Improvements in Stoppering Bottles.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Apr., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 2nd July, 1891-Accepted, 8th Aug., 1891
Improvements in Stoppering Bottles.
I, SARAH ELIZABETH JACKSON, of 6 Retiro Street, Oldham, in the County of
Lancaster, Dress Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
This invention relates to improvements in stoppering bottles and has for its object
to effect the same in a simpler, cheaper, better and more ready manner than
heretofore has been the case.
To this end my invention consists in furnishing the stopper with a spring strap,
depending on the side thereof, the free end or ends of which are bent inwards and
adapted to be turned underneath and engage the shoulder formed on the bottle neck
after being passed through a slot or slots formed in the side of the bottle neck so as
to cause the said stopper to be pressed tightly against the mouth of and securely
fastened to the bottle.
The said stopper may consist of any suitable material, preferably of cork and to
facilitate the attachment of the spring strap to the stopper I furnish the latter with
a plate or cap the spring strap being arranged to swivel on a pivot passed through
the centre of the plate or cap so as to permit of turning the spring strap end or
ends under the shoulder of the bottle neck.
In lieu of pivoting the spring strap to a plate or cap as described, where the
nature of the stopper will permit, such as porcelain, metal, bone or glass, the same
may be directly pivoted thereto, and in lieu of arranging the spring strap to swivel
on the stopper the same may be formed with the plate or cap in one piece, however
the former way is preferable, owing to the stopper being easier secured and
removed.
In order to facilitate the securing of the stopper onto or the removal of it from
the mouth of the bottle and to bring the spring strap close to the side thereof, I
form in the side of the bottle a slot or slots, which may be either cut or moulded,
down or up which the strap end or ends are slid in securing the stopper onto or
removing it from the mouth of the bottle.
The spring strap, which I form in such a manner as to act as a spring longitudinally
as well as laterally towards the side of the bottle neck, may be formed flat in section,
or be made of wire and in some cases, if deemed necessary, I may semi-circularly
attach thereto a spring band, to further impart thereto spring power laterally.
For small sizes of bottles, or where the pressure of their contents is weak, the
spring strap may be formed to depend only on one side of the bottle neck instead of
on both.
Dated this 4th day of February 1891
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
Agents to Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Stoppering Bottles.
I, SARAH ELIZABETH JACKSON, of 6 Retiro Street, Oldham, in the County of
Lancaster, Dress Maker, 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 :--
This invention relates to improvements in stoppering bottles and has for its
object to effect the same in a simpler, cheaper, better and more ready manner than
heretofore has been the case.

page_text: And in order that my invention may be more fully understood I have caused to
be appended hereunto one sheet of drawings marked with letters of reference
indicating like parts in the various figures.
Fig. 1 is a side view and Fig. 2 a plan of my improved stopper, shown detached
from the bottle.
Figs. 3 & 4 are side views and Figs. 5 & 6 plans, respectively showing the stopper
secured to the bottle.
Figs. 7 & 8 are respectively a side view and, a plan of a modification of the
stopper.
In carrying out my invention the improvements consist in furnishing the stopper a
with a spring strap b, depending on the side thereof, the free end or ends of which
are bent inwards and adapted to be turned underneath and engage the shoulder c
formed on the bottle neck d, after being passed through a slot or slots e formed in
the side of the bottle neck , so as to cause the, stopper a to be pressed tightly
against the mouth and securely fastened thereto.
The stopper a may consist of any suitable material, preferably of cork and to
facilitate the attachment of the spring strap to the stopper a, I furnish the
latter with a plate or cap, the spring strap b being arranged to swivel on a pivot g
passed through the centre of the plate or cap, so as to permit of turning the strap
end or ends under the shoulder c of the bottle neck d.
In lieu of pivoting the spring strap to a plate or cap as described, where the
nature of the stopper a will permit, such as porcelain, metal, bone or glass, the same
may be directly pivoted thereto, and in lieu of arranging the spring strap to swivel
on the stopper & the same may be formed with the plate or cap fin one piece, as
shown in Figs. 7 & 8, however the former way is preferable owing to the stopper a
being casier secured and removed.
In order to facilitate the placing of the stopper a onto or the removal of it
from the mouth of the bottle and to bring the spring strap close to the neck
thereof, I form in the latter a slot or slots e (which may be either cut or moulded)
down or up which the strap end or ends 6' are slid in securing the stopper à onto or
removing it from the mouth of the bottle.
The spring strap b, which I form in such a manner as to act longitudinally as
well as laterally as a spring, may be formed flat in section, as shown in the
drawings, or be made of wire and in some cases, if deemed necessary, I may attach
thereto a semi-circular spring band h, see dotted lines Figs. 4 & 5, to further impart
thereto spring power laterally.
For small sizes of bottles, or where the pressure of their contents is weak, the
spring strap may be formed to depend only on one side of the bottle neck d instead
of on both as shown.
b
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to 'be performed, I declare that what I
claim, is-
"In stoppering bottles."
1st. The stopper a formed or furnished with a spring strap b, the free end or
ends of which are adapted to engage the shoulder c when being turned underneath
the same, substantially as set forth.
2nd. The bottle neck d formed with a slot or slots e in its side through which the
end or ends of the spring.strap are slid in securing onto or removing the stopper a
from the mouth of the bottle, substantially as set forth.
3rd. The stopper a having a spring strap barranged to swivel thereon, in
combination with the mouth of a bottle, the neck d of which has formed in its
side a slot or slots e, substantially as set forth.
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
4, Corporation Street, Manchester, Agents to Applicant.