IMPROVEMENTS IN BOTTLES TO CONTAIN of
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Hiram Codd, of Grove Lane, Camberwell, in the County
"IMPROVEMENTS IN BOTTLES TO CONTAIN
of Surrey, for the Invention of
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Hiram Codd at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 3rd September
1872.
in the County of Surrey.
HIRAM CODD of Grove Lane Camberwell
"IMPROVEMENTS IN BOTTLES TO CONTAIN ÆRATED LIQUIDS."
This Invention has for its object improvements in bottles to contain ærated
liquids.
Bottles for ærated liquids are now sometimes constructed with an internal
stopper of a globular or other form which by the pressure of the gas is held up to
n seat of vulcanized india-rubber in the mouth of the bottle Now my Invention
consists in so constructing euch bottles that when they are opened by forcing back
the stopper the stopper may not fall down into and impede the water way or channel
by which the liquid is poured from the bottle but may be sustained above it in
The liquid as it is poured out of
the upper part of the neck and there retained
the bottle then flows freely beneath the stopper and without coming in contact
with it so that the escape of the liquid is unimpeded For this purpose I form
projecting ridges along the inside of the neck of the bottle one either side
The stopper is too large to fall between these ridges and they catch it when it is
displaced so preventing it falling down into the water way which is beneath the
ridges The projections are so inclined that when the stopper has been rolled or
slidden back along them in opening the bottle the bottle may be nearly inverted
without causing the stopper to fall back to its seat.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Hiram Codd in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 3rd March
1873.
HIRAM CODD of Grove Lane Camberwell in the County of Surrey.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN BOTTLES TO CONTAIN RATED LIQUIDS."
This Invention has for its object improvements in bottles to contain rated
liquids. Bottles for ærated liquids are now sometimes constructed with an internal
stopper of a globular or other form which by the pressure of the gas is held up to
a seat at the mouth of the bottle. According to my Invention I form projecting
ridges along the inside of the neck of the bottle one on either side- the stopper is
too large to fall between these ridges and they catch it when it is displaced and
guide it in its fall-the projections are so inclined that when in opening the bottle
the stopper has been rolled or slidden back along them and has arrived at their
lower end they form obstructions to impede the return of the stopper and the
bottle may be inverted or nearly so without causing the stopper to fall back to its
seat. By this means such bottles may if desired be so constructed that when
opened by forcing back the stopper, the stopper shall not impede the water way or
channel by which the liquid is poured from the bottle but may be sustained above
it in the upper part of the neck and there retained whilst the liquid as it is poured
from the bottle flows freely beneath it. In order that my Invention may be fully
understood and readily carried into effect, I have in the. Drawings hereunto
annexed shewn various examples of bottles formed according to my Invention―
Figures 1 of the Drawings shew various views of a bottle furnished with an
internal ball stopper a which is to be held up by the pressure of air or gas within
the bottle against an elastic ring 6 placed in a groove formed around the interior
of the head. The lower part of the neck of the bottle is also contracted at c as
described in the Specification of a former Patent granted to me so as to prevent
the ball stopper from falling into the bottle when it is pressed back from the
elastic seat-d, d, are the inclined projecting ridges formed along the inside of the
neck of the bottle one on either side; the moulds in which the bottles are blown
have suitable projections formed in them to produce these internal projections in
the neck at the time when a bottle is blown in the mould.
When the ball stopper is pressed back from its seat it rolls along these projecting
ridges in the direction shewn by the arrow until it is arrested by the contraction c
it is then allowed to roll to the opposite side of the projecting ridges d so that
when the bottle is inclined to pour out its contents they impede the stopper from
rolling back to the mouth of the bottle and no difficulty will be experienced in
pouring out the contents in whatever position the bottle may be held even if it be
completely inverted or if it be held in a position to allow of the contents being
poured out below the ball stopper as shewn in the Drawings. The body of the
bottle may be of any form desired.
A modification of the above described arrangement is shewn at Figures 2. In
this arrangement the lower part of the internal projecting ridges & is curved in the
manner shewn the stopper when pressed back from its seat rolls down these
projections until it is arrested by the contraction c If the bottle is then inclined
in the direction shewn to pour out the contents the ball is retained by the curved
portions of the internal projecting ridges d from moving back to the mouth of the
bottle and the contents may be poured out in the water way below the stopper.
At Figure 3 I have shewn a bottle similarly formed with internal projecting
ridges d down the neck and provided with an internal stopper of glass carrying
at its lower end an elastic cap of vulcanized india-rubber such as is in some cases
now employed and which cap when the bottle is charged with rated liquid is held
up against the mouth of of the bottle by the internal pressure of the gas,

page_text: The lower part of the neck is contracted at c as previously described to arrest
the descent of the stopper when it is pressed back from the mouth of the bottle
and when the bottle is inclined to pour out its contents the head of the stopper is
caught by the internal projecting ridges and is retained from passing back to
the mouth of the bottle. By this means the stem of such a stopper may be made
much shorter than heretofore when the stopper was allowed to drop down to the
bottom of the bottle as in that case the stem had to be made longer than the
internal diameter of the bottle so that it should be unable to turn over therein
whereas if the stopper is retained in the neck whilst at the same time it is hindered
in the manner above described from moving back to the mouth of the bottle when
the contents are being poured out-a much shorter stopper can be employed.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention and the manner of performing
1 The manufacture of bottles
the same I would have it understood that I claim
to contain ærated liquids with projecting ridges along the inside of the neck
substantially as and for the purpose herein described.
2 The manufacture of bottles to contain ærated liquids substantially as herein
described and shewn by the Drawings annexed.
In witness whereof I the said Hiram Codd have hereunto set my hand and
seal this First day of March in the year of our Lord One thousand eight
hundred and seventy-three.
H. CODD.