Improvements in Apparatus for Stoppering Bottles, Jars, and other Hollow Vessels.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Dec., 1887
Complete Specification Left, 14th July, 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 17th Aug., 1888
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Stoppering Bottles, Jars, and other
Hollow Vessels.
1 JOSEPH READE of 15 Saint Judes Place Bradford in the County of York
Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as follows:-
This invention refers to the stoppers of bottles, jars, and other hollow vessels
which require to be sealed or closed.
This invention consists of a stopper formed with a metal or wood foundation of
circular or other convenient shape padded with cork indiarubber leather or other
suitable substance, this stopper preferably hangs loose upon a wire or metallic saddle
bar (or the stopper may be seperate from the saddle bar) the ends of the saddle are
turned in to pivot in a lever of a semicircular form which is twisted sharply round
a distance from its own pivot to form the bearing for the saddle, this semicircular
lever, takes its bearings close to the side of the neck of the bottle and acts as a crank
lever these bearings being formed by a wire passing around the bottle neck and
twisted around one or more times for each end or pivot of the semicircular lever or
sockets may be formed in the bottle neck. To close the bottle the stopper is placed
over the mouth and the semicircular lever is pressed down until the crank is past the
centre, the crank pulling down the saddle bar and stopper it closes the bottle or
vessel. To open the bottle or vessel the semicircular lever is raised and the crank
lifts up the saddle bar and stopper, releasing the whole.
Dated November 29th 1887.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Crossley Street, Halifax,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: I JOSEPH READE of 15 Saint Judes Place, Bradford in the county of York,
Gentleman, 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. :→
Fig. 1 shows a side elevation of this invention as applied to bottles.
Fig. 2 is a front elevation of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 shows a side elevation with stopper out.
Fig. 4 is a front elevation of Fig. 3.
A is a stopper formed with a metal or wood foundation of circular or other
convenient shape, padded with cork, indiarubber, leather, or other suitable substance,
or an ordinary glass stopper may be used, and the neck of the bottle may have a
ring of cork or other suitable substance in a recess within it; these stoppers
preferably hang loose upon a wire or metallic saddle bar B, (or the stopper may be
separate from the saddle bar) the ends C of the saddle bar are turned in, to pivot
within the eyelets D, of a lever E of a semicircular form, and is twisted sharply
round to form the required eyelets D, a distance from its own pivot F, to form the
bearings for the saddle bar ends; this semicircular lever E, takes its bearings or
pivots F, close to the side of the neck of the bottle and acts as a crank lever; the
bearings of the above lever are slightly out of the centre, so that when in position
the crank is just past the centre or over, and so locks it.
These bearings are formed by a wire H passing around the bottle neck, and
twisted around one or more times to form eyelets G, for each end or pivot of the
semicircular lever (or the sockets may be formed in the side of the bottle neck) see
Figs. 3 and 4.
To close the bottle, the stopper A is placed over the mouth, and the semicircular
lever E is pressed down until the crank is past the centre, the crank pulling down the
saddle bar and stopper, it closes the bottle or vessel.
To open the bottle or vessel, the semicircular lever E is raised, and the crank lifts
up the saddle bar B, and stopper A, releasing the whole.
This principle of stopper may be applied to various purposes, such as to vent pegs,
milk cans, or heading of casks, or other fastening, or for securing the lids or covers
of all kinds of vessels.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
1. The saddle bar B, having ends C, pivotted in the eyelets D, D, of the semi-
circular or cranked lever E, for opening and closing the mouths of bottles, jars,
and other vessels substantially as shown and described.
Dated this Whistonnih
1000
JOHN E. WALSH,
Swan Arcade, Bradford,
Agent for the Applicant.