Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Oct., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 13th Oct., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 7th Dec., 1888
1, RICHARD HENKMANN of 21 Petristrasse, Berlin, in the Kingdom of Prussia,
German Empire, Watchmaker do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in stoppers or closing devices for bottles
and according thereto an eccentrically pivotted disc is employed to cover and uncover
an opening through which fluid may be allowed to escape. The disc is formed with
a cam groove into which takes a pin carried by a lid that can be rotated for
operating the disc.
The annexed sheet of drawings illustrates a bottle stopper or closing device
constructed according to this invention.
Fig. 1 being a vertical section of the said device applied to the neck of a bottle and
shewn in its open position.
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Fig. 2 a plan or top view partly in section of the device in its open position.
Fig. 3 a similar view shewing the device in its closed position.
Fig. 4 is an underside view of the lid.
As will be seen from the drawings, the stopper or closing device comprises a li
(Fig. 4) provided with a pin i, sievelike openings m and flange h; and a plate a
provided with a flange b and a pin f and having in the centre an opening o.
To the plate a is fixed a pin fupon which is journalled a disc or plate a formed with
a curved slot e and an outlet opening n.
The arrangement is such that when the disc or plate d is moved into the position
shewn in Fig. 2 the opening n in the disc or plate d is in line with the sieve like
openings m in the lid g and with the opening o in the plate a.
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The inner side of the flange b is provided with a screw thread by which the plate a
can be screwed on to a ring c fixed to the bottle neck l.
The apparatus is used in the following manner. After screwing the flange b of
the plate a to the ring c, which has previously been fixed to the bottle neck 1,
the lid g with its flange h is placed like a capsule over the flange 6 of the plate a
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page_text: in such a manner that its pin i enters the slot e of the closing plate d and its
flange loosely fits the flange b so as to be capable of being rotated about the
said flange.
To prevent the lid g from falling off in case the bottle is upset or
from being unintentionally taken off, the flange h is provided with screws k arranged
to catch below the flange b without preventing rotation of the lid.
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In Fig. 1 the closing device is shown in its open position in which the openings o, n
and m lie one above the other and allow of liquid in the bottle being poured out.
In order to close the bottle, the lid g must be turned in the direction of the arrow B
(Fig. 2); the pin in the slot e thereby causes the plate d to rotate about the pin f
as a centre. The opening n in the plate d is thus moved into the position shewn in
Fig. 3 in which the plate d assisted by a spring not shewn, closely shuts the opening o
and hermetically closes the bottle.
By turning the lid g in the opposite direction or that shewn by the arrow a Fig. 3
the opening n may be again brought above the opening o (Figs. 1 and 2) and the
bottle opened.
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COL1000

page_text: Improvements in Stoppers or Closing Devices for Bottles.
1, RICHARD HENKMANN, of Berlin, in the Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire,
Watchmaker, 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 improvements in stoppers or closing devices for bottles
and according thereto an eccentrically pivotted disc is employed to cover and uncover
an opening through which fluid may be allowed to escape.
The disc is formed with a cam groove into which takes a pin carried by a lid that
can be rotated for operating the disc. The sheet of drawings filed with my Provisional
Specification illustrates a bottle stopper or closing device constructed according to this
invention.
Fig. 1 being a vertical section of the said device applied to the neck of a bottle and
shewn in its open position.
Fig. 2 a plan or top view partly in section of the device in its open position.
Fig. 3 a similar view.shewing the device in its closed position.
Fig. 4 is an underside view of the lid.
As will be seen from the drawings the stopper or closing device comprises a lid g
(fig. 4) provided with a pin i, sievelike openings m and flange h, and a plate a
provided with a flange 6 and a pin fand having in the centre an opening o. To the
plate a is fixed a pin f upon which is journalled a disc or plate d formed with a curved
slot e and an outlet opening n. The arrangement is such that when the disc or plate d
is moved into the position shewn in fig. 2 the opening n in the disc or plate d is in
line with the sievelike openings m in the lid g and with the opening o in the plate a.
The inner side of the flange b is provided with a screw thread by which the plate a
can be screwed on to a ring c fixed to the bottle neck 1. The apparatus is used in the
following manner. After screwing the flange 6 of the plate a to the ring c, which
has previously been fixed to the bottle neck 1, the lid g with its flange h is placed like
a capsule on the flange 6 of the plate a in such a manner that the pin i enters the
slote of the closing plate d and its flange h loosely fits the flange b so as to be
capable of being rotated about the said Hange. To prevent the lid g from falling
off in case the bottle is upset or from being unintentionally taken off, the flange h
is provided with screws arranged to catch below the flange b without preventing
rotation of the lid. In Fig. 1 the closing device is shewn in its open position in
which the openings o, n, and m are one above the other and allow of liquid in the
bottle being poured out. In order to close the bottle the lid g must be turned in the
direction of the arrow ẞ (fig. 2); the pin i in the slot e thereby causes the plate d to
rotate about the pin fas a centre. The opening n in the plate d is thus moved into
the position shewn in fig. 3 in which the plate d assisted if desired by a spring not
shewn, closely shuts the opening o and hermetically closes the bottle. By turning
the lid g in the opposite direction or that shewn by the arrow a fig. 3, the opening n
may be again brought above the opening ọ (figs. 1 and 2) and the bottle opened.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
My stopper or closing device for bottles consisting of an eccentrically pivotted disc
or plated turning on a plate a and operated to open and close the bottle by a
concentric movement of the lid g substantially as described.
1000
4534
W. LLOYD WISE,
. Per F. J. Brougham,
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.