Improvements in and relating to Bottles and Sealing or Olosing Devices therefor..
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Jan., 1893-Accepted, 4th Mar.. 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Bottles and Sealing or Olosing
Devices therefor..
I, ROBERT STERN WIESENFELD of 2 South Holliday Street, Baltimore, in the
County of Baltimoro and State of Maryland, United States of America, Gentleman,
do hereby declaro the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in aud by the following
statement:-
My present invention relates to bottles and has for its object certain improve-
iments in the construction thereof and in means for closing the bottle.
The invention will be fully disclosed in the following Specification and claims.
In the accompanying drawings, which form part of this Specification
Figure 1, is a perspective of the closing or sealing plate;
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Fig. 2, a sido elevation of the upper end of a bottle with the plate applied;
Fig. 3, a vertical section with the plate in position;
Fig. 4, a similar view with the plato removed;
Fig. 5, a sectional top plan showing the bottle closed, and
Fig. 6a similar view showing the plate out of its slot or seat and the bottle
open.
Reference being had to the drawings and the letters thereon A indicates a bottle
neck in the head a of which is formed a slot or seat which extends across the
throat c of the bottle and forms a semi-concentric bearing d, as shown in Figures 5
and 6, with an overhauging flange e on the upper side above the bearing d, and the
collar above the slot b; and on each side of the bottle head is formed a shoulder g
and against which the closing or scaling-plate rests.
The scaling-plate is indicated by the letter B, and is provided with the rounded
portion which crosses the throat of the bottle and rests upon the semi-concentric
bearing d, and the enlarged rounded portion i which rests in the slot or seat band
with shoulders which correspond with and abut against the shoulders g g' on the
bottle. The outer circumference of the portion i may conform to the general
contour of the head a and thereby form a noat finish when the plate is in the head
of the bottle.
The plate B may be slightly tapered as shown in Figures 1 and 3 to facilitate
its insertion and cause it to wedge itself in the slot or seat, but I do not limit
myself to such a construction; and it inay be made of any suitable material, in
connection with which 1 have contemplated the use of soft wood such as white
pine, poplar or cork, also paper, which may be readily cut or stainped into shape.
The sealing-plato B having been inserted in the head of the bottle may for some
purposes be further secured by applying sealing-wax or other analogous material
commonly used for the purpose of sealing bottles over the outer surface of that
side of the head of the bottle through which the plato has been inserted.
This shoulder g is cut away at for the insertion of any suitable implement to
take hold of the outer end of the shoulder & to draw the plate out of the head of
the bottle. In drawing the plate B out of the slot 6 the shoulder 9 acts as a
fulcrum, and the plate may be drawn out with a button-hook such as is usually
carried in the pocket, or pushed out by using the end of a pocket knife or other
implement, thus requiring no specially constructed implement to he sold with the
bottle to remove the plate.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
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First. A scaling-plate for bottles made of soft material and provided with a

page_text: part adapted to close the throat of the bottle and shoulders k, k³, for the purpose
specified.
Second. A scaling-plate for bottles having the extended portion h, enlarged
portion and shoulders kk', in combination with a bottle provided with a transverse
slot, a seat to receive the portion % of the scaling-plate, and shoulders g g' in its
head.
Third. A tapered sealing-plate for bottles provided with a portion to close the
throat of a bottle and an enlarged portion to engage the head of a bottle, in
combination with a bottle having a transverse slot in its head provided with a sent
for the scaling-plate.
Date shi 2011 1……. – 1000
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Patent Agents for the Applicant.