Improvements in Bottle Stoppers.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Apr., 1897-Accepted, 8th May, 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bottle Stoppers.
I CARL MEYER of Rhens on the Rhine in the German Empire, 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 invention relates to improvements in stoppering bottles for containing soda
water or other aerated liquids, malt liquor, or other liquids and has for its object to
provide a cork with simple and effective fastening means for holding the cork and
securing a hermetically closing of the bottle and whereby such fastening means are
thus constructed as to form a handle to draw the cork.
The mechanism whereby I attain the object of my invention is illustrated in the
accompanying drawings wherein
Figure 1 is a front elevation mounted on a bottle shown with the known fastening
menns in dotted lines;
Figure 2 is a side view seen from right side of Figure
i
Figure 3 is a similar view seen from left side of Figure 1;
Figure 4 is a plan view of the device.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several
views.
The stopper "a" forming an ordinary bottle cork of ordinary form, size and
texture fits into the mouth of the bottle "" on which it is mounted and permanently
secured by the fastening device "C." This device is constructed like a tongue. It
consists of a pair of jaws "c, e1" made of sheet iron and having generally an angle
form. The lower part are made half circular and somewhat conically so that they are
upt to encircle the cork and fit over the top part of the same in such a manner that.
the upper flat part of the jaws touch the upper cork level. Each of the jaws "c, c1"
is provided with a shank of shoot metal "d, d 1" respectively oxtonding from the jaws
upwards and being formed half circular. One of the shanks which at the bottom is
formed somewhat broader has a horizontal slot "e" of such width that the other
shank "1" is able to enter the slot and thus in the simplest way a fulcrum for both
shanks is attained which form a closed circle above said fulcrum and are with their
onds booked together for which purpose the same are correspondingly bent. From
this and the drawing it will now easy bo understood how the shauks, which possess a
springlike action force the jaws to be pressed against the cork as to firinly hold the
same and it will also be understood that the shunks form a handle by which the cork
may be drawn after the fastening means have been disengaged. For a ready and
strong engagement with the cork the jaws are provided with sharpened projections "p
which prevent that in drawing the cork the tongue may slide off from the cork. Now
underneath the fulcrum the shanks “d, d1” are provided with holes "*" through
which runs the loop "1" of the fastoning means. Said loop is pivotted to an
handle" m "which being linked to the mouth of the bottle servos in a well known
manner to manipulate the device or to draw the cork by means of the device "C" and
the loop "i" into the bottle mouth or to detach it from the same.
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Modifications may be made in the proportions and form of the device. So for
instance the shanks “d, d'1” may be manufactured of steel wire and instead of the
described fulcrum some other constructions with a pivot may be used.

page_text: Having now particularly described the nature of my said invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :
1.) The improved bottle stopper for aerated water bottles and the like constructed,
arranged and operating as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the accompanying
drawing.
2.) In a bottle stopper for norated water bottles and the like the combination with
a pair of jawa applied to the upper part of the cork, of a pair of shank with spring
like action extending upwards from said jaws and being hooked at their ends together
in order to force the jaws to strongly engage the cork, of a ring formed by the jaws
and serving as a handle to draw the cork of fastening means to mount the device to
the bottle for closing and opening purposes.