Improved Means for Retaining Stoppers in Bottles or other Vessels.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Aug., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 30th Apr., 1890-Accepted, 31st May. 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by FRÉDÉRIC PAIN, of Paris, in the Republic of France,
Manufacturer.]
Improved Means for Retaining Stoppers in Bottles or other
Vessels.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
According to this invention stoppers are retained in the mouth of bottles and other
vessels by means of wire in the manner hereinafter described.
At one of its extremities the wire employed for the aforesaid purpose is twisted so
as to form an eye or loop, and at equal distances corresponding to one quarter of the
periphery of the neck on the bottle or other vessel, the said wire is provided with three
more eyes or loops also formed by twisting. The other extremity of the wire is
passed through the first mentioned eye or loop, after which the wire is ready for
securing a stopper in the mouth of a bottle or other vessel.
In order to retain a stopper in the mouth of a bottle by means of the wire thus
made, the end of the latter which is provided with the aforesaid loops is put around
the neck of the bottle immediately below the collar at the upper part of the said neck,
and is tightened by pulling the free end of the wire. This free end is then passed
over the stopper and wound once or twice upon the twist by which the third of
the said eyes or loops, that is opposite to the first eye at the end of the wire on the
neck of the bottle is formed. After this the said end is led parallel with the collar on
the neck of the bottle to the eye or loop next to the one at the extremity of the wire,
over the stopper again so that it crosses the part of the wire previously passed over
the stopper, and is finally wound upon the twist of the fourth of the aforesaid eyes or
loops.
In a modification of the above described arrangement no eye or loop is formed at
the extremity of the wire. In this case the two free extremities of the wire after the
part provided with the eyes or loops has been placed around the neck of the bottle
are twisted together at a point opposite the second eye or loop. Then the long end of
the wire is passed over the stopper and successively wound around the twists of the
several eyes or loops in a similar manner as above described so that, the parts of the
wire upon the stopper cross each other.
The means herein before described is inexpensive and enables the stoppers to be
easily and firmly fixed in the mouth of bottles without the aid of special apparatus.
Dated this 21st dose of Anunt 1000
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means for Retaining Stoppers in Bottles or other
Vessels.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine Lake & Co. Patent Agents,
45 Southampton Buildings in the County of Middlesex 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 :-
According to this invention stoppers are retained in the mouth of bottles and other
vessels by means of wire in the manner hereinafter described.

page_text: Figure 2 shows the said wire applied to a bottle and
Figure 3 shows a modification.
At one of its extremities the wire employed for the aforesaid purpose is twisted so
as to form an eye or loop A and at equal distances, corresponding to one quarter of
the periphery of the neck on the bottle or other vessel, the said wire is provided with
three other eyes or loops B CD also formed by twisting. The other extremity E of
the wire is passed through the first mentioned eye or loop A, after which the wire
is ready for securing a stopper in the mouth of a bottle or other vessel.
In order to retain a stopper in the mouth of a bottle by means of the wire thus
made, the end of the latter which is provided with the aforesaid loops A B C D is put
around the neck of the bottle immediately below the collar at the upper part of the
said neck, and is tightened by pulling the free end E of the wire. This free end is
then passed over the stopper and wound once or twice upon the twist by which the
eye is formed. After this the said end is led parallel with the collar on the neck
of the bottle to the eye or loop B thence over the stopper again so that it crosses the
part of the wire previously passed over the stopper, and is finally wound upon the
twist of the eye or loop D.
In the modification of above described arrangement shown in Figure 3 no eye or
loop is formed at the extremity of the wire. In this case the two free extremities of
the wire, after the part provided with the eyes or loops has been placed around the
neck of the bottle are twisted together at a point A¹ opposite the second eye or
loop C. Then the long end E of the wire is passed over the stopper and successively
wound around the twists of the several eyes or loops in a similar manner as above
described so that the parts of the wire upon the stopper cross each other.
The means bereinbefore described is inexpensive and enables the stoppers to be
easily and firmly fixed in the mouth of bottles without the aid of special apparatus.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me
by my foreign correspondent I declare that what I claim is :-
The improved means for retaining stoppers in bottles or other vessels substantially as
herein before described and shown in the drawing.
Doted this 30th dow of April 1800
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.