IMPROVEMENTS IN TOURISTS' BOTTLES, AND IN STOPPERS FOR THE SAME AND OTHER VESSELS, PART OF WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE APPLICABLE TO LOCKS OR FASTENINGS FOR BOXES AND TO OTHER LIKE PURPOSES
Year: 1868

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Cerf Mayer, of Paris, in the Empire of France,
now of Nos. 40 and 41, Fleet Street, in tlic City of London, for the
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN TOURISTS' BOTTLES, AND IN STOPPERS FOR
THE SAME AND OTHER VESSELS, PART OF WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE APPLICABLE
TO LOCKS OR FASTENINGS FOR BOXES AND TO OTHER LIKE PURPOSES."
Scaled the 13th April 1869, and dated the 17th October 1868.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Cerf Mayer at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
17th October 1868.
I, CERP MAYER, of Paris, in the Empire of France, now of Nos. 40
and 41, Fleet Street, in the City of London, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN TOURISTS' BOTTLES, AND
IN STOPPERS FOR THE SAME AND OTHER VESSELS, PART OF WHICH IMPROVEMENTS
ARE APPLICABLE TO LOCKS OR FASTENINGS POR BOXES AND TO OTHER LIKE POR-
POSES," to be as follows:-
My Invention relates partly to bottles or flasks to be carried about
the person either by means of a strap or otherwise; and also to a

page_text: metallic stopper of peculiar construction which may be applied to such
bottles or to other bottles or vessels employed for containing beverages,
ink, or other fluids, and which may be used as a fastening for boxes or
cases, and for other similar purposes. The said stopper is constructed in
two parts, one of which is firmly fixed in the bottle or other vessel and
forms the seat for a lid or cover which is hinged or jointed to the said
seat; the latter has a circular groove or channel in its face, and the
cover is formed with a circular projection or lip to fit the said rccess
which is provided with a ring of india-rubber or other suitably elastic
material whereon the projection of the cover is tightly bedded when
the stopper is closed. A ring or collar is fitted to turn freely upon the
outside of the scat of the stopper, which ring is formed with one, two, or
more wedge-shaped projections. The lid or cover is provided with a
corresponding number of hooked pieces, which when the cover is down
upon its scat lie just opposite the ends of the inclined projections on the
ring. Then by turning the said ring around upon the neck of the seat the
said projections are caused to enter the hooked picces, and their inclined
surfaces acting upon the part of the said picces below the surface of the
ring thereby force the lid or cover tightly down upon the scat, the
bottle or other vessel being then hermetically scaled or closed. The
ring may be provided with a small stud or projection to facilitate its
adjustment.
In applying my improved stopper to a tourist's or traveller's bottle,
or other vessel for containing wine, spirits, or other beverage I employ in
combination with the said stopper a tube or nipple, which may be
readily opened or closed by means of a plug or otherwise. I fill the
bottle through the stopper, and then close and secure the same in the
manner above described. The liquid may then be conveniently poured
or drank from the tube or nipple without opening the stopper.
For tourists or travellers, or for army purposes I prefer to provide
the bottle with a strap and case of leather or other suitable material, and
to make the bottle curved or concave on one side to render it more
convenient for general use.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Cerf Mayer in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 17th April 1869.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, CERF
MAYER, of Paris, in the Empire of France, now of Nos. 40 and 41, Flect
Street, in the City of London, send grecting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Seventeenth day of October, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, in the
thirty-second year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto me, the said Cerf Mayer, Her special
licence that I, the said Cerf Mayer, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said Cerf Mayer, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agrec with, and no
others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term
therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, usc, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
TOURISTS' BOTTLES, AND IN STOPPERS FOR THE SAME AND OTHER VESSELS, PART OF
WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE APPLICABLE TO LOCKS OR FASTENINGS FOR BOXES AND TO
OTHER LIKE PURPOSES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the
said Cerf Mayer, my executors or administrators, by an instrument
in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and scals, should:
particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention,
and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the
same to be filed in the Great Scal Patent Office within six calendar
months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.,
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Cerf Mayer, do hereby declare,
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be;
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, reference being had to the accompanying Drawing
forming a part of this Specification :-
My Invention relates partly to bottles or flasks to be carried about
the person, either by means of a strap or otherwise; and also to a
metallic stopper of peculiar construction which may be applied to such.
bottles or to other bottles or vessels employed for containing beverages,

page_text: ink, or other fluids, and which may be used as a fastening for boxes or
cases, and for other similar purposes. The said stopper is constructed in
two parts, one of which is firmly fixed in the bottle or other vessel, and
forms the seat for a lid or cover which is hinged or jointed to the said
seat; the latter has a circular recess or channel in its face, and the
cover is formed with a circular projection or lip to fit the said recess, which
is provided with a ring of india-rubber or other suitable elastic material
whereon the projection of the cover is tightly bedded when the stopper
is closed. A ring or collar is fitted to turn freely upon the outside of
the seat of the stopper, which ring is formed with one, two, or more
wedge-shaped projections. The lid or cover is provided with a cor-"
responding number of hooked pieces, which when the cover is down
upon its scat lic just opposite the ends of the inclined projections on the
ring. Then by turning the said ring around upon the neck of the scat
the said projections are caused to enter the hooked pieces, and their
inclined surfaces acting upon the part of the said pieces below the
surface of the ring thereby force the lid or cover tightly down upon the
seat, the bottle or other vessel being then hermetically scaled or closed.
The ring may be provided with a small stud or projection to facilitate
its adjustment.
In applying my improved stopper to a tourist's or traveller's bottle,
or other vessel for containing wine, spirits, or other beverage, I employ
in combination with the said stopper a tube or nipple, which may be
readily opened or closed by means of a plug or otherwise. I fill the
bottle through the stopper, and then close and secure the same in
the manner above described. The liquid may then be conveniently
poured or drank from the tube or nipple without opening the stopper.
For tourists or travellers, or for army purposes, I prefer to provide the
bottle with a strap and case of leather, or other suitable material, and to
make the bottle curved or concave on one side to render it morc
convenient for general use.
Figure
pro
tourists' bottles or flasks; Figure 2 is a top view of the same; Figures 3
and 4 are detached views of the stopper and tube; Figure 5 illustrates a
a modification in the form of my improved tourists' bottle, and in the
arrangement of the stopper and tube thereon; Figures 6 and 7 illustrate

page_text: a modification of my improved stopper more especially designed for
pickle and preserve bottles and similar purposes. Like letters indicate
the same parts throughout the Drawing.
The flask a when designed to contain wine or spirits is made of glass,
and is covered or partially covered with a leather casing or jacket b,
as shewn in Figure 2; the said flask is made concave on one side, so
that when suspended from the shoulders by means of the straps b' it will
lie comfortably and conveniently against the side of the wearer. The
part c of the stopper in the flask, shewn in Figure 1, is firmly attached
to the neck of the said flask, and this part c forms the seat for the lid
or cover d, which is connected to the part c by the hinge or joint e.
The seat has in its face a circular groove or channel, in which is fitted
the ring of india-rubber or other suitable substance, and when the.
cover is closed the annular projection thercon fits within the said.
recess and upon the ring f. The ring or collar h is fitted upon the
outside of the part c in such a manner as to turn freely thereon. The
inclined or wedge-shaped projections i are of such a length and
inclination that by turning the collar in the proper direction they will
freely enter or leave the hooks j, so that the locking or unlocking of
the cover is effected with very little exertion. The ring or collar h may
be provided with a stud or button f', as shewn in Figures 2, 3, 4, and 5,
or may be milled or roughened, as in Figure 6, or provided with other
means for facilitating its adjustment.
As herein-before stated I provide my improved tourists' bottle with a
tube or nipple, through which the liquid can be poured without opening
the stopper, and I prefer to combine the tube and stopper together as
shewn in Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4; the said tube is formed with a conical
part k, which is fitted within the socket d¹ formed on the under side of
the cover d, the said tube and socket being made perfectly air and liquid-
tight. The socket has a hole through one side to form a communi-
cation with the plug , and by turning the tube in the socket the same
is opened or closed as desired, and the contents of the bottle can be
poured through the tube without opening the stopper. Instead of
passing the tube or nipple through the lid of the stopper I may arrange
the said tube and stopper separately upon the bottle or flask, as shewn
in Figure 5; and I may also modify the form of the flask, as shown in
the same Figure, but this form of flask is not so convenient for ordinary
purposes.

page_text: In the stopper illustrated in Figures 6 and 7, and which is shewn
applied to a bottle for containing pickles or preserves, the india-rubber
ring is carried in a recess in the lid d, while the annular projection g
is formed on the part e fixed on the bottle. The form and arrangement
of the inclined or wedge-shaped projections and the hook picces j is also
modified as shown. This modification of the stopper may also be applied
to the flasks if desired.
Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of my
said Invention, I wish it understood that I claim,―
First. A stopper for bottles, flasks, and other vessels and articles
constructed and operating substantially as set forth.
Second. A tourists' bottle or flask provided with the said stopper, and
with the tube or nipple or other means whereby the bottle can be
emptied without opening the stopper.
Third. Forming the said tourists' bottle with one side hollow or
concave, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Cerf Mayer, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Fifteenth day of April, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.