IMPROVEMENTS IN AND ADDITIONS TO BOTTLE-HOLDERS, AND IN STOPPERS AND COVERS FOR DECANTERS, WATER BOTTLES, JARS, AND OTHER VESSELS."
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas White at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 12th June 1880.
THOMAS WHITE, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturer.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN AND ADDITIONS TO BOTTLE-HOLDERS, AND IN STOPPERS AND
COVERS FOR DECANTERS, WATER BOTTLES, JARS, AND OTHER VESSELS."
My Invention consists, first, of the following improvements in the spring clips of
bottle holders-For the purpose of permitting of the same bottle holder being
readily fitted to bottles of different sizes I make the ends of that spring clip of the
holder which embraces the body of the bottle overlap one another, say, to the
extent of about two thirds of the diameter of the clip when the clip is in its
normal or most contracted state. When the ends of the overlapping parts of the
clip are made to approach one another the diameter of the clip is increased, and
when the said ends recede from one another the diameter of the clip is diminished.
In order to connect the two overlapping parts of the clip together without
interfering with their motion upon one another a longitudinal slot is made in the
outer part of the clip, in which slot a headed pin on the end of the inner part
engages. By this construction of spring clip a large range of motion of the ends
of the said clip is permitted, and the clip adapts itself to bottles of different sizes
without undue strain being placed upon it.
This construction of spring clip may be applied to bottle holders generally.
My Invention consists, secondly, in adapting to or combining with bottle
holders a stopper as herein after described, by the use of which stopper the bottle
to which the holder is applied may be closed, and the unused contents of the said
bottle preserved for future use.
This part of my Invention may be applied to bottle holders of various kinds,
but I will describe it in conjunction with a bottle holder in which spring clips near
the top and bottom of the handle part of the holder are made respectively to
embrace the neck and body of the bottle. That part of the bottle holder near the
neck clip is prolonged upwards, and is curved or bent inwards, so as to bring its
end over the inouth of the bottle when the bottle holder is fitted to a bottle. In
the said end of the prolonged curved part of the holder a screw box is made, in
which the screwed stem of the stopper works. This stopper_consists of a cupped.
disc of metal having a cork or other clastic lining on its underside. The stein of
tho stopper has a knob or handle at its top for turning it. When it is wished to

page_text: close the bottle to which the bottle holder is applied the screwed stem is turned,
so as to drive the stopper into or upon, and make it close air tight, the mouth of
the bottle.
Or the stopper may be carried by a lever instead of by a screw.
In this case
the prolonged part of the bottle holder to carry the stopper is unnecessary, and the
lever carrying a stopper is jointed to a screw capable of turning in a screw box
fixed to the top of the bottle holder near the neck clip. This screw permits the
stopper being turned aside out of the way of the cork should the holder be placed
upon the bottle before the cork is drawn. I make the lever stopper so heavy that
it falls into and closes the mouth of the bottle by its own weight; or it may be
pressed to its seat by a spring. In order to open the bottle the handle cud of the
lover is depressed, so as to lift the stopper end from the mouth of the bottle. The
stopper may be raised from or lowered onto its seat by a rack and pinion instead
of by a screw or lover.
My Invention consists, thirdly, of the following improvements in removeable or
separable stoppers for decanters, water bottles, and other like vessels:-I attach to
a short metallic strip or bar a spring clip for connecting the stopper to the neck of
the bottle, the said strip being provided with a stopper of either of the kinds
described in connection with a bottle holder. When it is wished to detach the
stopper from the bottle the grip of the spring clip on the neck of the bottle is
relaxed, when the stopper can be removed. It is fixed on the bottle by causing its
spring clip to embrace the neck of the bottle.
My Invention consists, fourthly, of the following improvements in removeable
or separable covers for jars and other vessels having large open mouths :-
The cover consists of a spring clip, to the middle of which a plate forming part
of the cover is attached. To the inner edge of this plate a lid is hinged, the said
plate fixed to the spring clip, and the hinged lid forming together a circular
disc.
When the spring clip is made to embrace the upper part of the jar the cover is
attached to and closes the said jar, access to the contents of the jar being obtained
by raising the jointed lid of the cover. The spring clip permits of the cover being
turned on the jar, so as to remove the unhinged part of the cover from over the
material in the jar. I prefer to make the spring clip of the cover so that the same
cover may be used with jars or vessels of different sizes.