US523539A

US523539A - James l

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Publication number: US523539A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1894-07-24
Anticipated expiration: 1911-07-24

Description

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE .IAMEs L. MILLER, oF NEW YORIEN. Y., AssIeNoRTo THE FRANK MILLER COMPANY, oF sAME PLACE.

. STOPPER.

1 SPECILFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 523,539, dated July -2 1, 1894.

Application iiled April 18,1894.

To @ZZ whom t may concern/.-

Be it known that I, JAMES L. MILLER, of New York city, in the county and State of .New York, haye invented a new and Improved Stopper, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in Stoppers, and'especially to that class having.

felt, or equivalent article may be conveniently and economically made a portion of the stopper when occasion shall require.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as Will be hereinafter fully set forth and pointed out in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,y in. which similar gures and letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the complete stopper. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the wooden body thereof. Fig. 3 is a section through the cork member of the stopper. Fig. 4 is a section through the washer, and Fig. 5 is a plan view of the washer. Fig. 6 is a vertical section through -the stopper, the parts having been placed loosely together. Fig. 7 is a section through the complete stopper; and Fig. 8 isa section similar to Fig. 7, but illustrating the attachment of a dauber to the stopper.

The body A of the stopper is made of wood, rubber, bone, or an equivalent material, and comprises a handle 10, which may be in the nature of a knob,a liange 11, integral with or attached to the handle, and a stud l2, preferably forming a portion of the flange, centrally located and extending at a right angle from the under face of the iange. l

The sealing section B of the stopper ismade of cork, or an equivalent material, and its outer side is usually made tapering, as shown Serial No. 508,014. (No model.)

in Fig 8, the bottom being of less diameter than the top, while an opening 13 is made in the center, extending through from top to bottom, which opening is adapted to snugly receive the stud 12 of the body. The stud 12 is of greater length than the thickness of the sealing section, and the latter is firmly held in engagement with the body ofa washer C. The washer is preferably made of metaLand as shownin Figs. 4 and 5 is circular ingeneral contour, and in cross section represents substantially the frustum of a cone, but its wider or base portion is attened usually at diametrically opposite sides, as villustrated at 14 in Figs. 1 and 5, causing the margin to be more or less angular.

In the operation of assembling theparts of the, stopper, the sealing section B, is placed upon the 'stud 12 of the body and made to engage with the under face of the iange 11; next, the washer C is placed over the stud, its under portion uppermost, or facing the sealing section, and when the washer is in the under or apex portion to bind firmly against 'the stud. The straight edges of the flange, when the latter is sunken in the cork or sealing section, ettectually prevent the latter from turning, thus enabling the stopper to be rocked in its seat, or severe lateral force to be applied thereto, in ord er to dislodge the stopper, without loosening the sealing section, or in the least injuriously aft'ectingthe stopperu If a dauber D, is required,'it may be made of hair fabric, sponge or equivalent material,

and may be secured to the bottom of the studv 12 by means of a nailor screw 15, or equivalent fastening device, or a suitable cement may be employed for the purpose.

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Having thus described my invention, I'

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A stopper, comprising a handle section provided with a. projecting stud, a sealing lsec- 5 tion surrounding the stud, and a. washer having a. central opening for the reception of the stud, said Washer being provided with an angula'r marginal portion which is bent out of plane with the central portion of the washer, to cause the latter to bind upon the stud when Io the Washer is forced into the sealing section, substantially as described.

JAMES L. MILLER.

Witnesses:

D. T. ORISPIN, SEYMOUR` G. BEST.