Improvements in or relating to Stoppers, Lids, or Caps for Bottles, Jars, Cans, or Boxes.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Nov., 1895:
Complete Specification Left, 18th Mar., 1896-Accepted, 2nd May, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION..
Improvements in or relating to Stoppers, Lids, or Caps for Bottles,
Jars, Cans, or Boxes.
I, CHARLES LEWIS BUSH 185 Brunswick Road Bromley-by-Bow Middlesex,
Mechanical Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to. be as
follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in or relating to stoppers, lids or caps
for bottles, jars, cans or boxes and the same is carried out as follows:
Upon the stopper, I provide two grooves, one near the head or top of the stopper
and the other at or near the end of the plug which enters the neck of the bottle
and in which a flexible band or indiarubber ring is placed. The neck of the bottle
has an internal groove at or near the top of same. When the stopper is inserted.
into the bottle the flexible band or rubber ring passes from the groove at the end
of the stopper and into the groove at or about the head of the stopper and also
enters the internal groove in the neck of the bottle. If desired I may form the two
grooves upon the outside of the neck of the bottle, jar or can and an internal
groove formed in the lid or cap; the flexible baud or rubber ring being placed in
the upper external groove on the neck of the bottle, jar or can or box, the:
operation being similar to that previously described.
Dated this 12th day of November 1895.
E. EATON,
Agent for Applicant.
Improvements in or relating to Stoppers, Lids, or Caps for Bottles,.
Jars, Cans, or Boxes.
I, CHARLES LEWIS BUSH 185 Brunswick Road, Bromley-by-Bow Middlesex,.
Mechanical Engineer, 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 improvements in or relating to stoppers, lids or caps for
bottles, jars, cans or boxes and the same is carried out as follows:-
Upon the stopper I provide two grooves one near the head or top of the stopper
and the other at or near the end of the plug which enters the neck of the bottle.
and in which a flexible band or indiarubber ring is placed. The neck of the bottle
has an internal groove at or near the top of same. When the stopper is inserted
into the bottle, the flexible band or rubber ring passes from the groove at the end
of the stopper, and into the groove at or about the head of the stopper, and also
enters the internal groove in the neck of the bottle. If desired
may form the
two grooves upon the outside of the neck of the bottle, jar or can and an internal
groove formed in the lid or cap, the flexible band or rubber ring being placed in.
the upper external groove on the neck of the bottle, jar, or can or box the
operation being similar to that previously described.

page_text: In order that my invention may be fully understood I will now refer to the
annexed drawings:
Figure 1. is a sectional side elevation of my invention showing the stopper ready
for insertion.
Figure 2. sectional side elevation of my invention with stopper insorted.
Figure 3, sectional side elevation of modified or alternate form of my invention
showing cap or stopper ready for adjustment.
Figure 4 seotional side elevation of saine when adjusted.
a is a stopper having the two external grooves b and c. d is a flexible band
placed into groove e; of the bottle, the ring d leaves the groove c in the stopper,
under the pressure, and enters the groove b also the groove in the neck e, as
shown in Figure 2, thus securing the stopper.
Referring to Figures 3 and 4 in this case the bottle neck e bas the external
grooves g & h, the groove / containing the rubber band d and the cap i has the
internal groovej and the conical part k so that when the cap i is forced upon the
bottle neck e the rubber ring d is forced out of the groove and adjusts itself in
the grooves g&j the latter being the internal groove of the capi as shown iu
Figure 4, thus securing the cap. When the stopper or cap is removed from the
bottle neck e, the ring d again enters & remains in the groove c; in the case of
Figure 1 and in the case of Figure 4 in the groove h.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
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1. In stoppers, lids or caps for bottles, jars, cans or boxes; an improved stopper
or cap having two annular external grooves in the caps or covers b₁& c, a flexible
or rubber band d engaging with same alternately also engaging with an internal
groove in the neck of the bottle or jar in combination substantially as described
and illustrated herein.
2. In stoppers, lids or caps for bottles, jare, cans or boxes, an improved cap or
stopper having an internal annular groovej and conical part k. Two anuular
external grooves g and formed upon the neck of the bottle; a flexible or rubber
ring engaging with same alternately and with internal groove of cap all in
combination substantially as described and illustrated heroin.
Dated this 17th day of March 1896.