IMPROVEMENTS IN BOTTLE STOPPER FASTENINGS
Year: 1886

page_text: I, LEWIS KALLING, Jr., of corner of South and Water Streets, Baltimore,
Maryland, United States of America, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the 'nature
of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BOTTLE STOPPER FASTENINGS," and `in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
In the description of the said invention which follows, reference is made to .the
accompanying drawing forming a part hereof, and in which,
Figure I. is an exterior side view of a bottle and stopper provided with my
invention, and showing the stopper fastened in place.
Figure II. is a similar view except that the bottle is seen from a different point,
and that the stopper is in place but not fastened.
Figure III. is a section taken on the dotted line x-x, Fig. I.
Figures IV. V. and VI. illustrate details of the invention as hereinafter
described.
Figure VII. illustrates a modification in the construction of the invention, as
hereinafter set forth.
Referring to Figs. I. to VI. inclusive, A. is the bottle and B. the stopper which
consists of a flange washer of India-rubber or some other flexible material, C. is a
semi-circular wire having trunnions, a, fastened around the neck of the bottle by
means of the tie b, as is common in bottle stopping devices, see Fig. VI., D. is a
circular cap having a boss, c, on its underside, provided with a stem, d, with a
head, c, by means of which it is connected to the stopper B. The stopper has
a hole slightly less in diameter than the stem d, and it is forced over the head, 6,
which insures a close connection. The cap D. has straps, ff, which extend from
its periphery, and at a right angle with reference to the face of the stopper, see
Fig. IV., in which two views of the cap and its attachment are shown. The ends
of the straps, ff, are slotted, the slots being denoted by g, and they are placed
over the trunnions, a, as shown particularly in Figs. I. and II. The slots admit of
the cap and its stopper being raised so as to bring the latter entirely out of the
bottle neck, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. II; and when the stopper is thus
raised, it can be thrown down to the position indicated by the broken lines, same
Figure.
.
E. is a clamp, see Fig. V., in which two views of it are shown, pivoted to the
trunnions a, and adapted to be forced over the cap D., to drive the stopper B.

page_text: tightly within the bottle neck, as shown in Figs. I. and III. The boss, e, being
smaller in diameter than the stopper D., it is forced into the latter in the closing
of the bottle, and the flange of the stopper turned up, see Fig. III.
By this construction of the cap, greater flexibility is given to the stopper than if
its entire surface was in contact with the cap, before compression; one side of the
strap, ff, is provided with stops, h, which come in contact with the clamp E., and
prevent the same from passing beyond a central position in closing the bottle.
The clamp E. has a thumb piece, i, to be used in moving the clamp to and from its
position over the cap.
In Fig. VII., I dispense with the semi-circular wire C. and its trunnions, and
instead of them, turn in the ends of the clamp E. which in this case is formed of
wire, and pass them through the slotted straps, ff, of the cap, and into eyes
formed in the tie wire b, which is twisted around the bottle neck.
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:
1. In combination with a bottle and its stopper, a cap attached to the said
stopper, slotted straps extending from the cap, trunnions which project from the
neck and through the slotted straps, and a clamp pivôted to the said trunnions
and adapted to be forced over the said cap, substantially as specified.
2. In combination with a bottle and its stopper, the cap D. having the slotted
straps, f, arranged diametrically opposite to each other and provided with stops, h,
the trunnions a, which project radially from the neck of the bottle and through
the slotted straps, and the swinging clamps E. pivoted to the said trunnions, and
arranged to be moved over the said cap, and in contact with the said stops,
substantially as specified.
3. In combination with a bottle and its stopper, a cap attached to the said
stopper, slotted straps extending from the cap, a wire fastened around the neck of
the bottle having eyes therein; and a clamp to hold down the cap having its
ends turned in so as to pass through the slotted straps and into the eyes in the
neck wire, substantially as specified.