An Improved Clip or Fastening for Securing the Covers or Lids upon Bottles, Jars, and similar Vessels.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Sept., 1894-Accepted, 27th Oct., 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Clip or Fastening for Securing the Covers or Lids
upon Bottles, Jars, and similar Vessels.
I, CHARLES EDWARD HUGO GREINER, of Fröbel House, Oberweissbach,.
Thüringen, in the Empire of Germany, Clergyman, 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:-
My invention relates to a clip or fastening for securing in position the covers or
lids of bottles, jars or similar vessels for table or other use, whereby the falling of
the said covers from the said bottles, jars or other vessels when inclined is prevented,
whilst the said clip, simply pressing against the two sides of the vessel, permits the
ready removal of the cover and clip or of the clip alone.
In the accompanying drawing:
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Figure 1 shows the general arrangement of the clip on a jar or other vessel, and
Figures 2, 3 and 4 are respectively a frout elevation, a plan and an end elevation
of the said clip detached.
The said clip or fastening comprises a straight strip or piece a which is formed
with a slit or opening h. This slit or opening bextends from the edge to the centre
of the said strip a and is designed to embrace the piece or neck which connects the
cover and its knob or handle. To each end of the straight piece a is attached a
bent or curved piece c. These pieces c, c first rise above the level of the straight
piece a and then extend downward and are bent or curved so that they grip the
vessel by their ends and the cover is thus securely fastened upon the vessel or jar..
The ends of the clips are made arc-shaped, as shown Figure 3, in order that they
may fit closely against the curved part of the vessel.
In use the cover is placed on the vessel and the clip is pushed under the knob of
the cover from one side by means of the slit or opening b, so that the ends of the
bent portions c engage with the groove or depression in the neck of the vessel.
In the particular arrangement of the bent portions c above described, the clip can.
give or spring both in its longitudinal direction and upwards.
The said invention thus not only provides a means of securely holding the cover,.
but also permits the easy removal of the cover and the clip.
The clip can be made of tin-plate, steel, aluminium, silver-plated metal or other
suitable material and its shape may be somewhat modified without departing from
the nature of my said invention.
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
A clip for securing in position the covers of bottles, jars or similar vessels,.
comprising a straight strip (a) provided with a slit or opening (b) and to which is
attached at each end a piece (c) bent or curved as described, so that the two bent
or curved pieces may engage with the groove or depressed part of the neck of the
jar or other vessel, the cover being securely held in the said slit or opening, and so-
that the clip may yield or spring in two directions, substantially as set forth.
Dated this 24th day of September 1894.
D. YOUNG & Co.,
11 & 12, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.