Device for Opening Bottles, Jugs, and the like, without Damaging the Corks.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Dec., 1896-Accepted, 6th Mar., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Device for Opening Bottles, Jugs, and the like, without Damaging
the Corks.
I, JAKOB KURTZ of 57 Bahuhofstrasse Ober, Ingelheim, Germany, Merchant
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:-
The object of this invention is a device for opening bottles, jugs and the like
whereby a great defect is obviated, such defect being due to the cork becoming
useless, after it has had to be perforated through by a cork screw in order to be
withdrawn from the bottle jug or the like.
In the accompanying drawings
Figure 1 is a side view of the corked bottle.
Figure 2 is a vertical section of the neck of the bottle provided with a cork.
Figure 3 being an elevation of the same neck, after the cork has been removed.
The characteristic feature of this invention, is the laying or placing within the neck
of the bottle before the latter is stoppered, of a loop a on the top of which the
cork e is placed, both the cork and the loop being subsequently forced into the said
neck. The portion of the loop which projects above the cork, after the bottle is
properly stoppered, should only be of such a size as to be able to insert two fingers
inside the same, as otherwise the portion of the loop outside the mouth of the bottle,
might be torn when using too much strength. For convenience of handling,
notches b are formed in the mouth of the bottle, not on the top of the latter, but at
the sides in order to maintain the inner edge as a complete circle. The loop consists
of strong coarse linen or canvas and is impregnated with paraffin to prevent its
putrefication, it is preferably woven endless, but if not, the ends may also be sewn if
required. The canvas loop must not contain any dressing which may have an
injurious effect on the liquid, inside the bottle. Instead of a canvas loop, metal or
any other material may be used, the principal being merely to uncork bottles without
injuring the cork. To pull out the cork from the bottle, the fingers are inserted
through the loop and the same is pulled on tightly. The part of the loop which is
above the cork, and serves to pull out the same is particularly suitable for printing
thereon the name of a firm or that of the liquid contained in the bottle.
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
First. A device for opening bottles without damaging the cork characterized by'a
loop a of suitable material placed around the cork and extending sufficiently far above
the latter to allow the insertion of one or two fingers through the same in order to
open the bottle by pulling on the loop.
Second. In using the device in the manner set forth in the above claim, the peculiar
shape of the mouth of the bottle characterized by the notches 6 formed at the sides
thereof.
Dated this 17th day of December 1806
GEORGE BARKER,
77 Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.