Improvements in Bottle Stoppers.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 7th July, 1896-Accepted, 8th Aug.. 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bottle Stoppers.
I WILLIAM MILES FOWLER of Stamford in the County of Fairfield and State
of Connecticut, United States of America, Manufacturer, 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:-
My invention relates to improvements in bottle stoppers, in which a stopper of
some suitable elastic material, such as cork, is provided with means for holding it
in position within the mouth of the bottle.
My invention more particularly consists of a binding or holding wire having
an engagement with the top of the stopper, and having its ends, or portions which
extend along down the sides of the stopper, between the stopper and the interior
wall of the bottle, provided with outwardly-extending projections adapted to enter
a recess or recesses in the wall of the bottle, so that pressure exerted upon the
inner end of the stopper will tend to crowd the projections on the binding wire
more closely within their recesses, and hence hold the stopper more securely in
position, while a pull on the binding wire at the outer end of the stopper, will
readily remove the binding wire, and leave the stopper free to be drawn.
In the accompanying drawings,
Fig. 1 is a vertical section through the neck of a bottle, showing the stopper
and its binding wire and plate in position therein.
Fig. 2 is a similar view, taken in a
Fig. 1 is taken.
plane at right angles to the plane in which
Fig. 3 is a view of one form of the binding wire in detail.
Fig. 4 is a view, in detail, of the cap. plate which may be employed on the
outer end of the stopper beneath the binding wire.
Fig. 5 is a section similar to that of
without the cap plate.
Fig. 3, showing the use of the binding wire
Fig. 6 represents a modified form of binding wire, and
Fig. 7 represents still another form of binding wire.
The neck of the bottle is denoted by A, and is provided in the present instance
with an internal recess a extending completely around the interior wall. The
particular shape of the neck is not material, and the recess may or may not extend
the entire distance around the interior of the neck, as may be found inost expedient,
it being sufficient for the purposes of my present invention, that the recess be
formed opposite the stopper at the points where the outwardly extending projections
on the binding wire are formed.
The stopper is represented by B, and is made to tightly fit the interior of the
neck of the bottle.
The binding wire, in the form shown in detail in Fig. 3, is bent, intermediate of
its ends, to extend across the top of the stopper and down the opposite sides of the
stopper, its extreme ends being turned outwardly to enter the recess a. That part
of the binding wire which engages the top of the stopper is denoted by C, the
portions which along down the sides of the stopper by c c¹, and the outwardly
turned ends, which enter the recess, by c²².
To form a bearing for the binding wire, and at the same time protect the top of
the stopper, aud furnish a convenient means for labelling the bottle, a cap plate D,
having a groove d, to receive the wire, may be inserted between the wire and the
stopper. The edges of the cap plate D, at the ends of the groove d, are recessed,
as shown at d, to receive the branches c c of the binding wire.

page_text: In the form in Fig. 5, the cap plate is omitted and the part C of the binding
wire bears directly against the top of the stopper.
The binding wire may have three or more depending branches, instead of two.
In Fig. 6, the wire C is shown with three depending branches, and in Fig. 7 the
wire C is shown provided with four depending branches.
In use, the binding wire is inserted in the neck of the bottle, together with the
stopper, until its projections 2 c³ enter the recess a. When in position, any pressure
on the inner end of the stopper will tend to compress the stopper lengthwise, thereby
forcing the projections ce more tightly against the wall of the recess a, and
preventing the escape of the stopper.
When it is desired to remove the stopper, a pull on the part C of the binding
wire will readily withdraw it from the stopper, and the latter may then be
removed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The combination with a stopper, of a fastener engaged with the top of the
stopper, and provided with branches extending along down the sides of the stopper
the said branches being provided with outwardly-extending projections at the sides
of the stopper, for engaging a recess in the inner wall of the receptacle in which
the stopper is employed, substantially as set forth.
2. The combination with a stopper, of a cap plate on the outer end of the
stopper, a fastener extending across the cap plate, and provided with branches
extending down the sides of the stopper, the said branches being provided with
outwardly turned projections at the side of the stopper, for engaging the inner
wall of the receptacle in which the stopper is employed, substantially as set forth.
Dated this 7th day of July 1896.
NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.