Improvements in Bottle Stoppers and in Securing the same.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Dec., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 5th Oct., 1893-Accepted, 11th Nov., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bottle Stoppers and in Securing the same.
We, THOMAS HERBERT GASKIN, and WILLIAM PROCTER YOUNG, both of
Nos. 12 & 13 King Street, Poplar, London, Master Shipwrights, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to prevent the fraudulent refilling of bottles
marked with a name or trade mark.
For this purpose the stopper is so secured in the bottle that it cannot be removed
without breaking the latter and access to the contents can only be obtained by
breaking the stopper.
The stopper has a hollow stem and its top is surrounded by a groove extending
nearly to the hollow, the material being much thinner at the bottom of the groove
than in other places so that the top of the stopper can readily be broken off by a
sharp blow. The contents of the bottle can then be poured out through the hollow
stem. The lower portion of the stopper has upon it a screw thread engaging with
a screw thread on the inside or outside of the neck of the bottle. A washer or
washers is or are inserted between the stopper and neck to ensure a tight joint.
After the bottle has been filled and the stopper screwed home a peg preferably
of glass is passed through a hole in the neck into a corresponding hole in the
stopper and is fused to the bottle so that it cannot be removed without breaking
the neck.
Dated this 16th day of December 1802
T. H. GASKIN.
W. P. YOUNG.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bottle Stoppers and in Securing the same.
We, THOMAS HERBERT GASKIN, and WILLIAM PROCTER YOUNG, both of
Nos. 12 & 13 King Street, Poplar, Loudon, Master Shipwrights, 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 object of this invention is to prevent the fraudulent refilling of bottles
marked with a name or trade mark.
For this purpose the stopper is so secured in the bottle that it cannot be removed
without breaking the latter the two in effect becoming one piece and access to the
contents can only be obtained by breaking the bottle or stopper the bottle in either
case being thus rendered unfit for further use.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is an external view of the upper part of a bottle and a stopper made in
accordance with this invention.
Figures 2 are sections of the parts and
Figure 3 is an external view of the stopper.
The stopper a has a hollow stem a¹ and its top is surrounded by a groove b
extending nearly to the hollow, the material being much thinner at the bottom of
the groove than in other places so that the top of the stopper can readily be broken
off by a sharp blow. The coutents of the bottle c can then be poured out through
the hollow stem a¹. The lower portion of the stopper has upon it a screw thread

page_text: A washer d or washers is or are inserted between the stopper and neck to ensure
a tight joint. After the bottle has been filled and the stopper screwed home a
peg e preferably of glass is passed through a hole in the neck into a corresponding
hole in the stopper and is fused to the bottle so that it cannot be removed without
breaking the neck.
Figure 4 is a section and Figure 5 an external view of the stopper of a modified
arrangement. In this case the stopper is solid and the groove 6 is made in the
neck of the bottle.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is :-
1. The combination of a bottle, a stopper and means for permanently fixing the
two together so that the contents of the bottle cannot be withdrawn without
breakage, a groove being provided to determine the position of this breakage.
2. Securing the stopper to the bottle by means of a fusible pin.
3. Securing the stopper to the bottle by means of a screw thread and fusible
.pin.
4. The arrangement substantially as described and shown in the drawings.
Dated this 4th day of October 1893.
T. H. GASKIN.
W. P. YOUNG.