Up For Auction : Rare Old Hard To Find Old Blob Top Beer Bottle , From Welden, N.C. - Also a Super Nice Example of the Famous Baltimore Loop Seal Top - Patent 1885 - The Bottle is Embossed on Front - ~ J L FRYAR / BOTTLER / WELDON , N. C. ~ - Back - ~ THIS BOTTLE / NOT TO / BE SOLD ~ - Base - ~ PAT. / ' 85 ~ - Nice Classic Blob Top Beer Bottle , - The Wilmington & Weldon Railroad is One of North Carolina's Oldest Railroad in 1836 And The Longest... . - Very Nice Old Bottle With a Little History , - Color : Nice Clean Aqua - Condition: Near Mint + , Scratches + Real Tiny Flake off Top ( A Real Nice N.C. Beer ) - Measures Approximately 9 1/8 '' high x 2 5/8 '' wide - AGAIN SUPER NICE HARD TO FIND OLD BEER BOTTLE FROM DAYS PAST , GREAT DISPLAY or SHOW & TELL - Please See Photos ~ Buyer Pays Exact Shipping - > Item Sold Has 3 Day Return , With No Reserve. Please E-Mail Any Questions Also Please Check Out My Other Auctions. - Thanks Doug ! - PS. - I'm a Part Time Seller at This And Sometimes Don't Get on Everyday to Answer Mail . Please Check My Feed Back. - Some More Patent info - * Baltimore Loop or Bottle Seal
This functional and fairly popular closure was patented by William Painter, a Baltimore machine shop foreman, in September of 1885. Painter called it the "Baltimore loop seal" though it was usually referred to simply as the "bottle seal" . The closure itself is a plug or disk made of rubber or other flexible material with the bottom surface convex shaped. The disk fit tightly into a groove ("reverse taper") circling the inside of the bottle's bore. Internal pressure from the carbonation pressed against the convex surface resulting in lateral pressure which held the disk firmly in the groove. An imbedded wire shank in the top of the disk was used, in conjunction with a hook or pointed instrument, to pull the seal from the bore of the bottle and access the contents. Thus, the alternative name of "loop seal" for this closure. Painter produced and provided the tools to glassmakers that formed the reverse taper inside the bottle.

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