IMPROVE- MENTS IN STOPPING BOTTLES to be as follows:-
Year: 1884

page_text: I HENRY BOTTEN of N° 113 Grove Road Victoria Park in the County of
Middlesex and N° 39 Lime Street in the City of London Manufacturer of
Signalling apparatus do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN STOPPING BOTTLES to be as follows:-
"
This Invention has for its object improvements in stopping bottles.
For this purpose I employ a cap made in earthenware or glass and adapted to fit
over the mouth of the bottle. This cap is provided on the inside with a disc of
cork or other yielding material to make an air tight joint against the end of
the neck.
The cap has two nibs projecting inwards from its sides and opposite the one to
the other.
The neck of the bottle immediately below the mouth has inclines upon its
exterior in such positions that the cap can be brought underneath the inclines on
the neck by turning the cap partly round after the same has been placed over the
mouth of the bottle.
The nibs passing down the incline bring the disc of cork or other material to
bear against the mouth of the bottle with sufficient pressure to close it air tight.
Dated this 2nd day of September 1884.
CARPMAEL & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION,
I HENRY BOTTEN of N° 113 Grove Road Victoria Park in the County of
Middlesex and N° 39 Lime Street in the City of London Manufacturer of
Signalling apparatus do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN STOPPING BOTTLES "and in what manner the same is to be performed
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This Invention which has for its object a better means for stopping bottles than
any at present in use is illustrated by the drawings annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figures 1 and 2 are side views of the neck or upper part of a bottle formed in
accordance with my invention Figure 3 is a vertical section of the same taken on
the line a a in Figure 1. Figure 4 is a vertical section taken on the line b b in
Figure 2 and Figure 5 is an end elevation of the neck or upper part of the bottle.
Figure 6 is a side elevation of the cap suitable for closing the bottle shown by
the preceding figures and Figure 7 is a vertical section of the same.
a is the mouth of the bottle b b are inclines upon the exterior of the neck of the
bottle below this mouth. The inclines b b are the upper boundaries or walls of two
grooves c c and each passes somewhat less than half around the neck. The neck in
this part marked d is (excepting the grooves) cylindrical and of a size corresponding
to the cap by which the bottle is to be closed. This cylindrical part of the neck is
received within a cylindrical part e of the cap. fis the closed end of the cap. g is
a disc of cork or other yielding material within the cap. h h are two nibs on
opposite sides of the cap and projecting inwards from its cylindrical sides.
When the cap is applied to the bottle with the cylinder e fitting around the
cylindrical part d of the neck the nibs h h enter into the grooves c c and beneath
the inclines bb; then on turning the cap partly round the nibs passing down the
inclines draw the cap on to the cylindrical part of the neck until the disc g bears
firmly against the mouth of the bottle and closes it securely.
This invention is applicable to closing bottle like vessels of all sorts and materials
and whether the mouth be narrow or wide.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
My improvements in stopping bottles consisting in forming the bottle with
parts a b c d and the cap for closing the same with parts ef and g substantially as
described.
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