Iм- PROVEMENTS IN THE MODE OF SECURING CORKS IN BOTTLES CONTAINING FLUIDS UNDER PRESSURE
Year: 1873

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Richard Alphaeus Gooding, of Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Richard Alphaeus
Gooding at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 28th June 1873.
I, RICHARD ALPHAEUS GOODING, of Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention for "Iм-
PROVEMENTS IN THE MODE OF SECURING CORKS IN BOTTLES CONTAINING FLUIDS
UNDER PRESSURE," to be as follows, that is to say:―
The Invention is designed for the purpose of securing in an improved
manner the corks and stoppers of bottles containing fluids under pressure
instead of the wire fastening at present in use, and also to enable the
fastening to be used over and over again.

page_text: The improvement consists in the employment and use of a strip or
band of zinc or other suitable metal placed closely round the neck of the
bottle below the enlarged upper part of the same, this strip is firmly
connected at the ends, and two pins or studs are attached to the same
placed diametrically opposite to each other or nearly so. A second strip
or band of zinc or other suitable metal and bent in about this manner
is hooked by its perforated ends on to the two before described pins, and
is secured by hammering the projecting ends of the pins over.
When the bottle has been filled and the cork or stopper inserted the
horizontal centre part of the last described second strip or band is brought
over the stopper, thereby securing the latter. The said centre part is
sufficiently enlarged to cover the whole or nearly the whole of the cork
or stopper, and a small projection or knob is attached to the said centre
portion, by this means the fastening strip or band is pushed away from
the cork or stopper when the bottle is opened, leaving the stopper free,
the band of course being still connected by means of the pins to the
above described first strip attached to the bottle and ready for use when
the bottle is filled again.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Richard Alphaeus Gooding in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 24th December 1873.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, RICHARD
ALPHAEUS GOODING, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, send
greeting.
•
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-eighth day of June, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, in the
thirty-seventh year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto me, the said Richard Alphacus Gooding,
Her special license that I, the said Richard Alphaeus Gooding, my a
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
Richard Alphaeus Gooding, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at
all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and

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lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle
of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE OF SECURING CORKS
IN BOTTLES CONTAINING FLUIDS UNDER PRESSURE," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Richard Alphaeus Gooding, my
executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my,
or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe
and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the
Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and imme-
diately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Richard Alphaeus Gooding, do
hereby declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement and accompanying Drawings, that is
to say :-
The Invention is designed for the purpose of securing in an improved
manner the corks and stoppers of bottles containing fluids under pressure
instead of the wire fastening at present in use, and also to enable the
fastening to be used over and over again.
The improvement consists in the employment and use of a strip or
band of zinc or other suitable metal placed closely round the neck of
the bottle below the enlarged upper part of the same, this strip is firmly
connected at the ends, and two pins or studs are attached to the same
placed diametrically opposite to each other, or nearly so, a second strip.
or band of zinc or other suitable metal, and bent in about this manner
5 is hooked by its perforated ends on to the two before described pins.
and is secured by hammering the projecting ends of the pins over.
When the bottle has been filled and the cork or stopper inserted the
horizontal centre part of the last described second strip or band is
brought over the stopper, thereby securing the latter. This said centre
part is sufficiently enlarged to cover the whole or nearly all of the cork
or stopper, and a small projection or knob is attached to the said centre
portion. By this means the fastening strip or band is pushed away from
the cork or stopper when the bottle is opened, leaving the stopper free,
the band of course being still connected by means of the pins to the

page_text: above described first strip attached to the bottle and ready for use when
the bottle is filled again.
In order that my Invention may be better understood and explained
in detail, I have hereunto annexed one Sheet of Drawings drawn to
about full size, similar letters of reference being marked upon corre-
sponding parts on all Figures.
Fig. 1 represents a bottle in elevation containing fluid under pressure,
for instance lemonade, to which the improvement is applied; Fig. 2
shows the neck and the improved part of the same bottle; and Fig. 3, a
plan view of it.
A strip a of zinc, brass, or other suitable metal is placed closely round
the neck 6 of the bottle below the enlarged upper part 1 of the same.
This strip a is firmly connected at the ends by soldering or otherwise,
and two pins or studs c, c, are attached to the same placed diametrically
opposite or nearly so. A second strip or band d of zinc, brass, or other
suitable metal is hooked by its perforated ends on to the two before
described pins and is secured by hammering the projecting ends of the
pins over.
When the bottle has been filled and the cork or stopper e inserted,
the horizontal centre part of the last described second strip or band is
brought over the cork, thereby securing the latter. The said centre part
is sufficiently enlarged to cover the whole or nearly the whole of the said
cork or stopper e, and a small projection or knob d¹ may be, if desired,
attached to the said centre portion to assist in the opening of the bottle.
In opening the bottle the fastening strip or band d is pushed away from
the cork or stopper leaving the latter free.
In Figs. 4, 5, and 6 a band or clip is shown for being placed round
the neck of the bottle without soldering, the projections g, g, on the one
end of this band or clip double down, as seen in Fig. 5, and then the
other end his passed through the loop and doubles over, as seen in
Fig. 6.
In order that the band or clip f may be used for corks or stoppers
of different heights the projections or pins c, c, may be placed out of the
middle of the band or clip f, as seen in Fig. 7, in which position they
will be suitable for a longer cork or stopper, by turning the band, or clip
round they will come to the lower side, and a shorter cork or stopper can
be used.

page_text: Figs. 8 to 12 represent some modifications in the fastening of the cork
or stopper, and consists in Figs. 8 and 9 in causing the strip or band a
to go only partly round the neck of the bottle, having sufficient spring
power to remain closely below the enlarged part 1 of the neck. "In Figs. 10
and 11 the band or ring a is dispensed with entirely, and a clamp piece i
is adopted which takes a firm hold of the neck of the bottle by means of
the ends which are slightly hollowed out to suit the form of the neck,
this clamp i is like the band d on its upper part sufficiently enlarged to
cover or nearly cover the cork or stopper, and may also be provided, if
desired, with a knob or button to aid in drawing the clamp off when the
bottle is to be opened.
In Fig. 12 an arrangement is shown by which corks or stoppers of
different heights may be employed, here a plate is used over the cork
or stopper, being held in position on its sides by the band d, and from
the top by means of the screw m, on the unscrewing of which the band d
and plate can be withdrawn sideways, leaving the cork or stopper free,
the band or ring a may either pass entirely round the neck 6 of the
bottle or only partly, like in Figs. 8 and 9.
Having now described the nature and object of my said Invention,
and the manner in which the same may be carried into practical effect,
I wish it to be distinctly understood that I believe to be novel and
that I claim as secured to me is the fastening and securing of corks and
stoppers of bottles containing fluids under pressure, as and for, the
purpose. herein-before described, set forth, and fully illustrated in the
Drawings attached, or any slight modification thereof.
In witness whereof, I, the said Richard Alphaeus Gooding, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, the Twenty-third day of December
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
three
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Witness,
RICHARD ALPHAEUS GOODING. (L.S.)
W. H. DAWSON,
Patent Agent,
Manchester.