Improvements in the Sealing, Stoppering, and Venting of Bottles, Barrels, and the like.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd July, 1891
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Apr., 1892-Accepted, 2nd July, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Sealing, Stoppering, and Venting of Bottles,
Barrels, and the like.
I STEPHEN HAWKINS of 22 St. James Street Islington in the County of
Middlesex, Pattern Maker do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
My invention relates to an improved form of stoppers for the perfect sealing of
mineral water, wine beer champagne or other bottles containing liquids under or
without pressure, it may also be used in casks &c. in place of the common vent peg.
In applying my invention to bottles I preferably form on the top of the neck two
projections opposite to each other of a conical or wedged shaped form, on to which
a cap of enamelled iron or other suitable material is passed over. the said cap
having a circular orficace through its top for the delivery of the liquid, between the
top of the bottle neck & the underside of the cap I place two washers of cork,
rubber, vulcanite, or other suitable material, with holes corresponding to that in
the metal cap herein described. Between the two said washers of cork or other
suitable material, I place a piece of enamelled metal which has a sliding action,
when drawn out the bottle or other vessel is charged & closed, at one end of the
said slide a hole is placed at a given distance so that on the forward movement
of the said slide the hole therein passes through the cork or other washers &
gradually opens the bottle or other vessel.
Previous to pressing the slide forward to open bottles under pressure it is
necessary to turn the cap a short distance, by so doing the bottle is instantly
releived of the compressed gasses without loss of its contents & also danger in
opening the same. Where my improved stopper is applied to bottles containing
liquids without pressure therein it is not necessary to turn the cap, when the
sliding piece will act freely.
I may also construct my improved stopper with a circular or cam shaped slide
moving on a centre or side pin with two or more slots placed opposite or at any
suitable angle to each other forming a perfectly tight joint.
For releiving casks of their gasses it is only necessary to give the said cap a
small movement to the right or left when it is immediately exhausted.
Dated this 3rd day of July 1891.
STEPHEN HAWKINS.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Sealing, Stoppering, and Venting of Bottles,
Barrels, and the like.
I, STEPHEN HAWKINS of 22 St. James Street Islington in the County of
Middlesex Pattern Maker, 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:—
My invention relates to an improved form of stopper for the perfect sealing of
mineral water, wine, beer, champagne or other bottles, containing liquors under
or without pressure,
may also be used for casks etc. in place of the common
vent-peg.
In applying my invention to bottles, I preferably form on the top of the neck
two projections opposite to each other of a conical or wedged shaped form, on to
which a cap of enamelled iron or other suitable material is passed over, or may be

page_text: used with a screwd neck the said cap having a circular orifice through its top for
the delivery of the liquid.
Between the top of the bottle neck, and the underside of the cap two washers of
cork, rubber.vulcanite, or other suitable material with holes corresponding to that
in the metal cap herein described. Between the two said washers of cork or other
suitable material place a piece of enamelled metal which has a sliding action
which may be through the centre, or at the side of the said cap when drawn out
the bottle or other vessel is charged & then sealed by a forward or side movement
of the slide as herein described at one end of the said slide a hole through the cork,
or other washers and gradually opens the bottle or other vessel. Previous to
moveing the slide to open bottles under pressure, it is necessary to turn the cap a
short distance, by so doeing the bottle is instantly relieved of the compressed
gasses without loss of its contents and also danger in opening the same, where my
improved stoppers are applied to bottles containing liquids without pressure therein
it is not neccesary to turn the cap when the sliding piece will move freely. I may
also construct ny improved stopper with a circular or cam shaped slide moving on
a center or side pin with two or more slots placed opposite or at any suitable angle
to each other forming a perfectly tight joint. For releiving casks of their gases it
is only necessary to give the cap a small movement to the right or left when it is
immediately exhausted. In order that my invention may be more clearly under-
stood I have annexed the accompanying drawings in which
Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation of my improved stopper attached shewing the
sliding piece a cork or other washers a¹ in position with the movable cap B.
Fig. 2 is a plan-of the same.
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Fig. 3 is a plan shewing another form of my invention where the sliding picce is
formed as shewen in dotted lines d and is hinged at c and instead of having a
backward and forward movement as shewen in Figs. 1 & 2 turnes on the hinge above
mentioned outward's to open the bottle by the projection when returned to its
normal position as shewen in the drawing the bottle is closed.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declair that what I
claim is,
In a metal cap for the purpose of sealing and stoppering of bottles also as a
vent for barrels containing a sliding piece having a direct or cap movement
between washers of cork or other material substantially as herein described and
shewen in the drawing.
Dated this 2nd day of April 1892.
STEPHEN HAWKINS.