IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATHIS FOR STOPPING PATTING
Year: 1862

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Nathan Thompson, of 55, St. Paul's Road, Camden
Town, in the County of Middlesex, for the Invention of " IMPROVEMENTS
IN APPARATHIS FOR STOPPING PATTING"
Sealed the 4th April 1862, and dated the 17th January 1862.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Nathan Thompson at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 17th
January 1862.
I, NATHAN THOMPSON, of 55, St. Paul's Road, Camden Town, in the
County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR STOPPING BOTTLES," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in apparatus for stopping
bottles. For these purposes the necks of bottles are each formed with an
external groove near their upper part, and also with a projection on each side.
The cork or stopper is made to fit into the mouth of the bottle tightly, and it
is preferred that the cork or stopper should be fixed in the capsule, which is
placed over the top of the neck of the bottle. The capsule is by preference of
metal, and is made to fit over the upper part of the neck of the bottle, and it
has two recesses formed on its inside to pass on to the projections above

page_text: mentioned on either side of the neck of the bottle, and the capsule is thereby
prevented turning on the neck. On the exterior and at the sides of the
capsule there are two projecting inclines, and on the upper surface of the
capsule there is a transverse raised stop or projection and also an inclined
projection at right angles thereto. The capsule is fastened on to the neck of a
bottle by means of a strong wire passing over the top of the capsule; the wire
is formed with two limbs, which descend on each side of the capsule to its
lower end; the limbs are then turned inwards, and their ends pass through
holes in the sides of the capsule and into the groove formed around the neck
of the bottle; so long as the limbs of the bent wire are in an upright position
the capsule and stopper will be retained tightly on to the neck of the bottle,
the ends of the limbs of the wire then projecting into the groove in the neck
of the bottle, but when the wire is pushed away from the transverse stop at
the top of the capsule up the incline, which is at right angles thereto, the
limbs of the wire will be moved along the inclines at the side of the capsule,
by which the lower ends of the limbs of the wire will be moved outwards in
such manner as to draw the bent ends out of the groove around the neck of
the bottle, and thus release the capsule and stopper or cork.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Nathan Thompson in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
17th July 1862.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, NATHAN
THOMPSON, of 55, St. Paul's Road, Camden Town, in the County of Middlesex,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Seventeenth day of January, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, in the twenty-fifth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Nathan Thompson, Her special licence that I, the said Nathan
Thompson, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said Nathan Thompson, my executors, administrators, 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 " IM-
PROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR STOPPING BOTTLES," upon the condition (amongst

page_text: others) that I, the said Nathan Thompson, my executors or administrators,
by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and
seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Inven-
tion, 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 and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent:
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Nathan Thompson, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement
thereof, that is to say:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in apparatus for stopping.
bottles. For these purposes the necks of bottles are each formed with an
external groove near their upper part, and also with a projection on each side.
The cork or stopper is made to fit into the mouth of the bottle tightly, and it
is preferred that, the cork or stopper should be fixed in the capsule, which is
placed over the top of the neck of the bottle. The capsule is by preference of
metal, and is made to fit over the upper part of the neck of the bottle, and it
has two recesses formed on its under side to pass on to the projections above
mentioned on either side of the neck of the bottle, and the capsule is thereby
prevented turning on the neck. On the exterior and at the sides of the
capsule there are two projecting inclines, and on the upper surface of the
capsule there is a transverse raised stop or projection, and also an inclined
projection at right angles thereto. The capsule is fastened on to the neck of
a bottle by means of a strong wire passing over the top of the capsule; the
wire is formed with two limbs, which descend on each side of the capsule to'
its lower end; the limbs are then turned inwards, and their ends passed
through holes in the sides of the capsule and into the groove formed around
the neck of the bottle. So long as the limbs of the bent wire are in an
upright position the capsule and stopper will be retained tightly on to the
neck of the bottle, the ends of the limbs of the wire then projecting into the
groove in the neck of the bottle, but when the wire is pushed away from the
transverse stop at the top of the capsule up the incline, which is at right
angles thereto, the limbs of the wire will be moved along the inclines at the
side of the capsule, by which the lower ends of the limbs of the wire will be
moved outwards in such manner as to draw the bent ends out of the groove
around the neck of the bottle, and thus release the capsule and stopper or cork.
And in order that my said Invention may be most fully understood and
readily carried into effect, I will proceed to describe the Drawings hereunto
annexed.

page_text: DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figures 1 and 2 are vertical sections of a portion of a bottle, and also of an
apparatus for stopping bottles, constructed according to my Invention;
Figure 3 is a plan of the same.
a is the neck of a bottle, and a is a groove formed thereon; a², a², are
projections; 6 is the cork or stopper; it is fixed by a rivet b' to the capsule c;
this capsule has recesses c on its under side, which pass over the projections
a, a, on the neck of the bottle; d,.d, are inclines formed on the sides of the
capsule; and e is a transverse raised stop or projection on the top or upper
surface thereof; f is an inclined projection at right angles to the stop e; g is
the retaining, wire; its ends are turned, inwards, pass through holes in the
sides of the capsule; and enter the groove a' in the neck of the bottle,-and-so
secure the capsule.
When it is desired to remove the capsule from the bottle the wire is pushed
into the position shewn in Figures 4; 5, and 6, which in other respects corre-
spond to the. Figures 1, 2, and 3; the inclines then force the ends of'
the wire foutwards so as to be clear of the groove a in the neck of the
bottle.:
In awitness whereof; I, the said Nathan Thompson, have hereunto set
my hand. and seal, this Fourteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.
NATHAN THOMPSON. (L.s.)