Improvements in Bottle Stoppers.
Year: 1897

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Date of Application, 12th Aug., 1897-Accepted, 16th Oct., 1897
Improvements in Bottle Stoppers.
I, FRANK WINDER WATERMAN of Fulton Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.,
Engineer, 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:-
This invention relates more particularly to that class of stoppers for bottles
known as cap stoppers in which a locking device or fastener is employed to
removably secure the cap to the bottle, and the object of the invention is to
provide a simple and durable bottle cap stopper and fastener therefor capable of
ready application to and removal from the bottle without destruction of the cap
which may be used several times.
In the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a bottle neck
with the invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 a vertical section of same. Fig. 3 a
detail perspective view of the spring clip fastener.
1 is an ordinary crown bottle neck to which is fitted the flanged cap 2 on the
inside of which latter is a flexible washer 3 preferably of cork, adapted to rest
against the edge of the bottle mouth to seal the same. To fasten the cap to the
bottle a spring clip fastener is provided one portion of which is arranged to engage
with the rib of the bottle neck. The spring clip fastener consists of a single
wire 4 bent first in U shape and having both ends bent downwardly then inwardly
towards each other so as to form fastening hooks 7, bends 5, and loop 11, which
latter serves as a lever for removing the cap from the bottle. The bends 5 which
are adapted to be engaged with the cut out portion 6 in one side of the flange of
the cap and the hooks 7 formed by the free end of the fastener are adapted to be
inserted in the cut out portion 8 in the opposite side of the flange of the cap so as
to engage with the exterior rib 9 on the bottle.
To apply the fastener to the cap, the hooks and bends are inserted through their
corresponding openings and the fastener is then pressed downwardly against the
top of the cap so that the hooks or bends spring into place underneath the exterior
rib 9 thus firmly pressing the cap against the bottle mouth and holding the same
in position. It is preferred to hold the cap and attached fastener in a tilted
position with respect to the bottle mouth so as to insert the bend or hook 5 beneath
the rib 9 first, and then, using the rib as a fulcrum and holding the cap in contact
with the side of the bottle mouth, quickly press the other side of the cap down-
wardly into place, the hooks 7 readily springing into place and locking the cap
on the bottle.
The cap cannot be removed or loosened by any pressure applied centrally thereto,
but, on the contrary, application of such pressure tightens the cap on the bottle,
so that in case of pressure from within the bottle the cap is more firmly bound
and held in place.
It will thus be seen that the invention embodies a simple and effective bottle
cap fastener, in which the simple action of spring pressure is relied on to hold
and bind the cap in place on the bottle, and that, furthermore, the bottle cap can

page_text: be quickly applied or removed. It may also be used several times, if desired, the
internal washer being renewed as often as found necessary.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to he performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
1. In bottle cap stoppers, the combination with a bottle having a rib around its
mouth, of a flanged bottle cap provided with means for engaging a fastener, and
a spring clip fastener separate from the cap and engaging the rib on the bottle
mouth and the said means on the bottle cap, whereby the cap may be pressed
upon the bottle mouth and held thereon by the spring pressure of the spring clip
fastener, substantially as described and shewn.
2. In bottle cap stoppers, the combination with the bottle having a rib around
its mouth, of the flanged bottle cap having a depending portion provided with
means for engaging a fastener, and a spring clip fastener separate from the cap,
one portion of said fastener being adapted to engage the depending portion of the
bottle cap and the other portion adapted to engage the under side of the rib,
whereby the said cap may be pressed into place on the bottle mouth and held
thereon by spring pressure of the said fastener, substantially as described and
shewn.
3. In bottle cap stoppers, the combination with a bottle having a rib around its
mouth, of the flanged bottle cap having a cut out portion to receive the hooks and
bends of the spring clip fastening, which latter engages with the under side of the
bottle rib said spring clip fastener bent to form a loop or lever to remove said cap
from the bottle mouth, substantially as described and shewn.
Dated this 12th dow of Aust 1907
THOMAS R. SHILLITO
39 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.