IMPROVEMENTS IN STOPPING APPARATUS FOR SCENT AND OTHER BOTTLES OR VESSELS
Year: 1877

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Brooks, of the Firm of H. Brooks and Company,
of No. 31, Cumberland Market, Regent's Park, in the County of Middlesex,
Pianoforte Action and Key Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN STOPPING APPARATUS FOR SCENT AND OTHER BOTTLES OR VESSELS."
Scaled the 22nd March 1878, and dated the 4th October 1877.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Brooks at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 4th October 1877.
HENRY BROOKS, of the Firm of H. Brooks and Company, of No. 31, Cumberland
Market, Regent's Park, in the County of Middlesex, Pianoforte Action and Key
Manufacturer. IMPROVEMENTS IN STOPPING APPARATUS FOR SCENT AND OTHER
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BOTTLES OR VESSELS."
The object of the Invention is that, whilst the complete closing of the bottle or
vessel for retaining the scent or other liquid is secured, the closing means may be
partially withdrawn so as to admit of a sprinkle or such flow, as may be required,
of the enclosed scent or other liquid without the stopping means being released to
be mislaid or lost. For this purpose I form the stopper of the bottle or vessel with
a hole or holes at or near its centre for the outflow of the contained liquid, and the
screw cap thereto is formed with another or other holes on the upper surface
thereof; but such hole or holes in the cap are arranged so that they cannot at any
time come immediately over that or those in the stopper, so that when the cap is
screwed down on the stopper a perfect sealing may be effected, and I form the
screw to the neck of the stopper only partly down its outer surface, with a recess
beneath the thread all round to receive a lower rim projecting inwards from the
lower edge of the cap. This rim, when the cap is formed of metal, may be produced
by "spinning" or compression.
The recess in the neck of the stopper to receive this rim of the cap is sufficient
to admit of the desired extent of screwing of the cap on the neck at one time, for

page_text: the closing of the passage or passages therethrough from the interior of the bottle
or vessel, and at another time to admit of the desired outflow or escape.
I form the upper part of the neck and the corresponding internal upper portion
of the cap to close one on the other between the respective passages, the one being
concave, and the other convex or with double cones, to ensure a close sealing of
the parts between the respective passages when the cap is secured down close on
the neck.
In some cases I also apply cork or other suitable packing.
When the parts are formed of metal I find it convenient to produce them by
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SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Henry Brooks in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 4th April
1878.
HENRY BROOKS, of the Firm of H. Brooks and Company, of No. 31, Cumberland
Market, Regent's Park, in the County of Middlesex, Pianoforte Action and Key
Manufacturer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN STOPPING APPARATUS FOR SCENT AND OTHER
BOTTLES OR VESSELS."
The Invention relates to that class of stoppers in which, whilst the complete
closing of the bottle or vessel for retaining the scent or other liquid is secured, the
closing means or cap may be partially withdrawn so as to admit of a sprinkle or
such flow as may be required of the enclosed scent or other liquid without the
closing means or cap being necessarily detached to be mislaid or lost. The body
of the stopper to the bottle or vessel is formed with a hole or holes at or near its
centre for the outflow of the contained liquid, and the screw cap thereto is fornied
with another or other holes on the upper surface thereof; but such hole or holes
in the cap are arranged so that they cannot at any time come immediately over
that or those in the body of the stopper, so that when the cap is screwed down on
the body of the stopper a perfect sealing may be effected, and I form the screw to
the neck of the stopper only partly down its outer surface, with a recess beneath
the thread all round to receive a lower rim projecting inwards from the lower edge
of the cap. This rim, when the cap is formed of metal, is produced by "spinning"
or by compression.
The recess in the neck of the stopper to receive this rim of the cap is sufficient
to admit of the desired extent of screwing of the cap on the neck at one time for
the closing of the passage or passages therethrough from the interior of the bottle
or vessel, and at another time to admit of the desired outflow or escape.
I form the upper part of the neck and the corresponding internal upper portion
of the cap to close one on the other between the respective passages, the one being
concave, and the other convex or with double cones, to insure a close sealing of
the parts between the respective passages when the cap is screwed down close on
the neck.

page_text: I would here state that I am aware of arrangements, having for many years past
been proposed to be used in connection with bottles and other vessels, by which
the desired stopping or retaining of enclosed liquids was by the use of apparatus
of a duplicate character, such that whilst at one time a perfect closing of the outlet,
to prevent any outflow therethrough, was effected, the actual closing piece or part
always remained attached to the stationary part, and was capable by a rotary
movement in one direction of the one part or piece of unsealing such aperture to
admit of the desired outflow through apertures provided for the purpose in these
duplicate parts, and then by a partial rotation in the opposite direction of closing
such apertures; but to the best of my belief, all such attempts have from various
causes, and, amongst others, through defective processes of manufacture, been
attended with only partial success, and consequently have not been of commercial
value. I find that when forming such stopping apparatus from pure tin by the
use of dies and punches, somewhat of the character of those employed by me when
manufacturing soft metal stoppers under Letters Patent granted to me, bearing date
the 25th of July, 1870, No. 2095, I am able to produce the parts better in
appearance and more efficient in use.
But that the Invention may be the better understood, I will, by the aid of the
accompanying Drawings, proceed to describe an arrangement of apparatus adopted
by me in carrying the same into effect.
Figure 1 shews in section one of the stoppers closed, and Figure 2 shews the
same with the screw cap thereto raised, so as to open a passage for the outflow
of the contained liquid.
Figure 3 shews an external view of the same in position for the distribution of
liquid.
Figure 4 shews a transverse sectional view taken through the line 1, 1, of
Figure 1.
Figure 5 shews an upper, and Figure 6 an under side view thereof.
In each of these Figures the same letters are employed to indicate corresponding
parts.
A represents one part of this duplex stopper, with its flange a, its internal tube b,
and covering or packing c, of cork or other suitable elastic material, by which this
part may be more readily fitted to the neck of a bottle or vessel, and d is the neck
to receive the cap B. All these parts are formed by me of soft metal by the use of
dies and pressure by means such as already referred to, but in place of the neck d
having a thread formed to the full extent of its external surface such thread is only
formed towards its outer end, or so as to leave a neck or recess between the screwed
portion and the flange a of smaller diameter than that of the screw,
and the cap or
part B is after being formed somewhat as caps of the character are formed by me
for other stoppers by dies and pressure has its under edge or part f turned inwards
by the process of "spinning," so as to pass under the screwed portion of the neck,
and whilst admitting of slight motion to the cap yet prevent that cap fully coming
off. The outer end of the neck d is formed with a central hole e, whilst the cap is
formed with two holes g, g, or it may be other number of them, but out of a line
coincident with the hole e in the part A, so that when the parts A, B, are in close
contact the passages through them are closed; but when by a partial rotation of
one of them in relation to the other, and a partial separation of them is effected,
the passages in the respective parts will be free for the flow through them of liquid
matter.
The surfaces of the parts A, B, surrounding the passage e, are of a conical form,
to aid in obtaining a better sealing thereto when the parts are in contact.
Having thus described my Invention, and means which I adopt in carrying the

page_text: same into effect, I would have it understood that what I claim is, the improvements
in stopping apparatus for scent and other bottles or vessels, as described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Brooks, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Third day of April, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and seventy-eight.
Witness,
ALFRED GEORGE BROOKES,
37, Southampton Buildings,
Chancery Lane,
London.
HENRY BROOKS. (L.B.)