Receptacles, and in Stoppers Employed therefor.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Oct., 1886
Complete Left, 27th July, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 30th Aug., 1887.
Receptacles, and in Stoppers Employed therefor.
I HARRY BATEMAN of 31 Queens Road St. Johns Wood Park in the County of
Middlesex Secretary to a Public Company do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to a mode or method of effecting the tight closure of bottles
jars and similar receptacles and consists in the use for that purpose of a peculiar
stopper of wood, glass, porcelain or other suitable material or composition either of
cylindrical or slightly tapering form having a zone of rubber or similar elastic material
by preference of a round or oval section permanently secured round that part of the
stopper which enters the neck or mouth of the receptacle to be closed in combination
with an annular recess formed round the interior of the neck or mouth of the receptacle
itself into which recess the elastic zone will enter when the stopper is fully inserted
thereby effecting a tight closure and resisting the accidental displacement of the
stopper.
To facilitate the withdrawal of the said stopper the head thereof is formed on
diametrically opposite sides with a laterally projecting arm in conjunction or not with
a transverse aperture through the projecting head the armis forming a cross handle
curved and rounded on the underside to afford a convenient and firm hold for the
fingers when withdrawing the stopper which is effected in a similar manner to the
drawing of a cork with an ordinary cross handled cork screw.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Stoppering or Closing Bottles, Jars, and similar
Receptacles, and in Stoppers Employed therefor.
I HARRY BATEMAN of 31 Queens Road St. Johns Wood Park in the County of
Middlesex Secretary to a Public Company do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion 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 a mode or method of effecting the tight closure of bottles
jars and similar receptacles whilst affording greater facility for the ready opening of
the same when required and consists in the employment for that purpose of a peculiar
stopper of wood, cork, glass, procelain, or other suitable material or composition either
of cylindrical or slightly tapering form provided with a permanent cross handle made
in one piece therewith or secured thereto to facilitate its withdrawal when required 1
and with a circumferential groove to receive a ring or zone of rubber or similar
elastic material by preference of a round or an oval section secured either into the
circumferential groove round the body of the stopper or into an annular recess formed
round the interior of the neck of the vessel into which recess or groove as the case
may be the elastic zone will engage when the stopper is forced home thereby effecting
a tight closure and affording sufficient resistance to prevent the accidental displace-
ment of the stopper.
The cross handle should be so curved and rounded on the underside as to afford a
convenient and firm hold for the fingers when withdrawing the stopper which can be
effected in a similar manner to the drawing of a cork with an ordinary cross handled
corkscrew.
Figure 1 of the annexed sheet of drawings represents a vertical section of my
improved stopper and the corresponding neck of a bottle or vessel closed thereby.
Figure 2 is an elevation of the stopper detached showing a modified construction
and arrangement of the cross handle thereof.
a is the body of the stopper here shown slightly tapered. 6 the zone of rubber of
circular or oval section secured thereon by being shrunk into an annular groove round
the stopper.
e is an annular recess in the neck d of the vessel into which the zone b
expands when the stopper is forced home. ee is the cross handle consisting in
Figure 1 of cross arms formed in one with the head of the stopper to facilitate its
withdrawal by using the handle like the cross handle of a corkscrew.
It is obvious that in lieu of securing the elastic zone b round the body of the stopper
it may be secured round the inside of the recess c in the neck of the vessel. More-
over the cross handles e in lieu of being made in one with the stopper may be of metal

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shaped, to form an open cross handle e' as shown in figure 2 for the reception of the
fingers it being secured to the body of the stopper by a shank passing through it
provided with a collar or shoulder g at the outer end and a screwed nut or washer
the inner end. A shoulder or projection i may if desired be formed on the outer end of
the stopper to prevent it from being forced too far into the neck but this is not
absolutely necessary.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is :-
For closing bottles jars and similar receptacles and facilitating the opening of the
same a stopper formed or provided with a cross handle and with a circumferential
groove in combination with an elastic ring or zone of circular or oval section fitting
a corresponding internal annular recess in the neck of the vessel whether the said
elastic ring or zone be fixed in the circumferential groove round the body of the
stopper itself or inside the recess in the neck substantially as specified.
EDWIN P. ALEXANDER, Fel. Inst. P.A.,
Agent for the Applicant.
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