Year: 1885

page_text: I EDWARD WILKINSON RIPPIN of 66 Margaret Street, Cavendish Square in the
County of Middlesex, Commercial Traveller do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to produce a simple but very effective means of
stoppering bottles.
According to my invention I form two or more vertical slots in the neck of the
bottle and opposite to one another; below the slots there is an annular groove.
The stopper is formed with lugs thereon corresponding in number with the
number of the vertical slots in the bottle neck. These lugs are at the lower end
of the stopper so that when the stopper is inserted in the neck the lugs travel
down the slots and on giving the stopper a partial turn the lugs are brought into
the annular groove and under the neck thereof so that the stopper is firmly
secured until again turned to bring the lugs in a line with the grooves in the
bottle neck when the stopper can be withdrawn.
The top of stopper is made with head covering the rim of the neck of the bottle;
the whole of the stopper is preferably made of vulcanite but it may be made of a
combination of other materials such as wood and vulcanite.
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The length and size generally of the stopper must depend upon the class of
bottle to which the invention is applied.
Bottle stoppers made in the manner before described are easy of manufacture,
clean in action, and the stopper need not necessarily be returned to the bottle
when empty, as for bottles of the same size any of these stoppers would fit.
Dated this Oth day of Now 1008

page_text: I, EDWARD WILKINSON RIPPIN, of 66 Margaret Street, Cavendish Square, in the
County of Middlesex, 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 object of my invention is to produce a simple, but very effective means of
stoppering bottles.
According to my invention I form two or more vertical slots in the neck of the
bottle, and opposite to one another; below the slots there is an annular groove, or
the cheeks of the bottle neck may serve as such groove.
The stopper is formed with lugs thereon corresponding in number with the
number of the vertical slots in the bottle neck. These lugs are at the lower end
of the stopper, so that when the stopper is inserted in the neck the lugs travel
down the slots, and on giving the stopper a partial turn the lugs are brought under
the cheeks of bottle neck, or into an annular groove formed in same so that the
stopper is firmly secured until again turned to bring the lugs in a line with the
slots in the bottle neck, when the stopper can be withdrawn.
The top of stopper is made with head covering the rim of the neck of the bottle.
The whole of the stopper is preferably made of vulcanite but it may be made of
a combination of other materials, such as wood and vulcanite. .
The length and size generally of the stopper must depend upon the class of
bottle to which the invention is applied.
Bottle stoppers made in the manner before described are easy of manufacture,
cleau in action, and the stopper need not necessarily be returned to the bottle
when empty, as for bottles of the same size any of these stoppers would fit.
And in order that my invention may be fully understood reference is had to the
accompanying drawings, of which Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a pickle
bottle stoppered with my improved bottle stopper, and Figure 2 an inverted plan
of the stopper.
Figure 3 illustrates, in sectional elevation, my invention as applied to a beer
bottle, and Figure 4 is a plan of the bottle neck.
Similar letters of reference refer to like parts in all the figures.
A is the bottle formed with the vertical slots B in the neck of same, best seen
at Figure 4. C is the stopper, and D the lugs at lower end of same, corresponding
in number with the number of vertical slots B in bottle neck. When the stopper Č
is inserted in the bottle the lugs D travel down the slots B, and upon giving the
stopper a partial turn the lugs D take into the annular groove, or under cheeks, as
at E, and the stopper is firmly secured.
The stopper as above described is practically air tight, but I may, when desired,
line the interior of the cap of stopper with cork; or with india rubber, and on the
lining of india rubber place a layer of cork. The cushion thus formed, will when
the bottle is stoppered press upon the top edge of neck of bottle, and serve as
additional means for keeping the contents air tight; and as best shewn in sectional
view Figure 3.

page_text: Though the invention is here shewn as applied to but two classes of bottle, it is
obvious that it is equally applicable to bottles and jars of all kinds.
.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is, to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
The construction of Bottle Stoppers, substantially in the manner as, and for the
purposes, herein set forth.