IMPROVE- MENTS IN STOPPERS FOR BOTTLES AND SIMILAR ARTICLES, AND MEANS FOR PER- MANENTLY CONNECTING THEM TO THE SAME
Year: 1876

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Walter Peter Cherry and Charles Edwin Cherry, of
Porter Street, Hull, in the County of York, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN STOPPERS FOR BOTTLES AND SIMILAR ARTICLES, AND MEANS FOR PER-
MANENTLY CONNECTING THEM TO THE SAME."
Sealed the 16th June 1876, and dated the 11th January 1876.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Walter Peter Cherry and
Charles Edwin Cherry at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the
11th January 1876.
WALTER PETER CHERRY and CHARLES EDWIN CHERRY, of Porter Street, Hull, in
the County of York. "IMPROVEMENTS IN STOPPERS FOR BOTTLES AND SIMILAR
ARTICLES, AND MEANS FOR PERMANENTLY CONNECTING THEM TO THE SAME.'
"
This Invention consists of a plug of wood, india-rubber, cork, or any suitable
material, fixed to a strap of leather, canvas, or any suitable material. The strap
is connected to the bottle by means of a wire band adjusted beneath the rim.
The two ends of the wire band are brought together and twisted to secure the
stopper to the bottle.
The stopper when closing the bottle is pressed in the neck, and one end of the
strap is secured to the wire band by means of a projecting peice formed by the
wire.
When the bottle is opened the stopper turns over the mouth on a loop formed
by the wire band, and always remain with the bottle.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Walter Peter Cherry and Charles Edwin Cherry in the Great Scal
Patent Office on the 8th July 1876.
WALTER PETER CHERRY and CHARLES EDWIN CHERRY, of Porter Street, Hull,
in the County of York. "IMPROVEMENTS IN STOPPERS FOR BOTTLES AND SIMILAR
ARTICLES, AND MEANS FOR PERMANENTLY CONNECTING THEM TO THE SAME."
Our Invention consists of an arrangement by which means the stopper is per-
inanently connected to the bottle. To attain this object we employ a plug of
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page_text: india-rubber, cork, or any suitable material, fixed to a strap or straps of leather,
canvas, metal, or any suitable material. The strap is connected to the bottle by
means of a wire band adjusted beneath the rim. The two ends of the wire band
are brought together and twisted to secure the stopper to the bottle.
The stopper when closing the bottle is pressed in the neck, and one end of the
strap is secured to the wire band by means of a projecting piece formed by the
wire.
When the bottle is opened the stopper turns over the mouth on a loop formed
by the wire band or by the strap, and always remains with the bottle.
Preferably we make the stopper in the manner herein-after described and illus-
trated by Drawings full size, it being strong, durable, clean, and wholesome; and
the more pressure the bottle contains the tighter the stopper is.
The accompanying Drawings,
Fig. 1 represents the stopper with the wire complete.
Fig. 2 represents the stopper connected to the bottle.
Fig. 3 represents the bottle closed with the stopper therein.
Fig. 4 represents the stopper top.
Fig. 5 represents the india-rubber plug A.
Fig. 6 represents the metal strap D
Fig. 7 represents the metal strap F.
Figure 8 represents the metal cap C.
Fig. 9 represents the wire band E ready for connecting the stopper.
The same letters of reference are used to indicate similar parts.
A represents the plug of india-rubber, which is made hollow so as the pressure
expands it to the sides of the neck of the bottle; B is a pressed metal plug
flanged over with two holes cut through the flange for connecting straps thereto;
C is a pressed metal cap, which is fixed in the interior of the india-rubber plug A,
and flanged slightly to make the india-rubber plug A fast to the metal plug B;
D is a metal strap, which is connected to the metal plug B; E is the wire band,
which is slotted through a loop formed on the metal strap D, which connects the
stopper to the wire band E; F is a metal strap with a hole cut through, which
is connected to the metal plug B.
The wire band E is adjusted beneath the rim of the bottle, and the two ends are
brought together and twisted. The said twisted wires make the stopper fast to the
bottle, and forms a projecting piece for the metal strap F to slip on to secure the
stopper when the bottle is closed. When the bottle is opened the strap F is slipped
off the twisted wire projecting piece E, and then turns over the bottle mouth, and
the bottle is then opened and contents pour out.
Having thus described the nature and object of our said Invention, and the
manner in which the same is to be performed, we declare what we claim as our
Invention and desired to be secured to us in the herein-before in part recited
Letters Patent is, the use of a hollow plug of india-rubber, or cork, or other
clastic material, together with the twisted wire projecting piece formed by the wire
band adjusted beneath the rim of the bottle, which twist constitutes the permanent
connection of the stopper to the bottle, and likewise forms a catch to secure the
stopper when the bottle is closed, substantially as herein-before described and
illustrated on the Drawings, or any mere modification thereof, or of any parts
connected therewith.
In witness whereof, we, the said Walter Peter Cherry and Charles Edwin
Cherry, have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Seventh day of July, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-six.