Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Aug., 1887
Complete Left, 25th Feb., 1888
Complete Accepted, 13th Apr., 1888
1, SAMUEL HENRY MUSGRAVE 22 Mansell Road Acton Middlesex, Druggists
Sundriesman do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
For the purpose of my Invention I make a case or Tube of suitable material about
one inch wide and two long, the top is closed to form a cap, on one side I make an
opening about half an in. wide and long, commencing about a quarter of an inch from
top, leaving about half an inch solid at bottom end the Top now forms a receptacle for
a rubber or other suitable pad. At the bottom of case I press out on the inside about
gth of an inch up a projection both sides as pegs or stops. The Stopper Body with its
openings and indents, is stamped out of sheet metal, turned round and the edges
pressed together, and after closing, a ring is pressed round which keeps the two pro-
jections forming the pegs firmly in the corresponding grooves in the neck of the Bottle
allowing the stopper free play and preventing its coming off, except when desired.
The cap is a circle stamped out of the same metal and then spun or turned edge to
edge on the body of the stopper, when wishing to close the Bottle, the stopper is
pushed down the grooves turned half round which cramps it tight and firmly closes
the mouth.
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page_text: 1, SAMUEL HENRY MUSGRAVE, 22 Mansell Road, Acton, Middlesex, 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, and in order that my Invention may be the better understood I have appended
the accompanying sheet of drawings in which
Figures 1 and 2 illustrate the method of preparing the material for forming the
stoppering device according to my Invention, and Figure 3 shews same complete ready
for use or application.
In accordance with my Invention I form a short tubo A. of any suitable material
preferably of sheet metal, having openings B stamped or otherwise formed therein, the
edges of which I prefer to round off. During the process of stamping or pressing the
plate or sheet of metal A two depressions a, a, are formed therein projecting inwards
to serve as pegs or projections which take into grooves or channels formed on the
neck of a bottle to which my device is to be applied. Other external projections b
may if desired be formed in the sheet or plate of metal A Figure 1 to facilitate the
introduction and movement of the stopper upon the neck of the bottle.
The sheet or plate A having been prepared as above described, is now bent into a
cylindrical or tubular form, the ends c, c, being caused to overlap and pressed so as to
ensure a tight joint. A cap C (top of which is shewn in plan Figure 2) formed of a
disc of the same material of which the tube is made is then secured preferably by
being spun or pressed to the top end d of the tube, said cap having adapted or secured
thereto on its inner surface a pad of caoutchouc or other suitable material to ensure a
perfectly tight joint or closure at the mouth of the bottle.
The neck of the bottle to which the improved stopper above described is to be
adapted is provided with longitudinal grooves or channels terminating in right angled
grooves or channels forming segments of screw threads, so that upon pressing the
stopper upon the neck of the bottle and giving one quarter turn to same the padded
top of the stopper is pressed against the mouth of the bottle and thus forms a very
tight joint.
"It will be seen from the foregoing that it is not necessary to remove the whole con
tents of the bottle at once to allow of the discharge of same through the apertures B
nor is it necessary to open the stopper to its full extent as by means of the projections
the stopper can be held firmly by the thumb or any of the fingers and thus th

page_text: contents of the bottle may be discharged proportionately to the extent to which the
stoppering device is turned round.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
The improved bottle stopper made up or formed in the manner substantially as
herein set forth.