Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Oct., 1887
Complète Specification Left, 10th July, 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 21st Sept., 1888
WILLIAM FRASER Engineer 49 Oxford Road Finsbury Park London N. do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
All Lemonade, Soda & potash waters, can be bottled without the escape of pressure
or loss of material, i.e. when the bottles are washed & cleaned the stoppers or cork
is then attached in the usual way to the empty bottles, they are then filled with the
corks or stoppers in. Thus preventing loss in any way whatever & also effecting a
very considerable saving in time there only being the one handling of the bottles the
former is fixed to the latter & is then sent to the machine to be filled. They are then
simply passed thro' the machine as fast as they can be put in with one hand & taken
out with the other the machine filling them at a high pressure. But if the machine
had to fill & cork the bottles that performance would take double the time thus a
saving of 50 per cent. or thereby is effected. If stoppers are used the bottles are
filled in the ordinary way but the stoppers are attached with the hand thus the pressure
is almost lost. Figure I shews a full sized drawing which can be made of any suit-
able material either glass, wax, wood or composite or metal of any kind.
The top part A. is milled the bottom part B. is screwed to fit the bottle. C. is a
small tube about 3" or thereby in dia. projecting about " or thereby above the top of
stopper & passing right thro' the centre of same the bottom end being left open the
top end being closed. D. is a row of small holes right round tube C. E. is a piece of
India rubber tube about " long or thereby & fits the inside of E. tightly, & covering
the row of holes marked D.
The water forces a passage thro' these holes between the inside of C. & the outside
of E. then passing down the very centre of the stopper into the bottle. Then the
more pressure in the bottle the harder the rubber is forced against the walls of tube C.
thus making escape impossible. The stopper being attached with a small chain to
the bottle prevents same being lost or mislade & does not necessitate the stopper being
replaced when the bottle emptied unless the party likes to do so.

page_text: Figure II is a cap or stopper screwed internally to fit the outside of the bottle.
F is a cork washer (but rubber or any other suitable material can be used) which
prevents any escape whatever as ruber & other materials are often objected to as they
come in contact with the contents of the bottle. The other drawings shews the
different stoppers, corks & the like which can be used for all kinds and classes of bottles
where the contents require to be bottled with pressure.
Figure III shews bottle with a square neck with stopper or cap with a cork washer
marked G. resting on the outside shoulder of the bottle, same being compressed
between the shoulder of the bottle & the screwed cap A. altho' cork is prefferable
any other suitable material can be used.
The other drawings also shew the valve placed in the caps or stoppers in different
ways altho' the ones in Figures I. II. & III. are preferable for various reasons.
10/10/87.

page_text: I, WILLIAM FRASER of 49 Oxford Road, Finsbury Park, London, N., Engineer, 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:-
As aerated waters are usually bottled, it is impossible to prevent the escape and loss
of liquid and gaseous pressure, in consequence of the corks or stoppers having to be
applied after filling or charging.
By my invention, bottles can be charged without the escape of pressure or material,
as the said charging takes place when stoppered.
Thus, my invention consists 1st, in the construction of stoppers for aerated bottles,
and 2ndly, in the construction of stoppers for bottles principally aerated, but without
means for filling, when stoppered.
Figure 1 represents in section, the neck of an aerated water bottle, provided with
a stopper, constructed according to one of the forms of this invention. Figure 2
shows the stopper separately, and figure 3 is a top side plan of the same.
Figure 4 represents a top side view of the said stopper, like that of figure 3, but
with the stalk or stem of the valve, shown in section, in order to exhibit the flats or
facets, upon its opposite sides.
The same letters of reference, indicate corresponding parts, in figures 1, 2, 3
and 4.
a is a screw stopper, with a cork or rubber washer a², upon the underside of
its head, whilst the stem a³, is wormed, and screws within a like screwed neck of a
bottle.
Passing axially down the middle of the stopper, is a hole a', with a countersunk a,
at its top side; and situated within this hole, is a stalk or stem c, with a valve cat
its lower end, and a crutch end c³, at its upper end, which latter prevents the valve
and stem, from falling, and becoming detached from the stopper. The valve is of
rubber or cork, and is kept up to its seat a, at the entrance to the hole in the stopper,
by the gaseous pressure inside the bottle.
The facets, which are upon the sides of the stem, admit of the said stem being made
of the diameter in one direction of the hole, wherein it works; so that the liquid and
gaseous matters, in passing to the interior of the bottle, flows between the cut away
spaces.
In filling a bottle after washing, which is accomplished when the bottle is stoppered,
consists in forcing under pressure, the liquid and gaseous products, through the cut
away spaces, in the sides of the valve stalk, and on liquid ceasing to be forced, the
bottle becomes hermetrically sealed, by the valve being forced up to its seat, by the
back pressure, as represented in figure 2.
Figure 5 represents a screw stopper, with a ball valve, without a stem.
a is the stopper, a² the washer under its head a³, the wormed stem, having up it, a
middle passage a*, with a valve chamber a, at its top end. c² is a valve, and
is its

page_text: seat, while the top of the passage a* is serrated; so that when the valve falls in filling,
liquid and gas ingress ways, are left between the underside of the valve, and the top
of the down passage.
Figure 6 represents a section, on the dotted lines A B figure 5.
Figure 7 is another form of stopper, like that of figure 5, other than that the valve
has a stalk, and works inverted.
a is the stopper, as the stem, which may be screwed or otherwise, at the central holo,
with serrations a' at its top end, a³ is a valve chamber, and c³ is the valve.
Figure 8 represents another form of stopper. a is the head thereof, a³ the stem, a* a
coned hole or passage, and c³ is a coned plug valve, with a head c³, which when down,
lies within the recess a³.
In passing liquid and gas to the bottle, the pressure exerted, forces inwards the
valve, thereby leaving a space between the sides of the hole, and the valve, which
admits of the liquid and gaseous matter, being forced into the bottle.
In figure 9, the valve is upon the end of the stalk, as in figure 1, but it is made
cheese headed or disc like, whose underside comes upon a rubber or cork facing,
sunken within the bottom of the stem of the bottle.
a is the head of the stopper, a³ the stem, at a hole through its middle, and as a rubber
or cork faced bottom, which forms the seat to the valve c², of the stalk c, which has a
head at its upper end.
Figure 10 shows another form of my invention, in which the stopper is made in
the form of a capsule or cap, with partially or split edges, to admit of the capsule
or cap being sprung over the mouth of the neck of a bottle.
a is a sheet steel or other spring metal capsule or cap, closed at top, and gathered
in at its mouth or underside and with the edges of the said mouth or underside, slit
upwardly, so as to sub-divide the metal, and allow the capsule to be forced or sprung
over the enlarged part, of the mouth of a bottle. The slittled or sub-divided parts,
are, marked a, and the enclosed top a³, which has proceeding from the latter, an
upright stem a*, with side holes or piercings as; and disposed axially within the
interior of the said upright stem, is a valve c, in the form of a short length of rubber-
tubing, which fits tightly within the said stem; so that external pressure, presses the
sides of the rubber tube inwards, and allows liquid to pass into the bottle, through
the space or spaces thus created, while internal pressure forces the tubing (from
the inside) over the holes a, and thereby prevents the escape of gaseous or liquid
matter.
The inside crown of the capsule, is provided with a facing or disc of cork or rubber,
marked a².
In figure 11, I represent a yielding cap, capsule or stopper, like that of figure 10,
but provided with a ball valve, instead of a tube valve. Figure 12 is a plan of
figure 11, upon the dotted lines CD. This last named view, shows outstanding spike
rests a', for the valve to rest upon, when filling.
Figure 13 shows a spring capsule, cap or stopper, without a valve.
a is a shell, closed at top, and open at bottom, and with the said bottom slitted
and marked as so as to form yielding claw or gripping parts a.
The inside crown of the cap or the like, has a rubber or cork facing a³, so that the
stopper has only to be sprung upon the neck of a bottle, with the facing coming upon
the lip, as the contracted bottoni, draws the said facing forcibly up to its bearing.
Figure 14 shows a like cap or capsule, as figure 13, but with a plug-stopper placed
within its interior, and depending from its top underside.
by
a is a sheet metal shell, slitted at its open end, and a² is a conical stopper, secured
a pin or wire a³.
Figure 15 represents a like view as figure 14, but with the hanging and conical
stopper secured by a flange, engaging within the inside of a beading, next to the
enclosed top of the shell.
a is the shell, sub-divided or slitted at its open mouth, and a² is a conical plug or
stopper, secured within the interior, and to the inside crown of the said shell, as
aforesaid.

page_text: 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-Providing aerated water bottle stoppers, with a check valve, which admits
of the same being filled, when stoppered, as set forth.
Secondly-A valvular aerated water bottle stopper, as described and set forth in
figures 1, 2, 3 and 4; that is to say, a stopper, provided with a hole a*, or a hole a, a,
through its middle, wherein, or wherethrough, a valve stalk c, with a valve at its
lower end, and a stop at its other end, passes, whereby bottles when stoppered, admit
of being charged or filled, as described and illustrated.
Thirdly: An aerated water bottle stopper, provided with passage a*, or passage,
chamber, seat and serrations a, a, a, a, and valve c³, as set forth in figures 5, 6
and 7.
Fourthly: An aerated water bottle stopper, provided with a conical stopper or
valve c², working within a conical hole a', as and for the purpose, as set forth.
Fifthly: An aerated water bottle stopper, provided with a valve, and faceted valve
stalk c, c, and the upper side of which valve, seats itself upon a yielding facing a³,
sunken within the bottom of the stopper stem, as set forth in figure 9.
Sixthly: An aerated water bottle stopper, consisting of a sheet metal cap, made
from spring metal, and with the open underside, contracted, and split upwardly
into claws or gripping parts, which when in use, are sprung over the enlarged
part of the mouth of a bottle; and which said cap, stopper or capsule, is provided
with a valve and cork, or rubber inside crown facing, as set forth in figures 11
and 12.
Lastly-A bottle stopper, consisting of a sheet metal cap, shell or the like, made
from spring metal, and with the open underside or unenclosed end, contracted and
split upwardly into claws or gripping parts, and with the inner top side of the said
cap or shell, provided with a cork or rubber facing plug, stopper or the like,
depending from the middle of its said underside, as set forth in figures 13, 14 and 15.
Dated this Seventh day of July 1888.
WILLIAM FRASER.
By Henry Skerrett,
Agent for Applicant