Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Mar., 1887
Complete Left, 8th Dec., 1887
Complete Accepted, 13th Jan., 1888
CHARLES EDWIN CHERRY and WALTER PETER CHERRY both of 96 Porter Street in
the Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorkshire, Manufacturers do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows :-
:-
We form a ledge or valve seat in the mouth of the Bottle, for the Stopper to rest
upon, the said Bottle being made of Glass or other suitable material. At the outside
of the Bottle Mouth a projecting rim or flange is formed thereon. We make a Valvo
Stopper of Glass or other suitable material, of a suitable size for fitting in the bottle
mouth freely. The said Valve Stopper is formed with a cylindrical stem and the upper
part having an arched shaped head made larger in diameter than the stem, with a flat face
underneath the head, so that the stem enters the bottle mouth and the head of Stopper
rests upon the seat inside the bottle mouth. A ring of India Rubber or other suitable
material is fitted on the cylindrical stem under the head of the stopper for making a.
tight joint.
We employ a Clasp Fastener made of Iron, Steel, or other suitable metal for
securing the Stopper in the Bottle mouth. The said Clasp Fastener being made to
fit the outer rim or flange of the bottle, and to hold firmly under the said rim or flange
on the bottle neck.
To close the Bottle, the stopper is placed in the mouth of the same, with the
India Rubber ring resting on the seat, the head of the stopper being pressed down by
the Finger or Thumb. The Clasp Fastener is then placed on the stopper and forced
sideways with its hooked ends under the rim or flange of bottle till it slides over the
crown of stopper. The Bottle being then Hermetically closed.
Dated this 90th day of March 1887

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Closing Bottles:
CHARLES EDWIN CHERRY and WALTER PETER CHERRY both of 96 Porter Street
in the Borough of Kingston upon Hull Yorkshire Manufacturers, do hereby declare
the nature of our invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN CLOSING BOTTLES and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
We form a ledge or valve seat in the mouth of the bottle for the stopper to rest
upon, the said bottle being made of glass or other suitable material, at the outside of
the bottle mouth a projecting rim or flange is formed thereon-We make a valve
stopper of glass or other suitable material of a suitable size for fitting in the bottle
mouth freely, the said valve stopper is formed with a cylindrical stem and the upper
part having an arched shaped head made larger in diameter than the stem, with a flat
face underneath the head so that the stem enters the bottle mouth and the head of the
stopper rests upon the seat inside the bottle mouth, a ring of India rubber or other
suitable material is fitted on the cylindrical stem under the head of the stopper for
making a tight joint. We employ a clasp fastener made of Iron, Steel, or other
suitable metal for securing the stopper in the bottle mouth. The said clasp fastener
being made to fit the outer rim or flange of the bottle and to hold firmly under the
said rim or flange on the bottle neck.
To close the bottle the stopper is placed in the mouth of the same with the India
rubber ring resting on the seat, the head of the stopper being pressed down by the
finger or thumb, the clasp fastener is then placed on the stopper and forced
sideways with its hooked ends under the rim or flange of bottle till it slides over the
crown of stopper, the bottle being then hermetically closed.
In order to make our Invention more fully understood we now proceed to describe
the annexed drawings.
Figure 1 is the bottle mouth, Figure 2 is the stopper, Figure 3 the metal clasp
fastener, Figure 4 shews the mouth of the bottle closed.
Letters of reference are used to indicate the several parts. At Figure 1 A shews the
valve seat formed in the bottle mouth for the stopper C to rest upon. B is the rim
formed at the outside of the mouth of the said bottle for holding the metal clasp
fastener E as shewn at Figure 4. Figure 2 represents the stopper which is made with
an arched head and cylindrical stem, D is an India rubber ring which is fitted on the
cylindrical stem of the stopper C under the arched head for making a tight joint in
the bottle mouth. Figure 3 shews the metal clasp fastener E for holding the stopper C
in the mouth of bottle as shewn at Figure 4. Figure 4 is an Illustration of the bottle

page_text: mouth closed with the several parts as shewn and described at Figures 1, 2 and 3 of
the Drawings.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:
The arrangement of parts for closing bottles as shewn and described by letters of
reference at Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the accompanying Drawings.
Dated this 7th day of December 1887.
CHARLES EDWIN CHERRY.
WALTER PETER CHERRY.