Bottle Stoppers.
Year: 1894

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by THE UNIVERSAL LOCK AND STOPPER COMPANY,
of 919, Lynch Street, St. Louis, in the United States of America.]
Bottle Stoppers.
I, JOHN LIDDLE, of 154 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, North Britain, Patent
Agent, 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 :-
The invention relates to a stopper, intended more particularly for use on weiss-
beer bottles, but which may be used on other bottles; the object being to form a
stopper which can be conveniently and quickly applied and made perfectly tight
and secure.
The invention consists in features of novelty hereinafter fully described and
pointed out in the claims.
Figure 1 is a side elevation illustrative of the invention.
Figure 2 is in part a side view and in part a vertical section.
Figure 3 is a view of the nut in which the tightening screw works.
Figure 4 is a top view with the bail removed.
Figure 5 is a vertical section of the cork with the nut and screw removed.
Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the neck of a bottle; 2 a rotatable band
fitting the neck of the bottle, beneath the head; 3 a bail having inturned lower
ends 4, fitting in the eyes 5 of arms 7 on the band 2, said bail terminating in a
lever 6.
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8 represents the cork, which is preferably made of porcelain, with a head or
shoulder 9, beneath which is an aunular groove 10 to receive a washer or gasket 11,
that forms a tight joint between the cork and bottle. By providing the groove
the gasket is held to the cork so as not to be lost during the handling of the bottle,
when open, which is particularly intended for weiss-beer.
The cork has a socket 12, with an enlarged upper end 13, within which fits a
mut 14 that rests on the bottom of the enlargement, as shown at 15, Figure 2.
Within the nut is a screw 16, the lower end of which enters the socket 12, and the
upper end of which is perforated to receive the bail 3.
The nut 14 is firmly and securely held in the enlargement of the socket by means
of babbitt-metal, or other filler, poured in, after the nut is in place, through a
groove 17, see Figures 4 and 5. The lower part of the enlargement has recesses 18,
which receive the filler, and the nut has a groove 19 which receives the filler, so
that a very strong union is made between the cork and nut, and the latter is held
from moving relatively to the cork.
The operation is, as follows:-
The bottle being filled, the cork is put in position, and the lever 6 is forced
downwardly, drawing the cork into the mouth of the bottle in the usual manner, the
operation of the bail and lever being old and well understood, as it is a very
common form of device; but it has been found that such a device does not form a
sufficiently tight seal for weiss-beer, which is of a very gaseous nature, and hence
our provision of the screw 16 by which the cork is made perfectly tight by turning
the screw for increasing the distance between the cork and the top of the bail after
the lever and bail have been adjusted with the cork in place, the turning of the lever
and bail being permitted by the band 2 slipping around on the neck of the bottle.
By connecting the screw to the bail, as explained, a very convenient means of
turning the screw is afforded, which is by simply taking hold of the bail and turning
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page_text: it around in the right direction, the ring 2 slipping around as stated, on the neck of
the bottle. In this way the cork can be made perfectly tight in an instant's time,
and when it is desired to remove the cork the bail is turned in the reverse direction
a time or two, which lessens the distance between the top of the bail and the cork,
and then the lever 6 is thrown up in the usual manner, when the cork can be turned
from over the mouth of the bottle.
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 :-
1. In a bottle stopper, in combination with the bail, lever and band, a cork
having a screw connected to the bail, and having a groove 10 to receive a gasket,
substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
2. In a bottle stopper, in combination with the bail, lever and band, a cork
having a socket with an enlarged upper end, a nut fitting in the enlargement of the
socket, a filler surrounding the nut, and a screw fitting in the nut and connected
with said bail, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
3. In a bottle stopper, in combination with the bail, lever and band, a cork.
having a socket with an enlarged upper end with recesses 18, a grooved nut fitting
in the enlargement of the socket, a filler surrounding the nut and occupying said
recesses and said groove, and a screw fitting in said nut and connected to said bail,
substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
4. In a bottle stopper, in combination with the bail lever and band, a cork
having a groove 10 to receive a gasket 11 and having a socket with an enlarged
upper end having a groove 17 and recesses 18, a nut fitting in t..e enlargement of
the socket and having a groove 19, a filler 19, and a screw 16 fitting in said nut
and connected to said bail, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
5. The combination of a band adapted to encircle a bottle, a bail, a lever
constructed of wire and fulcrumed on the band and having the ends of the bail
pivotally connected to it, a porcelain stopper having a threaded opening, and a
threaded stem adjustable in the threaded opening of the stopper and provided with
a transverse opening receiving the bail, whereby the stopper is hinged to the bail
substantially as described.
Dated this 26th day of February 1894.
BOTTOMLEY & LIDDLE,
154, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Agents.