Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Oct., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 14th Nov., 1888.
Complete Specification Accepted, 14th Dec., 1888
I, WALTER JESSE KING, of Osborne House, Victoria Road, Acock's Green in the
County of Worcester, Tea Merchant do hereby declare the nature of my said invention
to be as follows:--
My invention has for its object improvements in stoppers for bottles which are -
equally applicable to all classes of bottles whether for containing effervescing or still
liquid or any other matter and has the advantage of being readily cleaned or renewed
as no part remains in the bottle when empty while at the same time it is perfectly air
tight and equally applicable to large or small apertures and has no loose parts which
can be easily disengaged or lost.
Around the neck of the bottle and below the swell at the mouth 1 bind and secure
a piece of wire which is double coiled at opposite sides of the bottle into two small.
eyes which receive the ends of a stout wire lever and form a socket in which the said
ends turn. This lever is also bent into an eye at each side just below the previous
sockets and forms a projecting loop around the neck of the bottle. The ends of a
second loop of similar wire are pivotted in the eyes of the lever and to the top of this
loop the stopper or cap is hung. This stopper is preferably formed of a metal cap having
on its underside an india rubber getta percha or other compressible boss which partly.
enters the mouth of the bottle when the cap is pressed down by means of the aforesaid
lever, the action of closing the stopper being as follows:-
The stopper is put over the mouth of the bottle in which position the loop upon
which it is hung is slightly out of vertical and retains the lever in a nearly
horizontal position until the said lever is pressed down to the side of the neck of the
bottle which action brings the stopper loop vertical and by means of the leverage
presses it down and compresses the soft part of the stopper tight into the mouth of the
bottle where it remains thoroughly air-tight until the lever is again raised which..
raising of the lever sufficiently high allows the stopper to be brought over from the
mouth and turned down at the side of the bottle out of the way and clear of the mouth
altogether.
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page_text: Improvements in Stoppers for Bottles.
I WALTER JESSE KING of Osbourne House Victoria Road Acocks Green in the
County of Worcester Tea Merchant do hereby declare the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement :—
My invention has for its object improvements in stoppers for bottles which are
equally applicable to all classes of bottles whether for containing effervescing of still
liquid or any other matter and has the advantage of being readily cleaned or renewed
as no part remains in the bottle when empty while at the same time it is perfectly air
tight and equally applicable to large or small apertures and has no loose parts which
can be casily disengaged or lost.
Around the neck of the bottle and below the swell at the mouth I bind and secure:
a.piece of wire which is double coiled at opposite sides of the bottle into two small
eyes which receive the ends of a stout wire lever and form a socket in which the said
ends turn. This lever is also bent into an eye at each side just below the previous sockets
and forms a projecting loop around the neck the bottle. The ends of a second loop
of similar wire are pivotted in the eyes of the lever and to the top of the loop the
stopper or cap is hung. This stopper is preferably formed of a metal cap having on
its under side an india-rubber, gutta percha or other compressible boss which partly
enters the mouth of the bottle. when the cap is pressed down by means of the afore-
said lever the action of closing the stopper being as follows:-
.The stopper is put over the mouth of the bottle in which position the loop
upon which it is hung is slightly out of vertical and retains the lever in a nearly
horizontal position until the said lever is pressed down to the side of the neck of
the bottle which action brings the stopper loop vertical and by means of the
leverage presses it down and compresses the soft part of the stopper tight into
the mouth of the bottle where it remains thoroughly airtight until the lever is
again raised which raising of the lever sufficiently high allows the stopper to be
brought over from the mouth and turned. down at the side of the bottle out of
the way and clear off the mouth altogether.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried
into practice I have appended hereunto a sheet of drawings upon which I have
illustrated my invention applied to a bottle of the most ordinary class and from
which the application to any kind of jar or bottle may be readily understood.
Figure 1 is a front view of the neck and mouth of the bottle A being such
as is generally used for stout or aerated waters, and showing the stopper in the
position when closed.
Figure 2 is a side view of the portion of the same bottle and also showing the'
stopper in the position when closed.
Figure 3 is a similar view to Figure 1 but shewing the stopper open.
Figure 4 is a view of the reverse side to Figure 2 also showing the stopper
open and illustrating by dotted lines how the stopper may be turned over clear of
the mouth.

page_text: Figure 5 is a front and side elevation of a broken off portion of the
lever B shewing an arrangement to give additional facility for raising the said
lever.
Around the neck of the bottle A and below the swell a' at the mouth I bind and
secure the piece of wire d which is double coiled at opposite sides of the bottle and
the two small eyes d¹ and d² which receive the ends & and 62 of the lever B and form
sockets in which the said ends 61 and 62 turn as centres. The lever B is bent and
twisted to form the eyes 63 and 6 at each side as well as the loop round the bottle
which forms the lever B.
The ends S and S2 of the loop S are pivoted in the eyes 63 and of the said
lever B and to the top of this loop S the stopper or cap R is hung by means of the
eye which is formed in the cap. The stopper is formed preferably as shown of
the metal cap having on the under-side the india-rubber gutta percha or other com-
pressible boss which enters the mouth of the bottle and forms the stopper R. The
action of closing the stopper is as follows:-
The stopper R is placed over the mouth of the bottle as shewn by figures 3 and 4
and the lever B is then pressed down until it occupies the position shewn by Figure 1
and 2 in which position it is securely locked by the eccentric action of the lever B
which is caused by the centre of the pivot of the ends s' and 2 of the loop S being
slightly out of vertical with the centre of the pivots of the ends 61 and 63 of the lever B
so that when the centres s¹ and 2 are forced by means of the lever B just beyond the
centres and they are prevented from going further by the loop of the lever B
butting against the neck of the bottle A by which means the soft part of the stopper Ris
tightly compressed into the mouth of the bottle where it remains thoroughly airtight
and so securely locked in that position as to withstand the greatest amount of internal
pressure.
For opening it is only necessary to raise the lever B as shown in Figures 3 and 4
which allows the stopper R to be brought over from the mouth and turned down at
the side of the bottle out of the way and clear of the mouth altogether as shewn by the
dotted lines in Figure 4.
To give increased facility and ease for the raising of the lever I may provide it with
a twist & Figure 5 which allows of the thumb or fingers being more easily placed
beneath it.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
The improvements in stoppers for bottles consisting of the loop S attached to the
stopper and hinged at s¹ and so as to return entirely away from the opening of
the neck the stopper being operated by the lever B turning upon the centres 6¹ and b²
and locking in the position shewn by Figures 1 and 2 substantially as and for the
purpose herein set forth and shewn upon the drawings.
Dated this 13th day of November 1888.
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colinore Row, Birmingham,
Agent for Applicant.