IMPROVE- MENTS IN STOPPERS FOR BOTTLES AND SIMILAR ARTICLES, AND METHOD OF CLOSING AND OPENING THE SAME, AND MOULDS FOR MAKING STOPPERS." PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Walter Peter Cherry and Charles Edwin Cherry, both of
Porter Street, Hüll; in the County of York, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN STOPPERS FOR BOTTLES AND SIMILAR ARTICLES, AND METHOD OF
CLOSING AND OPENING THE SAME, AND MOULDS FOR MAKING STOPPERS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Walter Peter Cherry and
Charles Edwin Cherry at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the
10th July 1878.
WALTER PETER CHERRY and CHARLES EDWIN CHERRY, both of Porter Street,
Hull, in the County of York. "IMPROVEMENTS IN STOPPERS FOR BOTTLES AND
SIMILAR ARTICLES, AND METHOD OF CLOSING AND OPENING THE SAME, AND MOULDS
FOR MAKING STOPPERS."
This Invention relates to improvements in stoppers for bottles and similar articles,
and method of closing and opening the same, and moulds for making stoppers. For
this purpose we form a stopper partly cylindrical and partly conical, or a stopper
cylindrical and conical or egg-shaped in the centre, or a stopper conical, or spherical,
or egg-shaped, with a ring or loop formed thereon; the same may be made of wood,
glass, or other suitable material, with or without grooves formed round. When
the stopper is grooved at each end we fit a ring of vulcanized india-rubber in each
groove, so as to prevent the stopper from breaking the bottle when shaking about
inside of the bottle; and also to prevent the stopper from breaking when made of
glass or other brittle material a piece of vulcanized india-rubber tube or ring is
used in connection with a stopper of the description herein-before described to form
a perfect closing of a bottle.
The method we use for closing a bottle from the outside is to pass the vulcanized
india-rubber tube or ring over the cylindrical part of the stopper, and then pass a
metal tube flanged, and with two bent arms over the same part of the stopper,
which tube rests on the vulcanized india-rubber tube or ring. We then insert the
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page_text: conical end of the stopper in the mouth of the bottle, and then press on the bent
arms of the flanged metal tube and draw up the cylindrical end of the stopper by
means of pincers or vice, or other suitable arrangements; the conical end of the
stopper expands the vulcanized india-rubber tube or ring to the sides of the neck
and perfectly closes the bottle.
When stoppers are used conical, or spherical, or egg-shaped, with a ring or loop
thereon, a hook is used for pulling the stopper in the interior of the vulcanized
india-rubber tube or ring, which expands the same to the neck and perfectly closes
the bottle. The hook is then removed from the stopper, and the flanged metal tube
with bent arms is then removed from the bottle.
The method we use for opening a bottle closed in the manner herein-before
described is by forcing the stopper and vulcanized india-rubber tube or ring into
the interior of the bottle, or the stopper may be forced into the interior of the
bottle and leave the vulcanized india-rubber tube or ring in the neck, the same
remaining therein until the bottle is to be washed. The stopper and vulcanized
india-rubber tube or ring is then drawn out by means of a hook or rod with one or
more fangs, the stopper and vulcanized india-rubber tube or ring is then washed,
and can be used again for closing a bottle by the method herein-before described;
or the vulcanized india-rubber tube or ring may be secured to a stopper by means
of grooves formed round the stopper, and the same may remain in the interior of a
bottle and be used for closing the same.
The method we use for closing a bottle when the stopper remains therein is by
the use of a piece of vulcanized india-rubber tube closed at one end; the other end
is inserted or pressed on the mouth of a bottle; and then the bottle is turned with
the mouth downwards, which allows the stopper to fall to the mouth. The vulcan-
ized india-rubber tube presents the liquid from running out, and then by nipping
the tube and turning the bottle with the mouth upwards prevents the stopper from
falling in. The stopper is then pulled into the mouth by means of pincers, vice, or
other suitable arrangements, and forms a perfect closing of the bottle; the vulcan-
ized india-rubber tube, closed at one end, is then removed from the mouth of the
bottle.
When a stopper is used for closing a bottle containing aerated liquids, the pressure
of gas within the bottle forces and holds the stopper to the mouth and forms a
perfect closing, and in this case the vulcanized india-rubber tube, closed at one end,
herein-before described, is not required for closing the bottle.
Moulds can be formed for making stoppers of glass or other suitatable material,
the moulds being arranged in two parts for making a quantity by one operation.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Walter Peter Cherry and Charles Edwin Cherry in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 9th January 1879.
WALTER PETER CHERRY and CHARLES EDWIN CHERRY, both of Porter Street,
Hull, in the County of York. "IMPROVEMENTS IN STOPPERS FOR BOTTLES AND
SIMILAR ARTICLES, AND METHOD OF CLOSING AND OPENING THE SAME, AND MOULDS
FOR MAKING STOPPERS."
This Invention relates to improvements in stoppers for bottles and similar articles
and method of closing and opening the same, and moulds for making stoppers. For
this purpose we form a stopper partly cylindrical and partly conical, or a stopper
cylindrical and conical or egg-shaped in the centre, or a stopper conical, or spherical,
or egg-shaped, with a ring or loop formed thereon; the same may be made of wood,
glass, or other suitable material, with or without grooves formed round. When the
stopper is grooved at each end we fit a ring of vulcanized india-rubber in each
groove, so as to prevent the stopper from breaking the bottle when shaking about
inside of the bottle; and also to prevent the stopper from breaking when made of
glass or other brittle material a piece of vulcanized india-rubber tube or ring is used
in connection with a stopper of the description herein-before described to form a
perfect closing of a bottle.
The method we use for closing a bottle from the outside is to pass the vulcanized
india-rubber tube or ring over the cylindrical part of the stopper, and then pass a
metal tube flanged, and with two bent arms, over the same part of the stopper,
which tube rests on the vulcanized india-rubber or ring. We then insert the
conical end of the stopper in the mouth of the bottle, and then press on the bent
arms of the flanged metal tube, and draw up the cylindrical end of the stopper by
means of pincers or vice, or other suitable arrangements; the conical end of the
stopper expands the vulcanized india-rubber tube or ring to the sides of the neck
and perfectly closes the bottle.
When stoppers are used conical, or spherical, or egg-shaped, with a ring or loop
thereon, a hook is used for pulling the stopper in the interior of the vulcanized
india-rubber tube or ring, which expands the same to the neck and perfectly closes
the bottle. The hook is then removed from the stopper, and the flanged metal tube
with bent arms is then removed from the bottle.
The method we use for opening a bottle closed in the manner herein-before
described is by forcing the stopper and vulcanized india-rubber tube or ring into
the interior of the bottle, or the stopper may be forced into the interior of the
bottle and leave the vulcanized india-rubber tube or ring in the neck, the same
remaining therein until the bottle is to be washed. The stopper and vulcanized
india-rubber tube or ring is then drawn out by means of a hook or rod with one
or more fangs, the stopper and vulcanized india-rubber tube or ring is then washed,
and can be used again for closing a bottle by the method herein-before described;
or the vulcanized india-rubber tube or ring may be secured to a stopper by means
of grooves formed round the stopper, and the same may remain in the interior of a
bottle and be used for closing the same.
:
The method we use for closing a bottle when the stopper remains therein is by
the use of a piece of vulcanized india-rubber tube closed at one end; the other end
is inserted or pressed on the mouth of a bottle, and then the bottle is turned with
the mouth downwards, which allows the stopper to fall to the mouth. The vulcan-
ized india-rubber tube prevents the liquid from running out, and then by nipping
the tube and turning the bottle with the month upwards prevents the stopper from
falling in. The stopper is then pulled into the mouth by means of pincers, vice, or
other suitable arrangements, and forms a perfect closing of the bottle; the vulcan-
ized india-rubber tube, closed at one end, is then removed from the mouth of the
bottle,

page_text: When a stopper is used for closing a bottle containing aerated liquid, the pressure
of gas within the bottle forces and holds the stopper to the mouth and forms a
perfect closing, and in this case the vulcanized india-rubber tube, closed at one end,
herein-before described, is not required for closing the bottle.
Moulds can be formed for making stoppers of glass or other suitable material, the
moulds being arranged in two parts for making a quantity by one operation.
In order that our said Invention may be fully understood and carried into effect
we will proceed to describe the Drawings hereunto annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 shews a section of a bottle neck closed. A is a stopper made cylindrical
and conical; B is a piece of vulcanized india-rubber tube, as shewn at Fig. 18. The
method of closing a bottle with the stopper A and the vulcanized india-rubber tube B
is by passing the vulcanized india-rubber tube B over the cylindrical end of the
stopper A, then by passing the flanged metal tube J or ring with bent arms, as
shewn Fig. 9, over the cylindrical end of the stopper A, which rests on the vulcan-
ized india-rubber tube B; then by applying a gentle pressure the stopper A and
vulcanized india-rubber tube B is then forced into the bottle mouth; the flanged
metal tube with bent arms J is then held firmly and holds the vulcanized india-
rubber tube B in position in the mouth of the bottle, as shewn at Fig. 10, until the
stopper A is wedged in the interior of the vulcanized india-rubber tube B by means
of the fingers, pincers, or vice, which perfectly closes the bottle; the flanged metal
tube or ring J with bent arms is then removed from the bottle, as shewn."
Fig. 2 shews section of a bottle neck closed. C is a stopper, made cylindrical,
and conical, or egg-shaped in the centre; B is the vulcanized india-rubber tube; the
method of closing the bottle with the stopper C and vulcanized india-rubber tube Ba
is in the same manner as shewn at Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 shews section of a bottle neck closed. D is a stopper made conical, with
a loop or ring formed thereon; B is a piece of vulcanized india-rubber tube. The
method of closing a bottle with the stopper D and vulcanized india-rubber tube B
is similar to that shewn at Fig. 2, only a hook is used to wedge the stopper D :
into the vulcanized india-rubber tube B, as shewn at Fig. 11.
Fig. 4 shews section of a bottle neck closed.
with a loop or ring formed at each end; B is a
tube. The manner of closing a bottle with the
ubber tube B is the same as shewn at Fig. 3.
E is a stopper made egg-shaped,
piece of vulcanized india-rubber
stopper E and vulcanized india-
Fig. 5 shews section of a bottle neck closed. F is a stopper made cylindrical;
B is a piece of vulcanized india-rubber tube. The manner of closing a bottle with
the stopper F and india-rubber tube B is by placing the stopper F in the interior
of the india-rubber tube B, and then forcing the same into the mouth of the bottle
by means of a tool, as shewn at Fig. 22, which perfectly closes the bottle, as 4
shewn.
Fig. 6 shews section of a bottle neck closed. G is a stopper made cylindrical, and
having a short stem thereto; B is a piece of vulcanized india-rubber tube. The
method of closing a bottle with the stopper G and india-rubber tube B is the same
as shewn at Fig. 5.
Fig. 7 shews section of a bottle neck closed. H is a stopper made cylindrical,
and having a stem extending above the mouth of the bottle; B is a piece of vulcan-
ized india-rubber tube. The method of closing a bottle with the stopper H and
vulcanized india-rubber tube B is the same as shewn at Fig. 6.
4
Fig. 8 shews section of a bottle neck closed. I is a stopper made cylindrical. 5
The manner of closing a bottle with the stopper I is by the use of the metal tube
and tapered socket L with bent arms L', shown at Fig. 13, the flanged metal tube
or tapered socket L is placed on the mouth of the bottle, the stopper I is then
placed in the interior of the tapered socket L, and is forced by pressure into the
mouth of the bottle by the tool, as shown at Fig. 22, and perfectly closes the same; 5

page_text: shewn.
Fig. 9 shews section of the flanged metal tube with two bent arms J, which is
used for closing bottles, shown at Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4.
Fig. 10 shews section of a bottle neck closed, with the flanged metal tube with
bent arms J on the mouth of the bottle.
Fig. 11 shows section of a bottle neck closed, with the flanged metal tube J on
the mouth of the same.
Fig. 12 shews section of a short cylindrical stopper I used for closing a bottle, as
shewn at Fig. 8.
Fig. 13 shows section of the tapered socket L with two bent arms L¹, as used for
closing a bottle with the stopper I, as shewn at Fig. 8.
Fig. 14, M shows section of a vulcanized india-rubber tube or cone closed at one
end, which is used for closing a bottle when the stopper remains therein, as shewn
at Fig. 15. The manner of closing a bottle, as shewn at Fig. 15, is by placing the
vulcanized india-rubber tube or cone, closed at one end, M, on the mouth of the
bottle, and then by turning the mouth of the bottle downwards the stopper falls to
the mouth; then by nipping the vulcanized india-rubber tube or cone M, as shewn
by the dotted lines, holds the stopper; the bottle is then turned with its mouth
upwards, and the liquid in the india-rubber tube or cone M runs back into the
bottle the stopper is then wedged in the mouth of the bottle with the fingers, the
india-rubber tube or cone M is removed from the mouth of the bottle; the stopper
is then wedged tighter in the mouth if necessary by means of pincers or vice to
perfectly close the same.
Fig. 16 shews a hook; it may be used by hand or fixed to a washing tub or bench
for drawing the stopper out of the bottle, as shewn at Fig. 8.
Fig. 17 shews a hook for drawing the india-rubber tube B and stopper out of the
bottle, as shewn at Fig. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7.
Fig. 18 shows a piece of india-rubber tube B used for closing a bottle, as shewn
and described at Fig. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7.
Fig. 19 shews a plan of the lower part of an iron mould used for making
stoppers F of glass; Fig. 20 shows a side view in section of the same, with the
upper and the lower part put together; Fig. 21 shews a plan of the upper part of
the same.
Fig. 22 shews a tool as used for forcing stoppers in the mouths of bottles, as
shewn at Fig. 5 and 8; the stopper A, C, D, E, F, G, and H, being made of either
wood, earthenware, glass, or metal, the stopper I, shown at Figs. 8 and 12, being
made of vulcanized-india-rubber or cork.
The method of opening a bottle closed as shewn at Fig. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 is
by forcing the stopper into the bottle, the india-rubber tube B remaining in the neck
of the bottle, or it may be forced in the bottle likewise.
The method of opening a bottle closed as shewn at Fig. 8 is by forcing the stopper
in the bottle.
Fig. 23 shews section of a bottle neck closed, which can be used for aerated or
gaseous liquids. N is a stopper made spherical, of wood, glass, or earthenware;
O is a piece of vulcanized india-rubber tube or cone. The method of closing a
bottle with the spherical stopper N and the vulcanized india-rubber tube or cone O
is by placing the spherical stopper N into the bottle, the india-rubber tube or
cone O is then placed in the mouth of the bottle, the bottle is then filled with
aerated or gaseous liquid, and the spherical stopper N is forced and held by the
carbonic acid gas within the india-rubber tube or cone O, and perfectly closes the
bottle, as shewn. The method of opening a bottle closed as shewn at Fig. 23 is by
forcing the spherical stopper N into the bottle, the india-rubber tube or cone O
remaining in the neck, or it can be forced in the bottle likewise.
The hook, as shewn at Fig. 17, is used also for drawing the india-rubber tube or
cone O and spherical stopper N out of the bottle.
Having now described the nature of our said Invention, and in what manner the

page_text: same is to be performed, we wish it to be understood that what we claim as our In-
vention is,-
First. The novel arrangement and combination of parts for closing a bottle with
a stopper and piece of india-rubber tube and opening same in the manner sub-
stantially as herein-before described, and shewn at Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, on
the accompanying Drawings.
Second. The combination and arrangement for closing a bottle with a short
cylindrical stopper made of india-rubber or cork, and opening the same in the
manner substantially as herein-before described, and shewn at Fig. 8 on the accom-
panying Drawings.
Third. The combination and arrangement for closing a bottle when the stopper
remains therein with a piece of india-rubber tube or cone closed at one end, in the
manuer substantially as herein-before described, and shewn at Figs. 14 and 15 on
the accompanying Drawings.
Fourth. The combination and arrangement for closing a bottle with a stopper
and piece of india-rubber tube or cone and opening same, in the manner substan-
tially as described, and shewn at Fig. 23 on the accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, we, the said Walter Peter Cherry and Charles Edwin
Cherry, have hereunto set our hands and seals, the Sixth day of January,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine.
TITTED DATED ATTEDDY