Improved Hand Guard or Protector for Bottles.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Feb., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 14th Nov., 1895-Accepted, 14th Dec., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Hand Guard or Protector for Bottles.
We, ALEXANDRE DE PONT and SILVIUS DE PONT, of the Synthetic Ivory
Company, Lune Mills, Lancaster, in the County of Lancaster, Manufacturers,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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In the drawing of corks from bottles in the ordinary way with a corkscrew it
frequently happens that the neck of the bottle breaks inflicting injury upon the
hand of the person performing the operation.
This invention is designed to provide a guard or protector which will prevent
injury to the person in the event of such accident.
It consists essentially of an appliance of a flexible nature made to fit over
the neck and shoulders of the bottle by which it can be grasped so that
in case of the fracture or breakage of the glass the sharp edges will not come in
contact with the hand of the person.
In carrying out the invention we form a shield or protector moulded or otherwise
shaped to the contour of the bottle at the upper part so as to embrace the neck
and rest upon the shoulders. This may be made of any suitable material
or composition of sufficiently flexible a nature that when in position on the bottle
the grip or pressure of the hand upon it will also give a grip or hold of the
bottle.
It may he made of any suitable compound formed of suitable substances com-
pressed or otherwise united together or of rubber celluloid sheet metal or similar
materials.
When in use the neck of the bottle will be slipped into it and the cork drawn in
the usual way the bottle being held or gripped over the guard and thus should any
breakage occur no injury will result.
Dated this 19th day of Wahy 1805
WM. P. THOMPSON. & Co.,
6, Bank Street,.Manchester, Patent Agents.
We, ALEXANDRE DE PONT and SILVIUS DE PONT, of the Synthetic Ivory
Company, Lune Mills, Lancaster, in the County of Lancaster, Manufacturers, 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 :-
In the drawing of corks from bottles in the ordinary way with a corkscrew it
frequently happens that the neck of the bottle breaks inflicting injury upon the
hand of the person performing the operation.
This invention is designed to provide a guard or protector which will prevent
injury to the person in the event of such accident.
It consists essentially of an appliance of a flexible nature made to fit over the
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page_text: neck and shoulders of the bottle by which it can be grasped so that in case of
the fracture or breakage of the glass the sharp edges will not come in contact with
the hand of the person.
The invention will be fully described with reference to the annexed drawings in
which
Fig. 1. is a front elevation of the guard or protector.
Fig. 2. sectional plan of same.
Fig. 3. sectional elevation of same on line x-x Fig. 1.
Fig. 4. sectional elevation of same on a plane at right angles to the plane of the
section of Fig. 3.
The guard or protector A is moulded, pressed or otherwise shaped to the contour
of the bottle so as to embrace the same and rest upon the shoulder of the bottle
when in use.
The protector will preferably be provided with slits a on one or both
sides at the upper part of the neck and similar slits 6 at the base to permit of the
ready insertion of the bottle therein. Metal or other spring clips B which may be
of the shape shewn in the drawings or of other suitable shape will preferably
encircle the two extremities of the protector to permit of its adjustment to various
sizes of bottles as required.
The protector may be made of leather or any other suitable material or com-
position of sufficiently flexible a nature that when in position on the bottle the
grip or pressure of the hand upon it will also give a grip or hold of the bottle.
It may be made of any suitable compound formed of suitable substances com-
pressed or otherwise united together or of rubber, celluloid sheet metal or similar
materials which if stiff in themselves will be jointed at one or more places to
enable a grip or pressure to be exerted through the protector upon the bottle.
When in use the bottle will be slipped into the protector and the cork drawn in
the usual way the bottle being held in position therein by means of the spring clips
or by being gripped over the guard and thus should any breakage occur no injury
will result to the operator.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. A. hand guard or protector for use whilst drawing corks from bottles con-
structed of a suitable flexible material and of a shape to receive and embrace the
bottle substantially as described.
2. A hand guard or protector for use whilst drawing corks from bottles constructed
substantially as described and shewn in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 13th day of November 1895.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Manchester, Liverpool, and London, Patent Agents.