Improvements in Wire Fastenings for the Stoppers of Bottles and such like articles.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Nov., 1892-Accepted, 31st Dec., 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Wire Fastenings for the Stoppers of Bottles and
such like articles.
I, ARNOLD VON SOLEMACHER, of Castle Wachendorf, near Satzveij, Rhine
Province, in the Empire of Germany, Baron, 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 :-
The present invention relates to an air-tight fastening for bottles and such like
articles which can be readily removed therefrom in order to allow the thorough
cleansing of the same.
The improved fastening is based on the principle of the inclined plane; it is
illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which
Figure 1 is a side elevation of the fastener as applied to a jar or wide-mouthed
bottle,
Figure 2 is a front elevation of the same,
Figure 3 shows parts of Figure 1 in section,
Figure 4 is a plan and
Figures 5 and 6 are detail views of the fastener drawn on an enlarged scale.
In all the figures like parts are indicated by similar letters of reference.
h represents the bottle or such like vessel, is an open wire ring lodged in a
groove in the neck of the bottle or such like vessel, the ends of which ring are
formed into hooks or loops p and m. A locking piece s is hooked on to the hook
or loop p by means of the hook or loop formed at one extremity thereof, whilst
the knee shaped part q rests moveably in the loop or hook m.
The ring a carries at and w the locking or handle piece f, which is bent
somewhat outwards to enable the same to be readily gripped.
The wire ring & also carries at ii, the wire clamping piece c, to which latter is
firmly connected the cover b. The piece c is bent downwards at a and is formed
from z into a mouthed shaped part d g, which latter part is moreover bent to the
radius v, z or w 2.
The two sides of the locking or handle piece of are almost closed together at k
and 1, so as to enable it to enter the mouth d g of the clamping piece c, whilst at its
outer extremity it is enlarged into a ring shaped piece n.
In Figure 1 the dotted lines show the fastener unlocked and the full lines show
it locked.
In Figure 5 the dotted lines show the locking piece f in position within the
mouth piece dg of the clamping piece c.
The neck of the bottle or such like vessel h is provided with
receive an india-rubber ring y to render the cover b air-tight.
second groove to
9.
As the mouth end of the clamping piece c is narrowed between d and and the
locking piece f is widened out beyond k and 1, the double action of the fastening
will be readily seen.
In order to remove the ring x from the vessel h the connecting piece * should be
turned up, which causes, in consequence of its knee shaped part q, the ring & to
open out.
To close the bottle or such like vessel, the cover b is turned down and the locking
piece is turned up, as indicated in Figures 1, 3 and 5.
To open the bottle or such like vessel the locking piece f is turned down as
indicated at Figure 2.

page_text: 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 :-
1. A wire fastening for the stoppers of bottles and such like articles, consisting
of the wire parts c and f of the forms shown and described, whereby the latter
serves at the same time as locking means and operating lever, and whereby the
fastening is obtained in two directions, substantially as herein described.
2. A wire fastening for the stoppers of bottles and such like vessels consisting of
the peculiar construction and combination of parts, substantially as herein shown
and described.
Dated this 18th der of Novemba 1000
A. V. SOLEMACHER,
By Harris & Mills,
23, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.