Improvements in Stoppering Bottles, Jars, and the like.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd June, 1891
Complete Specification Left, 16th Dec., 1891-Accepted, 13th Feb., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Stoppering Bottles, Jars, and the like.
I, JOHN JAMES KER, of Willoughthorpe, St. Margarets, in the County of
Hertfordshire, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
:-
This invention has reference to an improved bottle stopper, whereby bottles, and
the like, may be readily stoppered and kept air-tight more conveniently than by
the use of the ordinary cork or those bottle-stoppers as at present made and used.
By this invention a stopper is provided which is simple in construction, neat in
appearance, and cheap to manufacture.
The invention comprises a metallic cap which is made to conform to the upper
part of the neck of a bottle, or the like. The cap is provided interiorly with a
screw-thread which is adapted to engage the outside thread upon a collar which
surrounds the outside of the bottle neck. In the upper part of the cap, and
centrally secured thereto by means of a pin, screw, or the like, is a piece of india-
rubber, or other soft and flexible material, which is shaped to conform to the
opening in the bottle or other vessel. The outer edge of the cap is preferably
milled, or otherwise roughened, to enable a firm grip to be taken when adjusting
the stopper upon the neck of the bottle or the like. The collar aforementioned is
situated upon the bottle neck a convenient distance from the upper end thereof, and
is prevented from movement thereon by one or more projections formed in the
glass or earthenware of which the bottle is made. The stopper is applied by
adjusting the cap over the neck of the bottle or the like, and screwing it over the
metallic collar which surrounds the neck, and the rubber or other soft and com-
pressible material will effectually close the opening to the vessel.
Although I have described my invention as applied more particularly to bottles,
it will be evident that it may also be used in combination with jars, pots, or the
like, in which case a metallic band is applied a short distance from the upper end
thereof, in the same manner as hereinbefore described for applying them to the
necks of bottles.
Dated this 2nd day of June 1891.
W. H. MUNNS,
Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Stoppering Bottles, Jars, and the like.
1, JOHN JAMES KER, of Willoughthorpe, St. Margarets, Ware, in the County
of Hertfordshire, Gentleman, 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 has reference to an improved bottle-stopper whereby bottles,
jars, pots, and the like may be readily stoppered and kept air-tight more con-
veniently than by the use of the ordinary cork or those bottle-stoppers as at present
made and used.
By this invention a stopper is provided which is simple in construction, neat in
appearance, and cheap to manufacture.
now proceed to describe my said invention, reference being had to the accom-
panying drawings and the figures of reference marked thereon, like figures indicating
like parts throughout.

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Fig. 2 is a part sectional elevation of Fig. 1, the section being taken on the
line of Fig. 3.
Fig. 3 is a section of the bottle neck and stopper taken on the line y y of
Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is a plan view of the collar or band in horizontal section.
Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation showing my improved stopper applied to a jar
or pot.
Fig. 6 is a section taken on the line of Fig. 5, and showing an alternative
manner of securing the collar or band in place.
The invention comprises a cap 1 made of metal, wood, composition (preferably
xylonite), or other suitable material or substance, which is made to conform to the
upper part of the neck of a bottle or the like. The cap is provided interiorly with
a screw-thread 2 which is adapted to engage an outside thread upon a collar made
of metal, xylonite, or other like composition or substance 3, which surrounds the
outside of the bottle-neck. In the upper part of the cap 1 is a piece of india-
rubber, cork, or other soft and flexible material 4, which is shaped to conform with
the opening in the bottle, or other vessel. The outer edge of the cap is preferably
milled, or otherwise roughened, as shown at 5, to enable a firm grip to be taken
when adjusting the stopper upon the neck of the bottle or the like. The metal,
xylonite, or other collar 3 is situated upon the bottle-neck a convenient distance from
the upper end thereof, and is prevented from movement thereon by one or more
projections 6 formed in the glass or earthenware of which the bottle is made, and
which projections engage corresponding depressions in the inside of the collar.
In some cases I find it advantageous to construct the bottle-neck with annular
flanges 7 and 8, as shown, and which flanges form a groove or seat to receive the
collar 3. These flanges moreover greatly strengthen and add to the appearance of
the bottle-neck.
The stopper is applied by adjusting the cap over the neck of the bottle or the
like, and screwing it over the collar which surrounds the neck, and the rubber,
cork, or other soft compressible material will effectually close the opening to the
bottle.
Although I have described my invention as applied more particularly to bottles,
it will be evident (by reference to Fig. 5) that it may also be used in combination
with jars, pots, or the like, in which case a band is applied a short distance from
the upper end thereof, substantially in the same manner as herein before described
for applying them to the necks of bottles. In this view (as before) 1 represents the
screw-cap 2 the screw-thread; 3 the collar or band; 4 the rubber, cork, or other
material the milled edge of the cap; and 7 and 8 the annular flanges. Where
the cap and mouth of the receptacle is of large diameter (as shown in Fig. 5) the
rubber, cork, or other material may take the form of a flat rubber, elastic, cork, or
other ring, as shown.
In this case, however, I find it preferable to form grooves 9 in the neck of the
jar or the like instead of in the band or collar, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and to
form corresponding projections upon the band or collar. By this device, the band
which is of large diameter and not very stout, is not weakened, as would be the
case if the grooves and projections were made as shown and described with reference
to Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive..
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what 1
claim is:
1. The herein-described bottle-stopper, consisting of the cap, having an internal
screw-thread, the collar or band having a screw-thread upon its outer periphery
adapted to engage the inside screw-thread of the cap, a milled or roughened edge,
and containing an elastic, rubber, cork, or other soft and compressible piece of
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page_text: material in the upper part thereof, all substantially as and for the purposes herein-
before described and shown in the drawings hereunto annexed.
2. The combination, with a bottle, jar, pot, or other receptacle, of a collar or
band made of metal, xylonite or like composition, or other suitable material or
substance, and said collar or band secured to the neck of the bottle, as shown and
described for the purposes hereinbefore set forth.
3. The combination with a bottle, jar, or the like, having a metal, composite
(preferably xylonite), or other collar or band secured to the neck thereof, sub-
stantially as shown and described, of a cap made of metal, wood, xylonite or like
composition, or other suitable material, and the said cap provided with an internal
screw-thread, a milled outer edge, and containing a soft compressible piece of
material in the upper part thereof, substantially as set forth.
4. A bottle, jar, pot, or the like, having projections formed upon the outside
surface of its neck or a short distance from the mouth thereof, and said projections
adapted to engage depressions or grooves upon the inner side of a metal, composite,
or other collar or band, substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described
and illustrated in the drawings hereunto annexed.
5. A bottle, jar, pot, or the like, having depressions or grooves formed in the
outside surface of its neck or near the mouth thereof, and said depressions or
grooves adapted to engage projections upon the inner surface of the metal, com-
posite or other collar or band, substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore
described and illustrated in the drawings hereunto annexed.
6. A bottle, jar, pot, or the like, having its neck or upper portion made with
annular flanges to form a groove for receiving a metal, composite, or other collar,
substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore set forth and illustrated in the
drawings hereunto annexed.
7. A bottle, jar, pot, or the like, having a groove formed in its neck or upper
portion, and having projections or grooves in the bottom thereof to engage grooves
or projections upon the inner side of a collar, band, or the like, for the purposes
hereinbefore set forth, and as illustrated in the drawings hereunto annexed.
Dated this 16th day of December 1891.
W. H. MUNNS,
Agent for Applicant.