Improvements in and relating to the Fastening of the Lids of Boxes, Jars, Bottles, and other Receptacles.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Jan., 1889
Specification Accepted, 2nd Mar.. 1889
Improvements in and relating to the Fastening of the Lids of Boxes,
Jars, Bottles, and other Receptacles.
1 PERCY HADDAN of the firm of Herbert & Co. Patent Agents of 18 Buckingham
Street, Strand W., London in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer do
hereby declare the nature of this invention, a communication to me from abroad
by Carl Markworth of Plauen near Dresden in the Kingdom of Saxony Empire of
Germany, Manufacturer, and in what manner the same is to be performed to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The object of this invention is to provide certain devices as hereinafter described
for the fastening of lids, covers, stoppers or the like on jars bottles or other receptacles
and also to construct the said lids, covers, stoppers or the like and the runs or edges
of the receptacles, which they are to close in a manner to receive the fastening
devices aforesaid.
The general purpose is to provide a cover etc. which may be fastened down tightly
and easily removed or fixed as often as may be desired.
Reference being made to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 is a sectional view of a jar and stopper with the improved fastening. Fig. 2
is a horizontal section on line I II Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the stopper.
Fig. 4 a view of the fastener removed and detached. Fig. 5 is an elevation of part
thereof. Figs. 6, 7, 8 and 9 illustrate certain modifications in the means for moving
the fastener. Figs. 10 and 11 show such a fastener as applied to an oval table dish
and cover. Fig. 12 shows the fastening as applied to a cap covered jar. Fig. 13
shows a manner of constructing the same to admit of sealing. Figs. 14 and 15
illustrate two shapes of cover or lid to which the principle of fastener shown in
Figs. 10 and 11 may be applied.
The stopper or lid is provided with a groove, slot, or channel to support and
guide a sliding body formed to be guided by such groove etc., and having inclined
faces adapted to be moved under and bear against projections on the edge of the jar,
box or receptacle to which the lid is fitted. "In carrying the invention into effect with
a stopper or cover D of circular, oval, or similar form as illustrated in the drawings,
the jar or receptacle G is made with a flange upon which the stopper or cover rests,

page_text: a washer S being placed between. In the stopper is formed the groove N extending
around the stopper and in the latter is supported the body K which may be made in
two, semicircular parts preferably of bent wire substantially as shown in Figs. 4
and 5, the ends being shaped to hook or fasten together being also if desired soldered
together. The said ends may form loops H to project above or beyond the edge as in
Fig. 1 so as to afford means for moving the fastener K around the stopper D in order to
bring the inclined projecting parts of the wire under the respective projections v
Fig. 2 on the rim of the receptacle and so fasten the cover D or to bring the same
'from under said projections and so unfasten the cover or stopper and enable it to be
removed. The stopper may be made with slots A to receive the loops H and limit
the movement. In place of looping the ends of the wires K to form a finger hold,
they may be looped as in Fig. 7 to form an eyelet into which pins H¹ may be inserted
through slots L in the cover. It would then be difficult to open or close such a jar
or other receptacle without said pins or similar tools, or there may be fixed on the
wires K a rack Z to gear with a pinion R to be turned only by a certain key as in
Fig. 9, the lid D³ in this case being shaped to receive said rack and pinion and afford
the necessary space for movement of the rack.
Where the receptacle and cover are oval as in Figs. 10 and 11 or oblong with
rounded corners or ends as in Figs. 14 and 15, the wire or body K may be made in
parts hinged together as in Fig. 11 to follow more easily the contour of the
groove.
In some cases it would be more convenient to form the projections on the stopper
and the groove N in the vessel for instance in cases where the vessels are made of
porcelain or china ware and the cover in glass; in this case the fastening may be
modified as in Fig. 12 in which the cover is made with a flange to overlap the rim
of the vessel, the projections being on the interior face of the flange and the
body K being reversed so that the inclined parts thereof lie downward. Recesses
may be made in the rims ww of the vessel and the cover to coincide with each other
when the vessel is closed, a slip of metal P may then be inserted therein and covered
with a label or seal so that the vessel cannot be opened without detection from the
removal or tearing of the label or breaking of the seal.
I do not claim broadly a wedge closing for vessels nor the provision of a washer S
nor of projections but having now particularly described and ascertained the nature
of the said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that
what I claim is.
1. The combination with a vessel or receptacle and its lid or cover, of a slot N in
one and projections on the other and a sliding body K in said slot having inclined
surfaces to bear on said projections substantially in the manner and for the purpose
described.
2. In closing devices for vessels or receptacles the sliding body K constructed of
wire substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.
3. In a covered vessel the combination with a wedge fastener for said cover of
recesses in the rims ww of said vessel and cover and metal P adapted to be inserted
therein substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
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