other Purposes.
Year: 1885

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I JAMES HOLMES of 18 High Street, Keighley, Yorkshire, Manufacturing
Confectioner do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Instead of the old form of Stopper with a taper surface for the cork strips
which are continually coming off and wanting recovering, I purpose to cast the
stopper with a groove around that part of it which is inserted into the opening of
the bottle, for the reception of the strips of cork so that when the strips of cork
are once fastened on, they cannot possibly get off again owing to their fitting
tightly in the groove or between the two rims top and bottom.
From the foregoing it will be seen that the insertion and extraction of the
stopper into and from the bottle is not in any way detrimental to the proper
adherence thereto of the cork strip as it is held firmly enough in the groove to
overcome any resistance ever found in these actions.

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I, JAMES HOLMES of 18 High Street, Keighley in the County of York,
Manufacturing Confectioner, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
AN IMPROVED STOPPER FOR GLASS BOTTLES FOR CONFECTIONERY AND OTHER
PURPOSES, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :—
This invention consists of an improvement in the formation or construction of
a stopper for glass or similar other kinds of bottles for confectionery or other
purposes the said improvement being described by the following statement,
reference being had to the accompanying sheet of drawings wherein fig. 1 is plan
and fig. 2 sectional side view thereof; while fig. 3 is a sectional side view of a
bottle with my improved stopper applied.
Heretofore it has been customary to make that part a of this class of stoppers,
which enters the opening of the bottle b, taper, and fix thereto by some adhesive
substance the strip of cork or other such yielding substance or material c so as to
ensure its better fitting all around; but according to my invention I form a groove
around the part a for the reception of the yielding substance or material c so that
in addition to the tenacity with which the said material c is held to the stopper or
part of stopper a by the adhesive substances employed, the bottom rim & holds
it as the stopper is being extracted from the bottle b, so also does the upper rim e
when the stopper is being inserted. From this it will be seen that the detachment
of the strip of yielding material such as cork, India rubber etc. c from the part a
will be less liable if not entirely avoided.
It will be readily understood that the material of which the stopper is made
may be of any suitable substance such as glass, iron, gutta percha, wood etc., and
that glue or any other adhesive substance may be used for the attachment of the
strip c to the part a. In case of gutta percha and wood or other such materials
being used the part c may even be nailed or fastened with screws to the part a.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
The use and employment of a bottle stopper having a groove around it for the
reception of the yielding material substantially in the manner and for the purposes
as herein described and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.