Improvements in Bottles and Bottle Stoppers.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Sept., 1890
Complete Specification Left. 6.h June. 1891-Accepted, 11th July, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bottles and Bottle Stoppers.
1, GUILLERMO ANTONIO FARINI of Dartmouth Lodge Perry Vale Forest Hill
in the County of Surrey, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:---
My invention relates to the formation of bottle necks specially adapted to the
use of corks, in the said bottle neck are formed two or more slots or grooves
terminating close to top of the bottle neck when a small flange projecting inwards
prevents the cork from coming out when under pressure, and the liquid contained in
the bottle presses on the sides of the cork at the points when the slots or grooves
are formed.
To open the bottle the cork is forced downwards below the mouth of the slots or
grooves above described and when in this position the liquid flows through the said
slots or grooves leaving the cork in the centre of the bottle neck, in recharging
these bottles the cork is drawn forward to the inward projection or flange herein
described when the bottle will be hermetically sealed.
This seal may be constructed of cork or any other suitable elastic material, on
the bottom side of the cork or seal a tin or nickel plate nearly covers the whole of
its diameter to which is attached a wire passing through the said cork or seal
forming a loop for the purpose of scaling the bottle in charging.
Dated this 6th day of September 1890.
G. A. FARINI.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bottles and Bottle Stoppers.
1, GUILLERMO ANTONIO FARINI, of Dartmouth Lodge Perry Vale, Forest
Hill, in the County of Surrey, Gentleman 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 :-
My invention relates to the formation of bottle necks, and an improved method
of adapting a cork or other seal or plug thereto.
In order that my said invention may be clearly understood I have appended the
accompanying sheet of drawings, in which
Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a bottle, and Figure 2 a transverse section
thereof upon the line A A.
In carrying my invention into effect I form one or more slots or grooves a in the
side of the bottle neck, near to the top thereof. A cork or plug B fits said neck
closely, and is prevented from being forced or otherwise removed entirely from the
neck by a flange or fillet which projects internally. A ring, or similar device c is
attached to the cork B by means of a metal plate e.
In order to open the bottle the cork or seal B is pushed downwards into the
space d so that the slot or groove, or slots or grooves a is or are uncovered, and the
contents may be poured out. When said bottle is again charged or filled, the cork
or seal B is drawn up by means of the ring c or its equivalent, until the slot or
slots a is or are covered. The pressure upon the cork or seal resulting from the gas
or liquid contents of the bottle does not tend to displace it, since said pressure is
applied to the sides of the cork or seal B only.
In making the cork or seal B I do not confine myself to the use of any special
material or substance, but may employ any elastic body for that purpose, and may
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page_text: attach the loop or ring c thereto by means of the plate e or any equivalent means
for the purpose.
Having now particularly described and 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;-
First. The construction of the bottle neck with a slot or groove or slots and
grooves a, fillet or flange and spaec d substantially as herein described and shewn
by the appended drawings.
Second. The combination of a bottle neck constructed as herein described and
as shewn, with an elastic cork or seal B substantially as described and illustrated
by the drawings.
Datel in 5th d. of 1001
FREDK. WALKER,
11, Furnival Street, Holborn, Loudon, E.C., Agent for the Applicant.