IMPROVED ARRANGEMENTS APPLICABLE TO STOPPERS OR COVERS FOR BOTTLES AND JARS, AND TO OTHER HOLLOW ARTICLES
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Dan Rylands, of Ardesley, in the County of
York, for the Invention of "IMPROVED ARRANGEMENTS APPLICABLE TO
STOPPERS OR COVERS FOR BOTTLES AND JARS, AND TO OTHER HOLLOW
ARTICLES."
Scaled the 19th April 1876, and dated the 27th October 1875.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Dan Rylands at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
27th October 1875.
I, DAN RYLANDS, of Ardesley, in the County of York, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVED ARRANGEMENTS
APPLICABLE TO STOPPERS OR COVERS for Bottles and Jars, and to otHER HOLLOW
ARTICLES," to be as follows:
This Invention consists in improved arrangements for the above
purposes, and the means I adopt are mainly as follows:-A clip, strap,
band, or wire is passed round the neck of the bottle, to which two arms
are secured, and another clip, strap, band, or wire is passed round the

page_text: stopper or cover in a suitable groove if required, and to this last
mentioned clip, strap, or band two arms are attached which extend
downward to and are secured by rivets or otherwise to the arms affixed
to the under clip. The arms act together, and when in proper position
serve to firmly hold the stopper or cover securely to the bottle or other
article, and by pressing said arms the stopper or cover is released, and
when the stopper is to be replaced all that is required is to press same
on to the mouth, when the arms resume their original or normal
position.
The stopper is so constructed as to fit securely to the mouth of the
bottle or other article, and around the plug of the stopper I form a
groove into which fits a washer of suitable material in order to her-
metically close the bottle.
Another form of securing the stopper which is preferred for use for
non-effervescing liquids is mainly as follows:-The arms fitted to the clip
or strap round the neck of the bottle has the corresponding arm before
described secured thereto, but instead of these last named arms being
attached to a ring or clip round the stopper they are so formed as to
pass over the top of the stopper and they rest in a groove formed
therein. The action in this case is similar to the arrangements before
described. For more safely holding the stopper the arms on the clip
round the bottle may be united and rest against the neck of the bottle,
which if desired may be made to rest against a projection formed on the
bottle.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, 2
filed by the said Dan Rylands in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 27th April 1876.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, DAN
RYLANDS, of Ardesley, in the County of York, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her 8
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-seventh day of October, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in
the thirty-ninth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and
successors, give and grant unto me, the said Dan Rylands, Her special

page_text: licence that I, the said Dan Rylands, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said Dan Rylands, my executors, ad-
ministrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others,
from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein
expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend,
within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVED ARRANGEMENTS
APPLICABLE TO STOPPERS OR COVERS FOR BOTTLES AND JARS, AND TO OTHER HOLLOW
ARTICLES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Dan
Rylands, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing
under my, or their, or one of their hands and scals, should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be
filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next
5 and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Dan Rylands, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
The object of my Invention is to provide improved stoppers or covers
for bottles, jars, and other hollow articles, same having mechanical
actions easily operated upon for stoppering or unstoppering, and so as to
be constructed and applied without any considerable expense.
The nature of my said Invention and the manner in which the same
5 can be performed or carried out in practice will be best understood by
describing the same with reference to the Drawings accompanying these
Presents, which I therefore now proceed to describe.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figs. 1 and 2 shew one form of my improved stopper, Fig. 1 being
side and Fig. 2 front elevation. In these Figures a represents clip,
strap, band, or wire fastened round neck of bottle 6 by rivet or suitable
fastening; c, c, represent two arms secured to clip a; d is a clip, strap,
band, or wire which is passed round the stopper or cover e in groove e³,
and to which clip, strap, or band (d) two arms f',ƒ³, are connected by
5 cranks g¹, g, said cranks being rivetted to clip d at one end and
rivetted to the arms f¹, f', affixed to the under clip a by arms c. To

page_text: facilitate the working of the stopper I attach to one of the cranks (for
instance g*) which passes through armf a square head or button k, said
head being hollowed or recessed so that the edges thereof overlap arm ƒ'
when pressure has brought said arm into position, pressing the stopper
to top of bottle. The square head or button k by thus overlapping arm ƒ
when stopper is tight to neck of bottle helps to keep same in proper
position. By pressing or turning said button the stopper or cover is
released and lifted by means of the cranks clear of the bottle neck.
The arms f,, working loose on arms c, c, facilitate this operation,
and pressure in the opposite direction replaces the stopper in its original
or normal position.
ment.
Figure 3 represents a form of stopper most suitable for this arrange-
7 represents a washer of india-rubber or other suitable material
which passes into groove » of round plug m of stopper and fit into and
against under side of stopper e.
Figures 4 and 5 represent another form of securing the stopper which
may be preferred for non-effervescing fluids, Fig. 4 being an elevation,
and Figure 5 a plan. The clip or strap a is fastened round neck of bottle
in manner before described, and to said strap the arms o, o, are fitted,
and to these arms the arms f', f*, are secured; but instead of arms f¹ƒ³,
being secured to a ring round the stopper, as in Figs. 1 and 2, they pass
into grooves on top of stopper, such grooves being of the shape shewn
in Figures 5 and 7. When securing stopper in bottle the parts of
grooves marked p, p, are brought opposite parts of arms marked ƒ³, ƒ',
which are pressed into groove p, p, until they clear corner q, q, when
a twist of the stopper brings them into that part of the groove marked
r, r, thus securing them, and at same time owing to the grooves rising
towards point pressure is brought to bear at points of arms ƒ³,ƒ³, by
which an air-tight joint is obtained. To release the stopper it is turned
in the reverse direction, when arms f³, f*, will be passed clear of stopper
through the parts of grooves marked p, p.
Fig. 6 represents in elevation the stopper most suitable for the above
arrangement. The ring or washer of suitable material is attached to the
under part of stopper, as shewn. A rectangular projection 8 is formed
at the top of the stopper to facilitate the working of the same, although
this may be dispensed with by adopting the form of stopper shewn in
Fig. 7, where a portion on each side of the stopper is flattened, as
shewn, thereby rendering the same capable of being easily gripped.

page_text: Figures 8 and 9 represent in elevation a modification of Fig. 1,
wherein the crank passes through a hole formed through the stopper and
is worked as before described. By this arrangement the clip or band d,
Fig. 1, is dispensed with.
Figure 10 represents a plan of large stopper constructed on my
principle, as shown in Figs. 5, 6, and 7, and this is suitable for use in
wide mouth jars and similar articles. In this case, as will be seen,
three grooves are shewn, and corresponding arms are secured to the jar
in manner before described. However I may observe that it is evident
three or even more grooves may be used if necessary.
Fig. 11 is a view of a stopper with a groove for the packing cut on
the under side instead of being cut round the plug which enters the
mouth of the bottle.
Figs. 12 and 13 represent the ring a which encircles the neck of
bottle in two parts. The lower parts of arms f', f*, forming rivets for
securing the said two parts of clip together and by passing through
suitable holes in arms, I thus dispense with any further fastening.
Fig. 14 represents another arrangement for fastening clip a to the
neck of bottle, which in this case is effected by passing one end of the
clip through a kind of buckle formed in the other end, so that by
pressing back the part so introduced the clip is firmly bound and held
in position.
Fig. 15 shews a modification applicable to arms f', fs, as shewn at
Figs. 4 and 5; in this the springs t, t, secured to arms f', f, serve to
force the arms clear of the portion of grooves p, p, when stopper has
been twisted, to bring said groves into proper position for this purpose.
Between the clips and the neck of the bottle I introduce a ring of india-
rubber or other suitable material, which when the clip is bound upon it,
as herein-before stated, the clip is kept firmly in position.
It is evident that my improved arrangements can be applied to
various shapes of necks of bottles, and I would here remark that I
prefer to make all my stoppers of glass.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature and
object of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed or carried out in practice, I hereby declare that I claim the
Invention of "Improved Arrangements Applicable to Stoppers or Covers

page_text: for Bottles and Jars, and other Hollow Articles," substantially as the
same is herein-before set forth and described; and particularly the use
of the arms attached to and operating upon the stopper by crank action,
substantially as herein-before set forth and described, also the rising
grooves for the arms or fasteners to work in, substantially as same are
herein-before set forth and described, it being understood that except as
regards anything herein-before stated I do not claim nor do I limit
myself to the use of the exact details of all the arrangements described,
but claim my said Invention substantially as set forth and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Dan Rylands, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-second day of April, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
six.
Witness,
JOHN MCLINTOCK,
Sackville Street,
Barnsley.
DAN RYLANDS. (L.s.)