Improvements in or connected with Stoppers for Bottles, Jars, and the like.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Jan., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 22nd July, 1895-Accepted, 3rd Aug.,
1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Stoppers for Bottles, Jars,
and the like.
I, CHARLES MELIN, of 37 Crutched Friars, in the City of London, Glass
Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows: -
This invention relates to improved means of attaching stoppers to bottles, jars,
and the like, and of locking or securing such stoppers in the closed position; also
to a device, connected with such means of attaching and securing stoppers, whereby
the bottle, for example, can be conveniently carried from place to place.
According to this invention I make the stopper of glass or other suitable material,
adapted to rest, when the stopper is in its closed position, either directly on the
neck of the bottle, or on an elastic washer interposed between it and the said neck.
A groove is formed round the head of the stopper, and in this groove is placed a
ring of wire which' is so bent at one side as to form one part of a hinge, by which
the stopper is attached to a wire or other part connected to the bottle in a manner
to be hereinafter described. The other side of the ring, diametrically opposite to
the aforesaid binge, is also bent or looped so as to form a convenient point of
attachment for a hasp hereinafter referred to. Round the neck of the bottle, and
below the ring, fillet, or bead thereof, I place another wire ring. A bent and
twisted wire, or other suitable standard, link, spring, or other more or less elastic
connection is attached at one end to the lower ring and at the other end is shaped
so as to engage with the hinge on the wire surrounding the head of the stopper.
Diametrically opposite to the point of attachment of the aforesaid standard or link
to the lower ring, the latter is bent into the form of a loop or eye, adapted to pass
through a slot in the hasp abovementioned, and to present au opening through
which a pin, or the bow of a padlock, or other fastening device can be passed to
secure the stopper in the closed position and prevent illicit access to the contents
of the bottle. A loop or eye is also formed at each side of the lower ring to which
are connected the two ends of a wire bow or bail-handle by which the bottle may
be conveniently carried from place to place.
It will now be understood that to open the stopper, the hasp is released from the
loop or eye on the lower ring, and the stopper can then be turned back on its
hinged connection with the standard or link. To close the stopper, it is turned
forward on its hinged connection, and the hasp passed over the loop or eye on
the lower ring, a padlock, or other locking device being applied to the loop or
eye if desired."
The devices above described for connecting the stopper to the bottle are
extremely flexible and elastic, so that the stopper is pressed with an elastic pressure
against the neck of the bottle when the hasp is engaged with the loop or eye on
the lower ring.
1 have described most of the parts abovementioned as being made of wire, but it
is obvious that strips of metal of any suitable section may be employed instead of
wire. The hasp, and the standard or link to which the stopper is hinged may be
of sheet metal or other suitable material.
Dated this 24th do of Ton 1805

page_text: Improvements in or connected with Stoppers for Bottles, Jars,
and the like.
I,,CHARLES MELIN,.of, 37. Crutched Friars, in the. City of London, 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 to improved means of attaching, stoppers to bottles, jars,
and the like, and of locking, or securing such stoppers in the closed position; also
to a device connected with such means of attaching and securing stoppers, whereby
the bottle, for example, can be conveniently carried from place to place.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing is an elevation of a bottle fitted with my
improved stopper, such stopper being, shewn in side, elevation and in the half. open
position,.
Figure 2. an elevation taken at right angles to Figure 1 showing the stopper
further, open, and in back elevation, and
Figure 3 shews a modification of the fastening, to be hereinafter described.
A is the stopper, which may, be of glass, porcelain, or other suitable material,
adapted to. rest, when, in its closed position, either directly on the neck B of the
bottle B by its, flange Al, or on an elastic washer C (Figure 1) interposed between
the said flange A and the, neck B₁ of the bottle. The washer C (when such is
employed) is preferably, of cork, but indiarubber, vulcanized fibre, leather or other
suitable material may, be employed. A groove A? is formed round the head of the
stopper A, and in this groove is placed a ring, of wire D which is so bent, as at D'
for, example, as to form one part of. a hinge, as shewn, by which the stopper A is
attached to a wire F. or. other part connected to the bottle B in a manner to be
hereinafter described. The other side of the ring D diametrically opposite to the
hinge E is also bent, or looped at D2 so as to form a convenient point of attachment
for a hasp G hereinafter referred.to. Round the neck of the bottle B and below
the ring,, fillet, or bead: B2 thereof, I place the wire ring F. A chain of links E,
or a bent and twisted wire, or. other suitable standard, link, spring, or other more or
less elastic connection is. attached.. at one end to the ring F as at F1 for example
and at the other end is shaped so as to engage, with the hinge on the wire D'(as
at D for example) which surrounds the head. of. the stopper A. Diametrically
opposite to the point of. attachment of the, standard or links E to the ring, F, the
latter is bent into: the, forin of a loop, or eye, F2 adapted to pass through a slot or
eye 1 in, the, haspi G, and to present.an, opening as shewn through which a pin, or the
bow of a padlock,, or, other.. fastening. device. (not shewn in the drawings) can be
passed to secure the stopper A in the closed position (as shewn in dotted. lines in
Figure 1).and, prevent illicit.access, to, the contents of the bottle. The ring Fis
also provided with a loop, or eye E³ at each side, to, which are connected the two
ends; Hofa.,wire, bow, or bale-handle H,by, which the bottle. B may be conveniently
carried from place to place.
It, will now, be, understood that in order to open the stopper A, the hasp G is
released from the loop. or eye. F2 on the ring F, and the stopper can then be. turned
back on its hinged connections; D: F... To close the stopper A it is turned forward
on its hinged connections D¹ F1 and the slot or eye in the hasp G passed over the
loop or eye F2 on the ring F, a padlock, or other locking, dévice being applied to
the loop or eye F2 if desired.
It will be seen that the devices above described for connecting the stopper to the
bottle are extremely flexible and elastic, the stopper A being pressed with an
elästic or yielding pressure against the neck B' of the bottle B when the hasp G
is engaged with the loop or eye F2 on the ring F.

page_text: I have described and shewn the various parts of my device, illustrated in
Figures 1 and 2, as being made of wire, but it is obvious that strips of metal of any
suitable section may be employed instead of wire. The hasp G* is shewn in
Figure 3 as being made of sheet metal, and the standard, link, spring, or other
more or less elastic connection E may also appropriately be made of similar
material.
1 sometimes grind the adjacent surfaces of the stopper A and the neck of the
bottle so as to make the joint more or less liquid tight when the bottle is closed
without using a washer C and as the glass stopper fills up the neck of the bottle,
the contents of the latter are not contaminated by contact with metal, indiarubber,.
etcetera, as is often the case in stoppered bottles of this description.
If desired the bottle may be enveloped in a network of wire or other protecting
material, in which case the ring F may conveniently form a means of attachment
for such network.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what 1
claim is :-
:—
First. The improved means of attaching stoppers to bottles, jars, and the like
which consists of a ring D connected with the stopper, a ring F connected with
the neck of the bottle, and a standard, link, spring or chain E flexibly connected
to the rings D and F respectively, substantially as described.
Second. The improved means of attaching stoppers to bottles jars and the like
and for locking or securing the stoppers in the closed position which consists of a
ring D connected with the stopper, a ring F connected with the neck of the bottle,
a standard, link, spring or chain E flexibly connected to the rings D and F
respectively, and a hasp G or G* hinged to the ring D and provided with a
slot or eye adapted to receive a loop or eye F' of the ring F, substantially as.
described.
Third. In connection with the means of attaching stoppers to bottles, jars, and
the like herein described the use of a bow or bale-handle connected flexibly to the
ring F surrounding the neck of the bottle, substantially as described.
Dated this 22nd day of July 1893.
Dated this 22nd day of July 1893.
C. MELIN,
Per W. H. Beck,
115 Cannon Street, London, E.C., Agent.