IMPROVE- MENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF "BOTTLE STOPPERS AND IN THE BOTTLES, JARS, OR OTHER LIKE RECEPTACLES USED IN CONJUNCTION THEREWITH
Year: 1884

page_text: therewith.
I JOHN PHILLIPS. of 13 Liverpool Street, Walworth Road in the County of
Surrey, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF "BOTTLE STOPPERS AND IN THE BOTTLES, JARS,
OR OTHER LIKE RECEPTACLES USED IN CONJUNCTION THEREWITH to be as follows:-
My present invention relates to improvements upon that described by me in the
Specification of my Patent N° 302183 for "Improved means for stoppering or
sealing bottles, jars and other like receptacles;" and, the said improvements in
accordance with my present invention are introduced with the following objects
in view, namely: Firstly to provide supplementary means for securing the body of
the stopper to the cap or cover, additional to or it may be without-the use of
cement; and Secondly: to ensure that on the bottle, jar or other receptacle being
closed after being charged or filled, the elastic pad d shewn at Figure 9 of the
drawing accompanying the Specification of my Patent No 302183 above referred to,
shall not only be squeezed or pressed out, around and upon but also be caused to
take into and fill up a circumferential groove or circumferential grooves, which
with this object in view, is, or are formed around the top of the neck of the bottle;
and so as, whilst ensuring a thoroughly "sealed," tight joint, this is accomplished
without allowing the contents to come into contact with any considerable surface
of the caoutchouc or other elastic pad employed.
In carrying out the first referred to part of my said invention, I employ
independent mechanical means for securing the body of the stopper to the external
cover, such as the following:-Under one modification, the upper part or collar e
(referring to Figure 9 of the drawing accompanying the Specification of my Patent
No 3021) of the body of the stopper is formed around its edge with a screw
thread so as to take into a corresponding female screw formed in the interior of
the cover of the stopper: Under another modification, the upper part of the cover
of the stopper is indented on opposite sides for a portion of the circumference
thereof, and the collar e of the body, is made with a circular groove or recess which

page_text: takes into and forms a junction with the corresponding circular ridge formed by
the indentation of the sides of the cover as aforesaid; suitable provision being
made for entering the two parts together. In lieu of the latter device I may
substitute a compound wedge arrangement: And, another modification consists in
substituting, for any of the above described arrangements or devices, such
attachments as rivets or scrow studs soldered or otherwise fixed in any convenient
manner. Under any or all, of the aforesaid arrangements or devices the body of
the stopper (and of which the collar e forms a part) may be either of porcelain,
wood, or other suitable material.

page_text: therewith.
I JOHN PHILLIPS, of 13 Liverpool Street, Walworth Road, in the County of
Surrey, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF BOTTLE STOPPERS, AND IN THE BOTTLES JARS OR OTHER
RECEPTACLES USED IN CONJUNCTION THEREWITH and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :—
My Invention relates more particularly to external stoppers of the kind described
in my patent Specification N° 3021 of the year 1883 and to Bottles used in
conjunction with such stoppers, but is also applicable to other kinds of bottles
and similar receptacles.
The object is, firstly, to provide additional or better means for securing the body
of the stopper to the lid or cover, and secondly, to prevent leakage and protect the
mouth of the bottle.
In further describing my invention reference will be made to the annexed
Drawing in which Figs. 1 and 2 are sections of two stoppers, similar to those
represented by Figs. 3, 5 and 9 of my Specification N° 3021, 1883, but provided
with my improvements. Fig. 3 is a section of a bottle mouth constructed according
to my invention, and the remaining Figures represent_details.
In carrying out the first part of my Invention, I employ in addition to the
solder or cement joint, or in lieu thereof, independent mechanical means for
securing the body of the stopper to the external cover, either by soldering to the
centre of the metallic lid e Fig. 1 a screw g to which the body c is fastened like a
nut to a screw bolt, or, as shewn in Fig. 2, by providing the upper part of the
body c¹ with a bevelled edge, as represented in detail by Fig. 4, then fitting over
it a cap f¹ of thin brass or sheet metal, such as represented by Fig. 5, and then
pressing the rim or flange of this cap inward, so as to firmly adhere to the bevelled
edge of the body c¹ and to hold the latter when the cap with the body c¹ is placed
in the socket of the metallic lid or socket piece e¹ and fastened in the socket by
Bolder.
In carrying out the second part of my Invention I form at the mouth of the
bottle an inner rim B and an outer rim A higher than B, as shewn by Figs. 3
and 3, the latter being a plan of Fig. 3. These rinis leave between then an
annular groove C. The inner rim B has preferably a sharp edge which during the
closing of the bottle is pressed into the soft or elastic pad d and firmly holds the
same, so as to prevent leakage, the pad & being smaller in diameter than the inside
of the rim A, but larger than the rim B.
The rim B thus forms the actual joint, while the rim A. protects the latter from
injury, and serves as an abutment for the circumference of the pad d.
The body c, o may be made of wood or other suitable material while the socket
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page_text: This combination of an inner rim or ridge with an outer rim or flange in the
manner described is applicable in connection with other external stoppers, for
instance screw stoppers.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare, that what
I claim is
1. A Bottle stopper, having a metallic lid or socket piece e provided in the
centre with a screw, and a body c of wood or other suitable material fitting into
the socket of the lid e and forming a nut for the screw.
2. A Bottle stopper, having a metallic lid or socket piece e¹, a body c¹ of wood or
other suitable material provided with a bevelled edge, and a metallic cap f¹ fitted
over the edge of the body c², the body c¹ carrying the cap ƒ¹ being soldered into
the socket of the lid c¹.
3. A Bottle or similar receptacle, having at its mouth an inner rim or ridge B,
and an outer rim A higher than the inner rim and forming with the latter an
annular groove.
4. The combination of a bottle or similar receptacle having at its mouth an inner
rim or ridge B and an outer rim A higher than the inner rim and separated from
the same by an annular groove, with a stopper having a soft pad of smaller diameter
than the outer rim and adapted to fit upon the inner rim.
The whole substantially as described and illustrated and for the purposes set
forth.
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