Bottles to Prevent the Stopper Falling Out.
Year: 1885

page_text: Bottles to Prevent the Stopper Falling Out.
1, REGINALD BLACKWELL BREIDENBACH, of 46 Strawberry Hill Road, Twickenham,
in the county of Middlesex, Perfumer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention
for "AN IMPROVED EXPANDING CLIP FOR ATTACHING TO THE NECKS OF BOTTLES
TO PREVENT THE STOPPER FALLING OUT," and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
This my invention relates to an expanding clip or collar to be attached to the
necks of bottles to prevent the stopper falling out and may be described as
follows:-
To carry this my invention into practical effect, I fix, attach, or fit to the outside
of neck of the bottle a band or collar of metal or other suitable material, or the
said band or collar may be of glass moulded on the neck of bottle, and over the
said band or collar is placed an outside collar or expanding clip made of metal,
bone, ivory, gutta percha or other suitable material, which expanding clip is of
smaller diameter at its upper end through which the stopper passes, and is held
firmly therein by an overhanging lip, the said expanding collar having two or
more radial slits extending from the top thereof to a short distance down its
length.
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This my invention is applicable to bottles containing medicine, acids, or other
chemicals, as the contents are not spilt when the bottle is accidentally overturned.
This invention is also especially applicable to bottles coutaining aromatic vinegar
or other perfume or sinelling salts, as these preparations are frequently carried by
ladies in the glove or pocket, and great inconvenience is caused when the stoppers
of these bottles fall out as those in common use generally do.
To make this my invention more fully understood, I have hereunto annexed a
sheet of Drawings on which letters of reference are marked on corresponding parts
on all the Figs. alike.
Fig. 1. is a front elevation of a bottle with the clip. attached. Fig. 2. is a
sectional elevation shewing the collar or distance piece and the outside expanding
collar or clip in their respective positions with stopper inserted. Fig. 3. is an end

page_text: view or plan of the expanding collar or clip, shewing more clearly the radial slits
therein. Fig. 4. is a cross sectional plan through the lines x-x of Fig. 1.
In Fig. 1. a is the bottle, b the stopper held. firmly in its place and prevented
from falling out by the lip (fin Fig. 2), c is the outside collar or expanding clip,
and d are the radial slits therein.
In Fig. 2. a is the bottle, b the stopper, e is the inside collar or distance piece
which permits the outside or expanding collar c to be of a smaller diameter at its
upper end than where it holds or clips the inside collar or distance piece e. fis
the lip of the outside collar or expanding clip which lightly bites or holds the
stopper in position and prevents the same falling out, by contracting to a smaller
diameter than the remainder of its length after the stopper is inserted, and closes
on to a slightly rounded ridge g on the upper part of the "plug" of the stopper.
I prefer to make the said ridge g on the stopper slightly rounded as it permits the
said stopper b to be more readily and easily withdrawn.
In Fig. 3. d are the radial slits in the upper end of the outside collar or
expanding clipe which said radial slits are shewn closed together, in which position
they remain whether the stopper is in or out.
In Fig. 4. a is the cross section of the neck of a bottle shewing the inside collar
or distance piece e and the outside or expanding collar or clip c in their proper
positions.
When the plug of the stopper b is being inserted the said stopper b forces out-
wards the lip of the outside expanding collar or clip c and as soon as the plug or
lower part of the stopper b has passed the lip f of the outside expanding clip c the
said clip c immediately contracts and becomes of a smaller diameter, and closes on
to the slightly rounded ridge g on the upper end of the plug of the stopper, and
holds the said stopper in its place.
When withdrawing the stopper b from the bottle a the plug of the said stopper b
forces outwards the lip f of the outside expanding collar c and so permits the said
stopper to be removed.
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 construction of a collar or distance piece, and of an expanding collar or clip
applied to the neck of bottles substantially in the manner and for the purpose
hereinbefore described, set forth and fully illustrated in the Drawings annexed.
Dated this 7th day of August 1885