An Improved Capsule-stopper applicable for Closing Bottles, Flasks, Jars, and the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 11th July, 1899
Complete Specification Left, 11th Apr., 1900-Accepted, 12th May,
1900
An Improved Capsule-stopper applicable for Closing Bottles, Flasks,
Jars, and the like.
I, LUCIE CAILLIE, VEUVE MARTY, of 18, Rue Mogador, Paris, in the Republic
of France, Widow, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention has for its object a system of capsule stopper applicable for
closing bottles, flasks, jars or short necked bottles and generally all receivers
provided with a neck. It is characterised by the combination with a capsule
having at the bottom a washer of cork serving by reason of its elasticity to form
a tight closing by its application to the end of the neck of the bottle, flask, jar
or the like of an arrangement of spurs placed inside the capsule and adapted to
engage and be rotated in a suitable helicoidal groove formed in the neck of the
bottle and to thus produce a tightening action of the cork upon the neck of the
bottle, the said spurs being fixed so as to form one with the capsule itself or with
an arrangement of claws made solid with this capsule.
The stopper has the shape of a capsule, at the bottom of which is a washer of
cork for the purpose of closing the mouth and which is provided in its interior
with spurs, which on being turned in a suitable helicoidal groove formed in the
bottle's neck, serve to bring about the tightening of the capsule and consequently
the closing of the washer of cork upon the neck of the bottle. The capsule is,
besides, provided on its periphery with perforations, allowing of a secure closing
being attained by means of a seal or the like. This is accomplished by means
of a strip of lead bent round, and which is located in one of the vertical grooves
of the neck of the bottle, and from which it cannot be moved laterally and which
is then connected to the stopper by means of a cord or band passing through
two of the perforations so as to hold the strip of lead in a vertical position by
means of small notches made in the bent part. The cord or band being thus
fixed and twisted, it may be held in position by means of any kind of seal fixed
upon it.
In the case of a jar or a bottle with a large neck, the stopper is formed of a
large cap which is fixed to the neck of the bottle by means of a claw having
three or more branches terminating in loops through which there engage pro-
jections formed on the internal periphery of a ring enclosing the neck, said
projections at the same time forming the spurs before described, which engage
the helicoidal grooves or projections of the neck as before.
In both cases by moving the spurs in the helicoidal grooves in one direction
or the other there results a tightening or loosening of the stopper upon the neck
of the bottle and in consequence of the presence of the cork washer an elastic
pressure of the stopper on the bottle's neck is produced by which a perfectly
tight stoppering of the bottle or of any vessel whatever to which the stopper is
applied is effected.
This 10th day of July 1899

page_text: An Improved Capsule-stopper applicable for Closing Bottles, Flasks,
Jars, and the like.
I, LUCIE CAILLIÉ, VEUVE MARTY, of 18, Rue Mogador, Paris, in the Republic
of France, Widow, 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 has for its object a system of capsule stopper applicable for
closing bottles, flasks jars or short necked bottles and generally all receivers
provided with a neck. It is characterised by the combination with a capsule
having at the bottom a washer of cork serving by reason of its elasticity to form
a tight closing by its application to the end of the neck of the bottle, flask, jar
or the like of an arrangement of spurs placed inside the capsule and adapted to
engage and be rotated in a suitable helicoidal groove formed in the neck of the
bottle and to thus produce a tightening action of the cork upon the neck of the
bottle, the said spurs being fixed so as to form one with the capsule itself or with
an arrangement of claws made solid with this capsule.
In order to allow of the invention being better understood, reference will now
be made to the accompanying drawings, in which,
Figure 1 is a view in elevation of a bottle stopper provided with a helicoidal
groove as applied to this invention;
Figure 2 a longitudinal section of the same; provided with the improved capsule
stopper.
Figure 3 a transverse horizontal section of the same on the line 1, 2, of Figure 2.
Figure 4 an elevation of a bottle neck provided with this improved closing
stopper and with a securing seal.
Figure 5 a view of this improved stopper applied to a jar with a wide neck;
Figure 6 a plan view partly in horizontal section of the capsule-stopper applied
to a wide necked jar.
The stopper G has the shape of a capsule, at the bottom of which is a washer R
of cork for the purpose of closing the mouth and which is provided in its interior
with spurs FF, which on being turned in a suitable helicoidal groove C C¹ formed
in the bottle's neck, serve to bring about the tightening of the capsule and con-
sequently the closing of the washer of cork upon the neck of the bottle. The
capsule is, besides, provided on its periphery with perforations H, allowing of
a secure closing being attained by means of a seal or the like. This is accom-
plished by means of a strip of lead K bent round as shown at k, and which is
located in one of the vertical grooves E E' of the neck of the bottle, and from
which it cannot be moved laterally and which is then connected to the stopper
by means of a cord or band L passing through two of the perforations H so as to
hold the strip of lead K in a vertical position by means of small notches made in
the bent part. The cord or band being thus fixed and twisted, it may be held in
position by means of any kind of seal fixed upon it.
In the case of a jar or a bottle with a large neck, the stopper is formed of a
large cap which is fixed to the neck of the bottle by means of a claw having
three or more branches N terminating in loops n through which there engage
projections o formed on the internal periphery of a ring O enclosing the neck,
said projections at the same time forming the spurs before described, which
engage the helicoidal grooves or projections CC of the neck as before."
In both cases by moving the spurs F F or in the helicoidal grooves CC in
one direction or the other there results a tightening or loosening of the stopper

page_text: upon the neck of the bottle and in consequence of the presence of the cork
washer R an elastic pressure of the stopper on the bottle's neck is produced by
which a perfectly tight stoppering of the bottle or of any vessel whatever to which
the stopper is applied is effected."
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:-
An improved capsule-stopper applicable for closing bottles, flasks, jars and the
like characterized by the combination of a capsule, a washer of cork or like
material at the bottom thereof and spurs or projections directed towards the
centre of the capsule and formed in one piece with it or otherwise, and adapted
by their rotation in a suitably arranged helicoidal groove on the neck of the
bottle to produce a gripping action of the capsule and consequently of the cork
on said neck, substantially as hereinbefore described and shown as an example in
the accompanying drawings.
Date : 1011
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WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicant.