A SYSTEM OF STOPPER- ING INSTANTANEOUSLY BOTTLES AND OTHER VESSELS USED FOR CONTAINING AERATED LIQUIDS
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles Claude Glover at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 26th November 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within
the time prescribed by the Act.)
D
I, CHARLES CLAUDE GLOVER, of Paris, in the Republic of France,
and of 16, Castle Street, Holborn (City), London, do hereby de-
clare the nature of the said Invention for "A SYSTEM OF STOPPER-
ING INSTANTANEOUSLY BOTTLES AND OTHER VESSELS USED FOR CONTAINING
AERATED LIQUIDS" to be as follows:-
The closing or corking of small vessels destined to contain
aerated waters of which it is desirable to use a portion, is sub-
ject to frequent breakage; thus the operation entails great. ex-
pense. To remedy this, I have invented a system of instantly
closing, applicable, without any expense, to ordinary bottles, vases;
flasks, &c. &c.
The Drawings show two applications of this Invention. Figures

page_text: 1, to 12, represent a closing apparatus mounted on a syphoned
The same letters represent the same parts in different
bottle.
views.
On the neck of the bottle is placed a cone b, (Fig. 3,) whose
lower part is connected with the tube d. The top of this cone b,
is surrounded by a socket e, of india rubber, closing the space
between the cone b, and the bottle. The part b, is covered by the
india rubber washer c, Figure 10; by another of metal n, Figure
12; then by another of india rubber o, Figure 11. The ring k, is
then put on; then the piece f, provided with a conduit f¹. The
part f, has at it's joint the lever g, whose lower part receives the
disc i, Fig. 6, fixed or set by the socket.h, Figure. 7, containing
a washer of india rubber, pressing on the extremity of the tube or
conduit f1, so as to close it. The capsule 1, Figure 9, is divided at
it's lower part to admit it's being opened to pass over the rim of the
neck. In closing the interior part of the capsule, it presses against
the said rim; and the ring screw k, being raised, fits on the end of
the capsule 1, and holds the latter firmly on the bottle.
Manner of using.-To fill or empty the bottle or vase provided
with this system. of closing or corking, it is sufficient to press
on the exterior part of the lever g.
The second apparatus (Figures 13, 14, &c.) is much like the
first. The top of the bottle is covered by a washer c, of india
rubber, Figure 10, pierc'd by an elongated opening for the passage
of the tube m', and the lever g, Figure 17, which is provided and
worked as before mentioned. The capsule 7, is divided, and is held
equally by a ring screw . Then the working is like the preceding,
except the tube d, the cone b, and the socket or ring e; but the
latter may be placed around the tube m, and the extremity of the
lever g, Figure 15, to assist in working the lever g. In this case,
to empty the bottle it must be turned upside down, whereas in
the first it was sufficient merely to press on the lever g.
This system can be applied to all kinds of vases of all forms,
dimensions, and materials. An instantaneous opening and closing

page_text: can be obtained easily, and the more exact in proportion to the
pressure.
These articles are usually made of pewter, but they can be made
of all kinds of metal not oxidable or covered with metal possessing
that quality.