TOOL FOR EXTRACTING INTERNAL STOPPERS FROM BOTTLES
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Hamer at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 10th April 1883.
JOSEPH HAMER of Stalybridge in the County of Lancaster
TOOL FOR EXTRACTING INTERNAL STOPPERS FROM BOTTLES
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"AN IMPROVED
This invention relates to the construction of a tool for extracting the internal
stoppers from bottles used for containing aerated liquids, such stoppers consisting
of a piece of hard wood of a suitable form having a groove around its circumference
in which is secured a ring of india rubber which closes against a seating formed in
the mouth of the bottle.
The object of the invention is to remove this india rubber ring from the groove
when the wooden stopper can easily pass out through the neck of the bottle.
The tool is made somewhat in the form of a pair of pliers, the two noses or ends
being cranked or curved in such a form as to grip one side of the india rubber
ring one nose being hollow and the other rounded so as to get a firmer hold.
The round nose is also provided with a lip or fulcrum which fits over the shorter
end of the wooden stopper.
The tool is inserted into the neck of the bottle which is held mouth downwards
and one side of the ring is firmly grasped between the cranked or curved noses,
whilst the lip above mentioned fits over the shorter end of the wooden stopper.
The other end of the stopper being firmly pressed against the inside of the
bottle a slight turn of the wrist will remove the ring, when the stopper can easily
be withdrawn. The end of one nose of the tool is formed with a hook so that in
case the ring should become loose it can be thereby withdrawn.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Joseph Hamer in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 9th October
1883.
JOSEPH HAMER of Stalybridge in the County of Lancaster
TOOL FOR EXTRACTING INTERNAL STOPPERS FROM BOTTLES
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"AN IMPROVED
This invention relates to the construction of a tool for extracting the internal
stoppers from bottles used for containing aerated liquids such stoppers consisting
of a piece of hard wood or other material, of a suitable form having a groove
around its circumference in which is secured a ring of india rubber which closes
against a seating formed in the mouth of the bottle.
The object of the invention is to remove this india rubber ring from the groove
when the wooden stopper can easily pass out through the neck of the bottle.
Such being the nature and object of my said invention I will now proceed to
describe in detail the manner in which the same is to be or may be performed or
carried into practical effect and in order that the same may be clearly understood
I have annexed hereunto a sheet of drawings illustrative thereof and have marked
the same with figures and letters of reference corresponding with those in the
following explanation thereof.
Fig 1. in the annexed drawing is a perspective view of the tool opened.
Fig. 2 is a side view of the said tool closed upon a stopper the latter being
indicated by dotted lines.
Fig. 3. is a plan view of the tool showing how one arm fits over the other to
get a firmer grip upon the said stopper.
The tool a, a is made somewhat in the form of a pair of pliers the two noses
or ends b, b' being cranked or curved in such a form as to grip one side of the
india rubber ring d of the stopper e see. Fig. 2. one nose b, b with its stem being
hollow in section and the other b', b¹ fitting into the first so as to get a firmer
hold, and I prefer to roughen the inner surfaces of the noses b and b¹ and also to
flatten the inner face of the latter in order to obtain a still firmer hold on the
india rubber ring d of the stopper.
The nose b¹ is also provided with a lip or fulcrum c which fits over the shorter
end of the wooden stopper e.
The tool is inserted into the neck of the bottle which is held mouth downwards
and one side of the ring d, d is firmly grasped between the cranked or curved
noses b, b' whilst the lip above mentioned fits over the shorter end of the wooden
stopper e.
The other end of the stopper being firmly pressed against the inside of the bottle
a slight turn of the wrist will remove the ring when the stopper can easily be
withdrawn. The end of one nose of the tool is formed as at f with a hook so that
when the ring is removed from the stopper, it can thereby be readily withdrawn
from the bottle.
The end of the other nose is formed with a notch or recess g through which the
hook passes when the tool is closed on the india rubber ring so as to give it a
firmer grip and prevent the arms from being strained or twisted.
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Having now described the nature and object of my said invention together with 4
the manner in which the same is to be or may be performed or carried into
practical effect I wish it to be understood that I claim as my invention the tool
hereinbefore described and illustrated by the annexed drawings or any modification

page_text: or imitation thereof constructed and operating in substantially the same or a
similar manner for the purpose of extracting the internal stoppers from the
bottles.
In witness whereof I the said Joseph Hamer have hereunto set my hand and
seal this eighth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred eighty three.