IMPROVEMENTS IN STOPPERS FOR BOTTLES, JARS, AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES, PARTS OF WHICH ARE APPLICABLE AS FASTENINGS
Year: 1860

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Richard Archibald Brooman, of 166, Fleet Street, in
the City of London, Patent Agent, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
STOPPERS FOR BOTTLES, JARS, AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES, PARTS OF WHICH ARE
APPLICABLE AS FASTENINGS."-A communication from abroad by Louis
Alexandre Farjon, of Paris.
Sealed the 10th May 1861, and dated the 20th November 1860.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Richard Archibald Brooman
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
20th November 1860.
..I, RICHARD ARCHIBALD BROOMAN, of 166, Fleet Street; in the City of
London, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN STOPPERS FOR BOTTLES, JARS, AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES, PARTS
OF WHICH ARE APPLICABLE AS FASTENINGS," (communicated to me from abroad
by Louis Alexandre Farjon, of Paris,) to be as follows:-
These stoppers are composed of two parts, the lower of which is capable
of being drawn within the upper;' a' ring of india-rubber surrounds the lower
part, and rests upon the bottom edge of the upper in such manner that on the
lower part being drawn within the upper part the ring of india-rubber is
compressed longitudinally, and expanded against the sides of the neck of the

page_text: bottle. The parts are connected by a threaded spindle, which is made to enter
a correspondingly threaded socket, which on being turned in one direction
expands the ring and causes the stopper to fit tight, and when turned in the
contrary direction contracts it and allows of the stopper being readily with-
drawn. A knob may be affixed to the socket for the purpose of turning it, or
the socket may be so formed as to require a particular key to work it.
By fixing a threaded spindle or rod to the frame or jamb against which the
door of a cupboard, or of a room, or any door closes, and by attaching to the
door or inserting within it a correspondingly threaded socket, and causing the
socket to turn upon the spindle, the door may be effectually fastened. As
in the previous case a knob or key may be employed to work the socket. The
same principle of construction is applicable for fastening lids, shutters, drawers,
or any other like closing devices.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
'by the said Richard Archibald Brooman in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 20th May 1861.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, RICHARD
ARCHIBALD BROOMAN, of 166, Fleet Street, in the City of London, Patent
Agent, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twentieth day of November, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty, in the twenty-fourth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
Richard Archibald Brooman, Her special licence that I, the said Richard
Archibald Brooman, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others
as I, the said Richard Archibald Brooman, my executors, administrators,
and. assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time
and at all times thereafter during, the; term therein expressed, should and
lawfully, might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the. United Kingdom.
of Great Britain and Ireland, the "Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN STOPPERS FOR BOTTLES, JARS, AND OTHER{
LIKE ARTICLES, PARTS OF, WHICH ARE APPLICABLE AS, FASTENINGS,".-(a com-
munication from abroad, by Louis, Alexandre Farjon, of Paris), upon the,
condition (amongst others) that. I, the said, Richard Archibald Brooman,, my.
executors or, administrators, by an instrument in writing under my or
their. or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and,

page_text: ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent
Office. within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the
said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Richard Archibald Brooman, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement thereof, reference being had to the Drawings hereunto
ännexed, that is to say :-
These stoppers are composed of two parts, the lower of which is capable of
being drawn within the upper; a ring of india-rubber surrounds the lower
part, and rests upon the bottom edge of the upper in such manner that on the
lower part being drawn within the upper part the ring of india-rubber is
compressed longitudinally and expanded against the sides of the neck of the
bottle. The parts are connected by a threaded spindle, which is made to enter
a correspondingly threaded socket, which on being turned in one direction
expands the ring, and causes the stopper to fit tight, and when turned in the
contrary direction, contracts it and allows of the stopper being readily with-'
drawn. A knot may be affixed to the socket for the purpose of turning it, or
the socket may be so formed at top as to require a particular key to work it.
By fixing a threaded spindle or rod to the frame or jamb against which the
door of a cupboard, or of a room, or any door closes, and by attaching to the
door or inserting within it a correspondingly threaded socket, and causing the
socket to turn upon the spindle, the door may be effectually fastened. As in
the previous case a knob or key. may be employed to work the socket. The
same principle of construction is applicable for fastening lids, shutters, drawers,
or any other like closing devices.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawings is a vertical section of a stopper
made according to this Invention. a is the upper, and d the lower part of the
stopper; c is a threaded spindle connected to the bottom of the part d and
taking into a threaded socket b; d' is an india-rubber ring surrounding
the lower part d; it is held between the bottom of the part a, and a flange
formed on the lower end of the part d, where it is retained by a disc
of metal or wood e. By turning. the socket b, so as to draw upwards the
spindle c, and with it the part d inside the part α, the ring of india-rubber is
pressed against the side of the bottle or other article to which the 'stopper is
applied, into the position shown at Figure 2, thereby hermetically closing.the
orifice to which the stopper is applied until the socket is turned in the contrary
direction; when the part d is forced out of the part a; and the india-rubber is

page_text: .brought back to the position shown in Figure 1; when the-stopper can be
removed. The socket 'terminates in a head o of a triangular, square, or
other form, to which is fitted either. a button f; as shown at Figure 1, or a
key g, as shown at Figure 2. The rotation of the button for key. g, com-
municates motion, as before described, to the socket 6, and consequently to
the part d, and india-rubber d¹.; Figure 3 is a view of a stopper similar to
that shown at Figure 1, but without the key. Figure 4 is a view of a stopper
in which the socket bis formed in piece with the button f. a is the upper
and d the lower part of the stopper; d', the india-rubber; c, the screw-threaded
rod; and e the disc for securing the india-rubber, all as before, only it will be
observed that the parts are not made so long as in the previous Figures.
Figure 5 is a view of a stopper modified in the following manner :-The
spindle c is more firmly held to the lower disc e and to the part a, which latter
may be made of any suitable material, such as wood, glass, porcelain, earthen-
ware, while the socket 6 is made separate from the stopper, and by unscrewing
it can be removed with the button f. from the other parts of the stopper.
.
".
Figures 6, 7, 8, and 9 illustrate the Invention applied to fastenings. The
threaded rod c is fixed, for example, to a door post, and to the door, a socket b
formed in a piece with the button or handle f is attached; the socket is free
to turn in any direction, and the door, is closed by the threaded rod taking into
the threaded socket. Figure 8 is a view of an arrangement which can only
act by using a key similar to that shown at Figure 9.; the barrel p of the
key enters the key-hole p¹ of the lock; the projections on the lock take into
the spaces on the key, the barrel of which turns the threaded socket b, and
thus engages the screw c. A safety. lock can be formed by fixing the slide
bolts, as for example, in the manner shown at Figure 10. The key enters the
socket B, and turns the threaded rod C which stops, the slide bolt D on the
other side of the lock; there is a stop formed of a screw E and of a ring F which
perform the same functions as the threaded spindle C. In Figure 11 the
bolt D is moved by the, button G; the key when placed in the socket B turns.
the rod H. formed with a stop. a, taking into a notch y, in the end of the tail
of the bolt, D, which, is by this means shot or.drawn back at will.
All the stoppers become safety stoppers by..removing the knobs or keys, as
without them they cannot be withdrawn, and the contents of the bottles, jars,
or other articles to which the, stoppers are applied, are protected.
And having now. described the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same, is, to be performed, I declare that I do not limit myself to
the precise forms shewn, nor to the materials of which they are composed,
but what I claim'is,—

page_text: First, the construction of stoppers for bottles, jars, and other like articles
made tight and secured in the same by the compression of india-rubber or
other suitable elastic material substantially in manner herein-before described
with reference to Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 of the accompanying Drawings.
And second, the construction of fastenings for doors, cupboards, and other
places or articles to which fastenings are applied as herein-before described and
illustrated in Figures 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 of the accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Richard Archibald Brooman, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Twentieth day of May, One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.