IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS FOR STOPPING BOTTLES, JARS, AND OTHER HOLLOW ARTICLES, WHICH INVENTION IS APPLI- CABLE TO MEANS FOR CONNECTING TOGETHER TUBES AND OTHER ARTICLES
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Nathan Thompson, of the City of Brooklyn, and
State of New York, in the United States of America, but at present
of 23, Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, Marine
Engineer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS FOR STOPPING
BOTTLES, JARS, AND OTHER HOLLOW ARTICLES, WHICH INVENTION IS APPLI-
CABLE TO MEANS FOR CONNECTING TOGETHER TUBES AND OTHER ARTICLES."
Sealed the 9th April 1874, and dated the 14th February 1874.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Nathan Thompson at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 14th February 1874.
I, NATHAN THOMPSON, of the City of Brooklyn, and State of New
York, in the United States of America, but at present of 23, South-
ampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, Marine Engineer, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
MEANS FOR STOPPING BOTTLES, JARS, AND OTHER HOLLOW ARTICLES, WHICH IN-

page_text: VENTION IS APPLICABLE TO MEANS FOR CONNECTING TOGETHER TUBES AND OTHER
ARTICLES," to be as follows:-
The Invention has for its object improvements in means for stopping
bottles, jars, and other hollow articles, which Invention is applicable to
means for connecting together tubes and other articles. For this
purpose I employ as heretofore a stopper or cover to fit the article to
which it is to be applied, with which is used a disc, ring, or washer of
cork or other suitable packing to come between the parts as is well
understood.
In connection with the stopper or cover I employ a clip or strap which
passes over the top of the stopper or cover and takes a bearing against
the under side of a flange on the neck or end of the article to be stopped
in a similar manner to that described in a Provisional Specification
filed by me on the 22nd January 1874, Number 276. But instead
of employing inclines in connection with such stopper and clip or strap
as described in such Provisional Specification, I mount in the strap or
clip a lever which is formed with an offset or offsets to act against the
crown of the stopper or cover. This lever works upon an axis of motion
formed on the clip or strap and the offset or offsets pass through a slot
or opening formed therein. In the cover or stopper I form an indent or
indents to receive the offset or offsets of the lever, so that when the lever
is pressed down the offset or offsets shall pass into the indent or indents
and thereby prevent the two parts being separated from each other until
the lever is raised. The strap or clip is formed with an indent to receive
the lever so that the lever when pressed down shall lie flush therein.
Suitable stops are employed on the cover or stopper to ensure the clip or
strap being correctly placed in position, as described in my Provisional
Specification before referred to. The lever is carefully fitted at its axis
into a recess in the strap or clip to guide it correctly in its motion, and
the strap or clip may according to my Invention be provided with
ears or tongues at its ends, so that if desired a wire may be fastened
around them and the neck or end of the bottle or other article to
prevent the ends of the strap or clip being accidentally or purposely
forced outwards and the stopper removed. In some cases projections
may be raised on the top of the strap or clip and holes formed therein
to receive a wire which passes over the lever, or a seal may be applied
thereto to retain the lever and thereby secure the contents of the bottle
against fraudulent interference therewith.

page_text: The strap or clip instead of taking a bearing underneath a rim or
flange on the neck or end of the article to be closed or stopped may be
formed so as to take into recesses or under projections formed in the
interior of the neck or end of the article, whilst in some cases when
using a strap or clip to take a bearing underneath a flange or rim one
or both of the descending portions thereof may be pivotted to the hori-
zontal part, and the flange or rim on the end or neck of the article
may be undercut to prevent the ends of the strap or clip springing away
therefrom.
For extra large sizes more than one strap or clip may be employed, or
a single strap or clip may be provided with two levers, and in some cases
such levers may be connected together and pin jointed to the legs of the
strap or clip, so that the levers shall act upon the under side of the
flange on the end or neck of the bottle or other article to be stopped
instead of the clip or strap acting thereon. This part of my Inven-
tion is also applicable to means for connecting together tubes and
other articles, in which case I cut the centre portion of the strap
or clip away and form two clips of the remaining parts which
take into recesses on one of the flanges of the parts to be united.
Or instead of employing levers in connection with the clip or strap
to force the stopper down on to the neck or end of the article to
be stopped the clip or strap may have its legs made sufficiently long
so as permit of the legs of a staple to be passed between them and
the flange on the end or neck of the bottle or other article to be
stopped.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent
filed by the said Nathan Thompson in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 14th August 1874.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, NATHAN
THOMPSON, of the City of Brooklyn, and State of New York, in the
United States of America, but at present of 23, Southampton Buildings,
in the County of Middlesex, Marine Engineer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fourteenth day of February, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, in the thirty-

page_text: seventh year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Nathan Thompson, Her special license that I,
the said Nathan Thompson, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such others as I, the said Nathan Thompson, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to
time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed,
should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and
Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS FOR STOPPING
BOTTLES, JARS, AND OTHER HOLLOW ARTICLES, WHICH INVENTION IS APPLICABLE TO
MEANS FOR CONNECTING TOGETHER TOBES AND OTHER ARTICLES," upon the con-
dition (amongst others) that I, the said Nathan Thompson, my exe-
cutors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their,
or one of their hands and seals, 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 Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and imme-
diately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Nathan Thompson, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement thereof, reference being had to the Drawings here-
unto annexed, and to the letters and figures marked thereon, in the
various Figures of which like parts are marked with similar letters of
reference :-
For this
The Invention has for its object improvements in means for stopping
bottles, jars, and other hollow articles, which Invention is applicable to
means for connecting together tubes and other articles.
purpose I employ as heretofore a stopper or cover to fit the article to
which it is to be applied with which is used a disc, ring, or washer of
cork or other suitable packing to come between the parts, as is well
understood.
In connection with the stopper or cover I employ a clip or strap
which passes over the top of the stopper or cover and takes a bearing
against the under side of a flange on the neck or end of the article to be
stopped in a similar manner to that described in a Provisional Specifica-
tion filed by me on the 22nd January 1874, Number 276. But instead

page_text: of employing inclines in connection with such stopper and clip or strap
as described in such Provisional Specification I mount in the strap or
clip a lever which is formed with an offset or offsets to act against tho
crown of the stopper or cover. This lever works upon an axis of motion
formed on the clip or strap and the offset or offsets pass through a slot
or opening formed therein. In the cover or stopper I form an indent or
indents to receive the offset or offsets of the lever so that when the lever
is pressed down the offset or offsets shall pass into the indent or indents
and thereby prevent the two parts being separated from each other until
the lever is raised. The strap or clip is formed with an indent to receive
the lever so that the lever when pressed down shall lie flush therein.
Suitable stops are employed on the cover or stopper to ensure the clip or
strap being correctly placed in position, as described in my Provisional
Specification before referred to. The lever is carefully fitted at its axis
into a recess in the strap or clip to guide it correctly in its motion, and
the strap or clip may according to my Invention be provided with ears
or tongues at its ends, so that if desired a wire may be fastened around
them, and the neck or end of the bottle or other article to prevent the
ends of the strap or clip being accidentally or purposely forced outwards
and the stopper removed.
Figure 1 is a section of the upper part of a bottle or jar having
my improved stopper constructed as above described applied thereto;
Figure 2 is a plan of the same, Figure 3 is a plan, and Figure 4 is a
section of the cap or cover separately.
Figure 5 is a plan, and Figure 6 is a section of the means I employ for
forcing the cap or cover on to the neck of the bottle, jar, or other
hollow article; and Figures 7, 8, 9, and 10, are respectively a side view,
an end view, a plan, and an under side view of part of the same; and
Figure 11 is another section through the stopper or cover showing a
slight modification in the mode of manufacture.
a is a stopper or cover made to fit the article to which, it is to
be applied, with which is used a disc, ring, or washer of cork or other
suitable packing b to come between the parts as is well understood.
In connection with the stopper or cover a I employ a clip or strap c
5 which passes over the top of the stopper or cover a and is formed
with legs c¹ having return pieces c³ which take a bearing or pur-
chase against the under side of a flange d on the neck or end of the

page_text: article to be stopped, and I mount in the strap or clip ca lever e
which is formed with offsets e¹ to act against the crown of the stopper.
or cover. This lever e works upon an axis of motion e² fixed in the
clip or strap c, and the offsets e¹ pass through a slot or opening c³
formed therein. In the cover or stopper a I form an indent or
indents a¹ to receive the offset or offsets e¹ of the lever e, so that when
such lever e is pressed down the offset or offsets e¹ shall pass into the
indent or indents a¹ and thereby prevent the two parts a and c being
separated from each other until the lever e is raised. These indents a¹
may, as shown in Figure 11, be stamped out of the thickness of the
metal, or they may be formed as shown at Figures 1, 3, and 4, by cutting
slots or openings in the metal forming the cap or cover and soldering a
plate a² on the under side thereof; and if desired the cover or stopper a
may have a raised ring a³ stamped therein to strengthen it, as shown at
Figure 11. The strap or clip c is formed with an indent or recess c¹ to
receive the lever e so that the lever e when pressed down shall lie flush
therein. Suitable stops a are employed on the cover or stopper a to
ensure the clip or strap c being correctly placed in position, and these
stops I prefer to stamp out of the metal forming the over or stopper a..
The lever e is carefully fitted at its axis into a recess in the strap or clip c
to guide it correctly in its motion, and the strap or clip c may according
to my Invention be provided with ears or tongues c³ at its ends so that if
desired a wire may be fastened around them, and the neck or end of the
bottle or other article to prevent the ends of the strap or clip c being
accidentally or purposely forced outwards and the stopper removed. In
some cases projections may be raised on the top of the strap or clip c
at each side of the lever e and holes formed therein to receive a wire
which passes over the lever e, or a seal may be applied thereto to retain
the lever e and thereby secure the contents of the .bottle from fraudulent
interference therewith.
In some cases the descending portions of the strap or clip c may be
pivotted to the horizontal part, and the flange or rim on the end or
neck of the article may be undercut or wedge-shaped to prevent the ends
of the strap or clip c springing away therefrom.
For extra large sizes more than one strap or clip c may be employed,

page_text: The strap or clip instead of taking a bearing underneath a rim or
flange on the neck or end of the article to be closed or stopped may be
formed so as to take into recesses or under projections formed in the
interior of the neck or end of the article, whilst in some cases when
using a strap or clip to take a bearing underneath a flange or rim one
or both of the descending portions thereof may be pivotted to the hori-
zontal part, and the flange or rim on the end or neck of the article
may be under cut to prevent the ends of the strap or clip springing away
therefrom. I have not however thought it necessary to give a Drawing
showing this modification of my Invention as such will be readily under-
stood by a competent mechanic.
For extra large sizes more than one strap or clip may be employed, as
will be readily understood, or a single strap or clip may be provided with
two levers, and in some cases, as shown at Figures 12 and 13, such
levers e may be connected together and pinjointed to the legs c¹ of the
strap or clip c so that the levers e shall act upon the under side of the
flange d on the end or neck of the bottle or other article to be stopped
instead of the clip or strap c acting thereon. This part of my Inven-
tion is also applicable to means for connecting together tubes and
other articles, as shown at Figures 14 and 15, in which case I cut
the centre portion of the strap or clip c away and form two clips of
the remaining parts which take into recesses on one of the flanges
of the parts to be united. Or instead of employing levers in con-
nection with the clip or strap c to force the stopper a down on to the
neck or end of the article to be stopped the clip or strap c may have its
legs c¹ made sufficiently long so as to permit of the legs of a staple ƒ to
be passed between the return pieces c² and the flange d on the end or
neck of the bottle or other article to be stopped. In the Drawings the
legs only of the staple ƒ are shown in section.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention and the mode
in which I carry the same into effect, I would have it understood that I
do not lay claim to the employment of a lever e separately considered
as forming part of my present Invention, as such was shown and
described in a former Patent granted to me, but combined with a stopper
to which it remained always attached and was employed to force two
parts of such stopper towards each other to compress a ring of india-
rubber placed between them and thereby increase the diameter of such
india-rubber ring. But what I do claim as my present Invention is,―

page_text: First. The employment of a cap or cover a having indents a¹ and
stops at in combination with a strap or clip c having a lever e mounted
thereon on an axis of motion, such strap c and lever e being formed and
operated to force the cap or cover a on to the neck or end of a bottle or
other article to be stopped, in manner substantially as herein shown
and described with reference to Figures 1 to 11 of the accompanying
Drawings.
Secondly. I claim the employment in combination with a cap or
cover a of a clip or strap c having levers e pinjointed to the legs c¹
thereof, such levers e acting against the under side of the neck or end:
of the article to be stopped, in manner substantially as herein shown
and described in respect to Figures 12 and 13.
Thirdly. I claim the employment for connecting together tubes and
other articles of clips c³, c², having pinjointed thereto levers e acting
upon
the flanges of the tubes or other articles to be connected together, ]
in manner substantially as herein shown and described in respect to
Figures 14 and 15.
And, Fourthly. I claim the combination with a cap or cover a of a clip
or strap c and staple for stopping bottles, jars, and other hollow articles,
in manner substantially as herein shown and described in respect to
Figure 16.
In witness whereof, I, the said Nathan Thompson, have hereunto
set my hand and scal, this Twelfth day of August, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four.
And, Fourthly. I claim the combination with a cap or cover a of a clip
or strap c and staple f for stopping bottles, jars, and other hollow articles,
in manner substantially as herein shown and described in respect to
Figure 16.
In witness whereof, I, the said Nathan Thompson, have hereunto
set my hand and scal, this Twelfth day of August, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four.