Improvements in Means for Making, Applying, Fixing, or Adjusting Covers, Lids, or Stoppers to Jars, Bottles, and other kinds of Hollow Ware Vessels or Receptacles, and all other purposes analogous thereto or connected therewith, so that Vessels or Receptacles so treated are Hermetically Sealed.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 26th July. 1890
Complete Specification Left, 11th Mar., 1891-Accepted, 11th Apr., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means for Making, Applying, Fixing, or Adjusting
Covers, Lids, or Stoppers to Jars, Bottles, and other kinds of
Hollow Ware Vessels or Receptacles, and all other purposes
analogous thereto or connected therewith, so that Vessels or
Receptacles so treated are Hermetically Sealed.
We, THOMAS WILLIAM DUFFY, of 17, Parton Street, Beeston Hill, Leeds, in
the County of York, Engineer, and JAMES SMITH BARNFATHER, of 17, Mill Hill,
in Leeds, aforesaid, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
The object of our invention is to provide means for making applying fixing or
adjusting covers or lids or stoppers to jars, bottles and other kinds of hollow ware
vessels or receptacles and for all other purposes analogous thereto or connected
therewith so that all jars bottles and other kinds of hollow ware vessels or receptacles
so treated are hermetically sealed.
In carrying out our invention we provide a disc made of glass or its equivalent or
substitute. The said disc may be so formed that it may easily and readily be put
into and taken out of the neck or opening of any jar, bottle or other kind of
hollow ware vessel or receptacle to be hermetically sealed by this invention.
The said disc may be provided with a recess or groove or its equivalent so as to
receive any rubber or its equivalent or the seat of the recess may be ground or other-
wise dealt with so as to require no rubber or intersection of packing to make a
joint between the recess hereinafter mentioned and the ledge or seat hereinafter
referred to in order to hermetically seal the jar, bottle hollow ware vessel or
receptacle to which it is or may be applied.
The necks or openings of the jars bottles hollow wares bottles or receptacles may
be so treated as to have inserted or made therein a screw thread or a section of a
screw thread or their or either of their equivalent so as to form an inclined plane or
wedge. At the bottom of the said screw thread or section of a screw thread or
inclined plane or wedge or their or either of their equivalent we may have an
indentation slightly projecting underneath the bottom of the before mentioned screw
thread or section of a screw thread or inclined plane or wedge or their or either of
their equivalent so that the said indentation will or may form a ledge or seat to
receive the said disc and make a joint. This ledge may be grooved or otherwise
recessed or made in such a forin so as to receive any rubber or its equivalent or the
seat may be ground or otherwise dealt with so as not to require any rubber or
intersection of packing to make a joint to hermetically seal the vessel or receptacle
to which it may be applied.
The said disc may be formed in such a manner that a knob or its equivalent may
be made to project on its upper face at or about the centre of the disc in such a
manner that it may constitute or form a means of lifting or raising the said disc out
of and replacing the same in the neck or opening of any vessel or receptacle to
which it may be applied.
The means that we employ to secure the said disc and make a joint between it
and the before mentioned ledge or internal projection or its equivalent in the neck
or opening of any vessel or receptacle required to be hermetically sealed arc as
follow :-
:-
We provide a nut or a section of a nut or its equivalent the said nut or section of
a nut or its equivalent is formed of the same pitch as the interior of the neck or
opening of the vessel or receptacle to be hermetically sealed. The pitch may be in
the form of a screw thread or section of a screw thread or their or either of their
equivalent so as to form an inclined plane or wedge. The lower face and about the

page_text: centre of the nut or section of a nut or their or either of their equivalent may be
recessed or otherwise grooved at or about the centre so as to receive and cover up
the aforesaid knob or projection on the said disc and the top of the said nut or
section of a nut or their or either of their equivalent may be perfectly plain so as
to permit of any name or other matter being printed or otherwise marked or impressed
thereon.
The before mentioned nut or section of a nut or their or either of their equivalent
is intended as a wedge to bind on the top face of the said disc and is for the purpose
of this Specification in the form of a cross-bar and is so made that it can be
readily and easily placed in position and displaced. The cross-bar or wedge may
be made of any suitable material or mixture of materials such as wood or wood
and metal combined or may be made wholly or partially of metal or other suitable
material or materials.
With regard to vessels or receptacles where it is necessary or desirable to remove
the cover or lid or stopper instantaneously we provide the aforesaid cross-bar with
a groove or indentation or its equivalent and we also provide a key to put into the
a foresaid groove or indentation or its equivalent and we arrange the cross-bar and
the said disc in such a manner that the cross-bar and the disc are connected by
means of a stud or its equivalent and the cross-bar and the disc are also so arranged
by means of the said connection that the cross-bar may revolve on the same stud so
that the disc and the cross-bar are inseparable and can be put into and taken out of
and removed from the neck or opening of any vessel or receptacle together at one
and the same time by one operation. The said stud may be continued through and
project beyond the bottom of the said disc and in such a manner that any packing
or material that may be used or required for making a joint can be held in
position by means of the said projection.
Further in the case of bottles and other receptacles we may have the inside of
the necks or openings so tapered or formed that no internal projection will be
required or necessary to make a joint.
Dated this Twenty-fifth day of July 1890.
THOMAS WILLIAM DUFFY.
JAS. SMITH BARNFATHER.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means for Making, Applying, Fixing, or Adjusting
Covers, Lids, or Stoppers to Jars, Bottles, and other kinds of
Hollow Ware Vessels or Receptacles, and all other purposes
analogous thereto or connected therewith, so that Vessels or
Receptacles so treated are Hermetically Sealed.
We, MARY ANN DUFFY, of 17, Parton Street, Beeston Hill, Leeds, in the
County of York, Widow and Administratrix of Thomas William Duffy, deceased,
late of the same address, Engineer, and JAMES SMITH BARNFATHER, of 17, Mill
Hill, in Leeds, aforesaid, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The object of our invention is to provide means for making applying fixing
or adjusting covers lids or stoppers to jars bottles and other kinds of hollow
ware vessels or receptacles and for all other purposes analogous thereto or con-
nected therewith so that all jars bottles and other kinds of hollow ware vessels or
receptacles so treated are hermetically sealed.
By our invention we provide a ready means of attaching and securing together
the crossbar, the disc, and jointing washer in such a manner that the action of the
crossbar tends simply to depress the jointing washer or its equivalent on its
seating, preventing any distortioning of the jointing material and ensuring a perfectly
tight joint.

page_text: In order that our invention may be better understood we win expiam wat same by
reference to the annexed drawings.
Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 are sectional elevations of the mouth portions of bottles
and jars illustrating the application of this invention to narrow and wide mouthed
bottles, jars or other receptacles ;
Fig. 7, is a plan view of an attachment hereafter referred to, and
Figs. 8 and 9 are plan views.
In Figs. 1 and 8 a is the crossbar threaded or furnished with inclined planes on
a portion of its outer circumference and capable of engaging with screw threads b
on inclined planes formed in the interior of the mouth of the bottle; c a conical
stopper of glass or other suitable material carrying at its upper end a stem ‹
having an enlargement or projection e formed upon it; a hole in the cross-
bar a of sufficient diameter to allow the enlargement e to pass through; ga
split ring of sheet metal (shown by Fig. 7) which can be sprung into position
under the projection e attaching the stopper to the crossbar in such a manner that
the crossbar is capable of rotation without imparting its rotatory movement to
the stopper is the seating truly ground with the stopper and capable of
making a tight joint therewith.
In Fig. 2a is the threaded crossbar, ia metal disc formed in one with the
stems jk, a jointing washer of rubber, compressed paper or other suitable
jointing material capable of making joint with the seating h; ma metal washer
securing the jointing washer to the metal disc by the outer end of the stem j
being turned over in rivet form as shown. The upper end n of the stem k is
also attached to the threaded crossbar by rivetting but as previously described
the crossbar is free to rotate without giving rotating movement to the stopper.
Fig. 3 shows a bottle neck threaded or furnished with inclined planes or
portions of inclined planes externally, i being the disc of the formation shown,.
the jointing washer, the seating for the reception of the jointing washer,
gg sheet metal split washers securing the jointing washer and threaded cap o to
the disc i.
In Figs. 4 and 9 a is the threaded crossbar, i the disc preferably of glass or
metal having a projection or knob formed on its upper surface at p, the projection
serving as a handle or means for lifting and replacing the disc in the mouth
of the bottle or article to be stoppered; is the washer of jointing material
cemented or otherwise secured to the disc, q a perforation or cavity formed in the
crossbar for the reception and concealment of the projection p.
The upper
surface of the crossbar being in this instance a plain level surface, can be
utilised for the display of any name trade mark or other matter printed or impressed
thereon.
Fig. 5 shows a provision made for the attachment of the disc to the crossbar by
means of the stem carrying an enlargement at its upper end passing
through the hole in the crossbar and being secured thereto by the split metal
washer being sprung into position and closed under the enlargement s; lis
the jointing washer, the seating for the jointing washer an indentation or
groove formed in the disc for the reception and secure holding of the jointing
washer.
Fig. 6 illustrates a similar arrangement for the attachment of the disc to the
crossbar, the jointing ring in this case being secured in position by the split metal
ring after the manuer previously described.
In some cases it may be desirable to apply a greater force to the crossbar than the
hand alone is capable of applying. When this is the case a key worked hori-
zontally and having two claws suitably formed to fit the two parallel sides of the
crossbar is employed.
It will be evident that the crossbar instead of being threaded or furnished with
inclined planes around a portion only of its circumference may consist of a
cylinder with threads or inclines around the whole of its circumference. Holes or

page_text: grooves carried by the upper surface of crossbar enable a suitable key to be used in
stoppering and unstoppering the bottle or jar.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. The modes herein described and illustrated of attaching and operating the
crossbars a or cap o or any mechanical equivalents in combination with the ground
stopper c or disc and jointing materials i and or their substitutes for the purpose
herein described.
2. The combination with a stopper c of a crossbar a attached and secured
together by split ring 9 as and for the purpose herein described and illustrated by
Figs. 1, 7 and 8.
3. The combination with a disc i of a crossbar a, stem jk, jointing washer and
metal washer m attached and secured together in the manner and for the purpose
herein described and illustrated with reference to Fig. 2.
4. The several modes of attaching and securing together the crossbar a, disc i
and jointing materialas and for the purpose herein described and illustrated with
reference to Figs. 4, 5, 6 and 9.
Dated this 4th day of March 1891.
MARY ANN DUFFY.
JAMES SMITH BARNFATHER.