Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 6th July, 1887
Complete Left, 27th Mar., 1888.
Complete Accepted, 27th Apr., 1888
THOMAS JUDGE 209 South Lambeth Road, London S.W. Sack & Bag Merchant
& Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :—
A stopper consisting of hard wood or other substance and cork. The wood or other
substance forming a wedge and having a top, or knob which is grooved, so that wire
or twine can be put over it without slipping. In the centre underneath the knob is a
round projection extending a short distance down of one diameter and then tapering
down a distance to a diameter of less thickness, afterwards extending a further
distance of one even thickness, this latter being same thickness as at the end of the
tapering portion, the tapering portion being nearly in the middle of the projection.
At the thin end of the wedge is a screw on which a button is screwed, this button
being unscrewable, so that a Cork of circular shape can be placed on the projection,
and the button screwed on. The Cork has a flange at the top and is cut out in the
centre, the top of the hole being rather larger, to the depth of the flange than the
remaining channel through it, the bottom of the hole being of sufficient size for
the thin end of wedge to pass thro' easily. When put in a bottle the wedge is pressed
down, and when extracted, the button, brings the Cork out bodily.

page_text: THOMAS JUDGE 209 South Lambeth Road London S. W. Sack & Bag Manufacturer
and Merchant 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 consists in an improved stopper applicable to bottles for containing 5
gaseous and nongaseous liquids, also powdered and other substances whereby greater
facility is afforded for closing and opening bottles, while the component parts of the
stopper need be only of such materials as will not in any way injure the contents of
the bottles.
To make my Invention easily understood, I will proceed to describe the same by
reference to the accompanying Drawing.
In figures 1 and 2 a is represented a knob or top with grooves cut therein so that
wire or string can be placed over it without slipping, the indentation or small cavity
in the top of the knob is intended for the knot of such wire or string to lie in, so that
the fixing is more secure. In the centre underneath the knob is a round projection
extending a distance down of one diameter figure 16 and then tapering a further
short distance down to a diameter of less thickness c, after which the projection
extends a further distance of less diameter of an even thickness d, until within a short
distance of the end, when it is slightly increased in thickness so that a strong male
screw is cut at the end e. The object of the screw being to take a small button with
female screw in centre, as shown in figures 3 and 4. This button is unscrewable so
that it can be taken off and a Cork of circular shape of one even thickness in length,
or slightly tapering as figure 5, having through the centre a round hole or channel, is
placed on the projection and the Button with female screw is screwed on again. The
Cork may be with or without a flange on the outer rim of the top end of it. When
the Cork is placed on the projection figure 6, it extends from the bottom part of the
tapering portion e, to the top part of the screw e, thus figure 6 represents the stopper
ready for placing in the neck of a bottle. Figure 7 represents the stopper in the
neck of a bottle with the projection pressed down through the Cork, forming an
airtight wedge.
To extract the stopper the knob is turned round and drawn out until the thin part
of the projection comes through the Cork thus easing the pressure against the neck of
the bottle and causing the Cork to come in contact with the button, the stopper is
then pulled out bodily.
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

page_text: That it can be made of materials that will not injure the contents of bottles.
That it can be wedged in, and withdrawn from bottles instantly.
I claim also that the way by which the Cork is placed on the projection and after-
wards secured by the button to be new, also that the tapering projection, Cork, and
button combined, are a new stopper of my invention.
In witness whereof, I the said Thomas Judge have hereunto set my hand and
seal this Twenty-sixth day of March, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and eighty-eight.
Dated this Twenty-sixth day of March 1888.
Witness,
ALFRED WEARING COWARD.
THOMAS JUDGE.