IMPROVEMENTS IN BOTTLE STOPPERS
Year: 1884

page_text: I EMIL CAPITAINE of 89 Chancery Lane in the County of Middlesex, civil
engineer of the firm Capitaine & von Hertling do hereby declare the nature of the
said invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN BOTTLE STOPPERS to be as follows:
For the manufacture of Bottle Stoppers in accordance with this invention a
combination of glass and metal is employed.
Referring to the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawing:
Fig. 1 is a vertical section of my improved bottle stopper the body of which is
glass with a metallic core. An india rubber ring is fitted on the circumference of
the stopper. With the stopper is combined a wire or sheet metal clasp acting as a
spring. The ends of the clasp are pressed against oblique surfaces upon which a
downward pressure is exerted on the body of the stopper. Fig 2, 3, 4 and 5 show
the action clearly. a is the elastic clasp and b are the oblique surfaces on which
the ends of the same are slid for the purpose of causing a downward movement of
the stopper.
Fig. 3 is a modification of the arrangement shewn in Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is an arrangement in which the clasp acts in a contrary direction, the
oblique surfaces being formed within the bottle neck.
Fig. 5 is an arrangement in which the clasp bears against fixed points b..
Figs 2, 4 and 5 show different arrangements of clasps and in which the
stopper is provided with an india rubber ring.
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Figs 6 and 7 show an arrangement whereby it is not necessary to remove the
clasp when the bottle is to be unstoppered. In this case a ring of india rubber is
fixed to the curved rim of the stopper. The bottle is opened by first moving the
top of the clasp in the direction of the arrow Z. By adapting a link n to the body
of the stopper the three different parts, stopper, clasp and bottle are united.
Fig 8 shows an arrangement in which one end of the clasp is fixed in a groove
formed on the bottle neck.
Fig. 9 shows an arrangement in which the body of the stopper is formed withi
tongues or lugs which act as a clasp, the stopper body and clasp being in one
piece.

page_text: I, EMIL CAPITAINE of 89 Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Civil
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN BOTTLE STOPPERS,” a communication to me from abroad by Hermann Grauel,
of Berlin, Germany, Engineer, and in what manner the same is to be performed
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
These improvements relate to the construction of bottle stopping devices
consisting of a stopper body, an elastic sealing ring, a spring clasp and a suitable
form of bottle neck.
Referring to the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings in all the figures
of which similar letters of reference indicate like parts, v being the stopper body,
g the elastic sealing ring, f the spring clasp and 8 the bottle neck, which is clipped
by the clasp in the direction shewn by the arrows.
Fig 1 shews an arrangement in which the bent free ends of the spring clasp f
engage on the oblique surface 81 formed outside the bottle neck the action being
such as to press the stopper body the tighter, the more the ends of the clasp tend
to slide off the oblique surface.
Fig 2 shews an arrangement in which the stopper body v is pressed on its outer
edge by the clasp f, the bent ends of which latter engage on an oblique surface as
in Fig 1.
Fig 3 shews an arrangement in which the clasp bears upon the raised central
part of the stopper body, one end of the clasp taking into a recess in the bottle
neck and the other end on to an oblique surface on the same.
Fig 4 shews the stopper body and the spring clasp combined in one piece.
Fig. 5. shews the top of the stopper body of a curved or rounded off shape. In
this case the spring clasp is formed so as in a general way only to bear upon the
middle part of the stopper body but when the pressure inside the bottle is abnormal
the clasp comes to bear upon a larger surface of the stopper body and thus is more'
rigid and has a greater closing effect.
Figs 6 and 7 shew an arrangement somewhat similar to that represented in
Fig 5, the difference being that the free ends of the spring clasp engage in oblique
recesses formed in the bottle neck in such manner that the clasp may be turned
over the stopper body in the direction of the arrow q.
Fig 8 shews an arrangement in which the free ends of the spring clasp engage
in two narrow oblique grooves formed on the bottle neck. In this case also the
spring clasp may be turned over the stopper body.
Figs 9 and 10 shew other forms of clasp, Fig 10-giving the sliding off position.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
1. A bottle stopping device consisting of the spring clasp f the free ends of which
engage on an oblique surface or on oblique surfaces formed on the neck of the
bottle in such manner that the spring power or pressure of the spring clasp is
caused to be given out by the sliding of the said clasp on the oblique surface or
surfaces substantially as hereinabove described with reference to Figs 1, 2, and 9
of the drawing.
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page_text: 2. A bottle stopping device consisting of a combined stopper body and spring
clasp the free ends of which engage on an oblique surface or on oblique surfaces
formed on the neck of the bottle (the action being similar to that mentioned in
claim 1) substantially as hereinabove described with reference to Fig 4 of the
drawing.
3. A bottle stopping device consisting of a stopper body and of a spring clasp
which engages on the neck of the bottle substan tially as hereinabove described
with reference to Fig. 3 of the drawing.
4. A bottle stopping device consisting of a stopper body and radial spring clasp
which engages on the neck of the bottle substantially as hereinabove. described
with reference to Figs 5, 6, 7 and 8 of the drawing.
EMIL CAPITAINE.