IMPROVEMENTS IN VALVED NOZZLES FOR BOTTLE STOPPERS
Year: 1876

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Morgan Richards, of Great Russell St. Buildings,
Great Russell Street, London, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN VALVED
NOZZLES FOR BOTTLE STOPPERS." A. communication from abroad by Elias
B. Requa and Joseph Cristodoro, of New York, U.S.
Sealed the 11th May 1877, and dated the 14th November 1876.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Morgan Richards at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 14th November 1876.
JOHN MORGAN RICHARDS, of Great Russell St. Buildings, Great Russell Street,
London. "IMPROVEMENT IN VALVED NOZZLES, FOR BOTTLE STOPPERS."
My improvement relates to a bottle stopper having a tube passing through it, and
surmounted with a screw top; and the Invention consists in the combination with
the tube and screw top of a valve and a nozzle, the former resting on the end of the
tube as a seat, and the latter forming part of the screw top and constructed for
holding the valve securely to its seat when screwed down, but when partly un-
screwed will allow jets of the fluid contents to be thrown out by shaking the bottle,
the valve finding its seat of itself when the bottle is set upright.
Referring to the Drawing hereto annexed, which is a vertical section of a stopper
illustrating my Invention, A represents the usual tube running through the part B
commonly of cork. The tube as a flange C, and above the flange is threaded to
receive a screw top D, which terminates in a nozzle E; the lower part is threaded
within to fit the tube. The orifice at the top of the tube is formed and adapted for
a seat to the valve F, which may be of any suitable form, and made of any material
that will answer the purpose. In this instance it is in the shape of a sphere (or
half-sphere) the under side resting on and in the said orifice, and preferably made
with a stem as shown. Within the screw top are a number of small projections,
arranged with respect to the valve, so that when the said top is screwed down they
will come in contact with the valve and hold it tightly against the end of the tube,
closing it completely. When however it is desired the cap may be slightly
unscrwed without being taken off, and the valve then having a little room for play,
jets of the liquid contents of the bottle with which it is used may be thrown from
the nozzle by motion of the bottle as it is held inverted in the hand, the liquid
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page_text: passing between the projections aforesaid to the nozzle. Then on placing the bottle
upright at rest, the valve immediately closes the end of the itself, but not per-
nianently however until the top is again screwed down.
From the foregoing description it will be seen that my Invention combines in one
article a valved nozzle, having a self-seating valve and a hermetically sealed valve
stopper, both at the command at all times of the user according to circumstances
or choice. Instead of having a screw thread, the cap D may have oblique slots
working over pins in the tube, and it may have a partly or wholly sliding instead
of a turning movement for lossening the valve.
I claim as my Invention the combination with the tube and the valve of the
cap D provided with a nozzle E and having projections within, so arranged as to
rest on and hold the valve against its seat when said cap is screwed down, and
when unscrewed slightly will allow the liquid or other contents to escape by the
nozzle, substantially as specified,
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
tlie said John Morgan Richards in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
14th May 1877.
com-
JOHN MORGAN RICHARDS, of Great Russell Street Buildings, Great Russell Street,
London. "IMPROVEMENTS IN VALVED NOZZLES FOR BOTTLE STOPPERS."
munication from abroad by Elias B. Requa and Joseph Cristodoro, of New York,
United States.
This Invention relates to the stoppers for bottles from which it is desired from
time to time to throw out only a small quantity of the liquid contents of the bottle.
Bottle stoppers for this purpose usually consist of a short tube which is inserted
into a cork, and is surmounted with a screw top which has to be removed before the
contents of the bottle can be obtained, and is consequently liable to be mislaid.
This Invention consists in the combination with the tube and screw top of a
valve and a nozzle, the former resting on the end of the tube as a seat, and the
latter forming part of the screw top and constructed so as to hold the valve securely
to its seat when screwed drown, but when partly unscrewed will allow jets of the
fluid contents of the bottle to be thrown out by shaking the bottle, the valve finding
its seat of itself when the bottle is set upright.
In the accompanying Drawing Fig. 1 is a vertical section of a stopper constructed
according to this Invention. A represents the usual tube inserted in the cork B.
The tube A has a flange C, and above the flange it is threaded to receive a screw
top D which is provided with a nozzle E. The lower part of the screw top D is
threaded within to fit into the tube. The orifice at the top of the tube is bevilled
to form a seat for a valve F which may be of any suitable form and made of any
material that will answer the purpose. In this instance it is in the shape of a half
sphere, the under side resting on and in the said orifice, and it is preferably made
with a stem as shewn. Within the screw top are several small projections a, a,
shewn clearly in Figures 2 and 3, Fig. 2 being a plan view of a modified form of
nozzle, and Fig. 3 a section on the line x of Fig. 2. These projections a, a, are so
arranged with respect to the valve F that when the top D is screwed down they
will come in contact with the valve and hold it tightly against the end of the tube,
thus closing it completely. When however it is desired to obtain some of the
contents of the bottle, the top D is slightly unscrewed without being taken off, and
the valve then having a little room for play, jets of the liquid contents of the bottlė
may be thrown from the nozzle E by shaking the bottle as it is held inverted in
the hand, the liquid passing between the projections a, a, to the nozzle as shewn
clearly at Fig. 4, although another form of valve is here represented. On placing
the bottle upright at rest the valve F immediately closes the end of the tubo A

page_text: automatically, but not permanently, however, until the top is again screwed down
tightly.
In Figures 4, 5, 6, and 7 another forin of valve is shewn, the lower part F being
of a conical shape and provided with a stem as in Fig. 1, and the upper part Fi
being triangular shaped and also provided with a stem, on the end of which is a
small ball to prevent the valve from falling out and being lost should the screw
top D become unscrewed.
From the foregoing description it will be seen that this Invention combines in
one article a valved nozzle having a self-seating valve and a hermetically sealed
valve stopper both at the command at all times of the user according to circum-
stances or choice. Instead of laving a screw thread the cap I may have oblique
slots working over pins in the tube, or it may have a partly or wholly sliding instead
of a turning movement for loosening the valve.
Having now described the nature of this Invention of "Improvements in Valved
Nozzles for Bottle Stoppers," as communicated to me from abroad by my foreign
correspondents, and having explained the manner of carrying the same into effect, I
wish it to be understood that under the above in part recited Letters Patent I
claim, the combination with the tube A and the valve F of the screw top D, provided
with a nozzle E, and having projections a, a, within, so arranged as to rest on and
hold the valve against its seat when the top is screwed down, and when unscrewed
slightly, will allow the liquid or other contents to escape by the nozzle, substantially
as herein described.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Morgan Richards, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, the Twelfth day of May, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven.
JOHN MORGAN RICHARDS. (L.S.)