A CORK FASTENER
Year: 1884

page_text: I ROBERT BARLOW of Norfolk House Albion Rd Dalston in the County of
Middlesex Patentee do hereby declare the nature of my invention for A CORK
FASTENER to be as follows :—
The object of my invention is to provide a means of securing corks in the necks
of bottles without the use of strings or wires as ordinarily applied and in such a
manner as to enable the securing process to be carried out simultaneously with
that of corking.
In carrying my invention into effect I construct the neck of the bottle with two
or more external studs or projections. These studs are preferably of prismatic
shape, the upper surface making an obtuso angle and the lower surface a little
less than a right angle with the side of the neck-the vertical section of the stud
thus being a triangle, the apex of which is above and the base below, which base
slopes slightly inward and upward. I also cut or stamp from a sheet of thin
metal or other suitable material a slip or strap of sufficient length to reach freely
from stud to stud over the neck of the bottle. Near each end of the strap
I make an aperture or depression suitably shaped to fit over the stud, and the
central portion of the strap may be shaped as a disc to correspond with the top of
the cork. The strap is then bent so that the portions extending beyond the
circumference of the bottle-neck project downward and inward; and thus, when
the strap is placed on the cork and the cork is pressed into the bottle-neck the
aforesaid apertures or depressious slip over the studs and effectually secure tho
cork. The bending of the strap may if desired be accomplished by the same
mechanical action that forces the cork into the neck of the bottle.
Instead of forming the studs as homogeneous portions of the bottle-neck
I sometimes attach them thereto; and I sometimes use a loop of wire or stamped
metal or other material in the room of the strap above described.
This principle is applicable for securing the corks (whether they be made of
india rubber cork or other material) into every kind of bottle, jar or other vessel.
Dated this fifth day of Avant 1001

page_text: I ROBERT BARLOW of Norfolk House, Albion Road Dalston in the County of
Middlesex Surgeon do hereby declare the nature of my invention for A CORK
FASTENER 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 my invention is to provide a means of securing corks or other
corking materials in or against the necks of bottles without the use of strings or
wire as ordinarily applied and in such a manner as to enable the securing process,
in certain cases, being carried out simultaneously with that of such corking or
closing.
In carrying my invention into effect I construct the neck of the bottle with two
or more external studs or projections. These studs (when seen in section) are
preferably of prismatic shape the upper surface making an obtuse angle and the
lower surface a little less than a right angle with the side of the neck-the stud
thus appearing as a triangle, the apex of which is above and the base below, which
base may slope slightly inward & upward..
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I also cut or stamp from a sheet of metal or other suitable material a slip or
strap of sufficient length to reach freely over the neck of the bottle allowance
being made for the thickness of the corking material which remains above the
neck of the bottle. Near each end of the strap I make an aperture or depression
suitably shaped to fit or glide over the stud. The central portion of the strap may
be shaped as a disc to correspond with the top of the corking material. The straps
are then bent downward so that they become parallel to each other and at right
angles to the disc.
In securing corks or corking material in bottles where it is desired that the
Fastener shall be destroyed on opening the bottle to prevent substitution of other
or inferior contents (as in the case of sparkling wines &c) this Fastener as
described is placed over the cork and forced directly downward over the studs,
whereby it becomes hooked, the imprisonned gases preventing the Fastener
becoming unhooked. One of the straps of the Fastener inust be cut through ere
the cork can be withdrawn.
In applying this principle to bottles where it is desired to replace the cork and
Fastener I divide the aperture in the strap of the Fastener into two or more steps
or notches and evert the lower corner of the strap so that on opening the bottle
I slightly rotate the Fastener which causes the stud to come in contact with the
lower step, and a slight rotation onwards entirely releases the cork..
In wide-mouthed & some other bottles, I, having everted the lower corner of strap;
slope the lower edge of the aperture upwards so that the Fastener and its attached
corking material when placed on the bottle and slightly rotated or screwed down,
the projecting straps readily glide over the studs and at once closes the bottle.
In manufacturing the Fastener I sometimes cause the top of the disc to be
depressed in its centre (the elevated edge which then exists corresponding to the
position of the neck of the bottle when the cap or Fastener is in use) and to this
depressed centre I attach my corking material (which may be of cork india rubber
or other suitable material,

page_text: In order that my Invention may be the better understood I append hereto
drawings of several forms of my Cork Fastener, reference being had in the
following description to the letters and figures marked thereon.
Figure 1 consists of three parts the Fastener A, the Cork G and the Bottle with
its projecting stud J.
The Fastener in this case consists of a metal disc with two straps attached
thereto, having apertures B of such suitable size that they will fit on to the
projecting studs of the Bottle. The studs or projections J are here shewn as
hooked, that is to say, the under surface of each stud slopes slightly upwards
& inward, so that when the cork is driven into the Bottle in the usual manner
and the Fastener forced downwards over the studs J the apertures B of the strap
fit thereon (see Figure 2) and the Fastener becomes hooked so that it must be cut
through ere the cork can be withdrawn.
Figure 3 shews another form of Fastener which can be removed at pleasure and
used again as often as necessary. The lower margin of the aperture B is so shaped
that two or more steps or notches are made thereon, one notch E being a little
above the other D as shewn. The corner marked C I turn slightly outward in
order to permit the studs J to glide beneath enter the aperture B against the
notch or step D on to which the stud J passes when a slight downward pressure
with rotation of fastener has been made as shewn in Figure 4. Further rotation
with firm downward pressure fully securing the corking process, that is to say the
stud J is made to rest on the notch or step E as shewn in Figure 5. The corking
material in this case consists of a ring or pad of india rubber or other suitable
inaterial set on to the wood to which the strap is attached.
The letter H in Figure 6 shews the depressed centre to which I sometime affix
my corking material, on rising this Fastener the edge or lip of the Bottle comes in
contact with that portion of the corking material which overlaps this depressed
centre which gives a certain amount of spring when in use. The lower margin F
of the aperture B slopes slightly upwards and the corner C is slightly everted for
the easy passage beneath of the studs J. When the Fastener is placed in position
over the bottle and slightly rotated the studs readily glide up the sloping lower
margin of the aperture or more correctly speaking the Fastener is drawn downward
in an easy & efficacious manner.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that which
I claim is
The construction of a bottle jar or other vessel with external studs or projections
as also of a Fastener or cap to fit and adjust itself to the studs substantially as
described and shewn,
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