Improvements in or relating to the Stoppering and Sealing of Bottles, Jars, Carboys, or the like.
Year: 1897

page_text: Improvements in or relating to the Stoppering and Sealing of Bottles,
Jars, Carboys, or the like.
We, THOMAS RYAN, Junior, of Castle Hill House, Flint, in the County of Flint,
Chemical Engineer, and JOHN WILSON OWEN, of 18, Chester Street, Flint, afore-
said, General Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to certain improvements in the stoppering or sealing of.
bottles, jars, carboys or the like.
In carrying our invention into effect, we form the mouth of the bottle, jar, carboy,
or the like, (hereafter referred to as the bottle for the sake of brevity) with a
suitable flange or lateral rim having three or any suitable number of vertical
grooves or slots in it.
The under face of this flange adjacent to each slot is formed
with an indent. Adapted to fit on to the mouth of the bottle outside, is a cap or
stopper whose vertical flange is approximately the same internal diameter as the
external diameter of the flange on the bottle, and projecting inwardly from the
flange on the stopper are lips corresponding in number and approximately in
width to the slots in the bottle flange. On the outside of the bottle and of the
stopper is provided a place or boss for a seal, so arranged that half thereof shall
be on the bottle and half on the stopper.
To stopper and seal the bottle all that is necessary is to put the stopper on to
the bottle so that the lips shall pass through the slots, then rotate the stopper,
until the top of the lips are forced underneath the bottle flange into the indents,
the abutments at one side being rounded a little to facilitate the lips entering the
indents. In this position the two halves of the boss for the seal, that is to say the
half on the stopper and the half on the bottle, come opposite each other so as to
register exactly, and a wax or other seal may then be placed on, whereby the
bottle cannot be opened without breaking the seal. A rubber, cork or other suit-
able joint ring may be provided in the stopper to form a tight joint between it
and the bottle mouth and so make it fluid tight.
It will be obvious that instead of an indent on the under surface of the bottle
flange, the under surface may be tapered in proximity to each slot for the lips on
the stopper to bind against.
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page_text: Improvements in or relating to the Stoppering and Sealing of Bottles,
Jars, Carboys, or the like.
We, THOMAS RYAN, Junior, of Castle Hill House, Flint, in the County of Flint,
Chemical Engineer, and JOHN WILSON OWEN, of 18, Chester Street, Flint, afore-
said, General Agent, 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 certain improvements in the stoppering or sealing of
bottles, jars, carboys or the like, or any other vessel requiring sealing.
In carrying our invention into effect, we form the mouth of the bottle, jar,
carboy or the like, (hereafter referred to as the bottle for the sake of brevity) with
a suitable flange or lateral rim having three or any suitable number of vertical
grooves or slots in it. The under face of this flange adjacent to each slot is formed
with an indent. Adapted to fit on to the mouth of the bottle outside, is a cap or
stopper whose vertical flange is approximately the same internal diameter as the
external diameter of the flange on the bottle, and projecting inwardly from the
flange on the stopper are lips corresponding in number and approximately in
width to the slots in the bottle flange. On the outside of the bottle and of the
stopper is provided a place or boss for a seal, so arranged that half thereof shall
be on the bottle and half on the stopper.
It will be obvious that instead of an indent on the under surface of the bottle
flange, the under surface may be tapered in proximity to each slot for the lips on
the stopper to bind against.
In the accompanying drawings,
Figure 1 shows the invention applied to a bottle with the cap removed;
Figure 2 the same with the cap placed on;
Figure 3, a section of the cap or stopper;
Figure 4, an inverted plan of the cap or stopper;
Figure 5, a plan of the bottle mouth.
In these figures A is the flange or lateral rim on the bottle mouth having vertical
grooves or slots B between, a the shoulder on the under face of the flange, C the
cap or stopper whose vertical flange is approximately the same internal diameter
as the external diameter of the flange A, D lips projecting inwardly from the
flange of the stopper corresponding in number to the slots B in the bottle flange,
and E a place or recess for a seal on the outside of the bottle and of the stopper.
To stopper and seal the bottle all that is necessary is to put the stopper C on the
bottle so that the lips D shall pass through the slots, then rotate the stopper until
the top of the lips D are forced underneath the bottle flange A, and are locked in
a slight depression in the underface a of the flange. The stopper is thus held
firmly in place. In this position the two halves of the recess E for the seal, that
is to say the half on the stopper and the half on the bottle come opposite each
other so as to register exactly, and a wax or other seal may then be placed on,
whereby the bottle cannot be opened without breaking the seal. This recess is
by preference dovetailed so as to hold the seal in place. A rubber, cork or other
suitable joint ring F may be provided in the stopper to form a tight joint between
it and the bottle mouth, and so make it fluid tight.
Figures 6 and 7 show a slight modification in the form of the flange, in which
A is the flange, a the indent on the under edge of the flange, and B the vertical
grooves or slots.

page_text: . Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :-
1. The improvement in the stoppering or sealing of bottles, jars, carboys or
the like, which consists in forming the mouth thereof with a suitable flange or
lateral rim having three or any suitable number of vertical grooves or slots in it,
in combination with a cap or stopper adapted to fit over the flanges aforesaid, and
having lips inside corresponding in number to the slots in the flange, whereby if
the stopper be placed over the flanges and rotated part of a turn so that the top
of the lips will engage the flanges underneath, a tight joint will be obtained sub-
stantially as described.
2. In combination with the matter set forth in Claim 1, forming one half of a
place or recess for a seal, on the cap or stopper, and the other half on the bottle
or other vessel in such a manner that when the cap or stopper is secured on the
vessel, the two halves of the recess come opposite each other, so as to register
exactly, substantially as described.
3. The general combined arrangement and construction of parts forming our
improved stopper or sealing device for bottles, jars, carboys and the like.
Doted this 23rd day of May 1898
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Patent Agents, of Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham & London.