Improvements in Cork Pullers and Label Destroyers for Bottles.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Sept., 1897-Accepted, 11th Dec., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cork Pullers and Label Destroyers for Bottles.
I, JOHN HENRY POOLE, of 75 Chesley Street, in the City of St. Johns, in the County
of St. Johns, in the Province of New-Brunswick, Canada, Inventor, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to
be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:
My invention relates to Cork Pullers and Label Destroyers For Bottles; and it
consists in a cork or stopper of any suitable description, combined with a wire which
is passed vertically around the cork or stopper, and fastened thereto by twisting.
The upper portion of the wire forming a looped handle by means of which a cork or
stopper can be readily drawn from the bottle, as will be more fully described
hereinafter.
The object of my invention is to provide not only a simple and easy means of
pulling corks or stoppers from bottles, but to destroy the label, which is placed over
the mouth of the bottle, and thus prevent the bottle from being re-filled without
detection.
In the accompanying drawings which illustrate my invention:
Fig. 1 is a perspective of a combined cork piller and label destroyer which embodies
my invention.
Fig. 2 is a similar view of a cork or stopper puller only, and which is adapted for
constant use.
Fig. 3 is a plan view of the construction shown in Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 is a plan view of the construction shown in Fig. 2.
A represents a cork or stopper of any desired shape, size or construction, and Ba
flexible wire which is wrapped vertically around the cork, and then the two ends of
the wire twisted together either so as to form a handle C, for constant use in removing
the stopper, or which wire may be wrapped or bent around the mouth of the bottle,
or upon the top of the cork, so that in raising the upper free portion into a vertical
position to form a loop or handle D, as shown in Fig. 1, the label upon the mouth of
the bottle will be entirely destroyed, and thus serve to prevent the bottle from being
re-filled without the fraud being discovered.
When the seal has been torn away so as to expose the upper portion of the wire,
the wire is taken and bent into the form shown in Fig. 1, forming the looped handle
into which a finger or implement of any kind is inserted and then the cork or stopper
pulled from the bottle. The wire being wrapped around the cork, as shown, the cork
is prevented from being injured in drawing it, and the cork can be used over and
ever again without the slightest injury.
Whether the wire is wrapped around the mouth of the bottle, or placed under the
label so as to destroy it, is a matter of choice, for if so preferred, the wire may be
formed into a cork puller as shown in Fig. 2, and be always ready for instant use, or
the loop handle may be formed after the label has been destroyed, just as may be
preferred
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page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
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1.A cork puller formed of a piece of wire, which is wrapped vertically around
the stopper or cork, which is adapted to be formed into a looped handle above the top
of the cork or stopper, substantially as shown.
2. A combined cork puller and label destroyer consisting of a wire which is
wrapped vertically around the cork or stopper and which is adapted to be twisted
together above the top of the stopper or cork and form a handle, substantially as
described.
Dated this
HASELTINE LAKE & Co.
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C. Agents for the Applicant.