AN IMPROVED STOPPER FOR BOTTLES FOR CONTAINING GASES OR GASES COMBINED WITH LIQUIDS, SUCH AS AERATED BEVERAGES, WHEREBY AN IMPROVED MODE of Filling, StopPERING, AND OPENING SUCH BOTTLES CAN DE OUDARHA
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Lauchlan Rose, of 41, Mitchell Street, Leith,
in the County of Edinburgh, Lime Juice Merchant, for the Invcn-
tion of "AN IMPROVED STOPPER FOR BOTTLES FOR CONTAINING GASES OR
GASES COMBINED WITH LIQUIDS, SUCH AS AERATED BEVERAGES, WHEREBY AN
IMPROVED MODE of Filling, StopPERING, AND OPENING SUCH BOTTLES CAN
DE OUDARHA
"
Sealed the 1st May 1874, and dated the 7th February 1874.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Lauchlan Rose at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
7th February 1874.
I, LAUCHLAN ROSE, of 41, Mitchell Street, Leith, in the County of
Edinburgh, Lime Juice Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "AN IMPROVED STOPPER FOR BOTTLES FOR CONTAINING GASES
OR GASES COMBINED WITH LIQUIDS, SUCH AS AERATED BEVERAGES, WHEREBY AN
IMPROVED MODE OF FILLING, STOPPERING, AND OPENING SUCH BOTTLES CAN BE
EFFECTED," to be as follows:-
•
This Invention consists of an improved stopper or cap for bottles,

page_text: whereby filling, stoppering, and opening of bottles which contain aërated
or gaseous liquids can be effectually accomplished.
My improved stopper or cap is either constructed of the ordinary
shape or as a cap, and in the case of stoppers of ordinary shape is formed
with an external screw thread or catch, but when constructed as a cap
the screw or catch would be formed internally, such screw thread or
catch taking into a corresponding thread or catch in or on the neck of
the bottle, and by this means the stopper or cap is firmly held to the
bottle.
The stopper or cap is formed with an orifice or sufficient inlet to serve
for filling the bottle with the liquid or gas as desired. In filling the
bottle all that is necessary is that the liquid or gas should be introduced
through the orifice or inlet into the bottle, and when the same is filled
the liquid or gas is prevented from issuing from the bottle by means of
a valve constructed of any suitable material fitted to the stopper or cap,
so that during the process of filling the valve allows of the liquid or gas
to flow in, but prevents the issuing from the bottle by reason of the
valve being forced up by the pressure of the gas, thereby effectually
closing the orifice.
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To render the bottle air-tight I fit on to the stopper or cap a washer
of rubber, leather, or any suitable material, whereby when the stopper
is secured to the bottle the washer secures the same air-tight.
or cap
All that is necessary to be done to open the bottle is to unscrew the
stopper or cap or release the catch.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Lauchlan Rose in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 7th August 1874.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, LAUCHLAN
ROSE, of 41, Mitchell Street, Leith, in the County of Edinburgh, Lime
Juice Merchant, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Seventh day of February, in the
year of our Lord One thousand cight hundred and seventy-four, in

page_text: the thirty-seventh year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and
successors, give and grant unto me, the said Lauchlan Rose, Her special
licence that I, the said Lauchlan Rose, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said Lauchlan Rose, 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 "AN IMPROVED STOPPER FOR
BOTTLES FOR CONTAINING GASES OR GASES COMBINED WITH LIQUIDS, SUCH AS
AËRATED BEVERAGES, WHEREBY AN IMPROVED MODE OF FILLING, STOPPERING, AND
OPENING SUCH BOTTLES CAN BE EFFECTED," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said Lauchlan Rose, 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 Lauchlan Rose, do hereby declaro
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement:-
This Invention consists of an improved stopper or cap for bottles,
whereby filling, stoppering, and opening of bottles which contain aërated
or gaseous liquids can be effectually accomplished.
My improved stopper or cap is either constructed of the ordinary
shape or as a cap, and in the case of stoppers of the ordinary shape is
formed with an external screw thread or catch, but when constructed
as a cap the screw or catch would be formed internally, such screw
thread or catch taking into a corresponding thread or catch in or on
the neck of the bottle, and by this means the stopper or cap is firmly
held to the bottle.
The stopper or cap is formed with an orifice or sufficient inlet to serve
for filling the bottle with the liquid or gas as desired. In filling the
bottle all that is required is that the liquid or gas should be introduced
through the orifice or inlet into the bottle, and when the same is filled

page_text: the liquid or gas is prevented from issuing from the bottle by means of
a valve constructed of any suitable material fitted to the stopper or cap,
so that during the process of filling the valve allows of the liquid or gas
to flow in, but prevents the issuing from the bottle by reason of the
valve being forced up by the pressure of the gas, thereby effectually
closing the orifice.
To render the bottle air-tight I fit into the stopper or cap a washer of
rubber or leather or any suitable material, whereby when the stopper or
cap is secured to the bottle the washer secures the same air-tight.
All that is necessary to be done to open the bottle is to unscrew the
stopper or cap or release the catch.
In applying my Invention to earthenware bottles I have found it very
difficult to obtain bottles with external screws on the necks thereof,
hence I have thought it desirable to herein-after explain the means and
mechanism whereby such screws on such bottles can be produced.

page_text: the centre of the rubber or other material, such opening being cut by
the punching all round with the exception of a small portion which
forms a hinge to the valve by reason of its forming part of the washer;
but if preferred the rubber or suitable material which forms the valve
may be made separate from the washer, the hinge to the valve being
produced by its being attached to the under surface of the cap by pin or
other suitable means similar to that shown in Fig. 6. By this means
when the bottle is being filled through the opening in the cap the liquid
flows in displacing the valve, but when the flow ceases the upward
pressure of the gas forces up the valve and securely closes the opening
in the cap.
In the case of valves for the stoppers for bottles with internal screws
(Figs. 5, 6, and 7), the valve used is somewhat similar to that above
described, but the washer in this case is separate from the valve being
inserted between the stopper and the top of the neck of the bottle.
A modified form of valve is shown in Fig. 7, where the rubber is
shaped so as to completely cover the orifice in the stopper; the rubber
being secured to the stopper by any suitable means. In this case the
liquid in filling the bottle will force the rubber by its elasticity down, so
O that the liquid may enter the bottle and when filled the upward pressure
of the gas securely closes the orifice.
Fig. 8 represents another form of valve. In the orifice D I form two
or more projections a, a, and on these (when the valve is not in use)
rests a small cross projection or perforated disc 6 from which the valve d
3 is suspended by thread e or otherwise. The valve may either be made
in form as a ball or as a disc, and of rubber or any suitable material.
This form of valve is applicable both to the bottles with internal and
external screwed necks. This last form of valve when in form as a ball
may be left loose in the bottle instead of suspended by a thread as the
O pressure of the liquid would force it up against the orifice in the cap, the
washer serving in this case as a seat.
The means and mechanism herein-before alluded to whereby I can
produce screws on the exterior of necks of earthenware bottles are as
follows: When the bottle is being formed and whilst on the potter's
5 wheel a screw attachment of required size of thread is fitted on the
spindle carrying the wheel, and into this screw attachment runs a comb
or similar screw, the screw motion being conveyed by rods or suitable

page_text: mechanism to a cutter which forms the screw on the neck of the bottle
in its green or soft state whilst in motion on the wheel.
Although I have not herein-before stated of what material my
improved caps or stoppers are to be made it will be evident that the
material may be varied in accordance with the material of which the
bottle is composed of or as convenient, clay or metal are the principal
materials.
Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature and
object of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed or carried out in practice, I hereby declare that I claim the 1
herein-before described Invention of "An Improved Stopper for Bottles
for Containing Gases or Gases Combined with Liquids, such as Aërated
Beverages whereby an Improved Method of Filling, Stoppering, and
Opening such Bottles can be effected," as the same is herein-before set
forth and described by the words preceeding the words description 1
of the Drawings and as illustrated by the said Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Lauchlan Rose, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Third day of August, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four.
Witness,
JAMES POURIE,
J. P., for the County of Edin".
Leith.
LAUCHLAN ROSE. (L.S.)