Improvements in Means for Stoppering Bottles or other Hollow Articles, also for Preventing the Outflow of Sediment from such Bottles.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 27th June, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 27th Apr., 1891-Accepted, 30th May, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means for Stoppering Bottles or other Hollow
Articles, also for Preventing the Outflow of Sediment from such
Bottles.
I, DAN RYLANDS of Shepcote Stairfoot near Barnsley in the County of York
Manufacturer of Glass Bottles and of Glass Lined Tubing, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My present invention has for its object the producing of a stopper which whilst
it can be fastened securely in airtight position to bottle is as to the cap part of it
easily removable therefrom leaving however the holding down screw or other
arrangement and the ring or washer upon the bottle but so as that they can be
screwed down so that the contents in pouring out do not come in contact therewith.
It is also my object to provide an internal annular rim or other suitable arrange-
ment near top of mouth which will hold back any sediment there may be in the
contents of the bottles (made in accordance with my present invention) after such
bottles are filled. The means I adopt for attaining these objects are substantially
as follows but are of course capable of modification without departing from the
main principles of my present invention according to which I form, by preference
in a machine, a bottle having on outside of neck, and near the top thereof an
annular flange for the reception of a ring or washer made of indiarubber or other
suitable elastic material. This annular flange whilst serving as a seat for said
washer also serves to form a projecting rim inside the bottle for keeping back any
sediment in the contents of such bottle. Above this annular flange and of a some-
what less diameter I form the top of mouth of bottle. Below this annular flange
I form on outside of neck or mouth of bottle an annular projection carrying a
suitable screw thread which may or may not be provided with a number of vertical
slots. Or, where so preferred, inclined projections may replace this screw thread.
For working on this screw thread or these inclined projections I form or make a sort
of screwed ferrule which ferrule may be made of tin or of any other suitable metal
or material or of any compound metal or material such as for instance tin-lined
glass. This ferrule may in some cases be solid at top but generally I prefer to
make it having a hole in top such hole leaving internally a sufficient margin of top
rim for holding down the loose centre part or cap. This centre part or cap is
made of glass or other suitable material or metal and is so shaped on its underside
that it can be passed over the top of mouth of bottle and it rests on the india-
rubber or other washer, on flange before described, securely holding such washer
in position and forming therewith an airtight joint when tightly brought down
thereupon. This cap has on its outside circumference two or more projections
formed the spaces or gaps between such projections being larger than said
projections. The internal rim of screwed ferrule has formed on it flanges and
spaces between such flanges to correspond with the projections and spaces on cap
so that when ferrule is unscrewed these flanges allow of the cap being easily
removed as these flanges pass through the spaces or gaps between projections on
outside of cap whilst the projections on outside of cap pass through the spaces
between the flanges. When it is desired to stopper a bottle or other hollow
article the cap is first placed over the mouth thereof and the ferrule is screwed or
twisted down so that its flanges impinge or press upon the projections formed on
cap. The cap may have formed on centre of it a suitably shaped head or
projection to better enable the cap to be twisted when rim has been slightly
unscrewed. After the cap has thus been released and removed, the screw rim may
be twisted down tight upon flange near top of bottle mouth which brings it below

page_text: this top thus leaving a clear course for pouring out.
As somewhat of a preventitive
to the ferrule being entirely removed or stolen from the bottle mouth I form, where
so preferred on the outside of bottle mouth a right hand and a left hand screw thread
and in ferrule a right hand and a left hand thread to work thereon.
Dated.this 27th day of June 1890
DAN RYLANDS.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means for Stoppering Bottles or other Hollow
Articles, also for Preventing the Outflow of Sediment from such
Bottles.
I, DAN RYLANDS of Shepcote Stairfoot near Barnsley in the County of York,
Manufacturer of Glass Bottles and of Glass Lined Tubing, 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 has for its object the producing of a stopper which whilst it can
be fastened securely in air tight position to bottle is as to the cap part of it easily
removable therefrom, leaving however the holding down screw or other arrange-
ment and the ring or washer upon the bottle but so that they can be screwed down
so that the contents in pouring out do not come in contact therewith. It is also
my object to provide an internal annular rim or other suitable arrangement near
the top of mouth which will hold back any sediment there may be in the contents
of the bottle after such bottle has been filled.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood reference is had to the
accompanying drawings, in which Figs. 1 and 8 are sectional elevations, Fig. 2 a
side elevation, Fig. 3 a plan view of cap or stopper, and Fig. 4 a plan view of the
ferrule or holding-down screw as applied to a bottle or other hollowware having an
externally threaded mouth. Figs. 5 and 7 are sectional and part elevations
respectively of a bottle mouth the stoppering of which is effected by inclined planes
in lieu of screw threads, Fig. 6 being a plan view of the mouth showing the
inclined planes. Fig. 9 is an elevation of bottle mouth having external interrupted
threads, and Fig. 10 a plan view of same.
In Figures 1, 2, 3 and 8 a is the cap or stopper of glass metal or other suitable
material formed for convenience of handling with a head or projection b and outside
winged projections 61; c is a jointing ring. d an internally threaded ferrule or
holding down screw shown in plan view by Fig. 4, the upper portion of the ferrule
being formed with teeth or internal projections e e; f is an annular flange for the
seating of the jointing ring c and g an annular projection forming the upper portion
of bottle mouth and also serving as a sediment arrester.
The method of stoppering a bottle, jar or other hollow-ware according to this
invention is as follows: The jointing ring c being placed in position on the upper
surface of the annular flange and surrounding the annular projection g the holding
down screw or ferrule d being threaded and engaged with the external screw
threads carried by the mouth of the bottle, the cap or stopper a can be placed on
the upper surface of the jointing ring c by passing the winged projections of the
stopper 61 through the spaces e 3 shown by Fig. 4. This having been done and
the stopper by means of the projection 6 being prevented from turning, the holding
down screw now been rotated will cause the internal projections ee to become
engaged with the outside winged projections 61 61, completing the stoppering of
the bottle or other article and causing pressure in a vertical direction only to be
applied to the jointing ring by the opposing faces of the stopper a and the annular
flange f. In unstoppering the screw-down ring is unscrewed till the spaces e 3 come
opposite to the winged projections 61 carried by the stopper, when the stopper can
be withdrawn and the screw-down ring screwed down into the position shown by
Fig. 8, thus preventing the loss of the jointing ring and screw-down ring. The

page_text: screw-down ring can be of metal or glass lined with metal, and in some cases can be
formed with a solid top.
Figs. 9 and 10 shown in elevation and plan view a bottle mouth furnished with
interrupted screw threads, the screw down ring (not shown) being formed with
internal interrupted screw threads, the cap-jointing ring and general formation of
the bottle mouth otherwise being the same as shown by Fig. 1.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
1. The combination of a winged stopper a and jointing ring c secured by a
toothed ferrule d engaging either with screw threads, or inclined planes or inter-
rupted screw threads or their equivalents on the outside of the bottle mouth as and
for the purpose herein described and illustrated.
2. In combination with the improved method of stoppering herein described the
annular projection g for arresting sediment and protecting the ring e in pouring out
the contents.
3. In combination with the improved method of stoppering herein described
the formation of wings or projections on the stopper a and ferrule d so that the
stopper a can be removed from the bottle mouth without entirely removing the
ferrule or holding down screw d.
4. In combination with the improved method of stoppering herein described
the means of securing the ferrule d and jointing ring to the bottle mouth when
the stopper a is removed.
Dated this 25th dow of Al 1001
DAN RYLANDS.