the Hutchinson Patent Stopper in 1879 as a replacement for
cork
Cork or CORK may refer to:
Materials
* Cork (material), an impermeable buoyant plant product
** Cork (plug), a cylindrical or conical object used to seal a container
***Wine cork
Places Ireland
* Cork (city)
** Metropolitan Cork, also known as G ...
bottle stoppers which were commonly being used as stoppers on soda water or pop bottles. His invention employed a wire spring attached to a rubber
seal. Production of these stoppers was discontinued after 1912.
References
External links
Hutchinson Patent Stopper Guide
Seals (mechanical)
American inventions
Packaging