An Improved Device for Closing the mouths other Vessels.
Year: 1896

page_text: being date of first Foreign Application (in ( 20th Mar., 1896
Belgium)
Date of Application (in United Kingdom), 1st May, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 25th Jan., 1897-Accepted, 27th Feb., 1897
Date of Application (in United Kingdom), 1st May, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 25th Jan., 1897-Accepted, 27th Feb., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Device for Closing the mouths
other Vessels.
We LOUIS BOUNEU and GUY DE MARGEOT both of No. 34 Rue de la Bourse
Brussels in the Kingdom of Belgium Manufacturers do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists in a device for closing the mouths of bottles and other
vessels the said device being especially applicable to bottles and vessels which on
account of the nature of the matters they are designed to contain require a strong
and airtight closure and one admitting of the said bottles and other vessels being
opened and reclosed quickly and with certainty.
According to one known device for the said purpose the closing appliance consists
of a cap furnished with lateral ears or lugs into which are passed the arms of a
stirrup or yoke which surrounds the cap and the ends of which are pivotally
engaged with the neck of the bottle; a lever pivotted to the top of the stirrup is
furnished with cams which press the said cap upon the mouth of the bottle when
the said lever is depressed. The closure produced by means of this device is
sufficiently airtight but when the bottle is opened it is difficult to close it again
without using both hands the reason being that the cap does not follow the move-
ment of the lever but turns freely on the stirrup and does not properly resume its
place upon the bottle when the lever alone is acted upon. Further the use of this
kind of apparatus is attended by the objection that the action of the cams soon
produces indentations in the top part of the cap on which they bear the result being
that the pressure of the cap on the mouth of the bottle is decreased and the closure
rendered imperfect.
The device constituting the present invention obviates these objections the said
device being adapted to be operated with certainty by means of one hand by simply
acting upon the tightening lever and the part whereby the pressure is produced
being so arranged that it does not come into contact with the top of the cap.
Our said invention consists of a cap lined internally with a washer of cork or
analogous substance and having secured to the middle of its upper face a small
fork through the arms of which are passed a rod which also passes through the
lower portion of two sides or wings of a piece formed by enlarging and bending
laterally one of the arms of a cranked lever which is connected to the said cap by
means of the said rod and the said fork. The other arm of the said lever is turned
downward so as to lie lengthwise by the side of the neck of the bottle when the
mouth thereof is closed by means of the said cap. The upper part of each of the
two opposed sides or wings of the piece formed by the enlarged and laterally bent

page_text: arm of the cranked lever has a hole formed in it through which holes is passed the
upper part of a yoke or stirrup which extends along the two sides of the cap and
the ends of which are bent at right angles and are so engaged with the neck of the
bottle or with a ring secured around the said neck as to be capable of turning.
To open the bottle all that is needed is to raise the turned down arm of the
cranked lever and to throw it backward to the other side of the neck.
The upper ends of the sides or wings of the piece formed by the enlarged and
laterally bent arm of the cranked lever are flattened so as to form stops for
preventing the cranked lever and the cap from turning completely around the top
of the yoke or stirrup. Consequently when the bottle is opened the parts come
to rest in a position which allows of it being easily reclosed by bringing forward
the cranked lever and depressing it against the side of the neck of the bottle. The
cap in rising slides along the neck of the bottle and covers the mouth thereof when
the closing is effected.
Dated the First day of M. 1906
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPEC
CATION
An Improved Device for Closing the Mouths of Bottles and
other Vessels.
We, LOUIS BOUNEU and GUY DE MARGEOT both of No. 45 Rue d'Artois
(formerly of No. 34 Rue de la Bourse) Brussels in the Kingdom of Belgium
Manufacturers 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 :-
This invention consists of a device for closing the mouths of bottles and other
vessels the said device being especially applicable to bottles and vessels which on
account of the nature of the matters they are designed to contain require a strong
and airtight closure and one admitting of the said bottles and other vessels being
opened and reclosed quickly and with certainty.
The device constituting the present invention is adapted to be operated with
certainty by means of one hand by simply acting upon a tightening lever and the
part whereby the pressure is produced is so arranged that it does not come into
contact with the top of the cap that covers the mouth of the bottle when the closing
is effected.
In the accompanying drawings
Figure 1 is a front view partly in section of a closing device constructed
according to this invention the parts being shown in the position they occupy when
the bottle is closed.
Figures 2 and 3 are respectively a back and side view of the same as applied to
a differently shaped bottle neck.
Figures 4 and 5 are side views of the same as applied to the bottle neck Figure 1
the parts being shown respectively in the positions they occupy when the bottle is
entirely opened and when the device is about half way between the closed and
open positions.
Figure 6 is a front view partly in section of a modified form of the device the
parts being shown in the same positions as in Figure 1.
Figure 7 is a side view of the same and Figure 8 is another side view showing
the closing device lifted from the bottle mouth to open the bottle.
The same letters of reference show corresponding parts in all the figures.

page_text: Referring to Figures 1 to 5 inclusive a is a cap lined internally with a washer b
of cork or analogous substance and having secured to the middle of its upper face
a small fork c through the arms of which is passed a rod d which also passes
through the lower portion of two sides or wings of a piece e formed by enlarging
and bending laterally one of the arms of a cranked lever f which is connected to
the said cap by means of the said rod d and the said fork c. The other arm of
the said lever f is turned downward so as to lie lengthwise by the side of the neck
of the bottle when the mouth thereof is closed by means of the said cap a. The
upper part of each of the opposed sides or wings of the piece e has a hole g formed
in it through which holes is passed the upper part of a yoke or stirrup which
extends along the two sides of the cap a and the ends of which are bent at right
angles and are so engaged with the neck of the bottle as shown in Figures 1, 4
and 5 or with a ring 7 secured around the said neck as shown in Figures 2 and 3
as to be capable of turning.
To open the bottle all that is needed is to raise the turned down arm of the
cranked lever f and to throw it backward to the other side of the neck as shown
in Figure 4.
The upper ends of the sides or wings of the piece e are flattened so as to form
stops i for preventing the cranked lever f and the cap a from turning completely
around the top of the yoke or stirrup l. Consequently when the bottle is opened
the parts come to rest in the position shown in Figure 4 which allows of it being
easily reclosed by bringing forward the cranked lever f and depressing it against
the side of the neck of the bottle. The cap a in rising slides along the neck of
the bottle and covers the mouth thereof when the closing is effected as shown in
Figure 3.
Figures 6, 7 and 8 illustrate a modified form of the closing device according to
which the sides or wings of the piece e are cut off and the lever f is bent over the
top of the yoke or stirrup 1 forming a small arm e cut away at both sides so as to
leave at the lower end two lateral projections d d which engage into the openings
in the arms of the fork c and at the upper end two shoulders or enlargements i i
forming stops for preventing the cranked lever f and the cap a from turning
completely around the top of the yoke or stirrup 1.
The bend of the leverf is rounded so as to form an opening g through which
freely passes the top of the yoke l.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
A device for closing the mouths of bottles and other vessels consisting essentially
of a cap a lined internally with cork or analogous substance a small fork c secured
to the said cap a yoke or stirrup 1 passing over the top of the bottle and a cranked
lever engaging with the top of the said yoke or stirrup and which is pivoted to
the arms of the fork c as and for the purpose herein before described and illustrated
in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this Twenty-fifth day of January 1897.
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicants.