Improvements in Bottle-stoppers.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Jan., 1899-Accepted, 13th May, 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bottle-stoppers.
I, CHRISTIAN CARL HEINRICH EPPERS, of Sundby, on the Island of Amager,
in the Kingdom of Denmark, Commercial Traveller, 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:-
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The present invention relates to a bottle-stopper for keeping the corks in
bottles filled with effervescent or similar fluids. The stopper is placed over the
cork, after the corking has taken place, to prevent the cork from going off by
the pressure of the gases contained in the effervescent fluids.
The invention will be understood by reference to the accompanying drawing,
in which;
Figures 1 and 2 show a bottle supplied with the said bottle-stopper, respectively
in side elevation, and front elevation, and
Figure 3 a plan view.
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In the narrowing below the head of the bottle there is placed a wire or the
like which forms a ring « around the neck. At two points diametrically
opposite each other, the ring a has two eyes b, formed by bending the wire,
The two ends c of a link d formed of thicker wire are put through the eyes b from
the inside. This link has such a shape that its horizontal part g only reaches a
little above the head of the bottle and above the surface of the cork e.
horizontal part of the link has a bend f which rests upon the surface of the
cork, and whose centre (middle) is bent a little upwards so that hold may be
taken of the bend f to turn the link aside when the bottle is to be opened.
The
The eyes are so shaped that the link may be freely turned in the direction
indicated by the arrow Figure 1, while a turning in the opposite direction is
prevented by the lower end of the vertical arm of the bow striking against the
inner edge of the eye. This is attained by letting that half part of the eye,
which lies on the same side of the bottle's middle-line as the bend f, he nearest
to the bottle.
When the bottle is corked the link dis raised. The cork will then be forced
up by the pressure from the fluid until it is arrested by the bow's horizontal
part g.
The arrangement being such that the cork can only be forced up a
little, the link, which is made of thick, non-pliable wire, will not cut down
into the cork, and the link may be easily turned, as above described
All the metal parts are, if necessary, galvanized so as to guard them against
rust.
An advantage of the above described bottle-stopper is that the corks may be
shorter than those previously used in wired bottle-stoppers, which as is well-
known, cut deeply into the cork when the same is forced upwards by the' gases
in the bottle, the cork in this case extending proportionately high above the
mouth of the bottle. But in the construction above described where the horizontal
bend of the link lies against the surface of the cork the pressure of the gases will
not effect any cutting into the cork worth speaking of.

page_text: Having now particularly described 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. A bottle-stopper for bottles containing effervescent or similar fluids, specified
by a ring a placed in a narrowing below the head of the bottle-neck, the said
ring being provided with two eyes in combination with a link d consisting of a
horizontal and a vertical part g, which latter part only extends a small distance
above the upper edge of the bottle-head and is provided at the middle with an
upwardly turned bend f, while the vertical arms of the bow have two pivots c
which are passed through the eyes from the inside.
2. In a ring a, described in previous claim, the arrangement of the eyes b such
eyes being formed by twisting the wire so that half part of the eye which lies
on the same side of the bottle's middle-line as the bend f of the link also lies
nearest to the bottle, so that the link may be turned to one side only.
Dated this 24th day of January. 1899.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.