Codd Marble Stopper

The pressure from the gas from the carbonation kept the marble in place.

Codd marble stopper.

They worked by using a marble as a stopper in the neck of the bottle. It was the drink itself which kept the bottle shut. It was an ingenious way to maintain the fizz in fizzy drinks initially soda water by using the pressure of the carbon dioxide to push a marble against a washer in the neck of the bottle. Dan and his family were glassmakers who owned and operated the famous ryland sons glasshouse in england.

Codd s patented globe stopper bottle is still manufactured in india by the khandelwal glass works. The family monument lies between the central and western path midway between the north entrance and the central buildings. The codd bottle was filled upside down so that as soon the filling stopped the stopper was forced down to seal the bottle against the rubber ring. Pressure inside the bottle would keep the marble pressed against the top of the bottle.

Hiram codd from london invented and patented the codd bottle in 1872. His earlier bottles are prized by antique bottle collectors worldwide. He licensed his patent to several manufacturers including ben rylands. Design in 1872 british soft drink maker of.

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Partial sea glass bottle stopper pieces and half of a codd marble washed up in edinburgh scotland 1891. A codd neck bottle is a type of bottle used for carbonated drinks. Now here s the clever bit codd neck bottles were developed specifically for carbonated drinks. Codd style bottles are readily identified by their marble stopper.