Improvements relating to Lever Bottle Stoppers.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Nov., 1896-Accepted, 2nd Jan. 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to Lever Bottle Stoppers.
I, CHARLES HOUGHTON BROWN, of 13, Victoria Street, Westminster, in the
County of London, Chartered Accountant, 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 :-
My invention relates to lever bottle stoppers of the kind referred to in my
Patent No. 7240 of A.D. 1896 wherein the lower portion or disc which when in
use lies next to the contents of the bottle is made of incorrodible and tasteless
material such as porcelain or other substances therein specified.
In that specification I further referred to certain means for securing the lever
hook to the said porcelain disc, which though more or less efficient, have not
proved in use entirely satisfactory.
The object of iny present improvements is to provide a better arrangement of
hook and also means for fixing a separate hook to the said porcelain disc.
I may effect my object either by moulding or making the hook of porcelain
or of the same substance as and in one with the disc, or I may fix a separate or
loose hook of metal or other suitable substance to the disc in various modified
but equivalent ways, which I will now describe in reference to the accompanying
drawings.
Fig. 1 is a cross section showing a lever book H moulded integrally with the
porcelain or incorrodible substance of the disc A. I do not however prefer this
construction, since such a hook might be liable to break on or about the line 1-2
and so render the stopper useless. I have therefore devised other means for
securing a loose hook of metal or other substance such as has hitherto been
ordinarily used.
In Figs. 2 to 6 I have illustrated oue mode of fixing according to which I form
by moulding, cutting, or otherwise across the central part of the upper portion of
the porcelain disc A forming the base of the lever stopper a dove-tail slot S. This
is shown in elevation and in plan in Figs. 2 and 3, and I provide a plate P of
pickled black iron or suitable material, Fig. 5, which I bend to an angle
corresponding to said dovetail slot S and so fashion it as to slide into the dovetail
with a fairly good fit. The hook H, Fig. 6, may be made separate, and its base
plate be inserted into a shorter opening p, Fig. 5, cut in the apex of the angle
piece P as shown in Fig. 4; but I find it better to stamp out the book H from the
material of the plate P and afterwards bend it up to the required vertical position,
as shown in perspective in Fig. 7. This mode of manufacture and fixing is at once
inexpensive and efficient.
Equivalently according to the mode illustrated in elevation and plan respectively
in Figs. 8 and 9 I form a 1-shaped aperture or passage S of convenient size
through and across the upper portion of the porcelain disc A, and fix the hook H
vertically to, or stamp and bend it as above described with and out of, a metal
plate Padapted to slide into and fit the passage S so that the hook projects
upwardly for the required distance as shown in Fig. 8.
In the cross-section and plan, Figs. 10 and 11, I have illustrated another
equivalent means wherein a circular hole T of two diameters t t is formed, the
upper part t of the lesser diameter having two opposite radial slots t t in line and
extending to the walls of the lower part t' of larger diameter. These slots t are

page_text: of such width as to admit the base h of the hook H, Fig. 6, and when this has
been inserted and passed to the bottom, the hook is turned through a right angle
and held securely by the two ends of its base engaging at each side the upper
surface of the hole t¹ of larger diameter in the solid porcelain disc A. In this
case the hole may be run solid with cement or the like, or an upper metallic plate
may be clamped over the disc top slotted to fit the shank of the book and prevent
same turning in the hole during subsequent manipulation.
Lastly as illustrated in cross-section and plan in Figs. 12 and 13, I may form a
circular hole T with a screw thread in the centre of the porcelain disc A adapted
to receive within it transversely the base plate of a hook H such as above
referred to, or the hook may have a circular base plate formed thereon, and to
screw down over such base plate I provide an annular screw plug T' by which the
whole is well secured, or equivalently instead of a screw plug I may run the hole
full of quick setting cement.
By all these modes the hook can be quickly and securely affixed to the disc and
is capable of removal if required.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :
1. In lever bottle stoppers of the kind above referred to, moulding or forming
the lever hook of and integrally with the porcelain or incorrodible material of
the lower portion, as described in reference to Fig. 1.
2. In lever bottle stoppers having a lower portion formed of incorrodible and
tasteless material such as herein referred to, the several modes of arranging and
securing the lever hook thereto, substantially as described in reference to
and shown respectively in Figs. 2 to 7, Figs. 8 and 9, Figs. 10 and 11, and
Figs. 12 and 13 of the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 27th dox of Nazemben 1906
J. C. CHAPMAN,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Chartered Patent Agent.