IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF STOPPERS FOR BOTTLES AND SIMILAR RECEPTACLES
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Robert Lake, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake,
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& Co., Patent Agents, Southampton Buildings, London, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF STOPPERS FOR BOTTLES AND
SIMILAR RECEPTACLES." A coininunication from abroad by Franz Koeller,
of Neulengbach, near Vienna, Austria, Doctor of Medicine.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Robert Lake at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 9th April 1878,
WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, London. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF
STOPPERS FOR BOTTLES AND SIMILAR RECEPTACLES." [A communication from
abroad by Franz Koeller, of Neulengbach, near Vienna, Austria, Doctor of Medicine.]
This Invention has for its object the manufacture of stoppers for bottles and
similar receptacles, and consists in the use of shavings, of preferably soft wood,
such as fir, pine, poplar, horse chesnut, or willow. The said shavings are preferably
made about three feet long, one-half inch to three inches broad, and one-hundredth
inch thick, and are planed from pieces of wood cut to a suitable size.
In the manufacture of a stopper according to this Invention the wooden shaving
is rolled tightly round a wooden pin, of a length corresponding to the breadth of
the shaving, and both ends of the shaving are fastened by a suitable adhesive
substance, such as a resinous or marine glue.
The stopper so formed may be finally dipped at one end in pure melted paraffin,
and will then be ready for use. The end dipped in paraffin is kept outside in
stoppering a bottle, and the paraffin protects the stopper against the action of damp,
air, and moisture.
A stopper manufactured in this manner of a wooden shaving rolled to a cylindrical
form has sufficient elasticity to conform to the shape of and so fit tightly into the
interior of the nook of the bottle or iar into which it may be fixed.

page_text: On laying down the bottle or jar on its side the inner end of the stopper is
immediately filled with the fluid contained in the said vessel, and a complete closure
is effected.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said William Robert Lake in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 8th
October 1878.
WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, London. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF
STOPPERS FOR BOTTLES AND SIMILAR RECEPTACLES." A communication from
abroad by Franz Koeller, of Neulengbach, near Vienna, Austria, Doctor of Medicine.
This Invention has for its object the manufacture of stoppers for bottles and
similar receptacles, and consists in the use of shavings of (preferably) soft wood,
such as fir, pine, poplar, horse chesnut, or willow. The said shavings may be about
three feet long, one-half inch to three inches broad, and one-hundredth of an inch
thick, planed from pieces of wood cut to a suitable size.
In the manufacture of a stopper according to this Invention the wooden shaving
or strip is preferably coiled or wound tightly round a wooden pin or core, of a
length corresponding to the breadth of the shaving, and both ends of the shaving
or strip are fastened by a suitable adhesive substance, such as resinous or marino
glue. The inner end of the said shaving or strip may be insorted into a slit in the
pin or core instead of being only stuck to the same.
The stopper so formed may be finally dipped at one end in pure melted paraffin,
and will then be ready for use. The end dipped in paraffin is kept outside in
stoppering a bottle, and the paraffin protects the stopper against the action of damp,
air, and moisture.
A stopper manufactured in this manner of a wooden shaving rolled into a
cylindrical form has sufficient elasticity to conform to the shape of and to fit tightly
into the interior of the neck of the bottle or jar into which it may be fixed.
On laying down the bottle or other vessel on its side the inner end of the stopper
becomes immediately filled with the fluid contained in the said vessel, and a
complete closure of the same is effected.
In the accompanying Drawings Figure 1 is a side view, Figure 2 a section, and
Figure 3 a top view of a stopper, constructed according to this Invention, of a
wooden shaving a, rolled round a pin or core b.
Figure 4 shows a modified form of stopper, in which the inner end of the shaving
is inserted into a slit in tho wooden pin or core instead of being simply stuck
to it.
Having thus fully described the said Invention as communicated to me by my
foreign correspondent, and the manner of performing the same, I wish it understood
that I claim,
First. The method of manufacturing wooden stoppers which consists in winding

page_text: a thin strip of wood or shaving upon itself or upon a wooden core, and fastening
the ends to the core and outer coil, as above set forth.
Second. A stopper composed of a shaving or thin strip of wood, as above
specified.
Third. A stopper composed of a shaving or thin strip of wood in combination
with a solid wooden pin or core, which may or may not have a groove or slit in
the same, as and for the purpose specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Robert Lake, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Eighth day of October, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.
117M DADT TATZE
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