Improvements in or relating to Stoppers for Bottles and the like.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 16th May, 1890-Accepted, 5th July, 1890
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Stoppers for Bottles and the like.
I PAUL MENZ of 22 Thiergarten Strasse Breslau in the Empire of Germany
Manager of a Manufactory do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement:—
This invention relates to stoppers for bottles and the like and principally to that
form of stopper in which a cap is firmly held down upon the mouth of the bottle by
means of a connecting link or bar passing over the cap and a lever wire connected
thereto and fulcrumed at its ends in the sides of the neck of the bottle.
The invention consists in the construction of the cap, in the groove therein for
receiving the connecting bar and means for retaining the latter therein, and in the
means for holding the stopper closed against accidental or unauthorized opening.
Reference being made to the accompanying drawings
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section of a bottle neck with the new mechanical stopper
thereon.
Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof.
Fig. 3 is a plan view from below and
Fig. 4 a plan view from above of the cap a.
Fig. 5 shows a cross section through the bottle neck.
Fig. 6 represents the locking wire with a lead seal.
The new mechanical bottle stopper consists of a cap a having on its lower side a
central screw threaded stud or projection g and the flat ring 6 fastened thereto to
consist of any optional caulking material in connection with the known connecting
bar c and lever bar d by which the improved cap a with the caulking ring b is pressed
flat upon the upper edge i of the bottle and closes the bottle hermetically not by
wedging therein or thereover only as stoppers formerly in use but by pressing direct
upon the edge which being very narrow enters more or less into the ring b and forms
a tight joint. The head a is provided with the cross slot k which is widened below so
that it may hold a bent metal strip e slid laterally therein after the bar e has been
placed into the slot which strip, secures the bar within the slot.
In a likewise easy manner the metal strip facilitates removal of the bar
necessary.
C if
The bottle stopper may be taken to pieces easily and the caulking ring b may be
easily changed or renewed.
As this bow fastening is opened easily by a single push and as especially the
unauthorized opening of the same should be prevented I have made use of a vibrating
locking wire which may be locked with a lead seal.
This locking wire fis fastened by means of a loop therein into the opening 6 of the
lever wire d and on the other side of the bottle, pressed at behind the leg of the
connecting bar c whereby an opening by any kind of pushing is prevented. If
the opening of the stopper by unauthorized persons is to be prevented or rendered
perceivable the wire fis lengthened at the end and closed by bending back the end and
securing it to the body of the wire by means of a lead seal at h (Fig. 6).
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is.
In a stopper for bottles and the like.
1. The combination with the cap a having the central projecting stud 9 of the
coullini C
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page_text: 2. The combination of a cap a wire bow adapted to pass across said cap a slot k
across the upper surface of said cap adapted to receive said bow, said slot having under
cut or recessed walls, and a metal plate e adapted to bo slid into said slot for the
purpose set forth.
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3. The combination with a cap of a system, of a connecting bar c and a lever bar d
adapted to secure said cap upon the bottle mouth substantially as set forth of a locking
wire f hinged on one side to said system of connecting and lever bars and adapted to
be folded across the bottle neck and be secured at the other side of said system for the
purpose set forth.
1000
HERBERT & Co.,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London, W.C., Agents to Applicant.