IMPROVEMENTS IN STOPPERS FOR BOTTLES AND JARS
Year: 1858

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Cliff Quince, of Crosby Hall Chambers,
Bishopsgate, in the County of Middlesex, Commission Agent, for the
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Sealed the 7th December 1858, and dated the 8th June 1858.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Cliff Quince at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
8th June 1858.
I, JOUN CLIFF QUINCE, of Crosby Hall Chambers, Bishopsgate, in the
County of Middlesex, Commission Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN STOPPERS FOR BOTTLES AND JARS," to be
as follows:-
My Invention has for its object the stopping of bottles and jars, so as to
render them air-tight by means of the stopper herein-after described. This
stopper is formed in the interior with a groove or cavity fitting over the top
of the bottle or jar, with a plug or solid portion fitting into the mouth of the
same, a washer of leather, india-rubber, or other elastic or compressible
material being inserted in the groove or cavity, and filling up the grooved
space between the stopper and the top of the bottle or jar. The exterior of
the stopper is also grooved to receive a wire, string, or other means of attach-
ment to the neck of the bottlo or jar, which has a projecting ring formed on
it for the purpose of facilitating the tying or fastening of the wire or string.

page_text: The stopper is applied to the bottle or jar by means of external pressure
sufficient to compress the washer, and cause the top of the bottle or jar to be
slightly embedded therein, the bottom of the stopper being also brought down
upon the ring on the neck of the bottle or jar, and the wire or string is tied
or fastened under this ring while the pressure is on the upper part of the
stopper. The stopper may be formed either in glass, earthenware, stone
ware, or metal, and may be applied to bottles and jars composed of similar
materials.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John Cliff Quince in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
7th December 1858.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN CLIFF
QUINCE, of Crosby Hall Chambers, Bishopsgate Street, in the County of
Middlesex, Commission Agent, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eighth day of June, in the year of our Lord Ono
thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, in the twenty-first year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, IIer heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said John Cliff Quince, Her special license that I, the said John Cliff
Quince, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said John Cliff Quince, 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 "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN STOPPERS FOR BOTTLES AND JARS," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said John Cliff Quince, by an instrument in writing under my
hand and seal, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the
said Invention, and in what manner the same is 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 tho said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Cliff Quince, 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 fol-
lowing statement, reference being had to the Drawing hereunto annexed, and
to the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to say):-

page_text: means of attachment required to hold it permanently on the bottle or jar in
the usual manner; G (Figs. 3 and 5), is a medallion or cover inserted in a
cavity in the stopper for fruit bottles, for the purpose of making the stopper
air-tight after the fruit has been cooked or heated in the usual manner. This
medallion or cover is composed of a solution of gutta percha and pitch, (or
other suitable composition or substance not liable to be injured by heat in hot
climates may be used for the purpose,) and is inserted in the recess in the top
of the stopper, so as to close and seal the aperture made in the stopper to
allow of the escape of heated air during the ordinary process of cooking or
heating the fruit in tho bottle. The stopper may be manufactured in any of
the modes well known in the manufactures of earthenware, glass, and metal,
and it is intended to be applied to the bottle or jar by means of the ordinary
screw press used in corking bottles, or the required pressure may be otherwiso
applied. The stopper C containing the elastic or compressible washer E is
placed over the mouth of the bottle or jar, and pressure applied to the top of
it so as to compress the washer within the groove D, and on to the top of the
bottle or jar, and bring the bottom of the stopper down on or near to the
projecting ring B; while in this state the attachment is made in the usual
manner by means of the wire or string passed along the grooves F, and
secured under the ring B or at the top or sides of the stopper.
Having thus described the nature of the said Invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I would have it understood that I do not
claim as of my Invention any particular form or shape of stopper; but what
I claim is, the construction and use of a stopper with a grooved recess, in
which is inserted an elastic or compressible washer, for the purpose described.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Cliff Quince, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, the Sixth day of December, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight.
Witness,
WILLIAM SPENCE,
50, Chancery Lane, London,
Patent Agent.
JOHN CLIFF QUINCE. (L.S.)