Improvements in and relating to Stoppers for Bottles and Jars.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Oct., 1889-Accepted, 14th Dec., 1889
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Stoppers for Bottles and Jars.
I, JOHN H. CHRISTMAN, of the City of Syracuse, in the County of Onondaga, in the
State of New York, United States of America, mechanic, do hereby declare the
nature of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO BOTTLE STOPPERS,"
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 the class of bottle-stoppers in which the stopper is hung
on a cam pivoted to a bail which is connected to the bottle.
The object of this invention is
Firstly, to simplify and facilitate the attachment of the bail to the bottle.
Secondly, to allow the bail to be readily removed from a broken bottle and applied
on another bottle.
Thirdly, to dispense with the wire by means of which the bail has hitherto been
connected to the bottle.
Fourthly, to lock the stopper more securely in its position over the mouth of the
bottle, and
Fifthly, to render the stopper attachment more durable and more efficient
generally.
And to that end the invention consists in an improved construction and com-
ination of parts as hereinafter fully described and set forth in the claims.
In the annexed Drawing Figs. I and 2 are respectively front and side views of my
improved bottle-stopper, Fig. 3 is a side view showing the same applied to a jar, and
Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse section of that portion of a bottle to which my invention
is applied.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.
A denotes a bottle of any ordinary form usually formed with the head-A-of
increased thickness around the mouth of the bottle. This head of the bottle I provide
at opposite sides of its exterior with sockets-a-a-which may be either drilled
therein or formed in the process of the manufacture of the bottle.
b-represents a stout wire bail which I form in one piece and consequently with the
rigid cross bar which is integral with the side arms by which latter it is pivoted
directly to the bottle by bending the extremities of the side arms of the bail at right
angles toward each other in the shape of trunnions---which are inserted into the
sockets-a-a, by prying the two arms of the bail apart, and slipping them onto the
head-A-so as to bring the trunnions in range with the sockets, and then by
releasing the arins of the bail they automatically spring toward the head-A¹-and
force the trunnions into the aforesaid sockets.
(-represents the stopper which is provided with a metal cap having an eye--
by which it
hinged to a cam-e-pivoted at right angles to the bail-b. Said
cam having integral with it the lever-d-for operating it. This cam and its lever
is formed in one piece of a stout wire which is coiled around the cross-bar of the
bail--at two places preferably near the arms of the bail as shown at-c-c. The
ntermediate portion of said wire is bent into the shape of an offset which constitutes
he came, said offset portion of the wire passing through the eye-h-on the
topper connects the latter to the cam. The lever-d-is formed of an extension
of the aforesaid wire bent so as to lie along the side of one of the arms of the bail-b.
The extremity of said extension I bend laterally as shown at-e-and preferably also
nto the shape of a loop-l.
The lateral bend-e-forms a catch which is adapted to interlock with the lower
nd of one of the arms of the bail--so as to retain the lever-d-in its depressed
osition and thus hold the stopper more securely on the month of the bottle. The

page_text: lever has sufficient elasticity to spring aside and allow the catch-e-to pass
across the arm of the hail and engage the rear side thereof as illustrated by full lines
in Figs. 1 and 2 of the Drawing. The loop---serves as a thumb-piece to facilitate
the operation of throwing the lever-d-into and out of its aforesaid interlocking
engagement with the arm of the bail.
When my invention is to be applied to a jar I employ a wire of sufficient length to
form two levers-d-d-at opposite ends to engage with both arms of the bail as
illustrated in Fig. 3 of the Drawing.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what I
claim is :-
1-The combination with the bottle and its stopper, of a bail formed with a rigid
cross-bar integral with the arms of the bail, a cam pivoted at right angles and at two
points respectively at the end portions of said cross bar and a lever extending from one
of the pivotal portions of the cam down along one of the arms of the bail and
adapted to interlock with said arm at the side of the bottle, substantially as described
and shown.
2-The combination with the bottle and its stopper, of a bail pivoted to the bottle,
a cam pivoted to said bail and connected to the stopper, and a lever attached to said
cam and having its free end adapted to interlock with one of the arms of the bail as set
forth and shown.
3-The combination, with the bottle and its stopper, of a bail pivoted to the bottle,
and a wire wound around the cross-bar of the bail at opposite sides of the center of
its length and bent intermediately into an offset and connected thereby to the stopper,
and one end of said wire extended along the side of one of the arms of the aforesaid
bail and terminated with a lateral bend adapted to interlock with said arm of the bail,
substantially as described and shown.
4 The improved bottle-stopper attachment consisting of the bottle formed with the
sockets-a-a, the bail-b-having its ends inserted in said sockets, a wire wound
into coils cc-embracing the cross-bar of the bail and bent intermediately into the
shape of the offset-c,-and having the extension-d-along the side of one of the
arms of the bail and terminating with the lateral bend-e-adapted to interlock with
said arm of the bail, and the stopper-C-bung on the aforesaid offset-c¹,-sub-
stantially as described and shown.
Dated this AL 1
1000
JOHN H. CHRISTMAN.
Haseltine, Lake & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.