IMPROVED STOPPER FOR BOTTLES OR OTHER HOLLOW ARTICLES
Year: 1886

page_text: I, DAN RYLANDS, of Hope Glass Works, Stairfoot, near Barnsley in the County
of York, Glass Bottle Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my said
invention for IMPROVED STOPPER FOR BOTTLES OR OTHER HOLLOW ARTICLES to
be as follows:-
According to my present invention I make a stopper of earthenware or other
suitable material which stopper has a head which may be milled or corrugated or
polygonal and which stopper has a stem that is either polygonal or square.
On
the bottom of this stem I form a rim. I then take a piece of cork or other suitable
substance; which is round as to its external diameter, but which has punched, cut
or drilled through it a hole of such a shape that the special configuration or shape
of the stem of the stopper exactly fits into it in such a way that the stopper
cannot be turned or twisted round or partially round without at the same time
turning or twisting the cork or other suitable substance which may be used.
I then take the cork and steep it in water or steam it (or properly treat other
suitable substance) so as to make it thoroughly pliable; and I force through the
hole in the cork or other substance the stem of the stopper made as described; and
as the length of the piece of cork or other substance corresponds with the distance
between the top side of the rim of the stem and the under side of the head of the
stopper the stem is forced right through the cork or other substance and the rim
is allowed to protrude beyond the cork or other substance. A stopper made on this
principle can be used either with a screw mouth bottle or with a bottle having a
series of grooves. In order to cause the stopper to make a more perfect airtight
joint a ring of India rubber may be placed on the underside of the head and fitted
on the top of the cork or other substance as will be well understood.

page_text: Improved Stopper for Bottles or other Hollow Articles.
I DAN RYLANDS, of Hope Glass Works, Stairfoot, near Barnsley, in the county
of York, Glass Bottle Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention
for IMPROVED STOPPER FOR BOTTLES OR OTHER HOLLOW ARTICLES and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement:-
'
According to my invention I make a stopper of earthenware, glass or other
suitable material which stopper has a head which may be milled or corrugated or
polygonal and which stopper has a stem that is either square or polygonal. On
the bottom of this stem I form a rim. I then take a piece of cork or other suitable
substance which is round as to its external diameter, but which has punched, cut
or drilled through it a hole of such a shape that the stem of the stopper can be
forced through the said hole and so secure the cork or other substance to the said
stem that the stopper cannot be turned or twisted round or partially round
without at the same time turning or twisting the cork or other suitable substance
which may be used. I then take the cork and steep it in water or steam it (or
properly treat other suitable substance) so as to make it thoroughly pliable, and
I force through the hole in the cork or other substance the stem of the stopper
made as described; and as the length of the piece of cork or other suitable
substance corresponds with the distance between the top side of the rim of the
stem and the underside of the head of the stopper the stem is forced right through
the cork or other substance, and the rim is allowed to protrude beyond the cork or
other substance.
A stopper made on this principle can be used either with a screw mouth bottle
or with a bottle having a series of grooves. In order to cause the stopper to make
a more perfect airtight joint a ring of India rubber may be placed on the underside
of the head and fitted above the cork or other substance as will be well understood.
Where preferred gum or glue may be used to cause the cork or India rubber or
other substance to adhere more securely to the stem of the stopper.
In order to make my invention more fully understood I annex drawings of which
the following is a description:-
Fig. 1 is an elevation of my improved stopper. Figs. 2, 3, and 4 are plans of
same.
Figs. and 6 are respectively elevation and plan of a piece of cork or other
substance.
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Figs. 7 and 8 are respectively elevation and plan of India rubber ring.
Fig. 9 is an elevation of my improved stopper and cork or other substance with
a section of die, and shows the method of forcing the cork or other substance on to
stem of stopper.
Fig. 10 is a sectional elevation of my improved stopper.
Fig. 11 is a part sectional elevation of bottle showing my improved stopper fitted
into mouth thereof.
Fig. 12 is a sectional elevation of bottle neck showing my improved stopper fitted
into mouth thereof.

page_text: According to my present invention I make a stopper A of earthenware, glass, or
other suitable material. This stopper A has a head 6 which may be milled (Fig. 3),
corrugated (Fig. 2), or polygonal (Fig. 4). The stopper A has also a stem c which
is either fluted polygonal (Figs. 1, 2 and 4), or square (Fig. 3.). On the bottom of
this stem c I form a rim (d. I then take a piece of cork or other substance E
(Figs. 5 and 6) which is round as to its external diameter and which has punched,
cut, or drilled through it a hole f of such a shape that the stem c of the stopper A
can be forced through it and so secure the cork or other substance to the stem c_so
that the stopper A cannot be turned or twisted round or partially round without
at the same time turning or twisting the cork or other substance E.
I then take the cork E and steep it in water or steam it (or properly treat other
suitable substance) so as to make it thoroughly pliable, after which I place the said
cork or other substance E into the die G (Fig. 9), and force by any suitable means
through the hole f formed in cork or other substance E the stem c of stopper A ; and
as the length of the piece of cork or other substance E corresponds with the distance
between the top side of the rim d and the underside of the head b of stopper A,
the stem c is forced entirely through the said cork or other substance E, and the
rim d is allowed to protrude so as to firmly secure the cork or other substance E to
the said stem c. In order to cause the stopper to make a more perfect and reliable
airtight joint a ring of India rubber H (Figs. 7 and 8) is placed around the under-
side of the head b and above the cork or other substance E. Where preferred gun
or glue may be used to better secure the adherence of the cork or other substance E
and the India rubber H to the stem c of the stopper A. The herein fully described
improved stopper, A (Fig. 10) can be used either with a screw mouth bottle (Fig. 11)
or with a bottle having a series of grooves (Fig. 12).
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
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1. The combination of the stopper A having fluted polygonal or square stem c
and rim & with a cork washer fitted thereon in the manner herein described, or in
any other suitable manner, so that the cork or other substance E will not revolve on
the stem but be twisted round with the stem.
2. The combination with the stopper as before described of the cork or other
substance E fixed on the stopper in such a way that it holds on the elastic
washer H.