Improvements in Bottles and Stoppers therefor.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 1st July, 1890-Accepted, 16th Aug., 1890
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bottles and Stoppers therefor.
I ALFRED MARTIN of No. 23 Bridge Terrace Lower Woolwich Road in the
County of Kent 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 :-
This invention has for its object improvements in bottles and stoppers therefor
whereby the inconvenience arising from drawing corks or stoppers from bottles,
such as mineral water, beer, scent hot water bottles and the like, as now in use is
obviated and at the same time a simple and inexpensive arrangement is employed
and arranged in such a manner that the whole or only a part of the liquor may be
drawn off as desired.
My invention is also applicable to stone or earthenware bottles or jars such for
instance as those used by publicans and others containing two gallons (more or less)
whereby the inconvenience of lifting the bottles when it is required to draw off a
portion of the contents is obviated. In stone bottles or jars constructed according to
my invention they may either lay on their sides or in an upright position and the
contents or a part thereof drawn off without shaking and thickening the liquor
contained therein, at the same time a perfectly air tight stopper is presented which
entirely dispenses with the use of corks.
In order that my invention may be properly understood and readily carried into
practice I have appended hereto two sheets of drawings in which
Fig. 1 Sheet 1 is a section through the line A. B. Fig. 2 of a bottle constructed
according to my invention having a straight or parallel plug chamber or
enlargement.
Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.
Fig. 3 is a similar view to Fig. 1 but in this case a tapered chamber is shewn for
the plug
Fig. 4 is a similar view to Fig. 1 shewing the ends of the plug chamber cut off and
the plug inserted.
Fig. 5 is a similar view shewing a spring plug.
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Fig. 6 is a similar view to Fig. 3 having a straight or parallel plug and only one
end of the plug chamber cut off.
Fig. 7 is another modification of my invention and
Fig. 8 is a section thereof through the line C. D. (Fig. 7).
Fig. 9 is a plan of a spring washer used to keep the plug in its normal
position and
Fig. 10 Sheet 2 shews another modification of the bottle and plug or stopper.
Fig. 11 shews a section through the plug and plug chamber.
Figs. 12 and 13 shew two examples of stone or earthenware bottles or jars.
Referring now to Sheet 1 of the accompanying drawings and to the letters and
figures of reference marked thereon it will be seen that the neck E of the bottle is
enlarged or a horizontal opening is formed to such an extent that the enlargement
or chamber G will just receive the plug H as shewn more fully in Figs. 4 to 10.
The bottle is blown moulded or blocked as desired to the shape or design shewn
in Figs. 1 2 and 3 or any mere modification thereof one or both ends G¹ and G2 of
the chamber G may be cut or ground off thus leaving a clear passage through the
sides of the neck E for the insertion of the plug H. In Fig. 4 the chamber G is
shewn with both ends G1 and G2 cut off thus allowing of the plug H to pass through
the opening and may then be secured by means of a piece of brass or other wire K
twisted and secured round the end as shewn in Figs. 4 and 8. The plug shewn in
Fig. 5 is constructed in two parts which are screwed together from either end of the

page_text: plug chamber and is actuated by being pulled or drawn out, thus the port M would
be drawn over the opening N in the neck of the bottle leaving a clear passage through
the plug and allowing of the liquid being drawn off, on releasing the plug it will
spring back to its normal position by means of the spiral or other spring P. The
plugs H are provided with a cork or other washer Q to ensure the plug being
perfectly air tight. A small projection or key Z being formed on the inside of the
chamber G to prevent the cork washer Q from turning (Fig. 11). In Fig. 6 the
chamber or enlargement G is shewn with only one end G¹ cut or ground off,
the plug being somewhat different to the ordinary plugs inasmuch as it is provided
with a port or passage M constructed in the side thereof. In some instances it is
desirable to have a spiral or flat spring R to act as a washer on the end of the
plug H and the brass or other wire K twisted round and secured in a groove
provided in the end of the plug for that purpose and abutting on to the spring
washer R thus securing the plug H in a more perfect and efficient manner, as
shewn more particularly in Fig. 8.
It will be seen on reference to Figs. 7 and 8 that the opening or enlargement G
in the neck of the bottle is constructed of a square shape instead of circular as in
the previous examples, in which case the cork washer Q would have to be constructed
square with a circular opening for the plug H.
Fig 10 Sheet 2 shews another modification of the plug and bottle the chamber
or opening G in this instance is shewn closed at one end as is also the mouth or
neck E of the bottle the end G2 being ground or cut off and a plug inserted having
an opening or passage M formed therein so that on its being turned the liquor is
drawn off through the knob or handle T.
In some cases it is desirable to form a ring or rim W around the outer ends of
the plug chamber as shewn in dotted lines Fig. 4 so that a piece of spring wire may
be sprung over it to keep the plug in position.
When it is desired to use the bottles for scent, chemicals, and similar purposes the
enlargement G would be ground to receive a glass plug corresponding thereto.
In Figs. 12 & 13 Sheet 2 are shewn two examples of stone or earthenware
bottles or jars shewing the barrel of the tap or cock formed in one with the body of
the bottle in this instance the plug would take the place of the ordinary corks.
Bottles and jars constructed according to this invention are perfectly air tight the
contents are easily drawn off and all the virtues and gasses are retained.
Other shapes and forms of bottles and jars and plugs, will readily suggest themselves
to persons skilled in the manufacture thereof without departing from the nature of
my invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
1. The construction and arrangement of mineral water and other bottles having
an enlarged chamber formed in any suitable manner in the neck or other
convenient part thereof as and for the purposes herein described and set forth in
the accompanying drawings.
2. The construction and arrangement of mineral water and other bottles having
the enlargement or chamber G formed therein, in combination with the plug H
washer Qor their or one of their mechanical equivalents substantially as herein
described and set forth in the accompanying drawings.
Thin 1 dave of T... 1000
ALFRED MARTIN.