Improvements in Stoppers or Closing Devices for Bottles, Jars, and the like.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Sept., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 25th July, 1898- Accepted, 27th Aug., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Stoppers or Closing Devices for Bottles, Jars,
and the like.
I, HENRY EDMUNDS, of 39, Victoria Street, in the City of Westminster, Elec-
trical Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (which has been.
comunicated to me from abroad by C. Kopp, of Lucerne, Switzerland) to be as
follows:
This invention relates to stoppers, or closing devices, for bottles, jars, and the.
like; and has for its object to provide means whereby bottles, jars, and the like
can be hermetically closed with facility, and be as readily opened, and after
removal of part of the contents, be replaced to preserve the remainder of the con-
tents of the bottle, jar, or the like.
The device, according to this invention, is made of a flexible material and con-
sists of a part which can be inserted in the neck, or mouth, of the bottle, jar, or
the like, and of a turned-up sleeve, or tubular part, formed therewith, or securely
attached thereto, and of such a character that, when the first named part is placed
in the neck, or mouth, of the bottle, jar, or the like, the second named part can be
reversed, or turned down, over the outside of the neck, or mouth, when, by reason
of the elastic character of the said second named part it tightly embraces the out-
side of the neck, or mouth, and hermetically closes the outlet from the bottle, jar,
or the like. To remove the stopper, or closure, and open the bottle, jar, or the like,
the second named part is turned up and then the stopper, or closure, can be readily
removed. The part which enters the neck, or mouth, of the bottle, jar, or the
like, may be of any suitable length, for instance, about that of an ordinary cork,
or it can be simply a disc-like piece sufficient only to enter the upper part of the
neck, or mouth. In order to facilitate the placing of the first named part in posi-
tion in the neck, or mouth, it can be made hollow either throughout, or be closed
at top, or bottom, or both,-
-or the hollow part may extend only partly through the
length of the said part, either from the top or from the bottom.
Dated this 23rd day of Santambor 1807
Improvements in Stoppers or Closing Devices for Bottles, Jars,
and the like.
1, HENRY EDMUNDS, of 39, Victoria Street, in the City of Westminster, Elec-
rical Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (which has been
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page_text: communicated to me from abroad by C. Kopp, of Lucerne, Switzerland) and in
what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:--
This invention relates to stoppers or closing devices, for bottles, jars and the
like, and has for its object to provide means whereby bottles, jars and the like
can be hermetically closed with facility, and be as readily opened, and after
removal of part of the contents, be replaced to preserve the remainder of the
contents of the bottle, jar, or the like.
A device according to this invention is illustrated in elevation in Figure 1 and
in vertical section in Figure 2 of the accompanying drawings. Figure 3 is a
section of the neck of a bottle with the stopper in place, and Figure 4 is au
elevation of the same. The device is made preferably in one piece of flexible
material and consists of a part a which can be inserted in the neck, or mouth,
of the bottle, jar, or the like, and of a turned-up sleeve, or tubular part b, formed
therewith, or securely attached thereto, and of such a character that, when the
part a is placed in the neck, or mouth, of the bottle, jar, or the like, the part 6 can
be reversed or turned down, over the outside of the neck, or mouth, as illustrated
in Figures 3 and 4, when, by reason of the elastic character of the part bit tightly
embraces the outside of the neck, or mouth, and hermetically closes the outlet from
the bottle, jar, or the like. To remove the stopper or closure and open the bottle,
jar or the like the part 6 is turned up and then the stopper or closure a can be
readily removed. The part a which enters the neck, or mouth, of the bottle, jar,
or the like, may be of any suitable length, for instance, about that of an ordinary
cork, or it can be simply a disc-like piece sufficient only to enter the upper part
of the neck or mouth. In order to facilitate the placing of the part a in position
in the neck, or mouth, it can be made hollow and closed at top, or bottom, or both,
or the hollow part may extend only partly through the length of the said part,
either from the top or from the bottom.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said in-
vention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
A stopper or closing device for bottles, jars, or the like, the said device con-
sisting of a part which can be inserted into the neck of the bottle, jar, or the like,
and a flexible sleeve or tubular part which can be reversed or turned over the out-
side of the neck or mouth of the bottle, jar, or the like, substantially as herein before
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated his 1st day of July 1000.
JOHNSONS & WILLCOX,
47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agents.