Improvements in Hand Apparatus for Screwing down Stoppers of Bottles, Jars, and the like, having External or Internal Screw Threads.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Nov., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Aug., 1897-Accepted, 2nd Oct., 1897
Improvements in Hand Apparatus for Screwing down Stoppers of
Bottles, Jars, and the like, having External or Internal Screw
Threads.
We, WILLIAM STRATFORD HOGG, of 8 Highbury Park, London, N., Gentleman,
and JAMES CORNELIUS PHILLIPS BROUGHTON, of 8 Highbury Park, London, N., Wine
and Spirit Merchant do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The object of our invention is to facilitate the rapid screw stoppering of bottles,
jars, and the like without having to handle them and without the danger arising from
bursting bottles.
For this purpose we take a wormed spindle or other suitable arrangement which is
passed through a metal frame, the lower end of which is tapped to allow the spindle
to run freely up or down when pressed or allowed to go free; there is also a guide in
this frame which fits the head of the spindle and keeps its motion vertical.
Above the frame and attached thereto is a handle and hand guard; to the lower
end of the spindle is fixed an inverted cup or cone, lined with rubber or other elastic
substance and shaped so as to fit and grip any sized stopper. The stopper being
dropped lightly into or over the mouth of the bottle or jar the apparatus is made use
of by simply placing the cup on the stopper and pressing downwards the spindle and
cup revolving and so fixing or screwing the stopper. On releasing the cup from the
stopper its own weight is sufficient to bring it into position to operate on the next
stopper.
Dated this 27th day of November 1896.
WILLIAM STRATFORD HOGG.
JAMES C. P. BROUGHTON.
Improvements in Hand Apparatus for Screwing down Stoppers of
Bottles, Jars, and the like, having External or Internal Screw
Threads.
We, WILLIAM STRATFORD HOGG, of 8 Highbury Park, London, N., Gentleman
and JAMES CORNELIUS PHILLIPS BROUGHTON, of 8 Highbury Park, London, N., Wine
and Spirit Merchant, 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 a machine or apparatus designed to facilitate the rapid
screw stoppering of bottles, jars and the like without having to handle them and

page_text: without the danger arising from bottles bursting, or breaking from other accidental
causes during the process of screwing the stoppers.
In order that our said invention may be clearly understood and readily carried into
effect we will proceed to describe the same more fully with reference to the
accompanying drawings in which :-
Figure 1 is an elevation of the machine or apparatus when ready to be used and
shows a flat hand guard.
Figure 2 is a sectional plan at the point A. B. in Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a section of the apparatus, but with cup hand guard, and shews the
position of the different parts when the screwing home of a stopper has been
effected.
For the purposes of our invention we use a worm spindle, or other suitable screw
arrangement answering the same purpose (a in Figs. 1 and 3) with a guiding head u';
this spindle or screw is passed through a metal frame of which b¹ is the base, 62 are
the sides and b is the top: the base 61 is tapped to allow the spindle a to run freely
up or down when pressed or allowed to go free, the two sides of this frame act as
guides to the spindle and keep its action vertical; the upper part of the frame is also
the hand guard before referred to-63. To the lower end of the spindle a is fixed an
inverted cup or cone, c, lined with rubber or other elastic substance c¹, not necessarily
of the size or shape depicted in Figs. 1 and 3 but shaped so as to fit and grip stoppers
of any size or shape and with internal or external threads. The handle d is fixed to
the hand guard 6³.
Having now described the several parts of the machine or apparatus we will proceed
to shew its mode of working. A stopper having been dropped lightly either into or
over the mouth of the bottle, jar or other receptacle required to be closed the cup c
is placed on it as shewn in Fig. 3 and the downward pressure on the handle d causes
the spindle a to revolve and so screw the stopper home. On releasing the c'ip from
the stopper the weight of the former is sufficient to bring it again into the position
shewn in Fig. 1, ready to operate on the next stopper.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. The hand screwing apparatus or machine with hand guard, substantially as set
forth and herein before described, whereby the necessity of handling bottles, jars and
the like during the process of stoppering is avoided.
2. The combination of the several parts for the purposes set forth and with reference
to the accompanying drawings.
A
WILLIAM STRATFORD HOGG.
JAMES CORNELIUS PHILLIPS BROUGHTON.