Stopper for a ladle or similar receptacle

Claim 1

A STOPPER FOR A LADLE OR SIMILAR RECEPTACLE COMPRISING A STOPPER HEAD HAVING A WELL EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY THEREINTO, THE WALL OF THE WELL HAVING DOWNWARDLY FACING SHOULDER MEANS, A STOPPER ROD HAVING A LATERAL PROJECTION AT ITS BOTTOM INSERTED DOWNWARDLY INTO THE WELL AND ATTACHING MEANS EMBRACING THE BOTTOM OF THE STOPPER ROD, THE ATTACHING MEANS COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF SECTIONS ASSEMBLED ABOUT THE BOTTOM OF THE STOPPER ROD AND HAVING OPPOSED STRAIGHT MEETING FACES, SUCH SECTIONS WHEN SO ASSEMBLED PROVIDING A RADIALLY OUTWARDLY EXTENDING GROOVE FITTING ABOUT THE LATERAL PROJECTION AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STOPPER ROD AND THEREBY PREDETERMINEDLY RELATIVELY POSITIONING THE SECTIONS AXIALLY OF THE STOPPER ROD, THE SECTIONS HAVING EXTERNAL MEANS WHICH WHEN THE SECTIONS ARE THUS ASSEMBLED AND PREDETERMINEDLY RELATIVELY POSITIONED AXIALLY OF THE STOPPER ROD UNDERLIE SAID SHOULDER MEANS WHEREBY TO FASTEN THE ROD TO THE HEAD.