US534188A - Bottle-stopper - Google Patents

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G; F. ATWOOD.

' No. 534,188. Patented Feb. 12, 1895.

PATENT, OFFICEe GEORGE FRENCH ATWOOD, OF WOBURN, MASSACHUSETTS.

BOTTLE-STOPPER.

srncIrIcA'rIoN forming part of Letters Patent No. 534,188, dated February 12, 1895.

Application filed January 19, 1894. Serial No. 497,347. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it. known that I, GEORGE FRENCH AT- WOOD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Woburn, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Bottle-Stoppers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in bottle stoppers; and it has for its general object to provide a stopper embodying a cheap and simple device whereby it may be readily extracted from a bottle without the employment of a cork puller or similar implement.

Other objects and advantages of the inven- 7 tion will be fully understood from the following description and claim when taken in connection with the annexed drawings, in which- Figure l, is a vertical, diametrical section of a stopper embodying my improvements, in-position in the mouth of a bottle. Fig. 2, is a sectional perspective view illustrating the manner in which the cord or tape .forming the extracting loop is connected to the stopper.

Referring by letter to the said drawings: A, indicates the neck of a bottle.

B, indicates a stopper which is made from cork or other elastic material and may be of any suitable form; and 0, indicates the cord or tape by which the extracting loop D, is formed. 7 i

The stopper B, is provided, as better shown in Fig. 1, with adiametrical passage (1, which is preferably arranged adjacent to its lower end and in connecting the tape or cord 0, to said stopper, I first simply bend the cord or tape upon itself so as to form the loop b,

and then push or otherwise pass the said loop through the passage a, as shown in Fig. 2. I then pass the opposite end of the cord or tapethrough the loop I), as illustrated, and then draw the said loop back to the center of the cork so as to form a second loop 0, which is interlocked with the loop b, as shown. While it is necessary to employ an implement to push the first loop through the passage a, no implement is necessary for drawing the first loop and the second loop interlocked therewith back to the center of the cork, which is an important advantage. Whenthe loops '1), c, are drawn to the center of the stopper as shown in Fig. 1, the material from which the stopper is formed will exert a pressure upon the said loops and will effectually prevent a disconnection of the same no matter how hard the finger loop D, which extends upward from the stopper as shown, is pulled.

By reason of the constructiondescribed,it will be seen that the-cord or tape may be fixedly connected to the stopper without the employment of skilled labor and without the aid of fastening devices or adhesive substance, and consequently the improved stoppers may be manufactured at slight cost.

It will also be perceived that my improvements do not render the stoppers unsightly and that they-do not interfere inany way with the stopper being driven into the bottle mouth in the usual way;

In the practice of the invention the cord or tape 0, may be made from any material suitable to the purpose; it being preferable to have said cord or'tape flattened, as shown, so as to enable it to receive advertising matter or the like.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- The combination with a cork or other elastic bottle stopper having a diametrical passage as a; of a cord or tape having its ends bent or turned over upon it to form loops and having the said loops interlooked and arranged in the passage a, of the cork or stopper, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE FRENCH ATWOOD.

Witnesses:

WM. 0. HAGUE, CLARABEL D. FLINN.

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