Improvements in and connected with Bottle Stoppers.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, ôth Nov., 1895
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Bottle Stoppers.
JOHN LEDBROOK Railway Inspector 25 Golden Hillock Road Small Heath
Birmingham CHARLES LINGHAM EDKINS Button Manufacturer 21 Golden
Hillock Road Small Heath Birmingham do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
The stopper consists of cork tapered to fit a specially constructed bottle, the
inside of the neck being wider at the top and gradually narrowed for about 1 inch
downwards.
The stopper is forced into the neck of the bottle by means of an iron or other
metal screw, attached to two or more steel or other metal clips fastened or secured
on the outside of the neck of bottle. After the stopper is so fixed in the bottle
it is held there by means of the screw & clips as long as required. When the
screw is reversed the clips become detached and the stopper is drawn out of the
bottle by the extractor.
The stopper consist of a metal cap with one end of a cork fitted into the cap and
the other end of the cork slightly tapered to fit the bottle. A steel or other metal
wire with a small hook at each end is passed through the top of the cap and bent
downwards thus forming two clips. After placing the cork in the bottle the clips
are attached to a concave rim round the neck of the bottle and remain in that
position until the bottle is required to be opened-then by means of the screw or
by striking the top of stopper sharply with the hand the clips become detached and
the cork is drawn out with the metal cap.
4th November 1895
JOHN LEDBROOK.
CHARLES LINGHAM EDKINS.
COMPLETE
Improvements in and connected with Bottle Stoppers.
We JOHN LEDBROOK 25 Golden Hillock Road Small Heath Birmingham
Railway Inspector, and CHARLES LINGHAM EDKINS 21 Golden Hillock Road,
Small Heath Birmingham, Button Manufacturer, 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 stopper consists of a metal cap with one end of a cork fitted into the cap
and the other end of the cork slightly tapered to fit the bottle, a steel or other
metal wire with a hook at each end is passed through the top of the cap and bent
downwards thus forming two clips.
After placing the cork in the bottle the clips are attached to a concave rim
round the neck of the bottle and remain in that position until the bottle is required
to be opened; then by striking the top of the stopper sharply with the hand, the
clips become detached and the cork is drawn out with the metal cap.

page_text: On the accompanying drawing
Fig. 1 is an elevation, Fig. 2 a partial section through the neck of the bottle, and
Fig. 3 is a plan of the cork, cap, and wire.
A is the bottle.
B is the cork.
C is a bent wire passing through the cap into the cork B and fastened therein
by a pin D, its ends being bent so as to form hooks which enter the groove E
provided in the neck of the bottle.
F is the cap of metal which prevents the wire from indenting the cork.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be perfornied, we declare that what we
claim is:
A stopper for closing the neck of bottles in which the neck of the bottle and
stopper and wire clips are made substantially as and for the purpose herein before
mentioned.
Dated this 1st day of September 1896.
JOHN LEDBROOK.
CHARLES LINGHAM EDKINS.