IMPROVE- MENTS IN "BOTTLE STOPPERS
Year: 1885

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
I HENRY CHARLES WALTER residing at 105 Cannon Street in the City of
Bridgeport county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut in the United States of
America, gentleman do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVE-
MENTS IN "BOTTLE STOPPERS" and in what manner the same is to be performed
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
My invention relates to certain novel and useful improvements in Bottle
stoppers, and has for its object to provide a device of this description which
shall be simple in its construction and ready of adaptation, and with these ends
in view,
Fig. 1, is a front elevation of a bottle neck provided with my improved stopper,
the nose of the bottle and the stopper being in section.
Fig. 2, a side elevation, and
Fig. 3, a plan view of my stopper secured on a bottle, the top of the stopper
being sectioned.
Similar letters of reference indicate like parts wherever such may occur in the
several figures of the drawings.
A, is the bottle and B, a wire secured around the neck thereof and twisted at
the sides so as to form eyes, C.
D, is the locking wire the free ends of which are sprung within the eyes, C,
so as to swing radially therein, the closed end being bent at right angles so as
to form a loop, E, for the purpose presently explained.
F, is an U-shaped link which is loosely connected to the open ends of the
loop, E, as seen at Figs. 2, and, 3.
G, is an elastic plug which is surmounted by a metallic cap, H.
This cap is formed with two shoulders, I, J, the latter of which is inclined or
beveled on its upper surface as shown for the purpose presently explained.
The operation of my improvement is as follows:-
When the stopper is secured within the bottle as shown at Figs. 2 and 3, and it
is desired to open the bottle, pressure is brought to bear against the wire, D, in the
direction indicated by the arrow in said figure 2: the loop, E, will be forced out of
contact with the shoulder, J, on the cap, and the closed end of the link, F, will
strike against the cap, and force the stopper out so that it will hang by gravity
against the neck of the bottle as will be readily understood.

page_text: As previously set forth, the shoulder, J, is beveled on its upper face, and the
distance between the points, x, x, being less than the distance between the points x, y,
it follows that, in securing the stopper within the bottle, the loop will bind against
said beveled surface, after the manner of a wedge, with an increasing bite until the
closed end of the loop is brought into contact with the shank of the metal cap.
My improved stopper is so constructed and arranged that it cannot be detached
from the locking wire, and is always in a position to be readily inserted in the
bottle; also the bottle may be closed and filled by the use of a perforated cap and
plug in the usual manner.
The function of the link, F, is to grasp the stopper and force it out of the bottle
and allow it to hang conveniently so as to be readily replaced when desired, but
this link can also serve as a bale by which the bottle may be carried or suspended.
I am aware that wire bottle stoppers adapted to force out the stopper and retain
the same in a hanging position are not new broadly and I do not wish to be
understood as laying claim to the same.
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
1. In a bottle stopper, the locking wire adapted to be forced over and against
the beveled surface of the metal cap, substantially as set forth.
2. In a bottle stopper, the elastic plug having attached thereto a metallic cap
formed with shoulders as described, the lower shoulder being beveled on its upper
surface, in combination with the locking wire adapted to be forced against said
beveled shoulder with an increasing bite, substantially as set forth.
3. The combination of the wire, B, secured around the neck of the bottle and
having eyes, C, wire, D, having its free ends sprung within said eyes and with its
closed end bent at right angles into the form of a loop, link, F, loosely connected
to the open portions of said loop, aud cap, H, having shoulders, I, J, the latter
shoulder being beveled as described, substantially as shown and described.
Dated the third day of December 1884.