Improvements in Corks, Bungs, and Stoppers.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Dec., 1889
Complete Specification Left. 6th Sept.. 1890-Accepted, 11th Oct., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Corks, Bungs, and Stoppers.
ROLAND HARRY RIDOUT "Redelyte" Sunbury Common Surveyor do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
According to a common construction a cork bung or stopper is liable to be
destroyed after being once used and the object of my invention is to lessen or remove
the chance of its being so destroyed and at the same time to facilitate its use.
To this end I attach to it by any suitable means and in any suitable manner either
alone or in combination bands loops threads cords straps rings tubes or coverings
projecting beyond or readily accessible from its external portion when in use.
By such attachments as aforesaid the cork bung or stopper is manipulated for the
purposes of its employment.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Corks, Bungs, and Stoppers.
ROLAND HARRY RIDOUT "Redelyte," Upper Sunbury, Middlesex Surveyor 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:-
According to a common construction a cork bung or stopper is liable to be
destroyed after being once used and the object of my invention is to lessen or remove
the chance of its being so destroyed and at the same time to facilitate its use.
To this end I secure to the cork bung or stopper sought to be improved by my
invention one or more pliable attachments projecting beyond or readily accessible
from the external portion of the combination when in use and by which it is
manipulated for the purposes of its employment.
In the plan illustrated by Fig. 1 a pliable attachment is by means of a needle or
other suitable appliance passed through a cork between the points O and G, G and E,
and from E back again to O where its free ends are united by tying or otherwise.
By such construction a loop of the attachment is formed within the body of the
cork.
In the plan illustrated by Fig. 2 the materials and means employed are the same as
in the preceeding plan, but the arrangement of the parts is varied as follows vide
licet the attachment after passing from 0 to G passes thence to H thence along the
tail of the cork to I thence to E and finally from E back again to O where the ends
are united as before.
In carrying out this plan I find it convenient to nick the cork between G and H
and between I and E respectively for the reception of the attachment between these
points.
In the plan illustrated by Fig. 3 the materials and means employed are the same as
in the first plan but the arrangement of the parts is varied as follows vide licet the
attachment has distinctly different points of initial entry and final exit O and O,
respectively and either passes along the tail of the cork between G and E or in a nick
in the cork between these points.
According to this plan the free ends of the attachment are preferabely united at a
distance from O O, to form the external loop 0 x 0¹.
In the plan illustrated by Fig. 4 the attachment consists of an open loop the
doubled end of which is external to the cork while the free ends rest either in

page_text: slits M. M at the sides of the cork or are inserted at convenient positions as J J
within the body of the cork.
According to the plan illustrated by Fig. 5 the attachment is similar to that last
described but the free ends are inserted together within the body of the cork leaving
an external loop K. In this construction a flat riband may be employed with an
encircling ring of metal or other equivalent device placed upon the attachment at the
point where it enters the cork to releive the cork from the bursting strain which
would result to it from upward pressure applied to the expanded loop; but where
cord is used for the attachment twisting together the inserted portion sufficiently
resists the strain.
It will be evident that consistently with the nature of my invention the loops may
be multiplied for the purpose of giving greater security to the combinations and
generally I form the attachment with two or three loops particularly with the
constructions shown in connection with Figs. 1. 2. 3.
I find that hemp spun or woven or plaited into cord or woven into tape or riband
and leather to be suitable materials for the attachments but my invention is not
limited to the use of any particular material provided such is yielding and pliable
and workable for the purpose of my invention after the manner of the materials
named.
The attachment is either secured by its construction to the cork as in the plans
illustrated by Figs. 1. 2. 3. or by means of a cement suitable for the union of the
materials employed as is necessary in carrying out the plans illustrated by Figs. 4
and 5 or by a combination of these means according to the quality of the cork and the
purpose of the employment of the combination.
Having now particularly and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is :
1. In a cork bung or stopper the combination of a cork with a pliable attachment
substantially as hereinbefore described and set forth.
2. A cork bung or stopper consisting of the combination of a cork with a pliable
attachment obtained by cementing together such cork and attachment substantially as
herein before described and set forth.
3. In a cork bung or stopper the combination of a cork with a pliable attachment
secured by the construction of the attachment substantially as described and set forth
with reference to Figs. 1. 2. 3. of the accompanying drawings.
4. A cork bung or stopper consisting of the combination of a cork with a pliable
attachment obtained by cementing together such cork and attachment and constructed
substantially as herein before set forth with reference to Figs. 4 and 5 of the accom-
panying drawings.
Dated this 5th day of Santambor 1800