Improved Means for Closing the Mouths of Bottles and Jars.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Nov., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 6th May, 1897-Accepted, 12th June, 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means for Closing the Mouths of Bottles and Jars.
1 JOHN CRANE, of 29 Clarendon Road, Whalley Range, Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
This invention relates to improved means for effecting the closing or stopping of
wide mouthed bottles or jars such as are used for pickles, preserved fruits and the
like, the objects of the invention being to provide simple and efficient means for
closing the same by an airtight cap which can readily be removed and replaced.
For the purposes of my invention the upper part of the vessel or jar is made
with a cylindrical neck and a wide circular mouth.
The body of the bottle or jar may be made either round, square, or of other
convenient form and it may be of glass, earthenware, or other suitable material.
At the lower part of the neck, above the shoulder I mould or otherwise form
during the manufacture two projecting buttons or studs (one on each side) opposite
to each other.
The stopper is made (preferably of the same material) in the form of a cap
fitting over the mouth of the bottle or jar and lined with cork or other suitable
yielding substance which will make an air tight joint and not contaminate the
contents of the bottle or jar. Across the top of the cap I make (in the course of
manufacture) a shallow groove or indentation from side to side.
For securing the cap onto the mouth of the bottle or jar I employ a loose ring
of india rubber or other suitable substance which is stretched and passed double
over the groove or indentation in the cap and looped over the buttons or studs on
each side of the neck, thereby firmly securing the cap and making an air tight
joint.
It will be evident that the cap can readily be removed on first releasing the
elastic ring from the buttons or studs, and as the bottle or jar and cap are both
made of an incorrodible material such as glass or earthenware and no metal
whatever is employed there is no possibility of the contents of the bottle or jar
becoming contaminated.
Dated this 27th day of November 1896.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means for Closing the Mouths of Bottles and Jars.
I JOHN CRANE, of 29 Clarendon Road, Whalley Range, Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster, Gentleman, 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 improved means for effecting the closing or stopping of
wide mouthed bottles or jars such as are used for pickles, preserved fruits and
other purposes, the objects of the invention being to provide simple and efficient

page_text: means for closing the same by an air-tight cap which can readily be removed and
replaced. And the same will be readily understood from the following description
on reference to the accompanying drawings.
partial external
Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation, Fig. 2 a plan view and Fig. 3 a
elevation of a glass jar made according to my invention. Fig. 4 shews in section
a modification hereafter referred to..
For the purposes of my invention the upper part of the vessel or jar a may be
made with a cylindrical neck a 1 and a wide circular mouth.
The body of the bottle or jar a may be made either round, square, or of other
convenient form and it may be of glass, earthenware, or other suitable material.
At the lower part of the neck a 1 above the shoulder I mould or otherwise form
during the manufacture two projecting buttons or studs a 2 (one on each side)
opposite to each other.
The stopper b is made (preferably of the same material) in the form of a cap
fitting over the mouth of the bottle or jar and lined with cork b61 (Fig. 1) or other
suitable yielding substance or provided with a ring 6 see Fig. 4, which will make
an air tight joint and not contaminate the contents of the bottle or jar. Across
the top of the cap b I make (in the course of manufacture) a shallow groove 62 or
indentation from side to side.
For securing the cap b onto the mouth of the bottle or jar I employ a loose ring
of india rubber c or other suitable substance which is stretched and passed double
over the groove or indentation 62 in the cap and looped over the buttons or
studs a 2 on each side of the neck, thereby firmly securing the cap band making
an air tight joint; or the cap may be secured by a length of wire e 1 Fig. 4,
looped around the studs a 2 and the ends tightened together by twisting and such
twisted ends may be disposed of by bending them down into the groove b 2.
It will be evident that the cap b can readily be removed on first releasing the
elastic ring or wire from the buttons or studs a 2, and as the bottle or jar a and
cap bare both made of an incorrodible material such as glass or earthenware, and
no metal whatever is employed, there is no possibility of the contents of the bottle
or jar becoming contaminated.
In some cases I dispense with the buttons or studs on the outside of the neck,
and I carry the india rubber or other band or wire round the bottom of the bottle
or jar, in which case I form a vertical groove down each side of the exterior of
the bottle or jar to keep the band or wire in place.
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 :-
First. The combination with a jar or bottle having a wide open mouth and neck
with buttons or studs projecting therefrom, of a cap having a suitable groove
therein and a living or washer of cork or the like held in place by a ring of india
rubber or the like, or a loop of wire or similar device let into the said groove,
substantially as herein before described and illustrated by the annexed drawings.
Secondly. I claim the modification of the same wherein the buttons or studs
are dispensed with and the india rubber or other band or wire is carried round
underneath the bottom of the bottle or jar.
Dated this 5th day of May 1897.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicant.