Improvements in Closing or Stoppering Bottles and Jars.
Year: 1895

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Closing or Stoppering Bottles and Jars.
I SYMONS JAMES SYMPSON of 1 Colne Villas Teddington in the County of
Middlesex Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows
The object of my invention is to provide a simple and cheap but very efficient
means and appliance for closing or stoppering bottles and jars that can very easily
and quickly be applied to such bottles and jars and as easily and quickly
be removed that shall be extremely tight and that shall have the very great
advantage of presenting cork or the like alone to the liquid or other contents
of the bottle or jar.
To carry out this object I preferably create on and with the neck or mouth of
the bottle or jar a male screw thread of the desired pitch and number of convolutions
and to fit or place thereover I make a cap of metal wood vulcanite china glass or
other suitable material in the lower part or mouth whereof is a complementary
female screw thread. I also make a block that can be placed in the close i top of
the cap which block may be entirely of cork or the like or may be of metal wood
vulcanite china glass or other suitable material provided with a facing of cork or
the like and when desired behind this block and between the same and the closed
top of the cap may be a piece of india rubber or other compressible material.
Round the block and between the same and the walls or sides of the cap I place a
ring or rings of india rubber or other compressible material which may fill up
such space thereby retaining this block in position and may project so far
beyond the face of the same as may be desired having regard to the lip of
the bottle or jar wherefor this appliance is intended and it is convenient to bevel
a little the outer lip of such bottle or jar on which bevel the projecting ring can be
pressed.
When therefore this cap is screwed down on the bottle or jar the block made
of cork or the like or faced with the same is pressed down on and over the mouth
thereof while the projecting ring will render such closure extremely tight.
To use this appliance with existing bottles and jars that have no male screw
threads on their necks or mouths the required male screw thread can be formed on
a strip of metal or other suitable material which strip can then as a band be fitted
round the neck or mouth of the bottle or jar being held in position either by the
very customary enlargement on and round such neck or mouth or by being cemented
or attached by other materials thereto or by other convenient and ordinary
methods and the cap with a female screw thread can similarly be screwed
thereover.
Dated this 10th dor of Jonvey 1905
HART & Co.,
186, Fleet Street, London, E.C., Agents.

page_text: Improvements in Closing or stoppering Bottles and Jars.
I SYMONS JAMES SYMPSON of 1 Colne Villas Teddington in the County of
Middlesex Gentleman 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 :-
The object of this my invention is to provide very simple and cheap but
extremely efficient and convenient means and appliances for closing or stoppering
bottles and jars of all descriptions that can very easily and quickly be applied to
such bottles and jars and as easily and quickly be removed therefrom and taken
thereoff and that shall also extremely tightly and surely close or stopper the mouths
of such bottles and jars and that can further have the very great excellence and
advantage of presenting cork or other similar substance alone to the liquid or other
contents of such bottles and jars.
In order the more clearly to explain this my invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed I refer to the accompanying drawing wherein I have shewn
a longitudinal section of the neck and mouth of a bottle as fitted for and provided
with my means and appliances according to one and perhaps the best and most
efficient style and manner of construction and fitment.
According to this style and mauner of construction on the neck A of the bottle
near the mouth A' thereof is created and therewith is formed a male screw
thread B of the desired size and shape and pitch and number of convolutions
and a cap D of metal wood vulcanite china glass or other suitable material is made
to fit on and over the neck A and the mouth A¹ of the bottle in the lower part or
mouth of which cap D is created and formed a complementary female screw thread
which can be engaged on the male screw thread B.
According also to this style and manner of fitment in the closed top of the
cap D is placed a cushion E of india rubber or other compressible material
whereon is further placed a block F it may be of metal wood vulcanite china glass
or other suitable material provided with a facing F of cork or other similar
substance or when desired this block F may be entirely of cork or other similar
substance and the block F is preferably made of a suitable diameter greater than
that of the inner lip of the mouth A' of the bottle whereto the same is to be applied.
D
A small annular space is created and left between the walls or sides of the cap
and the block F and also it may be the cushion E whereinto and entirely round
such block F and also it may be such cushion E can be forced and placed a ring H
or it may be rings of india rubber or other compressible material which can fill up
such annular space and securely retain the block F in its desired position which
ring H also preferably projects so far beyond the face of the block F and this
projecting part is of such a shape as may in each particular case be desirable or
necessary having regard to the conformation of the lip of the mouth A¹ of the bottle
wherefor this appliance is intended and it is very convenient to create and form a
small bevel K on the outer lip of the mouth A' of the bottle on or into which bevel K
the projecting part of the ring H can be pressed.
When therefore this cap D is screwed down on the neck A of the bottle the
block made of cork or the like or faced with the same is pressed down on and
over the mouth A' of the bottle and being able to yield a little to such pressure by
reason of the cushion E of india rubber or the like behind it can so be pressed down
very hardly or with great force while the projecting part of the ring H is similarly
pressed down on the outer lip of such mouth A' of the bottle and into the bevel K
thereof if any.
Thus the mouth of this bottle will extremely tightly and surely be closed on
stoppered as is desired while it is obvious that the cap can very easily and quickly

page_text: be screwed down on the neck of the bottle and as easily and quickly be un-screwed off
the same as also is desired and when as is hereinbefore stated is preferable the block
made of cork or the like or faced with the same is of a greater diameter than the
inner lip of the mouth of the bottle this cork or the like is alone presented to the
contents of such bottle as further is desired.
According to another style and manner of fitment the cushion E of india rubber
or the like herein before described can be dispensed with and the block F made as
is hereinbefore described can be placed directly and immediately in the closed top
of the cap D and the ring H also made as is herein before described can be
placed in a similar manner in the annular space round such block F and the
cap so fitted would similarly close or stopper the mouth of the bottle but perhaps
a consequence might be that the cap could be made somewhat shorter and not
so long.
According to another style and manner of construction which will allow this my
invention to be applied to and used with existing bottles that have no male screw
threads on their necks the required male screw thread can be created on and
formed with a strip of metal or other suitable material which strip can then as a
band be fitted in the customary manner round the neck of the bottle near the mouth
thereof being held and retained in this position either by a certain part thereof
being forced in and clasped round such neck under the shoulder M of the very
customary and common enlargement on and round this neck or by being cemented
or attached by other usual materials thereto or by other convenient and ordinary
methods and the cap herein before described can similarly be screwed thereover and
thereon.
In the same manner as is indeed sufficiently evident this my invention can be applied
to other bottles and to jars of all descriptions and no further explanation is or can
be needed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
1. In a screw cap for bottles and jars the combination in and with the cap D of
a cushion E of india rubber or the like a block F made of cork or the like or faced
with the same and a ring H of india rubber or the like substantially as and for the
purpose hereinbefore described and declared.
2. In a screw cap for bottles and jars the combination in and with the cap D of
a block F made of cork or the like or faced with the same and a ring H of india
rubber or the like substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described and
declared.
3. The improvements in closing or stoppering bottles and jars substantially as
herein before described and shewn in the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 30th day of September 1895.
HART & Co.,
168, late 186, Fleet Street, Loudon, E.C., Agents.