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B. L. LLOYD.

BOTTLE STOPPER.

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EDWIN L. LLOYD, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- [IALF TO CHARLES JOLY, OF SAME PLACE.

BOTTLE-STOPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 325,181, dated August 25, 1885.

Am lication filed June 11, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN L. LLOYD, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Bottle-Stoppers, of

which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of bottlestoppers in which the top of the wire bail bears upon the top of the stopper, the detaching of lo the latter from the bail being prevented by means of a yoke formed on or secured to the top of the stopper.

The object of my invention is to so construct such a device as to facilitate the application of the stopper to the mouth of the bottle and to prevent accidental loosening of the bail.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side view of part of the neck of a bottle with a stopper closing the mouth of the same, and

constructed in accordance with my invention Fig. 2, a similar view showing the bottle open 5 Fig. 3, a view showing how the stopper is ap plied to the mouth of the bottle; Fig. 4, a perspective view of the stopper and neck of the bottle, the parts being in the position shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 5, a plan view also showing the parts in the same position as in Fig. 1; and Figs. 6 and 7, views similar to Fig. 1, but showing modified forms of the wire bail.

A represents partof the neck of a bottle, and B the stopper, which has the usual rubber gasket or cap, a, adapted to close the mouth of the bottle, the body of the stopper having a rounded top, above which is a segmental 5 yoke, 'b, the opposite ends of the latter being connected to the opposite sides of the body of the stopper above the cap or gasket a. The bail has the usual side bars, d, hung at the lower ends to eyes on the neck-wire f, or other- 0 wise pivoted at their lower ends in any desired manner. The top portion of the bail is bent, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, so as to form a loop, 9, extending forward beyond the side bars, (I, of the bail, and between the loop and said side 4 5 bars, d, of the bail intervene the return bends 1, whereby a certain amount of elasticity is imparted to the retaining-loop g, the side bars of which are bent so as to form projections h, adapted to a recess, m, in the top of the stopper, as shown in Fig. 1. The projecting loop 9 permits the stopper to assume a position considerably in advance of the side bars of the bai I, thereby facilitating the ready application of the stopper to the mouth of the bottle, as shown in Fig. 3, and overcoming an objection to ordinary retainers of this class, in which the bail is carried straight across from one side bar to the other, as in such retainers the application of the stopper to the mouth of the bottle is hampered by the retainer, unless the yoke is carried beyond the limits of the stopper, and this is objectionable. The extent of movement of the stopper independently of the bail is further increased by bending upward the forward end of the loop g, as shown inFi g. 8, the character of the bail being such that the stopper can be fully sea-ted in the mouth of the bottle while still free from the downward pressure of the bail.

Owing to the bearing of the projections h of the bail in the recess min the top of the stopper when the latter is secured, as shown in Fig. 1, said stopper is locked in position and accidental displacement prevented, the rearward movement of the bail necessitating the rise of the loop 9, and thus demanding the ap plication to the side bars of the hail of more force than is likely to be exerted accidently. The bail may, if desired, be constructed as shown in Fig. (i-that is to say, with the bends 1' below the top or bearin g portion g of the bail; but it is preferable to make said bends above the bearing portion, as in this case they serve to retain the stopper in its central position on the bail, so that it can be readily applied to the mouth of the bottle. In the absence of this provision the stopper is likely to slip over onto one or the. other of the side bars of the bail, thus necessitating its restoration to acentral position before it can be applied to the mouth of the bottle, and thereby interfering with the rapid stoppering of the bottles. The bends need not necessarily, however, be such as shown in Fig. 1; they may, for instance, be formed in the retaining portion 9 of the bail, as shown in Fig. 7, and still perform their proper function. In the latter case the stopper may have a simple rounded top, and the loop 9 may be flat, the bearing of the loop upon the stopper being at the cross bar and at the opposite ends of the loop.

1 claim as my invention- 1. The combination of the stopper having a yoke with the bail having side bars, and a top loop bearing on the stopper and projecting in advance of the side bars of the bail, as set forth.

2. The combination of the stopper having a yoke with the bail having side bars, and a top' bearing-loop projecting in advance of said side bars, and having that portion in advance of the bearing bent upward, as specified.

3. The combination of the stopper having a yoke and a recess, m, with the bail having side bars, and a top bearing-loop projecting in advance of said side bars, and having projections 71, adapted to the recess m, as set forth.

4. The combination of the stopper having a yoke with the bail having side bars, a top bearing-loop projecting in advance of the bars,

and opposite return-bends, as specified.

5. The combination of the stopper having a yoke with the bail having side bars, a top bearing portion projecting in advance of said bars, and opposite projections i, extending above the bearing portion, so as to engage with the yoke and retain the stopper centrally on the bail, as specified.

In testimony whereof Ihave signed mynaine to'this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDYVIN L. LLOYD.

Witnesses:

JOHN E. PARKER, HARRY SMITH.

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