IMPROVE- MENTS IN OR APPERTAINING TO STOPPERS FOR BOTTLES OR THE RECEPTACLES FOR AERATED OR OTHER LIQUIDS UNDER PRESSURE
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Benedict Zibach, of Whitechapel Road, in the County of
Middlesex, Mineral Water Manufacturer, for an Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN OR APPERTAINING TO STOPPERS FOR BOTTLES OR THE
RECEPTACLES FOR AERATED OR OTHER LIQUIDS UNDER PRESSURE,"
LIKE
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Benedict Zibach at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 31st January 1881.
BENEDICT ZIBACH, of Whitechapel Road, in the County of Middlesex, Mineral
Water Manufacturer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN OR APPERTAINING TO STOPPERS FOR
BOTTLES OR THE LIKE RECEPTACLES FOR AËRATED OR OTHER LIQUIDS UNDER
PRESSURE."
I prefer to adopt the following form and construction for these stoppers, though
I of course reserve to myself the right to make such reasonable alterations therein,
which without departing from the spirit of my Invention may from time to time
be found advisable.
•
A short piece of pipe stopped at its inner end, and provided with collars at or
near its outer and inner ends to prevent it from falling into the bottle when the
pressure is not on or blowing out of it when the pressure is on, is free to move for
a short distance in or out of a short pipe or socket attached to or forming part of a
cap, which fits over the neck of the bottle or other receptacle. This cap may be
secured to the bottle by one or more, but preferably two, clips or ears projecting
from it, and fitting over a collar upon the neck of the bottle. The collar has spaces
provided for the clips to pass through, and the cap is then turned partly round, and
is thereby secured from pulling or blowing off; a packing ring or equivalent, which
may be of india rubber or the like, is placed between the cap and the collar.
Holes or apertures are provided in the movable piece of pipe, generally just
inside the internal collar, to permit the escape of the fluid within. The action is
as follows:-
When the bottle is charged the internal pressure forces out the movable pipe, and

page_text: the short piece upon the cap then covers the holes or apertures so that nothing can
escape. To draw the contents the movable pipe is forced inwards a little, the
holes are thus exposed inside, and the liquid escapes into and through the pipe;
upon withdrawing the external pressure the stopper closes automatically, so long
as sufficient pressure remains inside to force out the movable pipe.
I generally prefer to employ a small chain or its equivalent, one end of which
is fastened to the cap or part of the stopper, and the other in any convenient
manner to the bottle or other receptacle to keep the cap from falling off & getting
lost.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Benedict Zibach in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 29th July
1SS1.
"
BENEDICT ZIBACH, of Whitechapel Road, in the County of Middlesex, Mineral
Water Manufacturer. IMPROVEMENTS IN OR APPERTAINING TO STOPPERS FOR
BOTTLES OR THE LIKE RECEPTACLES FOR AERATED OR OTHER LIQUIDS UNDER
PRESSURE."
I prefer to adopt the following form and construction for these stoppers, though
I of course reserve to myself the right to make such reasonable alterations therein,
which without departing from the spirit of my Invention may from time to time
be found advisable.
A short piece of pipe stopped at its inner end, and provided with collars at or
near its outer and inner ends to prevent it from falling into the bottle when the
pressure is not on or blowing out of it when the pressure is on, is free to move
for a short distance in or out of a short pipe or socket attached to or forming part
of a cap which fits over the neck of the bottle or other receptacle. This cap inay
be secured to the bottle by one or more, but preferably two clips, or ears projecting
from it and fitting over a collar upon the neck of the bottle. The collar las spaces
provided for the clips to pass through, and the cap is then turned partly round, and
is thereby secured from pulling or blowing off; a packing ring or equivalent, which
may be of india rubber or the like, is placed between the cap and the collar.
Holes or apertures are provided in the movable piece of pipe generally just
inside the internal collar, to permit the escape of the fluid within. The action is
as follows:-
When the bottle is charged the internal pressure forces out the movable pipe, and
the short piece upon the cap then covers the holes or apertures so that nothing can
escape. To draw the contents the movable pipe is forced inwards a little; the holes
are thus exposed inside, and the liquid escapes into and through the pipe; upon
withdrawing the external pressure the stopper closes automatically, so long as
sufficient pressure remains inside to force out the movable pipe.
I generally prefer to employ a small chain or its equivalent, one end of which is
fastened to the cap or part of the stopper, and the other in any convenient manner
to the bottle or other receptacle to keep the cap from falling off and getting lost.
In the accompanying Drawings, in which like letters of reference represent like
parts, Fig. 1 is an elevation of the top of a bottle fitted with my improved stopper;
Figs. 2 and 3 are sectional elevations of the same; Fig. 4 is a plan with the stopper
in place; and Fig. 5, a plan of the bottle, with the stopper removed; Fig. 6 shows
an alternative method of securing the stopper to the bottle; and Fig. 7 is a plan of
the same.
A is the neck of the bottle, and B the rim or collar, recessed in one or more
parts B'; C is the cap or cover, having ears or lugs C, the ends of which are
turned over and pass down the recesses B¹ in the collar, and when the cover is
turned partly round take hold on the collar and prevent the cover from coming
off. Through the cover C passes a pipe D, stopped at its inner end, and provided
with collars D' and D at its inuer and outer ends respectively, and pierced in a
suitable position with holes or slots of convenient form and size D³; E is a packing
ring or washer, preferably of indiarubber, to make the joint tight; and F is a chain
or equivalent, secured at one end in any convenient manner to the bottle and at
the other to the cover, so that when it is taken off for cleaning etcetera, it may not
get lost or separated from the bottle.
In Figs. 6 and 7 the same stopper is used, but a modified form of attachment is
employed for securing it to the bottle. In this case a band G passes round the

page_text: neck of the bottle behind the collar B, and from it lugs C¹ stand out, and similar
lugs Care provided upon the cap C; screws H fasten the two together, the chain F
preventing the stopper getting lost, as before. This arrangement is not altogether
so satisfactory as that first described, because the screws are apt to get lost when
the cover is removed, which cannot happen in the foriner case, but then when the
recesses B are used a special bottle must also be employed, whereas the second
plan can be adapted to almost any bottle having a collar and a proper bearing
surface upon the top. The action of the stopper is as follows:-In Fig. 2 the
bottle may be considered charged, and the pressure within forces out the collar D'
and pipe D covering the holes D3 by the inwardly projecting portion C³ of cap C,
and also pressing collar D' firmly against the said projecting portion C³ of cap C,
thus effectually preventing the egress of the contents of the bottle. To discharge
these it is only necessary to press upon collar D², forcing in pipe D thereby, as
shown in Fig. 3, when the contents of the bottle escape through holes D³ into
pipe D, and so away for use.
Instead of making the portion C³ of cap C project inwardly it could project
outwardly, or both inwardly and outwardly, or the same result could be attained
by merely making the cap C thicker, but I prefer the formation previously described
as generally more suitable.
Having now described my Invention, and the method of performing the same, I
wish it to be understood that I do not bind myself to the precise details herein set
forth, as these may be reasonably modified without departing from the principle of
my Invention, but that what I claim and desire to protect under the hereinbefore in
part recited Letters Patent is,—
First. The employment of the movable pipe D, pierced as at D³, stopped at its
inner end, and having a head or collar D' thereon, and a collar D2 at its outer end,
substantially as and for the purposes set forth and shown.
Second. The employment of the projecting portion C³ (or equivalent arrange-
ment), of cap C as a socket or covering for pipe D, substantially as and for the
purposes set forth and shown.
Third. The combination of the movable pipe D, with the cap or cover C,
substantially as and for the purposes set forth and shown.
Fourth. As a means of securing the stoppers of bottles for aërated or similar
liquids under pressure, the combination of lugs C and collar B recessed as at B¹,
substantially as set forth and shown.
Fifth. As a means of securing the stoppers of bottles for aërated or similar liquids
under pressure the combination of the band G, collar B, lugs B₁ and C³, and
screws H, substantially as set forth and shown.
In witness whereof, I, the said Benedict Zibach, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Twenty seventh day of July, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty one.
BENEDICT ZIBACH. (L.S.)