Improvements in Stoppers of Bottles.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Sept., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 21st Oct., 1889-Accepted, 30th Nov., 1889
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Stoppers of Bottles.
I, WILLIAM MURRAY of 6 Paradise Street West Bromwich in the County of
Stafford Printer do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as
follows:-
My invention has for its object improvements in stoppers for bottles by which
means am enabled to form a stopper having no loose parts and requiring no
wiring but which at the same time can be readily opened and closed as may be
required.
In carrying out my invention I form near the mouth of the bottle a hole from one
side of the neck to the other and into this I fit a plug having a hole or passage so as
to form a kind of cock the plug of which may be of glass covered upon its bearing
parts with cork or other material or may be entirely of cork, wood, or other suitable
material and provided at its head with a milled cap or any ordinary key head and is
kept in its position with a pin wire or washer at the other end. It will thus be seen
that to open the bottle it will be only necessary to turn the plug until the passage is
in a line with the neck of the bottle and for closing it to turn it back until the passage
remains across the neck of the bottle. The neck may be thickened out to receive the
plug as may be required.
Dated this 16th day of Sentember 1889
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE
SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Stoppers of Bottles.
I WILLIAM MURRAY of 6 Paradise Street West Bromwich in the County of
Stafford, Printer do hereby declare the nature of my said 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 has for its object improvements in stoppers to bottles by which
means I am enabled to form a stopper having no loose parts and requiring no
wiring but which at the same time can be readily opened and closed as may be
required.
În carrying out my improvements I form near the mouth of the bottle a hole
from one side of the neck to the other and into this I fit a plug having a hole
or passage so as to form a kind of cork the plug of which may be of glass covered
upon its bearing parts with cork or other material or may be entirely of cork wood
or other suitable material and provided at its head with a milled cap or any ordinary
key head and is kept in its position by a pin or wire at the other end.
thus be seen that to open the bottle it will be only necessary to turn the plug until
the passage is in a line with the neck of the bottle and for closing it to turn it back
until the passage runs across the neck of the bottle.
It will
In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried
into practice I have appended hereunto a double sized sheet of drawings upon which
I have sufficiently illustrated my improvement to shew its general application.
Figure 1 is an elevation of a bottle having one of my improved stoppers attached
thereto.
Figure 2. is a longitudinal section through the neck A¹ of the bottle A shewing
the stopper B in elevation when turned off,

page_text: Figure 3. is a longitudinal section through the neck A¹ of the bottle A and
stopper B when turned on.
Figure 4 is a cross section through the neck A¹ of the bottle A and cock B when
turned off.
Figure 5 is a longitudinal section through the neck A' of the bottle A shewing the
stopper made entirely of metal.
The neck A' of the bottle A is so pierced as to receive the stopper B which may be
of wood metal glass or other suitable material while either the socket in the neck or
the stopper may be bushed with cork india rubber or other elastic material or
the glass may be ground upon its bearing parts. The stopper B is pierced with the
passage b¹ which runs at right angles to its length and is secured in the bottle by the
washer which may be of any material and is made in two halves so as to enter
the groove 63 formed round the stopper or cock where it is secured by the wire 6*
bound round a groove formed round the washer. I may however secure the stopper
by means of a pin of wood metal or glass or by a washer or screw-nut. The head 66 of
the stopper B is milled round and is provided with the check pin 66 so arranged as to
indicate whether the stopper is opened or closed, and also prevent it from being
revolved further than required. It will therefore be seen that to open the bottle it is
only necessary to turn the plug or stopper B until the passage b' is in a line with the
neck of the bottle as shewn by Figure 3 and for closing it to turn it back until the
said passage b' is at right angles to the neck of the bottle as shewn by Figures 2 and 4.
In the case of the metal top A2 which is secured by cement or screws or other means
to the neck A' the stopper B is provided with the flat thumb piece 68 for turning and
is secured in its place by the plug 67 which is screwed into the metal top A². It is
evident that the plug B may be made hollow with a hole at one side only so that the
liquid would issue through the point of the plug and in this case if desired the top of
the neck of the bottle might be formed solid with only the side holes for the plug.
Or the plug B may be solid having no holes being drawn out in opening the
bottle.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
The improvements in stoppering bottles consisting of the special formation of the
neck pierced crosswise to receive the plug whether the plug is hollow or solid
substantially as herein set forth & shewn on the drawings.
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.