Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 7th July, 1887
Complete Left, 12th Dec., 1887
Complete Accepted, 13th Jan., 1888
SHERWOOD RAMSEY Bookseller 39 Porter Street Hull WALTER RAMSEY Agent
7 Bedford Street Grimsby do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
;
Inside the neck of the Bottle is a diagonal grooved ward (A) turning about half
way round the neck, this ward is to receive a lock stud (B) which projects from the
stopper when the stud of the stopper is placed in the ward of the bottle a half turn
given and it becomes locked-To open the bottle a half turn is given the reverse
way A groove is run round the inside of the top of the stopper, and the top of the
neck of the bottle is made so that when the stopper is locked in the bottle it fits in
the groove of the stopper.
This invention consists of the lock principle being adapted to bottles jugs &c. in
the form of a stopper which has the least friction with the greatest amount of strength
-The stopper is inserted into the neck of the bottle until the lock stud which is on
the stopper is underneath the projecting diagonal flange or groove which is in the
neck of the bottle, it is then given a half turn when it becomes locked under the
flange and in the groove which runs round inside the top of the stopper; to unlock
or open the bottle a half turn is given the reverse way For bottleing certain kinds
of liquids india rubber or any other elastic material is fixed in the groove in the
top of the stopper-The lock stud can be made very fine suitable for bottleing
perfumes &c. or it can be made broad and strong suitable for bottleing malt liquors &c.
-The stopper can be made of wood, glass vulcanite or other material.
SHERWOOD RAMSEY.
WALTER RAMSEY.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Stoppering of Bottles, Jars, and the like.
SHERWOOD RAMSEY Bookseller (formerly 39 Porter Street Hull) 23 Blackstock
Road London N. WALTER RAMSEY Machine Agont 7 Bedford Street Grimsby 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:
Inside the neck of the bottle is a diagonal flange or groove (A) turning about
half way round the neck, this flange or groove is to receive a lock stud (B) which
projects from the Stopper When the stud on the Stopper is placed in the groove
or below the flange in the bottle a half-turn is given and it becomes locked-to
open the bottle a half-turn is given the reverse way. For bottleing certain liquids a
groove is run round the inside of the top of the stopper and the top of the neck of
the bottle is made so that when the stopper is locked in the bottle it fits in the groove
of the Stopper.
This invention consists of the lock principle adapted to bottles, jugs and the like in
the form of a Stopper which has the least possiable friction with the greatest amount
of strength-The Lock Stud on the Stopper can be made very fine suitable for bottleing
Perfumes &c. or it can be made broad and strong suitable for bottleing malt liquors &c.
The Stopper can be made of wood, glass, vulcanite or other material-A ring of
india rubber or any other elastic material can be fixed in the groove which runs
round the top of the Stopper-The drawings referred to herein are those filed with
the provisional specification.
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―
(1) A groove or projection extending diagonally and occupying a portion of the
inner circumferance of the neck of the bottle or other receptacle.
(2) A diagonal projection or groove occupying a portion of the outside circum-
ferance of the Stopper.