Improved Means for Securing Corks or Stoppers in Bottles so as to Prevent Refilling.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Oct., 1898-Accepted, 3rd Dec., 1898
[Communicated from abroad by MOTHURA NATH MUNDUL, of Punchanan Yola, Chin-
surah, India, Merchant and Commission Agent.]
Improved Means for Securing Corks or Stoppers in Bottles so as to
Prevent Refilling.
I, CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY, of 128, Colmore Row, Birmingham, in the County
of Warwick, Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be par-
ticularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention consists of the herein described improved means for securing corks
or stoppers in bottles so as to prevent the bottles being re-filled.
I will describe this invention by referring to the accompanying drawing on
which
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the upper part of a bottle constructed in accord-
ance with this invention;
Fig. 2 is a plan of the mouth of the bottle;
Fig. 3 is a cross sectional plan of the bottle neck on line X X of Fig. 1;
Fig. 4 is a cross sectional plan of the bottle neck on line Y Y of Fig. 1;
Fig. 5 is a side elevation partly in section of the said bottle shewing also the
capsule and the means for locking and fixing the same on the bottle in accordance
with this invention so as to prevent the capsule being removed;
Fig. 6 is a sectional plan of the bottle and capsule on line Z Z of Fig. 5;
Fig. 7 is a sectional elevation of the combined bottle and capsule and part of the
locking device on line Z Z of Fig. 6;
Fig. 8 shows a part of the locking device separately and
Fig. 9 shews a slightly modified forin of the part represented by Fig. 8.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.
In carrying out this invention I provide a metal band A (shewn separately by
Fig. 8) which is made of springy metal and is bent so as to pass over the cork or
stopper B and project down the sides of the bottle neck C. The bottle neck C has
two projections c¹ c² at one side and two corresponding projections c³ c¹ on the other
side at a short distance below the top of the bottle neck and arranged at the proper
distance apart to receive the sides of the metal band A between them. The said
side projections c¹ c² and c³ck are undercut (as shewn more clearly by the cross section
Each of the
Fig. 3) so as to prevent the band A from springing out of them.
downwardly projecting ends a a² of the band A has a coiled wire or other spring
fixed to it these coiled springs being respectively marked d² and projecting
inwardly and arranged to take into corresponding recesses c c which are formed in
the surface of the bottle neck at the proper distance below the projections c¹ c² and
c. Formed on the bottle neck and at one side of the hole there is a pro-
jection c provided with a notch or recess c* opening towards the hole c5 and there is
a corresponding projection c formed on the other side of the bottle neck C adjacent
to the hole c and also made with a recess or notch c¹º corresponding with the recess
or notch es
At the other side of the hole c there is formed on the bottle neck C
an outwardly projecting undercut wall or stop cl, and at the side of the hole co

page_text: opposite to the projection there is formed on the bottle neck a corresponding
outwardly projecting undercut wall or stop c¹². E is a capsule of glass or earthen-
ware or other suitable solid substance adapted to fit over and enclose the bottle
neck (see Figs. 5 and 7) and extend for some little distance below the holes coco.
This capsule E has two inwardly projecting teeth marked respectively e¹ e² formed
on it at a short distance above its bottom edge of the proper size and in the proper
positions so that when the capsule is placed on the bottle as hereinafter described
the tooth e¹ will pass down between the two projections c¹ c² and the tooth e² will
pass down between the projections c3 c4 and then when the capsule has been pushed
right down so that the top of it comes on to the top of the stopper or cork, and the
capsule is turned in the direction indicated by the arrows in Figs. 5 and 6, the
tooth e will enter the recess cs and the other tooth e will enter the recess clo.
In using the invention above described the cork or stopper B is first inserted
in the mouth of the bottle neck the top of the cork or stopper B being at about
level with the bottom of the cross slot F which is made across the top of the bottle
neck to receive the upper part of the band A. The metal band A. is now placed in
position and slided down the bottle neck so that one side of the band engages under
the projections c¹ c² and the other side of the band engages under the pro-
jections c³ ct. When the band is pushed right down the springs dd2 will
respectively take into the two holes c c. The metal band is then if desired pinned
to the cork or stopper B by the pin G passing through the hole a³ in the top of
the band A into the cork B. The capsule E is now put on the neck of the bottle
so that the two teeth e¹ e² respectively pass down between the two projections c¹ c² and
the two other projections c3 c4 over the metal band A which latter is thus pressed
against the sides of the bottle neck. When the capsule E has been pressed down as
far as it will go it is turned in the direction indicated by the arrows in Figs. 5 and 6
so that the tooth e¹ will take into the notch c8 and the other tooth e2 will take into
the corresponding notch co and now the spiral springs d¹ will force outwardly
the ends a¹ a² of the band A. away from the bottle neck so as to block up the paths
of the teeth e¹ e² and prevent the capsule E being turned in the opposite direction
to that indicated by the arrows in Figs. 5 and 6, and as the walls of the projec-
tions cc effectually prevent the teeth e¹ e² from moving up or from being moved
farther in the direction indicated by the arrows in Figs. 5 and 6, the capsule E is
effectually locked to the bottle and the latter cannot be opened except by breaking
the capsule E and bottle and therefore after the contents of the bottle have been
extracted the bottle cannot be refilled. The projections cllcl2 form stops to
prevent the ends a¹ a² of the band A being moved by a turning strain on the
capsule in the opposite direction to that indicated by the arrows in Figs. 5 and 6.
Immediately below the capsule there is formed on the bottle neck a projecting
collar H so as to prevent any instrument being inserted under the edge of the
capsule E to press back the ends a²² of the band A. After the capsule has been
placed and locked on the bottle as above described the capsule may be tied with wire
passing round the neck of the bottle at h¹ and then over the capsule the point where
the wire meets being sealed on the top of the capsule.
The sides of the metal band A may if desired be swelled at a a³ as shewn in
Fig. 9 where the band passes between the projections c¹ c² c³ c* so as the better to
prevent any side play of the band A.
If desired the coiled springs d¹ d² may be dispensed with, the band A. being then
made of sufficiently springy metal that the ends a¹ a² will spring outwardly as
required to lock the capsule after it has been pushed down in position on the bottle
neck and turned round through a short space as above described.
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 :-
1. As a means for securing a cork or stopper in a bottle so as to prevent its
haine na fillad the amalawment of a metal hand ……..
CLL
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page_text: stopper and extending down the bottle neck between projections there on and made
with outwardly springing ends in combination with a glass or other suitable
capsule made with inwardly projecting teeth which when the capsule is placed on
and slided down the bottle neck compress the band against the bottle neck and on the
capsule being turned through a small angle the teeth take into recesses in projections
formed on the bottle neck and are there retained by the ends of the metal band
springing outwardly so as to lock the capsule on the bottle substantially as
described.
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2. The bottle having the projections c¹ c² c3 c c7 cc c¹ and recesses c c c8c10
and collar H formed on its neck in the manner and substantially as described and
illustrated by Figs 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 and for the purposes set forth.
3. The combination of the bottle having the projections c¹ c² c³ c¹ c7 c³ cll cl² and
collar H formed on its neck, the metal band A and the capsule E constructed
arranged and operating substantially as herein before set forth.
Dated this 19th day of October 1898.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY.