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@with @faire strn @fitta HORACE S. CAR-LEY, OF CAMBRIDGEPORT, MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters .Patent No. 68,485, dated AS'el'otembcr 3, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOTTLE-STOPPERS.

TO ALL WHOM. I'f MAY CONCERN :l

Be it known that I, II. S. CARLEY, of Cambridgeport, in the county of Middlesex, and State of Massa chusetts, have invented a new and improved Bottle-Stopper; and I do hereby declare that the-following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof," which'will enable others skilled in 'the art to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which-.

Figure 1 represents a sectional view of my invention.

Figure 2 is a side view of the same.

Similar lettersiot` reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to provide a bottle-stopper for soda-water bottles and other bottles containing liquids charged with carbonio acid, whichcan be firmly closed and held down, which can be easily opened when desired, and which will always be attached to the bottle whether opened or closed.A

The invention consists in securing tothe stopper two or more wire rods, which project from the under side of the stopper, and are inserted into the bottle. The rods are spread apart by their own spring, so that their lower ends press against the inside of the neck of the bottle., At their lower ends they arebent out, so that they can catch under a shoulder formed on the inside of the bottle. The stopper is inserted by pressing the -wires together. When in it can be closed by any lsuitable apparatus; and when to be opened it can be drawn out until the hooks catch under the aforesaid shoulder. The stopper will thus be at all times retained on the bottle without preventing` the same from being filled or emptied.

A represents a stopper, made of India rubber or other suitable material. From its under side project two or more wire rods B B, which may be attached in any suitable manner, although I prefer the mannerillustrated in iig. 1. In this a plate, a, of sheet metal is placed upon the stopper, and is perforated with holes. The wire is passed through one hole in the cork and plate, is then bent upon the plate, and passed down again through the other hole in the plate and stepper.. VThus two wire rods are obtained, which have suihcient spring to press their ends apart. The wire used can be made of any suitable metal, tlat or round. At their ends these wire rods are slightly bent out, as shown in fig. 1. In the neck of the bottle, not far from its mouth, is formed a shoulder, b, as shown. The wires have to be pressed together when to be inserted in the bdttle, and their ends are then by their own or another spring pressed against the sides of the neck of the bottle.

The liquidcan be filled in in the ordinarymanner, and the stopper forced down by the usual machinery. The stopper may be held down by meanslof a loop or. clasp, C, which is hinged to a ring, D, laid around the neck of the bottle', as shown, or by any other suitable device. The ends of the wires B catch under the shoulder Z), and prevent? the cork from being withdrawn or lost when the bottle is opened. In fig. 1 the bottle is represented as being opened; and in iig. 2, and by red lines in iig. 1, it is represented as being closed.

Instead of being bont out at the ends, the wires may be provided with projecting stops attached to the same in any suitable manner.

OneA wire rod, when so bent as to torni two stops at the lower end, as shown by dotted lines in iig. 2, will answer the purpose as well as the two rods B, andi-nay be used with equal advantage.

I claiml as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patentw A bottle-stopper, consisting of the cork A, made of India rubber or other suitable material, and provided with one. or more spring wires B B, which project downwards from the cork, and which are made and operating substantially as and for the purpose herein shown and described.

H. s. cantar.

Witnesses WM, F. McNAMAnA, ALEX. F. Ronnnrs.

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