Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Feb., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 13th Nov., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 21st Dec, 1888
THOMAS ETHERIDGE HARPER of Pilgrim House, South Weald in the County of
Essex, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
I propose to fix to the neck of a Bottle below the bulb usually found on Bottle
necks or in a suitable groove formed for the purpose a semi circular hoop of wire the
ends of which turning outwards and upwards terminate respectively in a suitable
catch for holding the corresponding ends of a wire attachment depending from the
Stopper to be affixed-Such semicircle of wire I propose to affix to the Bottle neck
either by tyeing or by soldering to it another semicircle of wire so as tightly to
embrace the neck of the Bottle.
THOMAS ETHERIDGE HARPER.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Method of Applying Wire for the Purpose of Retaining
Stoppers in Bottles.
I THOMAS ETHERIDGE HARPER of Pilgrim House, South Weald, in the County
of Essex, 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 :-
I
propose to affix to the neck of a Bottle below the bulb usually found on Bottle
necks or in a groove formed for the purpose a semi-circular hoop of wire the ends of
which turning outwards and upwards terminate respectively in a loop or other suitable
catch for holding the corresponding ends of a wire or metal attachment depending
from the Stopper such as is described in the drawings hereto annexed and in Figures 1
and 6 of the drawings filed with my Complete Specification of the Invention
No. 11,766 1887 August 30th-Such hoop can when desired be affixed to the Bottle
neck either by tyeing or by soldering to it another semicircle of wire so as tightly to
embrace the neck of the bottle but if the ends or arms of such hoop be accurately
fitted to the bulb of the Bottle neck and the hoop itself be slightly bent beyond the
half-circle and to a circle slightly less in diameter than is the neck of the Bottle for
which it is intended it will spring into its place and remain there without any
additional means of fastening.
In order that my said Invention may be most fully understood and readily carried
into effect I will proceed to describe the drawings hereunto annexed.
Figure 1 represents a Bottle with the Wire attachment affixed.
Figures 2 and 3 represent the Bottle and such Wire attachment separately.
Figure 4 represents a wire arrangement for holding the Stopper and Figures 5 and 6
represent the two several parts of which Figure 4 is composed by crossing them at
right angles and there tying or soldering them together. Such wire arrangement
is attached to the Stopper by opening and slipping over the head of the Stopper
the circle of wire formed by the two semicircles depicted in figure 5.
The vertical grooves apparent on each side of the bulb of the Bottle in the
above figures can be either moulded while the Bottle is being made by means of
tools similar to those the subject of an Invention for which Letters Patent were
granted to me No. 9211-dated 15th July 1886 and shewn in Figures 1 to 6-and
Figures 9 and 10 of the Drawings annexed to my Complete Specification of such
Invention or they can be cut in the bulb after the Bottle has been made by the use
of an ordinary Glass Cutters wheel.

page_text: The use of such vertical grooves is to keep the Wire (Fig. 3) in its place and
prevent it from revolving with the Stopper-but they are not essential and may be
omitted where the revolution of the wire is desired or not objected to.
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―
The method of applying Wire for the purpose and in the manner substantially
herein described.