Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Dec., 1887
Complete Specification Left, 1st Sept., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 5th Oct., 1888
We, FELIX RUTARD and FRANÇOIS DELAS, trading as Rutard & Ce, of Amboise
(Indre et Loire) in the Republic of France, Glass Manufacturers, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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This invention relates to stoppering bottles, jars, and like vessels and consists
essentially in providing a bottle or other vessel with a screw-thread on its neck above
which is a shoulder and a flange or short neck.
A ring or washer of cork or other suitable material is placed on the said shoulder.
A cap provided with a flange is then placed over the short neck, the flange resting on
the ring or washer. A screw-threaded ring having an inwardly projecting flange is
then screwed over the threaded part of the bottle neck the flange of the ring bearing
on the flange of the cap.
The washer will by this means be compressed between the shoulder on the bottle
and the flange of the cap and will form a tight joint.
A similar result can be obtained by placing a cork or other washer in the bottom
of the cap instead of on the shoulder of the bottle, the said washer then being
compressed between the edge of the short neck and the bottom of the cap.
Or the last named washer could be employed in conjunction with a washer on the
shoulder of the bottle.
Instead of screw-threading the bottle and flanged ring the required pressure could
be produced by means of a bayonet joint provided thereon.
Dthe 1nt love of Davember 1887
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agents for the Applicants.

page_text: We, FELIX RUTARD and FRANÇOIS DELAS, trading as Rutard & Cie, of Amboise,
(Indre et Loire), in the Republic of France, Glass Manufacturers, 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:-
This invention relates to stoppering bottles, jars, and like vessels, and consists
essentially in providing a bottle or other vessel with a screw-thread on its neck above
which is a shoulder and a flange or short neck.
A ring or washer of cork or other suitable material is placed on the said shoulder.
A metal cap provided with a flange or shoulder corresponding with the shoulder on
the bottle, and with a screw-thread is then screwed over the threaded part of the
bottle neck, the flange or shoulder of the metal cap bearing on the ring or washer.
Or the metal cap can be made in two portions, videlicet, a cap provided with an
outwardly projecting flange and a screw-threaded ring having an inwardly projecting
flange. In this case, the cap is first placed with its flange resting on the washer and
the screw-threaded ring is then screwed over the threaded part of the bottle neck
when the flange of the ring will bear on the flange of the cap.
The washer will in either case be compressed between the shoulder on the
bottle and the flange or shoulder of the metal cap and will form a tight joint.
A similar result can be obtained by placing a cork or other washer in the bottom
of the metal cap instead of on the shoulder of the bottle, the said washer then being
compressed between the edge of the short neck and the bottom of the metal cap.
Or the last named washer could be employed in conjunction with a washer on the
shoulder of the bottle.
Instead of screw-threading the bottle and metal cap or flanged ring the required
pressure could be produced by means of a bayonet joint provided thereon.
In the accompanying drawing
Figure 1 is an elevation partly in section of a bottle or jar stoppered according to
our invention the metal cap being made of a single piece.
Figure 2 is a section, and
Figure 3 a plan of the metal cap.
Figure 4 is a section, and
Figure 5 a plan of the washer.
Figure 6 is a similar view to figure 1 but showing the metal cap made in two
portions.
Figures 7 and 8 are a section and a plan respectively of the cap portion, and
Figures-9 and 10 are similar views of the ring portion.
Similar letters in all the figures indicate similar parts.
Referring to figure 1, a is the bottle or jar formed with a screw-thread & on its
neck is the shoulder above the screw-thread b, and d is the flange or short neck
extending upwards from the shoulder c.
C

page_text: e figures 1, 4, and 5 is the ring or washer of cork or other suitable material
which we place on the shoulder c.
figures 1, 2, and 3, is the metal cap which is here shown made from a single
piece of sheet metal is the flange or shoulder thereon corresponding with the
shoulder c on the bottle or jar a and is the screw-thread corresponding with the
thread b on the bottle or jar.
Figures 6 to 10 illustrate the modification in which the metal cap is made in
wo parts.
figures 6, 7 and 8, represents the cap portion provided with the outwardly
projecting flange bearing directly on the washer e and h, figures 6, 9, and 10, is
the screw-threaded ring portion having the inwardly projecting flange g¹ bearing on
the flange of the cap. The cap (figure 7) and ring (figure 9) as well as the
cap in one piece (figure 2) are made of any suitable metal, such as galvanized iron,
copper, or zinc, &c.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. The improvements relating to the stoppering of bottles, jars, and like vessels
hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
2. In stoppering devices of the kind herein described, the use of the metal caps as
herein before described and illustrated in figures 27 and J of the accompanying
drawing.
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