IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF BOTTLES AND OTHER VESSELS AND IN APPARATUS
Year: 1867

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Nathan Thompson, of Abbey Gardens, St. John's
Wood, in the County of Middlesex, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF BOTTLES AND OTHER VESSELS AND IN APPARATUS FOR
Sealed the 24th September 1867, and dated the 28th March 1867.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Nathan Thompson at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
28th March 1867.
I, NATHAN THOMPSON, of Abbey Gardens, St. John's Wood, in the County
of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF BOTTLES AND OTHER VESSELS AND IN APPARATUS
FOR CLOSING THE SAME," to be as follows:-
This Invention. has for its object improvements in the construction of bottles
and other vessels and in apparatus for closing the same. I form on the sides
of the mouth of the bottle or other vessel two lugs projecting upwards and
opposite to each other; these lugs have mounted upon them on their inner
sides cam pieces, which are able to turn on suitable pins or studs carried by
the lugs. The cam pieces are connected together or made in one piece, the
connection between them being a strip of metal bent to a semicircular form..
A covering plate of metal or other material coated on its under side with cork
or other suitable soft substance is placed on the mouth of the bottle or vessel,
and by the cam pieces already described it is firmly pressed down. A marginal

page_text: rim passes half round the mouth of the bottle or vessel to act as a stop for the
covering plate, and to ensure its being correctly placed. The cam pieces are
turned to cause them to press upon the covering piece or to relieve the
pressure by the connecting strip between them, which serves as a handle. In.
place of forming the lugs on the bottle or vessel they may be formed on a cap
secured to the mouth of the bottle or vessel by cement or otherwise.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Nathan Thompson in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
28th September 1867.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, NATHAN
THOMPSON, of Abbey Gardens, St. John's Wood, in the County of Middlesex,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-eighth day of March, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, in the thirtieth 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, exer-
cise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF BOTTLES AND OTHER VESSELS AND IN APPARATUS FOR
CLOSING THE SAME," upon the condition (amongst 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 par-
ticularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, 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 the construction of bottles

page_text: and other vessels and in apparatus for closing the same. I form on the sides
of the mouth of the bottle or other vessel two lugs projecting upwards and
opposite to each other. These lugs have mounted upon them on their inner
sides cam pieces, which are able to turn on suitable pins or studs carried by
the lugs. The cam pieces are connected together or made in one piece, the
connection between them being a strip of metal bent to a semicircular form.
A covering plate of metal or other material coated on its under side with cork
or other suitable soft substance is placed on the mouth of the bottle or vessel,
and by the cam pieces already described it is firmly pressed down. A marginal
rim passes half round the mouth of the bottle or vessel to act as a stop for the
covering plate and to ensure its being correctly placed. The cam pieces are
turned to cause them to press upon the covering piece, or to relieve the
pressure by the connecting strip between them, which serves as a handle. In
place of forming the lugs on the bottle or vessel they may be formed on a cap
secured to the mouth of the bottle or vessel by cement or otherwise.
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
Figure 1 is a vertical section of the upper part of a bottle or vessel
constructed according to my Invention, together with the apparatus for closing
the same; Figure 2 is a plan of the same.
In the Drawing the bottle or vessel is represented as it is formed when
made of earthenware, but my Invention is also applicable to bottles and vessels
made of other materials. a, a, is the earthenware bottle or vessel, and a¹, a¹,
are two lugs opposite to each other and projecting upwards from the sides of
the mouth thereof; b, b, are cam pieces of metal capable of turning on the
pins or studs 6, &', fixed in the lugs; 6 is a semicircular strip of metal forming
a handle and connecting the two cams b, b; c is a covering plate fitting over
the mouth of the bottle; it is bere represented as of earthenware, but it may
be of other material. c is a ring of cork or other soft material cemented to
the covering plate c; a² is a marginal rim passing half round the mouth of the
bottle or vessel to act as a stop for the covering plate and to ensure its being
correctly placed. The covering plate c also I usually form with a marginal
rim & passing half around it, but this is not essential. It will be seen that by
raising the handle the pressure on the covering plate c is withdrawn, and
the covering plate is then readily removed.
Figure 3 is a vertical section of another arrangement in which the mouth

page_text: of the bottle or vessel is made plain, and afterwards has a metal ring cemented
In other
upon it carrying the lugs a', a', and forming the maginal rim a.
respects the arrangement is as before described, except that the covering
plate is represented as of metal, and it is made without any marginal
rim c².
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and the manner
of performing the same, I would have it understood that I do not confine
myself to the exact details described; but what I claim is, the constructing
bottles and other vessels and apparatus for closing the same substantially in
the manner herein-before set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Nathan Thompson, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-ninth day of August, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.
NATHAN THOMPSON. (L.s.)