Improved Method of Securing the Ends of the Wire Used in Wiring Corks in Bottles or Vessels Containing Liquid Under Pressure to Facilitate Removal of said Wiring.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Mar., 1896-Accepted, 11th Apr., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Method of Securing the Ends of the Wire Used in Wiring
Corks in Bottles or Vessels Containing Liquid Under Pressure to
Facilitate Removal of said Wiring.
I, MAX Voss of 16 Oranienstrasse, Wiesbaden, Prussia, in the Empire of
Germany, 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 :-
Wire retaining devices such as are necessary for the corks of bottles containing
liquids charged with carbonic acid gas or other liquids under pressure as hitherto
ised present the disadvantage that they cannot be opened without the use of some
implement such as a wire cutter pincers or the like except at the risk of injuring
the hands.
Now it is the object of this invention to remedy this defect by providing a
retaining device which is capable of being very easily released without the
employment of any tool whatever.
This improved retaining device is illustrated in the accompanying drawings:-
Fig. 1 showing one arrangement and Fig. 2 a modification and the improvement
is that instead of the usual wire retaining device being cut off short where the
wires are fastened together as hitherto the two wires a and b are of such a length
that an eye or shank can be formed of same in the following manner.
The two ends are so twisted one on the other that a spiral or twist c of suitable
size (length) is formed and the remaining portions of the ends are then bent down
at right angles to this twist when the above mentioned eye or shank may easily be
formed as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings.
In order that this eye or shank may not be in the way when it is desired to pack
the bottles or the like for delivery it may be bent down sideways.
When it is desired to open the bottles the eye or shank simply has to be bent
back again the upper portions separated and the spiral or twist unwound towards
the. left.
In this manner the opening is effected without any trouble and (if care be used)
without any loss of the contents.
As shown in Fig. 2 a metal capsule d may be employed such capsule being
provided with two holes through which the ends of the wires are passed and then
bent down in which case the formation of an eye or shank is dispensed with and
the device presents a neat and compact appearance.
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 :-
1. The herein-described method of securing the ends of the wire used in wiring
corks in bottles or vessels containing liquid under pressure consisting in twisting
the ends of the wires spirally on one another for a short distance and then forming
the remaining ends into an eye or shank thus permitting the device to be opened
without the help of any tool or implement substantially in the manner hereinbefore
set forth and illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings hereunto annexed.
2. The herein-described method of securing the ends of the wire used in wiring
corks in bottles or vessels containing liquid under pressure consisting in twisting

page_text: the ends of the wires spirally on one another for a short distance and then passing
said ends through a capsule and there securing same substantially in the manner
and for the purposes herein before set forth and illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings
hereunto annexed.
Dated this fith day of March 1896
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.