HutchBook.comArthur Christin Bottle Stopper
U.S. Patent Number:
161,863
Patented:
April 13, 1875
Arthur Christin’s patent
application was filed December
21, 1874 and specified:
I, Arthur Christin, of Chicago…Illinois, have invented
an Improvement in Bottle-Stoppers…the nature of my invention relates to
an improvement in bottle-stoppers of that class that are more especially
intended to be used in bottles containing mineral waters and other
gaseous fluids under pressure; and it consists in a tapered glass
stopper of such length that it cannot turn in the bottle, in combination
with a rubber, cork, or other ring expanded into a recess in the neck of
the bottle, the said stopper having a socket formed in each side of its
upper or smaller end, to enable it to be grasped by a pair of tongs
while the bottle is being filled.
Figure 1 is a vertical section of a mineral-water
bottle fitted with my improved stop and collar.
Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the neck and stopper.
In the drawing,
A represents a bottle an annular groove or recess molded in its neck
to receive an annular collar, a,
of India-rubber, cork, or other suitable material, which can be expanded
into it.
B is a tapered glass stopper,
of such length that it cannot turn in the bottle, and which is to be
inserted before the collar a. The top of the
stopper has a pair of sockets, b,
molded in its top, on opposite sides, or a mold may be molded entirely
through, to receive the lower ends of a pair of tongs to hold it up
while the bottle is being filled, drawing the stopper into the collar
when the bottle is full, after which the internal pressure forces the
stopper farther into said collar, and thus prevents leakage.
To open the bottle, it should be reversed, and the stopper pushed
inwardly.
Comments:
Despite obvious similarities between this patent and John Matthews’
Gravitating Stopper, the U.S. Patent Office approved Christin’s
“improvements.” Arthur Christin
utilized his stopper at his own