Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Apr., 1887
Complete Left, 20th Jan., 1888
Complete Accepted, 24th Feb., 1888
1, HENRY SAMUEL DEAN of 160 Fleet Street in the city of London in the
county of Middlesex, Publisher, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be
as follows:-
The main object of my invention is to provide an improved means of closing or
stoppering bottles containing aerated water, beer or other desired liquids.
I surround the mouth or top of the neck of the bottle with a ferrule or ring formed
of metal or other suitable material.
The said ring is retained in position by means of one or more circular corrugations
formed therein, which receive corresponding circular projections formed around the
bottle mouth, but the said ring and mouth may be shaped in any other suitable
manner to attain the same purpose.
Hinged to the upper edge of the ring is a lid or cap of suitable form having a
hemispherical projection on its underside surrounded by a washer of Indian rubber,
cork or other suitable material, which said washer forms an airtight joint with the
bottle-mouth when the said lid is pressed down.
A vertical bar is hinged at about the middle of its length to the lower part of the
ring, opposite to the lid hinge, and is provided at its upper end with a notch or catch
to embrace a projection upon, or enter a recess within the edge of the lid when the
said lid is pressed down. The said bar is provided with a spring which tends to force
its notched end inwards. The said spring may be an elastic band surrounding the
bottle neck and the bar, above the hinge of the latter, or may be a flat spring affixed
to the lower end of the bar and pressing against the bottle.
To open the bottle it is only necessary to press the said lower end of the bar, when
the lid will be released and if the bottle contains aërated liquid will fly open of its own
accord. A short incline is formed on the bar above the notch, so that to close the
bottle the lid is merely pressed down and its edge coming in contact with the said

page_text: incline pushes aside the bar and enters the notch therein. Projections are preferably
formed on the bottle neck or on the ring surrounding the said neck to prevent the
stopper being opened by any accidental pressure on the lever.
The parts of my improved stopper, with the exception of the aforesaid washer, may
be formed of metal or of any other suitable material or combination of materials.
My invention provides a cheap and effective means of stoppering bottles for
containing beer, wine, aerated or other liquids and enables a portion only of the
contents to be removed as required, and the bottle again closely sealed.
It is obvious that my invention may also be applied to wide mouthed bottles or jars
for containing pickles, preserves, or other like articles.
Dated this Twentieth day of April 1887.
AMBROSE MYALL,
21, Cockspur Street, London, S.W.,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Stoppers for Bottles, Jars, and the like.
I, HENRY SAMUEL DEAN of 160 Fleet Street, in the city of London, in the
county of Middlesex Publisher 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 main object of my invention is to provide an improved means of closing or
stoppering bottles containing aerated water, beer, or other desired liquids.
I surround the mouth or top of the neck of the bottle with a ferrule or ring formed
of metal or other suitable material. The said ring is retained in position by means
of one or more circular corrugations formed therein, which receive corresponding
circular projections formed around the bottle mouth, but the said ring and mouth may
be shaped in any other suitable manner to attain the same purpose.
Hinged to the upper edge of the ring is a lid or cap of suitable form having a
hemispherical projection on its underside surrounded by a washer of Indian rubber,
cork, or other suitable material, which said washer forms an airtight joint with the
bottle mouth when the said lid is pressed down.
A vertical bar is hinged at about the middle of its length to the lower part of the
ring, opposite to the lid hinge, and is provided at its upper end with a notch or catch
to embrace a projection upon, or enter a recess within the edge of the lid when the
said lid is pressed down. The said bar is provided with a spring which tends to force
its notched end inwards. The said spring may be an elastic band surrounding the
bottle neck and the bar above the hinge of the latter, or may be a flat spring affixed
to the lower end of the bar and pressing against the bottle.
To open the bottle it is only necessary to press the said lower end of the bar, when
the lid will be released and if the bottle contains aerated liquid will fly open of its own
accord. A short inclino is formed on the bar above the notch, so that to close the
bottle the lid is merely pressed down and its edge coming in contact with the said
incline pushes aside the bar and enters the notch therein. Projections are preferably
formed on the bottle neck or on the ring surrounding the said neck to prevent the
stopper being opened by any accidental pressure on the lever.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings Fig. 1 is an elevation of the mouth of an
ordinary wine or beer bottle fitted with a stopper constructed according to my
invention, Fig. 2 is a section of the same, Fig. 3 is a plan and Fig. 4 is an elevation
at right angles to Fig. 1.
Similar letters denote corresponding parts throughout tho figures.
A is the mouth or neck of the bottle surrounded by a metal ring B, fitting in the
usual circular indentation in the bottle neck. C is a lid or cap having a downwardly
projecting piece D formed thereon, which is hinged on the ring B at D'. E is a
projection provided on the underside of the lid to retain the elastic washer Fin
position thereon. The said washer forming an airtight joint with the bottle mouth
when the lid is pressed down. A vertical bar His hinged at about the middle of its

page_text: length to the ring B, and is provided with a projection J to embrace the edge of the
lid. A flat spring K is attached behind the lower end of the bar H, which tends to
force its upper end inwards. To open the bottle it is only necessary to press the
lower end of the bar H inwards, when the lid C will be released. The projection J is
formed with an inclined top, as shewn, so that the lid can be pressed down, pushing
aside the bar H, which then springs back and locks the lid. A plate L is attached to
the ring B, and has its edges bent up as shewn to form a trough in which the lower
end of the bar lies, so that the said edges will receive any accidental blow or
pressure and prevent the lid being unintentionally opened thereby.
The under side of the elastic washer F is coated with tinfoil or other suitablo
metallic foil, as indicated by the line M, to prevent the contents of the bottle from
coming in contact with the washer and being flavoured thereby, as is frequently
the case in bottles where rubber washers are employed to form an airtight joint.
The position of the lid when open is shewn in dotted lines in Fig. 2. The parts
of my improved stopper, with the exception of the aforesaid washer, may be formed
of metal or of any other suitable material or combination of materials.
My invention provides a cheap and effective means of stoppering bottles for con-
taining beer, wine, aerated or other liquids, and enables a portion only of the
contents to be removed as required and the bottle again closely sealed.
It is obvious that my invention may also be applied to wide mouthed bottles, or
jars, for containing pickles, preserves or other like articles.
In putting my invention into practice 1 do not necessarily confine myself to the
precise details shown in the accompanying drawings, as the same may be varied to
adapt the invention to the particular shape of the bottle or jar to which it may be
applied.
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 a bottle stopper consisting of a lid hinged to a ring surrounding tho
bottle neck, the bar H pivotted within the protecting trough L and provided with
a spring K and projection J, to lock the said lid when closed, substantially as heroin
set forth.
(2). In a bottle stopper consisting of a lid hinged to a ring surrounding the
bottle neck, and the aforesaid bar H, the use of the inclined projection J on the
said bar so that the lid is closed and secured by merely pressing down the said lid,
substantially as herein set forth.
(3). In a bottle stopper consisting of a lid hinged to a ring surrounding the
bottle neck, the combination of tin or other suitable metallic foil with the elastic
washer of the said lid, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.
Dated this 19th day of January 1888.
AMBROSE MYALL,
21, (ockspur Street, London, S.W.,
Agent for the Applicant.