AN IMPROVED STOPPER FOR BOTTLES AND JARS
Year: 1884

page_text: I ROWLAND BATEMAN of No 15 Chain Walk and of 77 Colmore Row Birmingham
in the County of Warwick Billiard Table Maker, do hereby declare the nature of
the said invention for "AN IMPROVED STOPPER FOR BOTTLES AND JARS" to be
as follows that is to say:-
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My Invention has for its object "An improved stopper for bottles and jars" by
which they are rendered more secure and more simple in action At the same time
the inside of the neck of the bottle or jar is left perfectly free from projections of
any kind thus allowing the liquid to flow freely from the bottle which is a most
important matter both in regard to utility and cost of manufacturing the bottles
or jars.
My improved stoppers may be made from metal wood vulcanite glass or other.
suitable material and are constructed as follows:-
The stopper may be made with an enlarged head of any desired shape and may
have a parallel or nearly parallel piece to enter the neck of the bottle. Upon this
enlarged head I secure a suitable spring which passes down on either side of the
stopper and is secured to the same by any suitable means such for instance as rivets
or dovetail recesses the lower portion of the springs are so formed as to fall or
spring under the ordinary projections usually found on the necks of bottles and at
the same time to allow the spring to give and to be easily pressed over said
projections The points or noses of these projecting clips or springs are rounded or
bevelled in such a manner as to open the clips when pressed down upon the neck
of the bottle. Also upon the ends of the springs I form or fasten small lips or
shoulders to facilitate the opening of the clips or springs from the bottle.
I insert if desired an india rubber or other ring between the head of the stopper
and top of the neck of the bottle so as to form an air tight joint-or the joint inay
be made by the top or side surfaces fitting together. In case new bottles or jars
are made to specially suit these stoppers the projections may be made taper in shape
so as to facilitate the stoppers being placed on and the springs may be tapered in
the contrary direction Or the springs may be hinged as levers with provision for
pressing open the springs.

page_text: I ROWLAND BATEMAN of N° 15 Chain Walk and of 77 Colmore Row Birmingham
in the County of Warwick Billiard Table Maker do hereby declare the nature of
the said invention for "AN IMPROVED STOPPER FOR BOTTLES AND JARS" and
in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement as follows that is to say :-
My Invention has for its object "An improved Stopper for bottles and Jars" by
which they are rendered more secure and more simple in action. At the same time
the inside of the wreck of-the-bottle-or-jar is left_perfectly free from projections of
any kind thus allowing the liquid to flow freely from the bottle which is a most
important matter both in regard to utility and cost of manufacturing the bottles
or jars.
My improved stoppers may be made from metal wood vulcanite glass or other
-suitable material and are constructed as follows
The stopper may be made with an enlarged-head-of-any-desired shape and may
have a parallel-or-nearly-parallel piece to enter the neck. of the bottle. Upon this
enlarged head I secure a suitable spring which passes down on either -side-of-the.
stopper and is secured-to-the-same-by_any_suitable means such for instance as rivets
or dovetailed recesses the lower portion of the springs are so formed-as-to-fall-or-
spring under the ordinary projections usually found on the necks of bottles and at
the same time to allow the spring to give and to be easily pressed over said
projection. The points or noses of these projecting clips or springs are rounded or
bevelled in such a manner as to open the clips when pressed down upon the neck
of the bottle. Also upon the ends of the springs I form or fasten small lips or
shoulders to facilitate the opening of the clips or springs from the bottle.
I insert if desired an india rubber or other ring between the head of the stopper
and top of the neck of the bottle so as to form an air tight joint or the joint may
be made by the top or side surfaces fitting together. In case new bottles or jars
are made to specially suit these stoppers the projection may be made taper in shape
so as to facilitate the stopper being placed on the springs may be tapered in the
contrary direction Or the springs may be hinged as lever with provision for
pressing open the springs.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried
into practice I have appended hereunto a sheet of drawings upon which I have
illustrated the application of my stopper to an ordinary bottle neck. I have also
shown examples of how the invention may be varied in its practical application
without departing from the principle thereof.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bottle showing the stopper in its normal position
as it would be when securely stoppered.
Figure 2. is an elevation of the upper part of the neck only at the right side of
Figure 1 showing how the bow A is curled out of part of the width of the strap B'
the hook C being formed out of the remaining part of the strap.
Figure 3. is an elevation of the upper part of the neck only at the left side of
Figure 1 showing the similar construction of the bow D out of part of the strap B¹
and the hook E out of the other part of the strap B³.

page_text: Figure 4 is a sectional elevation of the upper part of the neck of the bottle with
the stopper in position thus showing the whole in its completion so far as it is
necessary to illustrate this particular invention.
Figure 5. is a side elevation of the upper part of a bottle showing how new
bottles may be formed with the upper projection or neck enlargement F so formed
in a conical shape as to leave a more marked shoulder f' under which the hooks of
the straps B B would pass. The conical sides will open out the hooks E and C
of the straps B and B as the stopper is pressed downwards otherwise in ordinary
bottles the side B may be first hooked over and then the side B just opened out
and pressed down into position.
Figure 6. is a sectional elevation of a stopper with the two straps hinged at K
and L and the upper part so formed that a pressure brought to bear upon the
ends B and B would at once bring the hooks from under the projection thus
liberating the stopper while the thumb or hand was in the best position for quietly
withdrawing the stopper by a gradually relieved pressure.
In the case of the stopper shown it is composed of a plate B a rubber or other
soft or flexible ring M which may be made of cork or any similarly effective flexible
substance. The third part N is simply a hard wood or other suitable washer for
keeping the ring M. well up against the plate B. The three pieces are secured
together by the rivet P. It will however be quite evident that variations may be
made in the parts such for instance as forming the rivet P with a large flat head so
as to dispense with the washer N. The ring R and chain a for securing each
stopper to its particular bottle may be used or not as may be desired. When the
ring is used it is made sufficiently large to slide freely up and down the. neck of the
bottle but it will not pass over the projection at the top of the neck.
The metallic plate B will in most cases be best made from steel so that the
straps B and B would retain sufficient spring or elasticity to always have a
tendency to hold under the projection of the neck of the bottle but more flexible
material may be used where the work is light.
It will be clearly observed that with my stopper no grooving of the bottle neck
outside is required neither does the stopper require turning the action being simple
one of direct pressure in stoppering up which greatly simplifies the work of filling.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare what
I claim is
The improved stopper for bottles having the flexible or spring straps B' and Bª
for hooking under the projection on the necks of the bottles so as to adapt and
secure itself thereon without any special provisions or cutting or grooving the said
necks or projections.