Improvements in or connected with Emptying Bottles.
Year: 1889

page_text: 1 Date of Application, 7th Oct., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 7th July, 1890-Accepted, 23rd Aug., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Emptying Bottles.
GEORGE JAMES CHAMBERS Pottery Manager 74 Harleyford Road Kennington S.W.
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
I make a lining to which is attached a lip & air-pipe, this combination is for
insertion into the mouth or neck of bottles, for the purpose of steadying the stream of
liquid as it is poured out of the bottle, thus avoiding the spreading & splashing of the
said liquid in its egress.
Dated this 7th day of October 1889
:
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Emptying Bottles.
GEORGE JAMES CHAMBERS 74 Harleyford Road Kennington S.E. Pottery Manager
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
The object of this invention is to secure a steady & even flow of liquid from bottles
such as are used in the beer, wine, & spirit trades. The said bottles generally having
such small mouths or outlets that the liquid in passing through them completely fills
this passage thus causing it to splash & spread about in its egress.
My several combinations are designed to overcome this obstacle, by providing such
bottles with the means of admitting through a curved pipe or channel a current of air
over the top of the liquid as it is being poured out of the bottle. The lipped lining
also assists in giving a more direct stream from the bottle.
The cap or cover while not being necessary for the direct object of this invention
will obviate the necessity of removing the combination from the bottle, for the purpose
of replacing its cork or stopper when the bottle is only partially emptied.
Figures 1, 2, 3 & 4 represent some of the modes in which the principle of this
invention may be carried out.
Fig. 1 is a lipped lining (B) for insertion into the mouth of the bottle & rendered
airtight by the elastic ring (C).
The curved airpipe (A) is attached to the lining opposite the lip. Two springs
one of which is shewn at (D) may be used to fix the whole firmly in the mouth of the
bottle.
A cap or cover shewn in section by the dotted lines (E) and rendered airtight by an
elastic ring (F) serves effectually to close the bottle when not in use.
In Fig. 2 the lining (B) is made in the form of a screw & can be made to suit any
screw mouthed bottle.
The one shewn in the drawing is made to suit the screw mouthed bottles in general
use in the beer wine and spirit trades.
This lining has a flanged top (C) in which a lip
formed. The curved airpipe A
is attached in such a manner as to allow the stem of a cap or cover also in the form of
a hollow screw being passed behind it and screwed down airtight with the aid of an
elastic ring. A similar ring is also used between the seating of the lining & the mouth
of the bottle.
Fig. 3 is the same combination as Fig. 2 but with the addition of an outside
covering (D) of cork or any other pliable material which will enable it to be used in
the ordinary smooth or cork mouthed bottles in this case the elastic ring may be
dispensed with.

page_text: The cap or cover acts as in Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is simply a curved airpipe (A) held in position in the mouth of the bottle by
means of springs (B) either from the inside or the outside of bottle. In the drawing
the springs are shewn inside.
This combination may be made to suit any kind of bottle mouth.
Fig. 5 is a section of the cap or cover for the combination Fig. 1.
cover B.the elastic ring (C) the springs.
A is the cap or
Fig: 6 is the cap or cover for Figures 2 & 3 A is the cap or cover B the hollow
screwed stem which passes between the airpipe & the lining (C) is the elastic ring.
Another method but not shewn in drawing is a plain case or lining provided with a
lip & having a sectional curved. air-passage indented in its back or opposite the lip
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
-claim is
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1st. The manufacture & use of airpipes or air channels of any required curve or
form for insertion into the mouths of bottles, in order that a current of air may be
admitted into the same by passing over the top of the liquid as it is being poured out
of the bottle:
2nd. The general arrangement, construction & combination of the several &
respective parts substantially as described & also shewn in the drawing.
Dated this 7th day of July 1890.
GEORGE JAMES CHAMBERS.