Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Nov., 1886.
Complete Left, 9th July, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 9th Aug., 1887.
I JOHN CLAYTON MEWBURN, of 169 Fleet Street, in the City of London, Fellow
of the Institute of Patent Agents do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
This invention relates to means or apparatus for stopping bottles particularly those
containing gaseous or effervescing liquors, to be used in place of ordinary corks which
often, owing to contraction or other cause, allow the gas to escape.
The invention consists essentially in the combination of a stopper of india rubber
which fits into the neck of the bottle and is hollowed out in the centre and of a plug
or inner stopper which is pushed into the hollow of the india rubber stopper and is
somewhat larger than the hollow so as to force the india rubber against the periphery
of the bottle mouth or neck and thereby make a perfectly tight joint. The india
rubber stopper has a shoulder or flange at top to bear upon the top or edge of the
bottle and the plug or inner stopper is formed with a head whose flange bears against
the shoulder or flange of the caoutchouc stopper. The stopper and plug after having
been put in position in the bottle may be secured in any ordinary manner, such for
example, as by a strap or by wire or string. The india rubber may be either closed
or open at its lower end, that is to say-the hollow may or may not extend entirely
through it. In order that the flavor of the liquor in the bottle may not be affected
by the india rubber the lower end of the stopper is covered with a piece of artificial
or vegetable parchment or other suitable material. For liquors that are likely to
remain a long time in the bottle the lower end of the stopper is preferably covered
with a disc of bone or ivory while the sides of the stopper are covered with vegetable
parchment or other like suitable material. When the india rubber stoppers are closed
at their lower ends the inner plug should be formed with a longitudinal air vent so as
to allow of the escape of air from the hollow of the stopper while the plug is being
forced in.

page_text: A communication from abroad by the FIRM OR SOCIÉTÉ BARRIS FRÈRES ET CERVEAUX,
of 1, Boulevard St. Denis, Paris, France, Manufacturers.
I JOHN CLAYTON MEWBURN, of 169 Fleet Street, in the City of London, Fellow of
the Institute of Patent Agents, 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 relates to means or apparatus for stopping bottles particularly those
containing gaseous or effervescing liquors, to be used in place of ordinary corks which
often, owing to contraction or other cause, allow the gas to escape.
The invention consists essentially in the combination of a stopper of india rubber
which fits into the neck of the bottle and is hollowed out in the centre and of a plug
or inner stopper which is pushed into the hollow of the india rubber stopper and is
somewhat larger than the hollow so as to force the india rubber against the periphery
of the bottle mouth or neck and thereby make a perfectly tight joint. The india
rubber stopper has a shoulder or flange at top to bear upon the top or edge of the
bottle and the plug or inner stopper is formed with a head whose flange bears against
the shoulder or flange of the caoutchouc stopper. The stopper and plug after having
been put in position in the bottle may be secured in any ordinary manner such, for
example, as by a strap or by wire or string. The india rubber may be either closed
or open at its lower end, that is to say: the hollow may or may not extend entirely
through it. In order that the flavor of the liquor in the bottle may not be affected by
the india rubber the lower end of the stopper is covered with a piece of artificial or
vegetable parchment or other suitable material. For liquors that are likely to remain
a long time in the bottle the lower end of the stopper is preferably covered with a disc
of bone or ivory while the sides of the stopper, are covered with vegetable parchment
or other like suitable material. When the india rubber stoppers are closed at their
lower ends the inner plug should be formed with a longitudinal air vent so as to allow
of the escape of air from the hollow of the stopper while the plug is being forced in.
In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a vertical section showing one modifica-
tion of the improved apparatus applied to a bottle. Figures 2, 3 and 4 represent
india rubber stoppers of somewhat modified forms. Figure 5 is a cross section of the
stopper shown in Figure 4. Figure 6 is an external view and Figure 7 a vertical
section of the inner plug. Figures 8 and 9 represent another modification of the
apparatus the one figure showing the inner plug out of position and the other showing
it in position. Referring first to Figures 1, 6 and 7, 9, 9 is the bottle neck or mouth.
a is the india rubber stopper made to fit the bottle mouth; it has a shoulder or flange b
at top to bear against the top of the bottle and is hollowed out in the middle to receive
an inner plug or stopper. c is the inner plug made of somewhat larger diameter than

page_text: the hollow of the stopper so as when pushed into the latter to force it against the sides
of the bottle neck and thereby make a tight joint. d is a flange on the plug to bear
upon the shoulder 6 of the stopper. m is an air vent in the plug c. j is a piece of
vegetable parchment covering the lower end of the stopper so as to prevent contact of
the liquor with the india rubber. h is a strap for holding down the plug and stopper
or instead of this strap any other suitable means of holding them down may be
employed such, for example, as wire or string. In the modifications. shown in
Figures 2 and 3 the shoulder 6 differs somewhat from that seen in Figure 1 and the
hollow of the stopper seen in Figure 2 extends to the bottom. In Figure 4 the
stopper is shewn as fitted at bottom with a disc i of bone or ivory and, in this case,
the piece k of vegetable parchment or other like material is at the side only of the
stopper. In the modification shown in Figures 8 and 9 the inner plug is in the form
of a screw or threaded rod B and the hollow of the stopper A has a metal lining C
threaded internally and slit at four points so that, when the screw plug is screwed into
it, it is forced out into the position seen in Figure 9. The projections D, D are for
the purpose of preventing the lining C from being drawn up when the head of the
screw B presses upon the head of the stopper A. In these figures the bottle neck is
F is a
marked E and the capsule of parchment or equivalent material is marked a.
key for turning the screw plug B.
Figure 10 illustrates an advantageous mode of making the capsule that covers the
lower end of the india rubber stopper, m, m are two thin pieces of cork pasted
together and n, n are two pieces of parchment or other suitable impermeable material
pasted to the cork pieces m, m inside and out. o is a cork washer placed in the
capsule.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me, I declare
that what I claim is :-
1. In an apparatus or device for stopping bottles, the combination of an india rubber
stopper which fits the mouth or neck of the bottle and is hollowed in the centre and of
an inner plug or stopper introduced into the said hollow so as to force the stopper
against the sides of the bottle mouth or neck, substantially as set forth.
2. In an apparatus or device for stopping bottles, the combination with an india
rubber stopper which fits the mouth or neck of the bottle and is hollowed in the
centre and with an inner plug or stopper introduced into the said hollow for the
purpose explained, of a piece of vegetable parchment or other suitable material as set
forth to prevent contact of the contents of the bottle with the india rubber stopper.
3. In an apparatus or device for stopping bottles, the combination of an india rubber
stopper which fits the mouth or neck of the bottle and has a shoulder to bear upon the
top of the bottle and is hollowed in the centre and of an inner plug or stopper with
flanged head, the said plug being introduced into the hollow of the stopper so as to
force it against the sides of the bottle neck while the flange of the head presses the
shoulder of the stopper against the top of the bottle, substantially as set forth.
4. The several combinations of parts hereinbefore described and represented in
the drawings constituting respectively improved apparatus for stopping bottles.
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