IMPROVEMENTS IN STOPPERS FOR BOTTLES
Year: 1885

page_text: We, EDWIN WOODHAM of 169 Hanbury Street Mile End, E, Glass Bottle"
Manufacturer and PIERCE OCKENDEN of 119 London Wall E.C. Mercantile Clerk
do hereby declare the nature of our invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN STOPPERS
FOR BOTTLES to be as follows -
Our invention consists of a Screw cap made of wood or other material, but
preferably of wood, which is affixed to the bottle previous to its being filled. The
cap has a bore at its top, in size corresponding to the hole in the nozzle of the
bottle, through which, after the bottle is filled, an ordinary cork is forced, thus
closing securely the bottle, and the bore in the top of the cap. A. hole, or holes aro
drilled through the side of the cap near the top, through which, after the cork is
forced home, one or more pins are passed, which holds the cork firmly in the
cap, the latter being already secured to the bottle. To withdraw the cork the
cap is merely unscrewed when the cork comes with it. Sometimes we use cement
to secure the cork to the cap, either by itself or in connection with the pin or pins.
Dated this 17th day of Anvil 198K
E. WOODHAM.
P. OCKENDEN.

page_text: We EDWIN WOODHAM, of 169, Hanbury Street, Milo End, E, Glass bottle
Manufacturer, and PIERCE OCKENDEN, of 119, London Wall, E.C. Mercantile
'Clerk, do hereby declare the nature of our invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
STOPPERS FOR BOTTLES" to be as follows :—
Our Invention consists of a screw cap made of wood or other material, but
preferably of wood, which is affixed to the bottle previous to its being filled. The
cap has a bore at its top, in size corresponding to the hole in the nozzle of the.
bottle, through which, after the bottle is filled, an ordinary cork is forced, thus
closing securely the bottle, and the bore in the top of the cap. A hole, or holes are
drilled through the side of the cap near the top, through which, after the cork is
forced home, one or more.pins are passed, which hold the cork firmly in the cap,
the latter being already secured to the bottle. To withdraw the cork the cap is.
merely unscrewed when the cork comes with it. Sometimes we use cement to
secure the cork to the cap, either by itself; or in connection with the pin or pins.
Fig. 1, represents a bottle constructed according to our invention, together with its
cap, cork, and pin shown separately. Fig. 2, represents the same combined as in
actual use, the position of the cork being shown by the dotted lines; Fig. 3,
represents the same in section; and Fig. 4, represents a cap made of metal shown
in plan, elevation, and Section. A, indicates the bottle; B, the nozzle of the same
with an external or male screw worked in the glass; C, a cap preferably of wood
having a female screw cut within to correspond with the screw on the glass, the
upper part of the cap is pierced with a bore or cylindrical opening of the same size
as the interior of the nozzle of the bottle; the latter should be made cylindrical,
and not larger within as is often the case with bottles intended to be closed with
corks; D, indicates the cork, and E, a pin, preferably pointed at both ends
and bent back on itself so as to present two points as shown in the drawing;
C¹, represents the form of the cap when made of metal, and instead of or as well
as securing the cork in the cap with a pin we make several indentations in the
substance of the cap as shewn at ƒ, ƒ, which project on the inside of the cap
pointing obliquely downwards.
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In closing bottles according to our invention the cap is screwed on to the nozzle
of the bottle, the cork is then driven in through the top of the cap either by an
ordinary corking machine, or by hand, and the pin E is pushed in through holes in
the cap and through or into the cork. When the metal cap C' is used, the cork
should be driven in by the bottling machine and partly owing to its being com-
pressed by the machine it passes the internal projections of the cap without
difficulty but after it has expanded in its place they hold it with sufficient
firmness and it becomes sufficiently fixed within the cap.
By the means above described, the cork, which fits the cap as tightly as it does
the bottle is firmly secured to the cap by the pin or pins, or when the cap is made.
of metal, by a pin or pins, or by the internal projections, or both, and is prevented
from being forced out from the bottle so long as the cap remains on the screw
thread.

page_text: In order to open a bottle thus stoppered it is only necessary to unscrew the cap
which may conveniently be done by taking the bottle in the left hand and with the
right grasping the cap and, by one movement, turning the bottle' to the left and
the cap to the right, by which means the cap becomes disengaged from the screw
thread and the cork at the same time drawn outwards by the action of the screw,
assisted by that of the hands, so that the bottle is uncorked.
Sometimes we attach the cap to the bottle by means of an ordinary bayonet
joint, instead of a screw,
but this is less advantageous for, most purposes. as it
presents less facility for uncorking the bottle. The corks may be cemented into
the caps instead of being secured as above described, but we prefer one of the
previously described arrangements.
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
1st The construction and use, for the purpose of retaining corks in the nozzles of
bottles and for withdrawing the corks, of screw or bayonet-jointed caps into which
the corks are to be inserted and secured substantially in the manner and for the
purpose herein before described and set forth.
2nd The use of the means and apparatus above described for securing the corks
of bottles and for facilitating the withdrawing of corks so secured.
NEWNHAM BROWNE,
Agent for the Petitioners.