Improvements in Stoppers for Bottles.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Jan., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 9th Sept,, 1889-Accepted, 26th Oct., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Stoppers for Bottles.
I WALTER JESSE KING of Osborne House, Acocks 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
applicable to all classes of bottles whether for containing effervescing or still liquid or
any other matter and has the advantage that the stopper itself being formed of cork is
not effected by the gas-sulphur or acid which generally forms part of the contents of
the bottles to which this stopper would be more generally applicable while at the same
time a very cheap and thoroughly air tight stopper is obtained which resists great
pressure and may be readily cleaned or renewed as no part remains in the bottle when
empty and there are no loose paris to become disengaged or lost. My invention
consists of a conical or tapered cork which is fixed to a metal cap by means of a
spike on the cap entering the end of the cork which may be additionally secured to
the cap by means of cement or a screw may be fixed upon the cap on to which the
cork is screwed. This cork is placed in the mouth of the bottle with the thin end
down and the metal cap at the top so that it may be readily by the force of the gas
within, without injury to the cork which is retained airtight in position when
the bottle is closed by any suitable lever contrivance but preferably as follows:
--
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 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, 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 cork 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 stoppor 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.
Dated: th
1000
GEORGE
BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Stoppers for Bottles.
I WALTER JESSE KING of Osbourne House, Acocks Green, in the County of
Worcester, Tea Merchant do hereby declare the nature of my said invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement :-
My invention has for its object improvements in stoppers for bottles, which are
applicable to all classes of bottles, whether for containing, effervescing or still, liquid,
or any other matter, and has the advantage that the stopper itself being formed of

page_text: cork is not effected by the gas, sulphur, or acid which generally forms parts of the
contents of the bottle to which this stopper would be more generally applicable, while
at the same time a very cheap, and thoroughly air tight stopper, is obtained which
resists great pressure, and may be readily cleaned or renewed as no part remains in
the bottle when empty, and there are no loose parts to become disengaged or lost.
My invention consists of a conical or tapered cork which is fixed to a metal cap by
means of a spike on the cap entering the end of the cork which may be additionally
secured to the cap by means of cement or a screw may be fixed upon the cap on to
which the cork is secured. This cork is placed in the mouth of the bottle with the
thin end down and the metal cap at the top so that it may be readily removed by the
force of the gas within without injury to the cork which is retained airtight in
position when the bottle is closed by any suitable lever contrivance but preferably as
follows.
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 forms 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, 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 lover 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 cork part of the stopper tight into the mouth of the bottle whero
it remains thoroughly air tight until the lever is again raised which raising of the
lover 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.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood, and more easily carried into
practice I have appended hereunto a double sized sheet of drawings upon which I
have fully illustrated my improvement.
Figure 1. is an elevation of an ordinary bottle E with the neck portion in section so
as to show the cork A in olevation.
Figure 2. is a section through the cork A showing a modification in the mode of
attaching the metal cap A' to the cork A.
Figure 3 is a similar section shewing another modification of attaching the cap A¹
to the cork A.
Figure 4. is a view of the neck of the bottle shewing one kind of lever for thrusting
the cork into the bottle which in this view is shewn open.
Figure 5 is a similar view to Figure 4 but shewing the bottle closed.
Referring again to Figure 1 of the drawings, the conical or tapered cork A is fixed
to the metal lever attachment cap A¹ by means of having the edges a' turned down
and into the side of the cork or the metal cap A' may be secured by means of the
scrow a or by the metal spikes at in this case being assisted by the top being slightly
turned over and in all cases the assistance of cement may be utilized for securing tho
cap to the cork or it may be fixed otherwise in any substantial manner so long as
nothing but the cork comes in contact with the contents of the bottle when the
stopper is closed.
The cork
placed in the mouth of the bottle E with the thin end a down and the
metal cap A at the top so that it may be readily forced into the bottle by means of
the lever S which is attached to the cap A' and which may be varied to a considerable
extent so long as it becomes the means of thrusting the cork home, and holding it
down, but I prefer to use the arrangement as shewn by Figures 4, & 5, in which I
bind the piece of wire D around the neck of the bottle E so as to have the double
coil at opposite sides of the bottle, which each form the eyes d' into which the ends 6

page_text: of the lever B are turned this lever B is bent and twisted to form eyes 6 at each side
as well as the loop around the bottle. The ends S¹ of the loop S are pivotted in the
eyes 6 of the lever B and to the top of this loop S the cork A is hung as before
described and it will readily be seen that the pressing down of the lever B thrusts in
the cork and by means of the eccentric action of the eyes 6 retain it in the position
shewn when closed.
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 tapered cork A attached
to the lever mechanism and operated in conjunction therewith substantially as herein
set forth and shewn upon the drawings.
Dated this 7th den of Santamber 1880
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.