Improvements in Capsules or Stoppers for Bottles, Jars, and the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Nov., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Sept., 1897-Accepted, 3rd Nov., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Capsules or Stoppers for Bottles, Jars, and the like.
We TOM SUTCLIFFE 18 Allerton Road, Lordship Park, Stoke Newington
Middlesex Engineer and THE ANDREWS PATENT BOTTLE LOCK STOPPER SYNDI-
CATE LIMITED of 98, Great Tower Street, London E.C. do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to capsules or stoppers for bottles, jars and the like.
In carrying out my invention we employ a loose disc of metal, glass, porcelain
or other suitable material. Around the edge of this disc we arrange a split metal
rim or collar, the edges of the said metal rim or collar being turned inward, so that
the said disc becomes enclosed loosely inside the split rim or collar. The ends of
the said metal rim or collar are a short distance apart, and at each end as near as
it is conveniently possible is arranged a lever, each lever working upon a rivet
fixed on the split rim or collar. One lever is plain and the other lever takes the
form of a hook or catch. The two levers are connected by means of a rivet. A
pliable washer is placed inside the capsule of requisite dimensions. When the
capsule or stopper is placed over the bottle mouth the plain lever is pressed down
causing the hook or catch lever connected to it to engage itself with the rivet upon
which the plain lever works, and, at the same time causing the metal rim or collar
to contract on to the bottle mouth, and so draw the loose disc and pliable washer
down tightly on to the top edge of the mouth of the bottle, because of the under
side edge of the metal rim or collar following the shape of the ring of the bottle
mouth.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Capsules or Stoppers for Bottles, Jars, and the like.
We TOM SUTCLIFFE of 18 Allerton Road, Lordship Park, Stoke Newington,
London Engineer and THE ANDREWS PATENT BOTTLE LOCK STOPPER SYNDI-
CATE LIMITED of 98, Great Tower Street, London, E.C., 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:-
This invention relates to capsules or stoppers for bottles, jars or other such
receptacles.
In carrying out this invention we employ a loose disc of metal, glass, porcelain,
or other suitable material. Around the edge of this disc we arrange a split metal

page_text: bottle etc. in combination and acting in conjunction with a suitable ring or rounded
surface such as k on the exterior of the neck of the bottle etc. substantially in the
manner and for the purposes herein before described.
2. In stoppering bottles jars or the like--the arrangement and combination with
a loose disc such as a of a split rim or collar such as adapted to engage and hold
said disc and at its lower edge adapted when tightened round the neck of the
bottle etc. to ride down the rounded surface of a ring such as k on the exterior of
the neck of said bottle etc. a lever such as e pivotted near one end of said split rim
or collar b, another lever such as d pivotted to the other end of said split rim or
collar and its opposite end pivotted at f to the first said lever je by which system
of levers de the two ends of said rim or collar b are powerfully drawn towards
each other and acting in conjunction with the aforesaid ring or rounded surface k
on the exterior of the neck of the bottle etc. thereby locking and holding the
stopper on substantially in the manner and for the purposes herein before described
and illustrated in the drawings hereunto annexed.
3. The improved means of stoppering bottles jars or the like combined and
arranged to act substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described and
as illustrated in the drawings hereunto annexed.
Dated this 2nd day of September 1897.
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicants.