Improvements in Stoppering Bottles or other Vessels.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date or Application, 1st Aug., 1899
Complete Specification Loft 30th
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Stoppering Bottles or other Vessels.
EDWARD ALEXANDER MATTHIAS, 15, Stanley Street, Liverpool, WILLIAM HENRY
HARRISON, Mayfield Villas, Aughton, Nr. Liverpool, both Commercial Travellers,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The invention consists in securing a stopper on to or into a bottle or other
vessel provided with suitable screw threads on neck of vessel by means of a
strip of metal shaped to hold on to stopper and be free to turn as required to
engage or disengage screw threads.
The stopper is made of glass or other suitable material with slight indent in
centre of top surface and shaped to fit comfortably into mouth of vessel-and
with rim to project slightly over neck of vessel-ring of rubber or other suitable
material to be used to form airtight connection.
The neck of vessel to be provided with two screw threads starting on opposite
sides.
The metal piece is either a length of flat or round wire bent to come down
into recess or indent on top surface of stopper and turned so as to come slightly
under rim of stopper on both sides and turned again so that extremities will
come under screw threads-metal piece could be stamped required shape out of
a sheet of metal.
By means of this arrangement the metal is a fixture to stopper and will allow
of metal being turned in either direction and so may be made to engage or dis-
engage screw threads as required whereby stopper can be fixed or removed.
In practice--the metal piece is sprung on the stopper when it remains a fixture
but is free to turn round stopper and engage screws on bottle by which means
rubber ring is compressed.
20th T 1900
EDWARD ALEXANDER MATTHIAS.
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON.
Improvements in Stoppering Bottles or other Vessels.
EDWARD ALEXANDER MATTHIAS, 15, Stanley Street, Liverpool, Lancashire,
Commission Agent, WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, Mayfield Villas, Aughton, near
Ormskirk, Lancashire, Commercial Traveller, 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 invention consists in securing a stopper on to or in to a bottle or other
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page_text: vessel provided with suitable screw threads on neck of bottle by means of a
strip of metal shaped to hold on to stopper and be free to turn as required.
The stopper to be made of glass or other suitable material, with slight indent
in the centre of top surface and shaped to fit comfortably into mouth of vessel,
and with rim to project slightly over neck of vessel-ring of rubber-or other
suitable material--to be used to form air tight connection.
The bottle neck-is provided with two screw threads on either side in exactly
corresponding positions-outside neck of bottle-which are a little less in length
than half circumference of bottle neck-see Figure VI.
The metal piece is either a length of flat or round wire-bent to come down into
recess or indent on top surface of stopper, and turned so as to come slightly
under and engage rim of stopper on both sides-and turned again--so that-
extremities will come under screw threads see Figure IV.
By this arrangement, the metal piece is a fixture to stopper, and will allow
metal piece to be turned in either direction, without moving stopper and so
may be made to engage or disengage screw threads as required, whereby stopper
can be fixed or removed from vessel.
In practice, metal piece is sprung on to stopper by being, pushed on sideways
when it remains a fixture to stopper, but is free to turn round stopper and engage
screw threads on bottle, by which stopper is secured and may be released by
turning metal piece the reverse way. The spaces between ends of screw threads
allow for ends of metal piece being passed under them. See Figure VI.
In the annexed drawing
Figure 1. Shows metal piece.
Figure 2. Is a cross section of stopper.
Figure 3. Is a cross section of bottle neck.
Figure 4. Is a cross section of stopper secured into bottle neck
Figure 5. Is a plan of stopper and metal piece.
now
Figure 6. Is a side elevation of bottle-stopper-and metal piece coníplete.
Having
described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that
what we claim is:-
:-
To shape a stopper and bend a metal piece as herein described so that metal
piece will turn on top surface of stopper and at same time remain attached to
stopper.
Dated this 27th day of April 1900.
EDWARD ALEXANDER MATTHIAS.
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON.