IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TOPS OF BOTTLES & FLASKS
Year: 1885

page_text: JAMES MEESON 91, Pickering Road, Parkwood Springs Sheffield, Yorkshire,
England, Manufactureing Silversmith does hereby declare the nature of my invention
for IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TOPS OF BOTTLES & FLASKS to be follows:-
as
The rapid & easy extraction of the contents of such bottles by drinking from a
mouthpeice attached to the top of the bottle, without the aid of a loose cup or other
similar vessell.
In carrying out my Invention, I screw to the top of the bottle a mouthpeice,
with an apperture to drink from and a vent hole to facilitate the easy & rapid
extraction of the liquid when drinking from the mouthpeice, for example I construct
a screw mouthpeice with an aperture at the end and a shoulder to screw down on
the mouth of the bottle, through the top of the shoulder or near to it, I make a
vent hole in such a convenient position that the lip will not cover it up when
drinking from the mouthpeice to make the bottle water tight I employ a screw cap
or a screw plug constructed in such a convenient form that when screwed up it will
protect both the vent hole & the apperture of the mouthpeice.
In lieu of the above named screw cap or plug by preference I construct a circular
groove or channel (close underneath the shoulder of the screw mouth peice) and I
construct studs or projections alternately with other grooves or channels adjoining
and running from the circular groove to the centre of the mouth peice and to act in
conjunction with the said grooves or channels, and to fit against the said studs or
projections I construct a metal washer with scolloped or grooved edge, to which is
attached a cork or other suitable washer, to form water tight joint, when screwed
down on to the mouth of the bottle by the screw mouthpeice. The said metal
washer prevents the cork or other suitable washer from compressing into & filling
up the grooves or channells through which the liquid will pass when the mouthpeice
is unscrewed sufficient to raise the cork washer a little from the mouth of the
bottle, in conjunction with this modification of my Invention I place an india-
rubber or other suitable ring or washer on the neck of the bottle or inside the
screw of the mouthpeice forming a watertight joint to prevent the liquid running
down the outside of the bottle when the mouthpeice is raised sufficient to drink
from the bottle.

page_text: I JAMES MEESON, 91 Pickering Road Parkwood Springs, Sheffield, Yorkshire,
England, Manufacturing Silversmith do hereby declare the nature of my invention
for IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TOPS OF BOTTLES AND FLASKS and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement:-
First, the rapid and easy extraction of the contents of such bottles by drinking
from a mouthpiece attached to the top of the bottle, without the aid of a loose cup
or other similar vessel and Secondly, to readily release the explosive gases con-
tained in fermented or aerated liquids, previous to extracting such liquids from the
said bottles and accomplishing the said results by devices which are simple and
effective.
In carrying out my invention I screw to the top of the bottle a mouthpiece with
an aperture to drink from and a vent hole to let off the gases and products of
fermentation before the liquid is extracted, and to facilitate the easy and rapid
extraction of the liquid when drinking from the mouthpiece. For example I
construct a screw mouthpiece with an aperture at the end and a shoulder to screw
down on the mouth of the bottle, through the top of the shoulder or through
the side of the screw underneath the shoulder I make a vent hole in such a
convenient position that the lips will not cover it up when drinking from the
mouthpiece. To make the bottle air and watertight I employ a screw cap with
india rubber or other suitable washer constructed in such a convenient forin that
when screwed down it will cover both the vent hole and aperture of the mouthpiece,
when the vent is on the top of the shoulder, but when the vent is underneath the
shoulder I place a cork washer underneath the top of the screw cap. In lieu of the
above named screw cap, by preference I construct a circular groove or channel
(close underneath the shoulder of the screw mouthpiece) and I construct studs or
projections alternately with other grooves or channels adjoining and running from
the circular groove to the centre of the mouthpiece and to act in conjunction with
the said grooves or channels, and to fit against the said studs or projections I
construct a metal washer with scolloped or grooved edge, to which is attached a
cork or other suitable washer to form an air or water tight joint when screwed
down on to the mouth of the bottle by the screw mouthpiece, the said metal washer
prevents the cork or other pliable washer from compressing into and filling up the
said grooves or channels through which the gases and afterwards the liquid will
pass when the mouthpiece is unscrewed sufficient to raise the cork washer a little
from the mouth of the bottle. In conjunction with this modification of my invention
I place an india-rubber or other suitable ring or washer on the neck of the bottle
or inside the screw of the mouthpiece forming a watertight joint to prevent the
liquid from running down the outside of the bottle when the mouthpiece is raised
sufficient to drink from the bottle.
By preference I use a left hand thread for the mouthpiece and a right hand
thread for the cap or vice versa.

page_text: And in order that my said Invention may be fully understood, I shall now proceed
more particularly to describe the same, and for that purpose shall refer to the
several Figures on the annexed sheet of Drawings, the same letters of reference
indicating corresponding parts in all the Figures.
Figure 1 Sheet 1 of the accompanying drawings represents a longitudinal
section of a bottle with the screw mouthpiece attached showing the vent C open
at the side of mouthpiece B constructed according to one modification of my said
Invention.
Figure 2 is a plan of the combined metal e e and cork washer e. e. which presses
against the studs or projections d, under the shoulder D of the mouthpiece B.
Figure 3 is an inside plan of mouthpiece B showing the studs or projections d.
Figure 4 is a longitudinal section of a bottle A with a screw cap E on the screw
mouthpiece B showing the vent C at the side under shoulder D open, and the vent
at the top of the shoulder D of acrew mouthpiece B closed.
Refering to the several figures on sheet 1 of the drawings, to keep the liquid in
the bottle air tight the mouthpiece B is screwed down until the washer e e comes
in contact with the top of the bottle A and closes the mouth a. To drink the liquor
with facility the said mouthpiece B is unscrewed a convenient height to allow the
liquor to flow through the channels or ways G G and g. g. and through the end of
the mouthpiece B, when the mouthpiece B is thus raised the vent C under the
shoulder D is open and when the said mouthpiece B is screwed down the vent C is
closed.
Figure 4 represents the screw mouthpiece B without studs or projections, under-
neath the shoulder D is a cork washer or ring e which bears against the top of the
bottle A when screwed down; according to one modification I place the vent hole C
at the side under the cork washer e which is closed or shut by raising or lowering
the screw mouthpiece B. According to another modification I place the vent bole C
at the top of the shoulder D which is closed or opened by raising or lowering the
screw cap E and pressing the washer cl over the vent hole C, when the vent hole C
is at the top of the shoulder D the liquor can be readily extracted when the screw
cap E is screwed off, but when the vent hole C is under the shoulder D the
mouthpiece B must be unscrewed half a circle to release the vent C after the screw
cap is taken off.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
Firstly. A combined screw mouthpiece with vent and centre aperture, and studs
and channels, substantially as and for the purpose herein before described and as
illustrated in Figure 1 of accompanying drawings.
Secondly. A combined screw inouthpiece, vent holes and screw cap, substantially
as and for the purpose herein before described and as illustrated in Figure 4 of the
accompanying drawings.
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