US222158A - Improvement in bottle-stoppers - Google Patents

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U. G. ROUMILLAT. Bottle-Stopper.

No. 222,158. Patented Dec. 2518-79.

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ULYssEs o; ROUMILLAT, or FLORENCE, SOUTH CAROLINA, ASSIGNOR or ONE-THIRD or HIS RIGHT ro GEORGE c. BAHNTG or SAME rLAcE.

IMPROVEM ENT 'IN BOTTLE-STOPPERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 222,158. dated December 2, 1879 ;'application filed To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ULYSSES C. ROUMIL- LAT, of Florence. in the county of Burlington and State of South Carolina, have invented a new and valuable Improvementin Bottle-Stoppers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a'full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings are perspective representations of my invention. Fig. 3 is a part sectional view of the stopper inserted int-he neck of a bottle and turned over upon it; and Fig. 4 is a vertit al sectiouofifistopper. i

Heretofore stoppers of vulcanized rubber havebeen made hollow, and with a shoulder. A stopper of this construction requires a tool for the insertion and withdrawal ofthe stopper into and from the bottle-neck. Also, a rubber cap for sealing bottles and jars has been so constructed that only the edge of the central projection touches the inner edge of the bottle-neck, and is required to be held in when the edge is turned down to claspthe outside of the bottle-neck. Also, a rubber stopper having a space for a cork core, and

down around the neck of the bottle, but not braided on its edge, and not firm enough to maintain its form, even if turned up to be used as a cup, has been used as a bottle-stopper.

These devices or stoppers do not fulfill the conditions, of my stopper, and are unlike in construction.

This improvement relates to a device in which I combine a bottle-stopper, a measurer, and a cap for the bottle, as will be hereinafter The novelty consists in a stopper formed of elastic and flexible material, of such shape as to enter and gripe the neck of the bottle, said 7 stopper being chambered in its upper portion and headed at its upper end, the chambered portion being sufficiently strong to maintain September 4, 1879.

fully set forth, and pointed out in the claim.

On the accompanying drawings, B repre-.

usualdoses; and the quantity which it will contain may be molded on or in the side of the stopper when .it is manufactured. -Jlfhernethod q a tac n 9. se ur y proved combined bottle stopper, measurer, and cap, is as follows: The stopper is inserted in the neck of the bottle to a sufiicient depth, the sides of the chamber A are pressed over its neck, and the head a upon the chamber portion of the stopper grasps the collar or shoulder 1) upon the neck of the bottle'and prevents the stopper from. coming out. \Vhen in this position it also forms an auxiliary stopper, which will prevent the contents of the bottle being lost should the lower part of the stopper be too small, or defective.

The head a on theupper part of the stopper is for the purpose of giving greater stifl'ness to the upper part of the chamber A, and renders the grasp upon the neck of the bottle more secure when it is turned down upon it.

By the use of this device kid and other devices used to cover the cork and retain it in place are dispensed with; and in packing bottles provided with the hereiu'described device the lids of the boxes may be pressed down upon them without driving the stopper into the bottle, and the sides of the stopper have sufiicient elasticity to prevent breakage, and will hold the bottle firmly in place against displacement.

If desirable, the lower portion and sides 0 the stopper maybe coated with some material to prevent the rubber from coming in contact with the contents of the bottle.

its form when used as a cup, an dieing capa- The quantity of material in a bottle-stopper bio of reversion, as will be, hereinafter more constructed as hereinbefore described is considerably less than that contained in rubber corks of the same size, and the saving of the rubber is an important item in reducing the cost of manufacture.

What Iclaiin as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A stopper consisting of a piece of elastic and flexible material, and thus adapted in form to enter and gripe the neck of the bottle, chambered in its upper portion and headed at its upper end,the chambered portion being snfhereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

ULYSSES O. ROUMILLAT. Witnesses:

J. I. ROACH, THOS. H. GmBEs.

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