IMPROVEMENTS IN STOPPERS FOR BOTTLES AND OTHER SIMILAR VESSELS
Year: 1852

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William. Edward Newton, of the Office for
Patents, 66, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Civil
Engineer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN STOPPERS FOR
BOTTLES AND OTHER SIMILAR VESSELS."-A communication.
Sealed the 23rd March 1853, and dated the 2nd October 1852.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Edward
Newton at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 2nd October 1852.
I, WILLIAM EDWARD NEWTON, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN STOPPERS FOR BOTTLES AND OTHER
SIMILAR VESSELS" to be as follows:-
The improved stopper is composed of a metallic or other, capsule,
which is secured in any convenient manner on to the neck of the bottle
or other vessel, and is furnished with a screw plug, which may be with-
drawn by unscrewing, so as to admit of access to the interior of the
vessel. This plug may, if required, be furnished with a cork inside to
fit the neck of the bottle, and should be provided with a washer, which
when screwed down on to the neck of the vessel will keep the same air
and water tight.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said William Edward Newton in the Great Seal Patent
Office, on the 2nd April 1853.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I,
WILLIAM EDWARD NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery
Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Second day of October, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, in the sixteenth year
of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto me, the said William Edward Newton, Her especial license
that I, the said William Edward Newton, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said William Edward Newton, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with,
and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during
the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN STOPPERS FOR BOTTLES AND OTHER SIMILAR VESSELS,"
being a communication from a foreigner residing abroad, upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said William Edward Newton,
by an instrument in writing under my hand and scal, should parti-
cularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in
what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be
filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next
and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Edward Newton, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement, reference being had to the
Drawings hereunto annexed, and to the letters and figures marked
thereon (that is to say):
This Invention of improvements in stoppers for bottles and other
similar vessels relates to a novel method of constructing that kind of

page_text: capsules or stoppers which are usually made of metal, and are applied
to the necks of bottles..
The improved stopper is composed of a metallic or other capsule,
which is secured in the ordinary or in any other convenient manner on
to the neck of the bottle or other vessel, and is furnished with a screw
plug, which may be withdrawn by unscrewing, so as to admit of access
to the interior of the vessel, and may be replaced at pleasure and
secured air-tight as in the first instance. This plug may, if required,
be furnished with a cork inside to fit the neck of the bottle, and should
be provided with a washer, which when screwed down on to the neck of
the vessel will keep the same air and water tight.
In order, however, that the Invention may be perfectly understood I
have shewn in the accompanying Drawings various views of the
improved stopper, both as adapted to the neck and mouth of a bottle,
and as detached therefrom. Fig. 1, represents an ordinary wine bottle
with the improved capsule and stopper adapted thereto. Fig. 2, is a
view of one of the capsules and stoppers detached, and before it has
been applied to a bottle. Fig. 3, represents the same in section, the
screwed stopper in this case being shewn detached from the capsule or
that part which is screwed to the bottle. Figures 4, represent two
sectional views of the screwed stopper. It will be seen that the
aperture at the upper part of the capsule A, (Fig. 3,) is screwed inter-
nally for the purpose of receiving the male screw of the stopper B,
which, in order to make an air-tight joint, is provided at its shoulder a,
with a washer b, made of leather, gutta percha, or other similar material.
The inside of the stopper is made hollow in order to receive a plug of
cork or other suitable material, as at c, (Fig. 4,) which by entering the
neck of the bottle will prevent the liquid contained therein from coming
in contact with the metal part of the stopper.
Although I have only shewn in the Drawings the improved stopper
and capsule as adapted to a wine bottle, it will be understood that the
Invention is equally applicable to other vessels having either wide or
narrow mouths. I have not, however, considered it necessary to show
the improvements as applied to other vessels, as the method of so
doing and the construction of the several parts is the same.

page_text: I would also observe, that in place of making the male screw on the
stopper, and a female screw in the capsule, these parts may be reversed
so as to make the stopper embrace the top of the capsule. When such
is the case, in place of employing a washer of leather or gutta percha, as
shewn at b, (Fig. 3,) the washer must be placed on the capsule, or if the
cork stopper be dispensed with, a disc of cork or other suitable material
may be placed in the recess in the stopper B.
Having now described the Invention that has been communicated to
me by my foreign correspondent, and the best means which which I am
at present acquainted for carrying the same into effect, I claim in con-
clusion, constructing stoppers of bottles and other vessels of two parts,
one of which is secured in any convenient manner to the neck, mouth,
or upper part of the bottle or other vessel, and the other part is applied
and secured thereto by means of a screw, as shewn and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Edward Newton, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-ninth day of
March, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred
and fifty-three.
Witness,
J. W. MOFFATT,
66, Chancery Lane.
W. E. NEWTON. (L.S.)