Improvements in Bottles.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 8th June, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 6th Mar., 1894-Accepted, 7th Apr., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bottles.
I JOHN ASPINALL Brush Maker Market Hill Barnsley in the County of York
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
I form in the necks of glass and earthenware bottles hollows or grooves they may
be cut or moulded in any number of short lenths or may be cut or moulded in one
lenth complete round the neck I leave a space at the upper part of the neck
without hollows or groove or grooves This space may be made rough to hold the
cork more firm in the bottle neck The hollows or groove or grooves are shaped
to allow the corks to be driven straight in when corking and require twisting round
when uncorking The lower part of the bottle may be shaped for the hand to get
a firmer hold when in the act of uncorking.
June 6th 1893
JOHN ASPINALL.
Improvements in Bottles.
I, JOHN ASPINALL Market Hill, Barnsley, Yorkshire Brush Manufacturer 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 improvements in bottles either made of glass or of
earthenware, and more particularly to the necks of such bottles for the purpose of
preventing the escape of gas, and for holding the cork more securely than hereto-
fore, and at the same time permitting it to be readily withdrawn.
The invention is illustrated in the annexed sheet of drawings in which the neck
of a bottle made according to my invention is shown in section, to exhibit the
interior in Fig. 1. while Fig. 2, shows a modification as applied to an earthenware
bottle.
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It consists in providing the interior of the neck of the bottle with projecting or
recessed threads or rather parts of such threads; in Fig. 1, which represents a
glass bottle, I show the threads T, projecting, and broken by a space S, which
is level with the interior face of the neck, but this is not essential, as a slight
indication of the thread may be left, or the surface of the space may be roughened
to obtain a firmer grip upon the face of the cork.
These breaks or spaces enable the cork when forced direct into the bottle, to fit
closely against that portion of the neck in the break, and form at once an effectual
stop to the escape of gas which might otherwise follow round the thread or
screw.
The threads, or parts of threads, enables the cork to be readily withdrawn by the
use of a suitable extractor.
In Fig. 2, the threads T, are recessed, or what are called "female" threads,
these are broken in the same mauner as the projecting threads, and are more suitable
for earthenware bottles, but they may also be used in bottles of glass.
I do not limit myself to the number of the threads nor to their size or form, as
these may be varied according to the size of the bottle neck, and for any other
reasons.

page_text: 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. In glass or earthenware bottles, forming in the neck or mouth, one or more
broken threads, either projecting or recessed, the spaces or breaks between the
portions of the threads being either a smooth face or roughened, or having a trace
of the thread left upon it as preferred, as hereinbefore described, and substantially
as illustrated in the annexed drawings.
2. A glass or earthenware bottle having a broken or intermittent thread, or more
than one if desired, and made either to project, or recessed into the glass, the spaces
or breaks in the screw thread being for the purpose specified, substantially as
hereinbefore described and as illustrated.
Dated the 5th day of March 1894.
JOHN ASPINALL.