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Spriteboy
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Does anybody know what these test bottles were actually used for? I have this one with a wooden sleeve that supposedly allowed the test bottle to fit into regular bottling equipment. I just don't know why it would go though the bottling line. Looks cool anyway.
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Hey Bill we were actually talking about these bottles just a couple weeks ago check this link http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/53597-coca-cola-syrup-bottles?in=84
Have not seen one with the wooden sleeve, really cool!
Thanks Trevor and mrmajestic1. I've seen a few of these wooden sleeves over the years but nobody seems to know there real pupose.
Would the wooden sleeve be like a spacer, so that in a bottling line the tester stands properly with other bottles. OR for shipping purposes so that a standard case could be used to ship tests between plants????
I agree with Tom, i think the wood sleeve was for shipping purposes.
You're both wrong.
Dang nab it!!!!......... Okay I give, how were they used, please????
Actually, you and Bill were sorta right; the wooden sleeve (also available in cast aluminum) gave the tester bottle the right size and shape to go through the production line as if it were a real bottle, up to the point of adding the carbonated water. As to why they needed the tester bottle to go through the production line is unclear to me.
Is it possible that with such a wide "fill line margin", they would send these down the line at certain intervals to assure proper (within specs) filling of syrup for cost and quality control. Kinda like the guy that checks the gas pumps for the Dept. Of Weights and Measure for the state??
Actually you are correct Tommy. I just received this from another Coke collector: Tester bottles with sleeves were sent through the bottling production line to see if the right amount of syrup was dispensed, as well as to test whether the ratio of concentrate to sugar was correct.
WOOO HOOOO.... nailed one!!!
Thanks Tommy and Ray for coming up with the answer. MYSTERY SOLVED.