An Improved Method of Corking Bottles to Facilitate the Removal of the Corks, and Apparatus for Withdrawing the said Corks.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Mar., 1834-Accepted, 5th May, 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Method of Corking Bottles to Facilitate the Removal
of the Corks, and Apparatus for Withdrawing the said Corks.
I, WILLIAM GIBBIN Junr. of 21 to 24, Pickering Place, Bayswater, London,
Gentleman, 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 a new or improved method of corking bottles to
facilitate the removal of the said corks and apparatus therefor, the object of my
invention being to enable the corks of such bottles to be easily and quickly
withdrawn without the use of a corkscrew, and further, to enable the corks to
be still more easily removed, I provide an apparatus hereinafter more particularly
described.
In carrying my invention into practical effect, I provide a loop of string, gut,
wire, or other suitable material, which is twisted in the middle and placed at
the bottom of the cork, the two ends being twisted and passed up the sides of
same while the free ends are passed over the top of the cork, the latter being
then placed in the bottle and the said ends secured by means of sealing wax or
in any other convenient manner.
When it is required to remove the cork, the sealing wax is broken and the
free ends of the string, gut, wire, or the like are raised, so that by passing the
finger, or a piece of wood, or the like, through same the cork may be easily
pulled out, but in cases where the cork cannot be easily removed in this manner,
I provide a device by means of which their removal is at once accomplished.
The said device consists of a circular cap which is placed over the bottle and
rests or bears upon the neck of same, the cork passing through a central hole or
perforation in the said cap while the latter is furnished with two arms or levers
each provided about midway with a small hook to which is attached the looped
end of the string or the like surrounding the cork, so that by pressing the two
arms or levers in a downward direction the string or the like is pulled up and the
cork thereby withdrawn from the bottle.
In order that my invention may be more fully understood I will now proceed
to describe same with reference to the accompanying drawings in which
Fig. 1 is a view of the loop of string, gut, &c. before being applied to the
cork,
Fig. 2 is a side view of the cork with the string in position, and Fig. 3 is a view
at right angles to Fig. 2,
Fig. 4 is a section through the cap of the cork removing device, and Fig. 5 shows
the device applied to a bottle.
Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the drawings.
The string, gut, wire, or the like s is first formed into a loop and twisted in
the middle (Fig. 1) when it is placed under the cork c and brought up the sides
of same, the free or looped ends being placed over the top of the said cork
(Figs. 2 & 3) when it is ready for insertion in the bottle.
When it is required to remove the said cork the looped ends & are raised
and the finger or a piece of wood, or the like, passed through same and the cork
pulled out, but in order to facilitate this operation the device shown in Figs. 4 & 5
may be employed. This device consists of the cap c which is placed over the
neck of the bottle b, the cork protruding or passing through a central hole or
perforation g in same. The said cap is furnished with two arms or levers a a¹
pivoted to the lower part of the said cap at p p¹ the levers carrying hooks s s',

page_text: and to remove the cork the device is placed over the neck of the bottle b as shown
at Fig. 5 and the looped ends are placed over the hooks s s¹ so that by pressing
the arms or levers a a' downwards as shown by the arrows the cork is easily and
quickly removed, and in order to prevent the string or the like from cutting, the
top part of the cap may be rounded over, or two small rollers k k¹ (shown in dotted
lines in Fig. 4) may be employed in which case they would be let into the top of
the said cap for this purpose.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The new or improved method of corking bottles for facilitating the removal
of the said corks, substantially as herein described and shown with reference to
Figs. 1, 2, & 3 of the accompanying drawings.
2. In combination with the above claimed method of corking bottles, the device
consisting of the cap c with central hole or perforation 9, pivoted arms or levers a a¹
furnished hooks s s, substantially as herein described and shown in Figs. 4 & 5 of
the accompanying drawings, and for the purpose specified.
Dated this 29th day of March 1891
F. G. CASSELL,
Of Cassell & Co.,
22, Glasshouse Street, Regent Street, London, W.,
Agent for the Applicant.