Improved Means for Closing or Securing Corks in Bottles.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Sept., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 24th Dec., 1892-Accepted, 28th Jan., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means for Closing or Securing Corks in Bottles.
JOHN JAMES BURTON 47 Philip Road Peckham Rye S.E. and HENRY NEWSON
2 Avondale Square Old Kent Road S.E. do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a means for closing bottles securely, and consists of a
capsule of improved construction for the purpose of fastening corks in the
bottles.
The capsule is attached to the bottle by means of slots or recesses on each side,
into which take small projections on the neck of the bottle. The slot slants upwards
for a short distance, acting as a screw, so that the capsule is forced down tightly on
turning, the rest of the slot being horizontal, thus providing a rest for the projections,
and preventing them slipping out and the capsules coming off, as frequently occurs
when the slots are in the form of a screw for the whole of their length. These
capsules are of metal or any other suitable material. The corks used may be in the
form of balls or hemispherical, or of any desired shape, and a spring is provided in
the top of the capsule, against which the corks rest, in order to cause them to close
the bottle more securely. This spring may be of a spiral or any other convenient
form.
Dated this 27th day of September 1809
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means for Closing or Securing Corks in Bottles.
We, JOHN JAMES BURTON of 47 Philip Road, Peckham Rye, S.E. and HENRY
NEWSON, 2 Avondale Square, Old Kent Road, S.E. 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:-
This invention relates to a means for closing bottles securely, and consists of a
capsule of improved construction for the purpose of fastening corks in the
bottles.
The capsule is attached to the bottle by means of slots or recesses on each side,
into which take small projections on the neck of the bottle. The slot slants upwards
for a short distance, acting as a screw, so that the capsule is forced down tightly on
turning, the rest of the slot being horizontal, thus providing a rest for the projections
and preventing them slipping out and the capsules coming off, as frequently occurs
when the slots are in the form of a screw for the whole of their length. These
capsules are of metal or any other suitable material.
The corks used may be in the form of balls or hemispherical, or of any desired
shape, and a spring is provided in the top of the capsule, against which the corks
rest, in order to cause them to close the bottle more securely. This spring may be
of a spiral or any other convenient form.
Instead of furnishing the capsule with slots or recesses, we may provide grooves
or recesses of similar shape on the outside of the neck of the bottle with projections
on the inner side of the capsule, taking into the grooves.
In order that the invention may be more clearly understood, reference is had to
the accompanying sheet of drawings in which
Fig. 1 is an elevation of bottle and capsule attached,

page_text: Fig. 2 is a section of the capsule,
Fig. 3 an elevation of a bottle neck according to a modification, and
Fig. 4 a capsule to be fitted to it.
A is the neck of the bottle, which, according to Fig. 1, is furnished with a
projection B at each side, the upper side of which is made slanting. C is the
capsule, fitting the top of the neck of the bottle and furnished with the slot D,
consisting of a short vertical part, a slanting part forming a short screw, and a
horizontal end of about the length of the projection B, serving to retain the latter
when the capsule is attached. The sloping upper edge of the projection is made in
this manner in order that it may enter the sloping central part of the slot more
readily. The cork E is preferably attached to the interior of the capsule and is
furnished with a spring E¹ which presses it tightly onto or into the mouth of the
bottle when the capsule is in position.
According to Figs. 3 and 4 the neck of the bottle is formed with a groove or
recess D on each side, formed as in the other case in three parts, the first vertical,
with central sloping part and horizontal end. The projection B¹ in the interior of
the capsule takes into the groove and serves to retain the capsule. The capsule is
preferably formed with fluted or corrugated sides in order that it may be more
readily removed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that
what we claim is :-
(1). An improved means for fastening corks in bottles, consisting of a capsule,
bearing on the top of the cork, attached by means of a projection engaging with a
spiral slot or recess, having a horizontal part at its end for the purpose of securely
retaining the projection, substantially as described.
(2). An improved device for closing bottles in which is employed a capsule with
peculiarly formed slot, into which a projection on the bottle takes, constructed
substantially as described and shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings.
Dated this 23rd day of December 1892.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.