IMPROVEMENTS IN STOPPERS FOR BOTTLES, JARS, AND OTHER HOLLOW ARTICLES
Year: 1875

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 28, Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex,
for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN STOPPERS FOR BOTTLES, JARS,
AND OTHER HOLLOW ARTICLES."
Sealed the 21st August 1875, and dated the 16th June 1875.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Nathan Thompson at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 16th June 1875.
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, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for “IMPROVEMENTS IN STOPPERS FOR BOTTLES,
JARS, AND OTHER HOLLOW ARTICLES," to be as follows :—
The Invention has for its object improvements in stoppers for bottles,

page_text: cover to pass over the end or neck of the article to be stopped. In the
crown of the cap or cover I place a disc, of cork or other suitable
material, and in the cylindrical portion of the cap or cover I form a
number of internal projecting studs which correspond in number and
act in combination with inclines formed on a ring or short cylinder
placed within the stopper, such inclines being formed on the lower edge
of the ring or short cylinder.
The ring or short cylinder has lugs or projections formed thereon
which are turned in at right angles at their lower ends, and are passed
down corresponding recesses or openings formed in a projecting ring or
between projections formed on the neck of the article to be stopped and
are formed to take under such ring or projections. Thus when applying
the stopper to a bottle or other article, the lugs or projections are first
passed down the openings or recesses in the projecting ring, or between
the projections on the end or neck of the article to be stopped; the
stopper is then turned so as to cause the lugs or projections of the
stopper to come under the ring or projection; and against stops formed
on the end or neck of the article to be stopped the motion of the cap or
cover is further continued until it is firmly pressed down on to the end
of the article to be stopped.
Instead of forming the inclines on the short tube or cylinder and
placing it inside the cap or cover, the inclines may be formed on the
upper outer edge of the cap or cover and the short tube or cylinder is
placed outside thereof, in which case the cap or cover would be formed
or provided with projections to pass into openings or recesses formed in
a projecting ring, or between projections formed on the neck of the
article to be stopped, whilst the short tube or cylinder is formed with
lugs or projections as before described to take under such projecting ring
or projections.
The short tube or cylinder is connected to the cap or cover by a part
or parts of the former being forced or passed into a groove or recess in
the latter. In this latter case, instead of turning the cap or cover to
secure or release it, the short tube or cylinder is turned for that
purpose.
By this last arrangement I am enabled to form the stopper of earthen-
class or other material as max be desired

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Nathan Thompson in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 16th December 1875.
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, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent bearing date the Sixteenth day of June, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in tho
thirty-eighth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs, and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto me, the said Nathan Thompson, Her
special license that I, the said Nathan Thompson, my executors, ad-
ministrators, 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 there-
after 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 In-
vention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN STOPPERS FOR BOTTLES, JARS, AND OTHER
HOLLOW ARTICLES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
Nathan Thompson, my executors 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 immediately 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, that is to say :—
The Invention has for its object improvements in stoppers for bottles,
jars, and other hollow articles. For this purpose I employ a cap or
cover to pass over the end or neck of the article to be stopped. In the

page_text: crown of the cap or cover I place a disc, of cork or other suitable
material, and in the cylindrical portion of the cap or cover I form a
number of internal projecting studs, which correspond in number and
act in combination with inclines formed on a ring or short cylinder
placed within the stopper, such inclines being formed on the lower edge
of the ring or short cylinder.
The ring or short cylinder has lugs or projections formed thereon
which are turned in at right angles at their lower ends, and are passed
down corresponding recesses or openings formed in a projecting ring or
between projections formed on the neck of the article to be stopped,
and are formed to take under such ring or projections.
Instead of forming the inclines on the short tube or cylinder and
placing it inside the cap or cover, the inclines may be formed on the
upper outer edge of the cap or cover and the short tube or cylinder is
placed outside thereof, in which case the cap or cover would be formed
or provided with projections to pass into openings or recesses formed in
a projecting ring or between projections formed on the neck of the
article to be stopped, whilst the short tube or cylinder is formed with
lugs or projections as before described to take under such projecting
ring or projections.
The short tube or cylinder is connected to the cap or cover by a part
or parts of the former being forced or passed into a groove or recess in
the latter. In this latter case, instead of turning the cap or cover to
secure or release it, the short tube or cylinder is turned for that purpose.
By this last arrangement I am enabled to form the stopper of earthen-
ware, glass, or other material, as may be desired.
And in order that the said Invention may be more clearly understood
and readily carried into effect, I will proceed, aided by the accompanying
Drawings, more fully to describe the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

page_text: Figure 2 is an under side view of the stopper separately, and Figures
8 and 4 are respectively an under side view and a side view of part of the
stopper separately, and Figures 5 and 6 are respectively a plan and side
view of the upper part of the bottle, jar, or other hollow article
5. separately.
Figures 7 and 8 respectively represent a plan and vertical section of
a modification of my Invention; Figures 9 and 10 are respectively a
plan and side view of part of the stopper separately; and Figure 11 is a
side view of a part thereof separately.
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a. represents the upper part of a bottle, jar, or other hollow article
to be used with a stopper constructed according to my Invention ;
a¹ is a projecting ring or a number of projections formed on the neck
thereof, and having a number of spaces a³ therein for the purpose
herein-after described.
· b is a cap or cover which as represented at-Figures 1 and 2 is formed
by stamping out of sheet metal as heretofore, and in the crown thereof
I place a disc of cork b' or other suitable material as is well understood.
In the cylindrical portion of the cap or cover 6 I form a number of
inwardly projecting studs 6, which correspond in number and act in
combination with inclines c¹ formed on the lower edge of a ring or short
cylinder o placed within the stopper.
The ring or short cylinder o has lugs or projections o' formed thereon,'
which are turned in at right angles at their lower ends. When placing
the stopper on a bottle or other article these lugs or projections care
passed down the corresponding recesses or openings a' on the neck of
the article to be stopped, and when the stopper is turned round these
lugs or projections o' take under the ring or projections a'. Thus when
applying the stopper to a bottle or other article the lugs or projections 'o³
are first passed down the openings or recesses a³ in the projecting ring,,
or between the projections a¹ on the end or neck of the article to be
stopped; the stopper is then turned so as to cause the lugs or pro-
jections of of the stopper to come under the ring or projections a³; and
against stops a³ formed on the end or neck of the article to bo stopped,
the motion of the cap or cover is then further continued until it is firmly..
pressed down on to the end of the article to be stopped.
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Instead of forming the inclines c¹ on the short tube or cylinder c, and
placing it inside the cap or cover, as shown at Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4, the
inclines c¹ may be formed on the upper outer edge of the cap or cover
and the short tube or cylinder c placed outside thereof, as shewn at
Figures 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11, in which case the cap or cover would be 5
formed or provided with projections be to pass into openings or recesses a³
of a similar character to those before described, whilst the short tube or
cylinder c is provided with lugs or projections c³, as before described,
to take under a ring or projections a' formed on the neck of the article
to be stopped.
The short tube or cylinder c in this case is provided with a horizontal
flange c³, having downwardly projecting studs or projections et formed
thereon to act in combination with the inclines c¹ on the cap or
cover b.
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The short tube or cylinder c may be connected to the cap or cover 6 as 1
described in my Provisional Specification, by forcing or passing the
flange c³ thereof into a groove or recess in the cap or cover 6; but such
is not necessary, as when arranged as shown in the Drawings the two
parts cannot become separated from each other.
In this last described arrangement of stopper instead of turning the 2
cap or cover 6 to secure or release it the short tube or cylinder c is
turned for that purpose, whilst by this arrangement I am enabled to
form the stopper of earthenware, glass, or other material than sheet
metal, as may be desired.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention and the mode 2
in which I carry the same into effect, I would here remark that
according to former Letters Patent granted to me, inclines have been
formed on the upper outer edge of a cap or cover, but such inclines
were employed in connection with a strap passing across the cap or
cover or with clips passing only partially around it, which straps or clips 3
were used as separate articles and were not attached to the cap or cover;
I do not therefore claim the mere use in combination with stoppers of
inclines and straps or clips to force the stopper firmly down on the
neck or end of the article to be stopped; but what I do claim is the
novel constructions of stoppers herein shown and described, wherein the
inclines and clips are so constructed and combined with the stopper as

page_text: to form a single article capable of being applied to and removed from
the article to be stopped, in manner substantially as herein shown and
described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Nathan Thompson, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Thirteenth day of December, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
five.