Improvements relating to Bottles, Jars, and the like, and to Stoppers therefor.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Nov., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Aug, 1892-Accepted, 10th Sept., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to Bottles, Jars, and the like, and to
Stoppers therefor.
I, ROBERT LOVE of 35 Boulevard des Capucines, Paris in the Republic of
France, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to bottles, jars, and the like and to stoppers therefor.
My said invention is more particularly applicable to bottles or other vessels
which are used for the reception of perfumes, disinfectants, deodorants or other
matter whose particles are intended for inhalation or for diffusion in the atmosphere
and is applicable also to bottles or other vessels which are used for other purposes.
The head of the said stopper may be of any suitable form and is provided for
example with a screw thread for engagement with a similar thread formed upon
the neck of the bottle or the like or upon a metal or other collar attached thereto.
The said screw-threaded portions are provided so that the bottle or other vessel.
may when desired, be hermetically closed, but. any other form of closure may be
adopted which will secure the like result. To the lower portion of the stopper is
attached a collar or cage of perforated material which enters the orifice of the.
bottle or the like; the lower edge of the said collar or cage or a portion of the.
stopper extended downward is provided with two or more projections.
In the orifice of the bottle or ether vessel which the stopper is intended to close,
two parallel circumferential shelves or ledges are provided one below the other,.
which project from the sides of the said orifice to such a distance that the collar
or cage or the extension from the stopper may be raised or lowered within the
orifice but can only be completely withdrawn therefrom when the hereinbefore,
mentioned projections are caused to pass through notches or recesses which are
formed in the said shelves or ledges.
The said notches or recesses in either shelf or ledge are not coincident with those
of the companion shelf or ledge so that for the stopper to be completely withdrawn
it must first be raised to such a distance that the said projections may be passed
through the recesses in the lower shelf or ledge and must afterwards be rotated in
order that the projections may be passed through the notches or recesses of the
upper shelf or ledge when the stopper may be withdrawn. The said arrangement
of notched or recessed shelves or ledges constitutes a double bayonet-joint.
It will readily be seen that if the stopper be raised to a position in which the
projections from the lower portion of the collar or cage or from the downwardly
extended portion of the stopper rest upon the upper surface of the lower shelf or.
ledge the contents of the bottle may be poured or may diffuse freely through the
interstices of the perforated portion of the stopper, and, the stopper being still
retained by the engagement of the projections with the upper ledge or shelf,
it cannot be mislaid and is always ready to be employed to close the vessel.
Should it be necessary to remove the stopper entirely, in order to fill or to
empty the vessel the removal may be readily effected by placing it in such a
position that the projections from the stopper will pass through the notches or
recesses of the upper shelf. The replacement of the stopper may be effected with
equal facility.
More than two of the said ledges or shelves may be provided so that the stopper
may be retained at different heights in the orifice to vary the area of opening
provided for the exit of the contents of the bottle or for the exit of the fumes or
apours therefrom.
The collar or cage may be of cylindrical conical or any other suitable shape, and

page_text: the stopper may be employed with or without the perforated collar or cage with
bottles or other vessels which are used for other purposes than those hereinbefore
specified, for example in place of a perforated cell or cage the extension from the
head of the stopper may be solid.. In such a case, to open the exit for the contents
of the bottle or other vessel the stopper would be raised and retained by a shelf
or ledge in such a position that the said solid extension would be clear of a suitable
spout or outlet orifice.
Dated this 3rd day of November 1891.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to Bottles, Jars, and the like, and to
Stoppers therefor.
I, ROBERT LOVE, of 35 Boulevard des Capucines, Paris in the Republic of
France, 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 bottles, jars and the like and to stoppers therefor.
My said invention is more particularly applicable to bottles or other vessels for
containing perfumes, disinfectants, deodorants, and the like, the fumes or vapours
of which are intended to be inhaled or to be diffused in the atmosphere, but it
may be applied to bottles or receptacles which are used for other purposes.
In carrying my invention into practice I provide a screw-threaded or other
stopper by means of which the bottle or other receptacle may be hermetically
closed and to which is attached at its lower portion a collar or cage of perforated
material which can enter the orifice of the bottle or the like; the lower edge of
the collar or cage or a downwardly extending portion of the stopper is provided
with two or more projections.
The orifice or neck of the bottle is provided with circumferential internal
ledges or shelves with which the hereinbefore-mentioned projections on the
downwardly extending portion of the stopper or on the collar or cage can engage,
the said ledges or shelves being so placed that when the stopper is raised to a
position in which the said projections rest upon the upper surface of the lower
ledge or shelf, the perforated portion, collar or cage of the stopper is above the
neck of the bottle and the contents of the bottle may be poured or may diffuse
freely through the interstices of the said perforated portion of the stopper, and,
the stopper being still retained by the engagement of the projections with the
upper ledge or shelf, it cannot be displaced or mislaid and is always ready to be
employed to close the vessel.
Should it be necessary to remove the stopper entirely in order to fill or empty
the vessel, the removal may be readily effected by rotating the stopper till the
before mentioned projections are in position to pass through notches or recesses
formed in the upper ledge or shelf.
In order that my invention may be more clearly understood I will now proceed
to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which
Figure 1 is a view of a bottie and stopper constructed according to my invention,
the mouth of the bottle being closed.
Figure 2 is a view shewing the stopper in a raised position allowing the contents
of the bottle to be poured or to diffuse freely through the perforated portion of the
stopper.
a is the bottle furnished with a metallic neck a¹ the said neck is provided
with an internal screwed portion shewn at a² and with two projecting ledges or
shelves a³, a*.

page_text: is the stopper, the downwardly extending perforated collar or cage; this
collar or cage may be made of any suitable material and is provided with a screwed
portion & adapted to engage with the screwed part a³ of the bottle.
The top of the bottle has a projecting rim as shewn at a³ which fits into a
corresponding recess in the stopper the said recess being furnished if necessary
with a washer of cork or any other suitable material as shewn at b. When
the stopper is screwed into the bottle the projecting rim a³ is received by the
recess and the washer is compressed and thus the bottle is hermetically closed.
The lower portion of the collar or cage b¹ is provided with two or more projections
shewn at 65 and the ledges or shelves a³, a' are furnished with notches or recesses a
through which the projections 6 can pass. I prefer that the said notches or recesses
in a ledge or shelf should not be coincident with those in the other ledge or shelf
for a reason hereinafter specified. When the contents of the bottle are to be
poured out or diffused the stopper raised so that the projections 6 pass through
the notches or recesses in the lower shelf, and is rotated to bring the projections
into position to rest on the said shelf as shewn in Figure 2. To remove the stopper
entirely it must be rotated from the position shown in Figure 2 until the pro-
jections can pass through the notches or recesses in the upper shelf a³ of the
bottle. Otherwise the stopper cannot be lifted out.
The said arrangement of
notched or recessed shelves or ledges constitutes a double bayonet joint..
In a modification of my invention I form a screw-threaded portion on the lower
part of the collar or cage as well as on the upper part thereof, so that the said
lower screwed portion is adapted to engage with the screwed part of the neck of
the bottle. I am thus enabled to dispense with the double bayonet joint above
described and the stopper may be retained in its raised position by screwing
the lower part of the stopper into the said screwed portion of the neck of the bottle.
More than two of the said ledges or shelves in the bottle, or more than two of the
screwed portions in the stopper may be provided, so that the stopper may be
retained at different heights in the orifice to vary the area of opening provided for
the exit of the contents of the bottle or of the fumes or vapours therefrom. The
collar or cage may be of cylindrical, conical or any other suitable shape provided with
a circular rim on which the projections or pins or the screw-threads are placed, and
the stopper may be employed with or without the perforated collar or cage with
bottles or other vessels which are used for other purposes than those hereinbefore
specified, for example in place of a perforated cell or cage the extension from the
head of the stopper may be solid. In such a case to open the exit for the contents
of the bottle or other vessel the stopper would be raised and retained by a shelf
or ledge in such a position that the said solid extension would be clear of a suitable
spout or outlet orifice.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A bottle or jar provided with any suitable means whereby it may be hermetically
closed and with notched ledges in its interior, substantially as hereinbefore described,
for the purpose specified.
2. A stopper provided with one or more perforations or a perforated extension
and adapted to engage with notched ledges in the interior of a bottle or the like
substantially as hereinbefore described, for the purpose specified.
3. A bottle or jar provided with any suitable means whereby it may be
hermetically closed and with a screw-threaded portion in its neck with which a
screw thread on the lower portion of a stopper can engage, substantially as herein.
before described, for the purpose specified.
4. A stopper provided with one or more perforations or a perforated extension,
and having screw-threaded portions on the lower part thereof or of the said extension,
the said portions being all adapted to engage with a screw-threaded portion of the

page_text: interior of a bottle or the like, substantially as hereinbefore described, for the
purpose specified.
5. A. bottle and stopper constructed substantially as described with reference to
the accompanying drawings, for the purpose specified.
Dated this 3rd day of August 1892.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.