glass or earthenware perforated stopper
as in Figs. 7, and 8, or with a solid stopper as in Figs. 1, 2, 5, and 6, with a circular
groove on the underside to receive an india rubber cylinder a, and on the centre of
the underside I form a stem with a plate and a plunger i, with a division
between the plate and plunger i to receive the india rubber ring with a slot b¹.
The slot of the india rubber ring is forced over the plate and placed in the
position indicated by dotted lines on Fig. 3, so as to permit the contents to flow
through the portions marked 2 of the slot when the oval plate ; and the plunger
is forced downwards. The aforesaid stopper I attach to a bottle with a groove in
the inside of the neck or mouth e of the bottle, and a small shoulder on the top of
the neck or mouth of the bottle on the outside. In the groove in the inside of the
neck of the bottle I fit an india rubber ring with a slot 6', and on the shoulder of
the neck or mouth e of the bottle I place a cylindrical india rubber ring a of a
suitable thickness to pass in the groove on the underside of the stopper d.
The plunger and the plate are fitted in the slot of the india rubber ring b
in the inside of the neck of the bottle. An opening may be constructed in the
neck of the bottle when I adopt a solid stopper as in Figs. 1, 2, 5, and 6.
The object of the invention is to obtain the contents of the bottle without
removing the stopper from the bottle, which operation is carried out in the following
manner By pressing the stopper d and plunger downwards the projection j
forces the inside india rubber ring slightly thereby opening the slot, and by
tipping the bottle the fluid passes through the parts of the slot in the rubber
ring, and out through the opening or perforation in the stopper or bottle. The
opening in the stopper or the bottle may be tubular or of any other suitable
section.
This invention may be constructed to be attached to a syphon bottle as in
Figs. 1, and 7, with the usual syphon tube h. In Fig. 1, I fix the tube in the
stopper and provide an additional cylindrical india rubber tube c. The dotted lines
in Fig. 1, indicate the position of the india rubber cylindrical tube a when the
stopper d is forced downwards.
The method of inserting the stopper as shown in Fig. 6, is carried out by means
of forcing the stopper d with the india rubber ring down into the neck of the
bottle until the said india rubber ring arrives in the groove in the inside of
the neck or mouth of the bottle, as shown in Fig. 2.
The method of removing the stopper from the bottle as shown in Fig. 5, is
carried out as follows:-The stopper d is forced slightly downwards in order to
turn the oval plate ; lengthwise with the slot ', so that the said oval plate į may
be passed through the slot, and by giving the stopper da (quarter of a circle)
turn, the india rubber ring is fixed to the stem between the stopper and the
oval plate, in a similar manner as indicated in Fig. 3. When the india rubber
ring has been placed as hereinbefore described, the Stopper may be easily removed
in order that the bottle and other parts may be cleansed, or for refilling purposes.
It will be understood that I do not particularly bind myself to construct my
invention in the manner illustrated, as the shapes, openings, materials and propor-
tions of the various parts may be varied in many ways within the scope of my
invention.

page_text: 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. In a bottle stopper, the combination of the stopper d stem y plate j india
rubber cylinder a and ring with the groove and opening in the mouth e of the
bottle, substantially as herein described and according to Figs. 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, of
the accompanying drawing.
2. In a bottle stopper, the combination of the apparatus with the opening in
the stopper d as in Fig. 8, substantially as herein described.
3. In a bottle stopper, the combination of the apparatus fitted as a syphon with
the cylindrical india rubber tube c, and the opening to be either in the bottle or
the stopper, substantially as herein described and according to Figs. 1, and 7,
in the accompanying drawing.
4. In a bottle stopper, the combination of the parts to be constructed of any size,
shape, material or with any modification of the various parts, substantially as
herein described and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 12th day of December 1891.
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, W., Agent for the Applicant.