IMPROVEMENTS IN STOPPING OR CLOSING JARS AND BOTTLES
Year: 1859

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Augustus Frederick Powell, of Bristol, in
the County of Somersetshire, Potter, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN STOPPING OR CLOSING JARS AND BOTTLES."
Sealed the 7th June 1859, and dated the 19th January 1859.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Augustus Frederick
Powell at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 19th January 1859.
I, WILLIAM AUGUSTUS FREDERICK POWELL, of Bristol, in the County of
Somersetshire, Potter, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN STOPPING OR CLOSING JARS AND BOTTLES," to be as follows:-
I form the stopper either in glass or stoneware with a shoulder on its
under side, which fits on to a plain or grooved seat within or upon the neck
of the jar or bottle; an interposed washer of india-rubber or other suitable
elastic material making an air and water-tight joint when the stopper is
pressed home. On the upper surface of the stopper there are two grooves at
right angles to each other for the reception of strings or wires, which being
passed round the neck of the jar or bottle and tied over the stopper, secures it
tightly in its place. These stoppers can be applied to jars and bottles in
ordinary use.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Augustus Frederick Powell in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 15th July 1859.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
AUGUSTUS FREDERICK POWELL, of Bristol, in the County of Somersetshire,
Potter, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Nineteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, in the twenty-second year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said William Augustus Henry Powell, Her special licence that I,
the said William Augustus Frederick Powell, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as 1, the said William Augustus Frederick Powell,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and
no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term
therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend,
within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN STOPPING OR
CLOSING JARS AND BOTTLES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the
said William Augustus Frederick Powell, my executors or administrators, by
an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention,
and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be
filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Augustus Frederick Powell,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement thereof, that is to say :-
I form the stopper, either in glass or stoneware, with a shoulder on its
under side which fits on to a plain or grooved seat within or upon the neck
of the jar or bottle; an interposed washer of india-rubber or other suitable
elastic material making an air and water-tight joint when the stopper is
pressed home.
On the upper surface of the stopper there are two grooves at
right angles to each other for the reception of strings.or wires, which being
passed round the neck of the jar or bottle and tied over the stopper, secures it
tightly in its place. These stoppers can be applied to jars and bottles in
ordinary use.

page_text: And in order that the nature of my Invention may be more fully under-
stood, reference is had to the Drawings hereunto annexed, and to the letters
and figures marked thereon, that is to say,-
Figure 1 being a section of the upper part of a stoneware jar, closed or
stopped agreeably to my Invention. A is the neck of the jar; B, a stopper,
made of the same material, with a shoulder b, b, on its under side; C is a
washer of india-rubber (or other suitable elastic material) held in its place,
when the stopper is taken off the jar, by being sprung into a recess d, d, in
the neck of the stopper. Figure 2 is an external view of the same, showing
the cross grooves in the upper surface of the stopper for the reception of
strings or wires, which being passed round under the projection of the neck
e, e, and then tied down on the top of the stopper, secures it in its place, and
closes the jar in an air and water-tight manner.
Figure 3 shows another modification of my improvements in stopping and
closing jars. A¹ is the neck of the jar, within which is formed a plain or
grooved seat to receive the stopper B¹, furnished as before with an elastic
washer C. Figure 4 is a plan top view of the stopper and jar. Figure 5
shows my improved stopper as applied to an ordinary wine or other glass
bottle. G, G, is the neck of the bottle; II, the stopper; and W, the elastic
washer, which being tied down by string or wire, effectually closes the bottle
and preserves its contents.
What I claim as constituting my improvements is the mode of stopping or
closing jars and bottles substantially as herein-before described and shown in
the accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Augustus Frederick Powell,
have hereunto set my hand and seal, this Eleventh day of July, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.
WILLIAM AUGST. FRED. POWELL. (L.S.)
Witness,
CHARLES W. MASON,
Lambeth Lead Works,
Belvedere Road, Surrey.