Improvements in Stoppering or Closing Bottles.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Nov., 1899-Accepted, 13th Jan., 1900
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Stoppering or Closing Bottles.
I, FERDINAND LOUIS CARL WILHELM GOTTING, Prokurist, of Hildburghausen,
an der Werra, Sachsen-Meiningen, in the Empire of Germany, 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 for improvements in stoppening or closing bottles relates to
a stoppering device for bottles the construction of which ensures reliable and
uniform stoppering for all bottles. This is brought about by the peculiar forma-
tion of the tops of the bottles, on which lugs or nose-pieces are formed serving
for retaining the part which secures the stopper in position, a thing which 19
impossible with any bottles hitherto made, so that the nose-pieces mentioned
are always at an uniform distance from the mouth of the bottle and reliable
stoppering is ensured
In the accompanying drawing,
Fig. 118 a longitudinal section of a bottle top, furnished with a closing device
according to this invention
Fig 218 a plan of the same
Fig. 3 18 a similar view to Fig 1, showing the firmly closed position of the
stopper.
Fig 4 is a view showing the bottle un-stoppered, and the closing device thrown
entirely back
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The distinguishing feature of the invention is the arrangement of "holding"
nose-pieces n or of lugs o, as also of "locking" nose-pieces in the top of the
bottle, which are not put on separately, or subsequently but made simultaneously
with the bottle, in one piece therewith
Owing to the nose pieces, or lugs, being made in one piece with the bottle,
they are always at the same distance from the mouth thereof, and the stopper d
thus, at all times pressed with equal force against the mouth
Accordingly as the top of the bottle is furnished on the one side with a lug o
Figs 3 and 4, or a "holding" nose-piece n Fig 1, the link 7 which keeps the
cover against & can be connected to the bottle by means of a pin 2 passed
through the lug o, Figs 3 and 4, or by means of a bent piece b laid around the
top of the bottle, the pin in this case lying against the nose-piece n and
thus keeping the cover d at the night distance in relation to the mouth of the
bottle, Fig 1
The closing nose-pieces slving opposite to the "holding" nose-pieces, or to
the lugs, serve as a counter bearing for the short lever arm of the cam lever h
As will be seen fiom Fig 4 owing to the manner of connecting the cover d
to the neck of the bottle, it is possible to throw the stopper back completely,
so that it lies with the locking parts flush against the side of the bottle, the
mouth thus being quite free of any of the closing parts and the last named,
together with the cover, being easily grasped by the hand when the contents of
the bottle are poured out, whereby any contact of the contents with the closing
parts can be easily prevented.

page_text: 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
Stoppering device for bottles, the distinguishing feature of which is that, in
order to secure a certain and firm closing of the bottle, lugs o or nose pieces n
serving as supporting or fixing points for the connecting pin 2, as also nose
pieces s which form the counter-bearing for the locking lever have made in one
piece with the bottle, so that their distance from the mouth thereof is uniform in
all bottles, and, by the fixing of the cover with the aid of the movable links g,
the cover, together with the locking parts can be completely thrown back,
Dated this 3rd day of November 1899
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40, Chancery Lane, London, WC, Agents.