Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Feb., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 18th Aug., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 21st Sept., 1888
ANTHONY PHILBURN Artist Hall Court Ashton under Lyne do hereby declare the
nature of my invention to be as follows:-
I make a disc D of steel, brass or other metal about 18° gauge, and a little over one
inch in diameter; then rivet to the centre of the disc D a strip or band B of the same
metal cut or stamped in the form shown at S which said band is then bent over the
edges of disc D down the side of the bottle neck, one end of the band B is bent round
a wire or metal band W which is passed round the bottle neck at the smallest
diameter near the top; and tied by means of a piece of thin wire T or any other
suitable means so as to securely fasten it to the bottle. The other end of the band B
which passes over the disc D has a tang P or piece metal partly punched out of the
band B to form a catch P which hooks under the wire band W at the opposite side
In order to
of the bottle from where the metal band B is bent round the wire band B.
obtain resiliance in the metal band B it is bent near the rivet hole K sufficient to
cause it to stand away from the disc D about three thirty seconds of an inch,
A disc of cork C, india rubber or other suitable resilient material is placed between
the bottle neck and the metal disc D and so makes a tight joint. The foregoing
relates to ordinary or existing bottles but the same combination is also used with a
special bottle made with a flange F or projecting bead F over which the bent points O
or catches are forced so holding the stopper firmly to the bottle; to remove the
stopper from the bottle the finger is placed under the handle H which is formed out of
the metal band B of which it is a continuation, no wire W is needed when a special
bottle with flange F is used.

page_text: I ANTHONY PHILBURN of Hall Court, Ashton under Lyne in the County of
Lancaster, Artist, 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 and accompanying drawings:-
My said Invention relates to stoppering bottles and will be most readily understood
by reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings which illustrate the improve-
ments.
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the improved stopper applied to a bottle of ordinary
formation and closed so as to confine the contents. Fig. 2 shows the same stopper
opened. In manufacturing the stopper I first punch or otherwise form a disc a from
thin steel, brass or other suitable metal, the said disc having wings a' which are
turned down to assist in holding the cork or other pad b. I then punch or otherwise
form a strip or band c from a metal similar to that of the disc. This portion c is
riveted to the centre of the disc a and the ends are bent over the disc as clearly shown
at Fig. 1. One of the ends marked c¹ is curled round a wire d which surrounds
the lower part of the usual swelled top e at the bottle mouth. The ends of this
surrounding wire d are or may be united by a tie f of finer wire or the ends may be
fastened by other suitable means. The end of the band c has a catch c³ pressed out
of it which catch lays hold of the wire d. The stopper is then held securely on the
bottle mouth by the hinge at el and the catch both having hold of the wire d. The
tail from which the catch c³ is pressed can be acted upon or pushed by the thumb
so as to unhook the catch and allow the stopper to be opened and thrown back into
the position shown at Fig. 2. The band c is preferably made to stand away from the
disc a at the outer circumference so as to confer greater resilience upon the band and
to allow of the more ready application and removal of the stopper. Figs. 3 and 4
show a stopper of a similar character to that described but applied to a bottle of
special make. This special bottle has a collar y and the portions e¹ and c² of the
band care formed with claws of which catch beneath the collar g and hold the stopper
firmly in position. A tail his formed on one or on both of the portions e' c² which
assists in the removal of the stopper. In the drawings Fig. 3 shows the stopper
applied to a bottle. Fig. 4 shows it separate from the bottle. Where this special
bottle with collar g and corresponding stopper is used no wire such as the wire d is
required.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what I
claim is
(1) A bottle stopper consisting of a metallic disc surmounting a pad of cork,
rubber or other suitable material and having riveted thereto a metallic band or
portion one of the bent down ends of which is hinged or hooked to a wire sur-
rounding the bottle neck the other end being formed to hook to the said wire

page_text: thereby holding the stopper securely in position substantially as hereinbefore described
and shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings.
(2) A bottle stopper consisting of a metallic disc surmounting a pad of cork,
rubber or suitable material and having rivetted thereto a metallic band or portion
the bent down ends of which are formed with claws which lay hold of the edge of
a collar formed on the neck of a bottle meant to be used in conjunction with the
said form of stopper, substantially as herein before described and shown at Figs. 3
and 4 of the drawings.
DUTTON & FULTON,
1, St. James Square, Manchester,
Agents.