IMPROVEMENTS IN BOTTLE STOPPERS
Year: 1885

page_text: I, WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON Fel. Inst. P.A. of the Agency for Foreign
Patent Solicitors, 6 Lord Street Liverpool in the County of Lancaster and
323 High Holborn in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer do hereby declare
the nature of the said invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN BOTTLE STOPPERS (a com-
munication from abroad by Hermann Spriegel of Dantzig in the Empire of
Germany Inventor) and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The improved bottle stoppers which form the subject of this application for
Letters Patent and are illustrated in the annexed drawings, Figures 1 to 8 are
designed to replace corks for the purpose of closing bottles, being applicable to
bottles containing any kind of liquid, effervescent or otherwise. A spring b
(Figure 1) contained in a metal cylinder a presses upon a porcelain stopper c which
rests in turn upon an india rubber ring d and thereby effects an hermetic closing of
the bottle e
Over the metallic cylinder or cap a is placed a U shaped elastic steel clip f
bearing at each extremity a boss or catch g. When the whole apparatus is placed
in position upon the bottle and pressed home, the two catches of the clip grasp the
neck of the bottle or jar below the annular mouth piece h and thus hold the whole
apparatus firmly in its place as shown in Figure 3.
Figure 5 shows a modification of the arrangement above described, wherein the
catches g are secured behind a metallic ring k fixed to the neck of the bottle, as
shown in Figures 5, 6 and 7. To ensure the security of this method of holding
the clip, an india rubber ring i previously placed on the bottle neck, is pushed up
between the neck of the bottle and the ends of the clip.
The removal of the stopper is easily effected whenever required, by pushing down
the ring i and compressing the sides of the clip until the catches g are released,
when the stopper is loose.
Figure 8 shows another modification of the first described arrangement, wherein
an india rubber stopper m covered by the disc n fastened directly to the clip f
effects the hermetic closing of the bottle upon which it is fixed.

page_text: The spring b may be of any desired form; modifications are shown in Figures la
and 16. The porcelain stopper c with india rubber ring d may be replaced by a
metal plate and india rubber washer which covers the entire mouth of the bottle.
In order to prevent the liquid in the bottle from acquiring a flavour of india
rubber from the above described stopper a disc of parchment paper is laid beneath
the india rubber washer.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to
me by my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is
1st. The combination of parts forming the improved bottle stopper, consisting
of stopper c, spring b clip f with its catches g g adapted to grasp the bottle neck
below the mouth piece h (Figures 1 to 4).
2nd. The combination of parts forming the improved bottle stopper, together
with the above described metal ring upon the bottle neck, and the securing of the
catches of the clip in place by the interposition between them and the neck of the
bottle of the india rubber ring i (Figures 5 to 7).
..3rd. The combination of parts forming the improved bottle stopper, wherein the
clipfis attached directly to the disc-n. which carries the stopper m (Figure 8).
The whole substantially as described and shown in the annexed drawings.