IMPROVEMENTS IN BOTTLES FOR CONTAINING AËRATED LIQUIDS, AND. IN STOPPERS APPLICABLE THERETO, SUCH STOPPERS BEING ALSO APPLICABLE FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Edwards, of New Garden Street, Hull,
in the County of York, Professor of Music, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN BOTTLES FOR CONTAINING AËRATED LIQUIDS, AND. IN
STOPPERS APPLICABLE THERETO, SUCH STOPPERS BEING ALSO APPLICABLE FOR
OTHER PURPOSES.”
"
Sealed the 23rd April 1875, and dated the 5th November 1874.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Edwards at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
5th November 1874.
I, JOHN EDWARDS, of New Garden Street, Hull, in the County of York,
Professor of Music, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BOTTLES FOR CONTAINING AËRATED LIQUIDS, AND IN
STOPPERS APPLICABLE THERETO, SUCH STOPPERS BEING ALSO APPLICABLE FOR OTHER
PURPOSES," to be as follows:-
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page_text: in preventing such internal stopper falling to the mouth thereof while
emptying the contents of the bottle.
Now I have devised such an arrangement of the chamber at the
bottom of the bottle for the reception of the ball or other internal
stopper, that I have entirely overcome the objections hitherto existing
to the use of such bottles at the same time that I combine with this
improvement an immense economy in the manufacture of the bottles
themselves.
To carry out my Invention I proceed as follows :-I make a bottle
somewhat in the shape of an ordinary soda water bottle, and form at
the bottom thereof a globe chamber for the reception of the ball stopper
when pressed down from the mouth of the bottle in order to pour out
the contents thereof. Upon the ball stopper sinking to the bottom it
at once falls into such globe chamber, and is there securely held during
the process of emptying the contents of the bottle. Around the outside
or inside of the top of the neck of the bottle I form a groove, or welt,
or screw thread to facilitate the securing of my improved stopper
thereto, as described in the Specification of my Patent, No. 1617, of
1874..
To make my improved stopper I proceed as follows:-I provide a
circular metal stem furnished with a screw thread at the top and with a
projecting rim at the bottom. I place over such stem a piece of india-
rubber tubing of suitable length, and in order to secure such tubing to
the bottom of the stem I pass over it an annular piece of metal which
fastens it tightly thereto. I then take a metal case provided with a
collar and press it over the india-rubber tubing, such metal collar being
hollow in the centre to permit of the passage of the metal stem there-
through. I then affix a screw cap upon the thread at the top of the
stem, and upon turning the screw the india-rubber tube is forced out to
any desired extent by regulating the length of the case encircling the
tube.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said John Edwards in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 5th May 1875.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
EDWARDS, of New Garden Street, Hull, in the County of York,
Professor of Music, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fifth day of November, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, in the thirty-
eighth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said John Edwards, Her special licence
that I, the said John Edwards, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said John Edwards, 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 "IMPROVEMENTS
IN BOTTLES FOR CONTAINING AËRATED LIQUIDS, AND IN STOPPERS APPLICABLE
THERETO, SUCH STOPPERS BEING ALSO APPLICABLE FOR OTHER PURPOSES,"
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said John Edwards,
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 John Edwards, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the samo is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement, reference being had to the accompanying
Sheet of Drawings, and to the figures and letters marked thereon, that
is to say:
Heretofore in the manufacture of bottles for containing aërated
liquids, in which internal stoppers are used, great difficulty has been
experienced in preventing such internal stopper falling to the mouth of
the bottle while emptying the contents thereof.

page_text: Now I have devised such an arrangement of the chamber at the
bottom of the bottle for the reception of the ball or other internal
stopper, that I have entirely overcome the objections hitherto existing
to the use of such bottles, at the same time that I combine with this
improvement an immense economy in the manufacture of the bottles
themselves.
To carry out my Invention I proceed as follows:-I make a bottle
somewhat in the shape of an ordinary soda water bottle, and I form at
the bottom thereof a globe chamber for the reception of the ball stopper
when pressed down from the mouth of the bottle in order to pour out
the contents thereof. Upon the ball stopper sinking to the bottom it
at once falls into such globe chamber and is there securely held during
the process of emptying the contents of the bottle. Around the
outside or inside of the top of the neck of the bottle I form a groove, or
welt, or screw thread to facilitate the securing of my improved stoppers
thereto, as described in the Specification of my Patent, No. 1617, of
1874.
To make my improved stopper I proceed as follows: -I provide a
circular metal stem furnished with a screw thread at the top and with a
projecting rim at the bottom. I place over such stem a piece of india-
rubber tubing of suitable length, and in order to secure such tubing to
the bottom of the stem I pass over it an annular piece of metal which
fastens it tightly thereto. I then take a metal case provided with a
collar, and press it over the end of rubber tubing, such metal collar
being hollow in the centro to permit of the passage of the weld stem
therethrough. I then affix a screw cap upon the thread at the top of
the stem, and upon turning the screw the india-rubber tube is forced
out to any desired extent, and by regulating the length of the metal
case the amount of bearing surface of the india-rubber tube is increased
or diminished and with it the capacity of the stopper.
The stopper is also applicable for the muzzles of rifles, ordnance, and
other similar weapons.
In order that my said Invention may be clearly understood, I have
hereunto annexed a Sheet of Drawings, in which Figs. 1, 2, and 3
represent various improved forms or shapes of bottles made with the
chamber or receptacle at the foot or bottom thereof.
side view of the stonner

page_text: Fig. 5 a sectional view, and Figs. 6 and 7 views of a modification for
use as an internal stopper.
A is the chamber or receptacle for holding or retaining the internal
stopper from falling to the mouth of the bottles while emptying the
contents; but these chambers may be of any other form to those here
shown, so that the stopper be retained at the lower part of the
bottles.
In Figs. 4, 5, 6, and 7, a is a circular metal stem furnished with a
screw thread and a projecting rim or flange c; d is the india-rubber
tubing with an annular piece of metal e passed over it to hold such
tubing to the bottom of the stem a; f is a metal case or tube provided
with a cap or collar g thereon; is a screw cap or thumbpiece which is
fitted to the screw thread b, and when this thumbpiece is "turned
down" the india-rubber tube is forced out, as seen in Figs. 4
and 7.
The arrangement shown in Figs. 6 and 7 is for use as an internal
stopper and is introduced into the bottle in the condition shown in
Fig. 6.
The cap is then screwed down on the threaded stem a
by any suitable or convenient means, thus forcing out the india-
rubber tube, as shown at d, Fig. 7, and the bottles are then
filled after the manner described in the Specification of my Patent,
No. 1617, of 1874,
Having now described the nature and particulars of my said In-
vention, I claim, the improvements in bottles for containing aërated
liquids, and in stoppers applicable thereto, such stoppers being also
applicable for other purposes, as herein described and shewn on the
accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Edwards, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twentieth day of April, in the year
.
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