An Improvement in or relating to Corking Bottles or the like with Metal Discs over the Top of Cork and Wired on.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Jan., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 8th Oct., 1898-Accepted, 26th Nov., 1898
An Improvement in or relating to Corking Bottles or the like with
Metal Discs over the Top of Cork and Wired on.
I, HORACE POWER, 14, Church Road, Willesden, Middlesex, Commercial Traveller,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
I claim that the difference between the ordinary plain metal disc used for the pur-
pose stated above & my invention consists in the fact, that the disc is secured to
the wire in the process of wiring, therefore when the bottle is opened, the removal
of the wire also removes the disc, which being still attached to the wire, prevents the
nuisance of the floor or carpet being littered with old discs. I take an ordinary metal
blank suitable for stamping & having produced the grooves for taking the wire, I
pierce out two or more pieces to form a clip or clips. These clips I force down by
tools to the required angle. The wire being placed on the groove and under the
clip the force of the press usually used by wirers closes the clips securely over the
wire. Or,
I take an ordinary metal disc suitable for stamping and having produced the
grooves for taking the wire, I form two slits in each groove & by means of press
tools, I force out these two bands of metal to form two loops, through which I thread
the wire, or if found easier I form one large loop, through which the two ends of the
wire can be threaded.
Or,
I take an ordinary metal disc & stamp out the centre leaving a narrow band of
metal round the outside margin of the top of the cork. The advantage of this is
that a corkscrew could be used, without removing the metal dise.
Dated this 7th day of January 1898.
An Improvement in or relating to Corking Bottles or the like with
Metal Discs over the Top of Cork and Wired on.
I, HORACE POWER, formerly of 14, Church Road, Willesden, London, now of The
Glen, Meanwood, Leeds, 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 :-
This invention relates to corking bottles or the like vessels containing effervescing
drinks or liquids under pressure such as soda-water or other aerated waters, mineral

page_text: waters, etc., where a metal disc is employed on the top end of the cork and wired on.
Hitherto as is well known such liquids have been bottled with corks and then
wired to prevent the cork being forced out by internal pressure in said bottle but the
wires as is well known cut into or become embedded in the top of the cork. Metal
or other discs or blanks have been laid in between the top of the cork and the wiring
to prevent the wire thus cutting into or embedding in the cork with the result that
while effecting its object when the bottle is opened (i.c. when the wiring is removed)
the discs either drop off and litter the floor or on the other hand in some cases it is
found that such discs or blanks cut into or become embedded or partially embedded
in the top end of the cork and as a consequence when the wiring is removed the disc
remains more or less attached to the cork end and prevents the insertion of a cork
screw until it (the disc) has been first removed and thus great inconvenience and loss
of time is occasioned in opening bottles thus corked and wired; and it is the object
of this invention to obviate these drawbacks and to enable these discs to be easily
and simultaneously removed with and by the wires when the latter are removed and
this is effected according to this invention by so attaching or connecting the wire or
wires to the disc that the disc is pulled off or comes off with said wiring when the
latter is removed and for this purpose I construct or arrange each said disc with a
clip or clips or a loop or loops advantageously formed by stamping such clip or clips
or loop or loops out of the substance of said disc so that such clip or clips
or loop or loops is or are integral with the disc-or I may otherwise construct
such discs in suchwise that when wired on the wiring is so tied or attached to the
dise that in the act of removing the wiring thereby the disc will also be removed by
and with the wires.
And in order that this invention may be easily understood and. readily carried-into
practice I will proceed to describe same with reference to the sheet of drawings here-
unto annexed which show various ways of carrying out my said invention.
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the neck of the bottle corked and wired on with disc:
laid in between and attached to said wiring according to the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a plan of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a view of the disc-with the wires secured thereto in the manner shown
in Figs. 1 and 2-only on a greatly enlarged scale.
Fig. 4 is a cross section on line 4-4 Fig. 3.
Fig. 5 is a similar view to Fig. 4 before being wired on to the cork.
Fig. 6 shows modified arrangement-Fig. 7 being cross section on line 7-7
Fig. 6.
Fig. 8 shows another modification-Fig. 9 being cross section on line 9-9
Fig. 8.
Figs. 10 11 and 12 iliustrate my invention with the disc slit on the outer side (i.e.
outwardly) of the channels b1b2-these views corresponding respectively to Figs. 3, 4
and 5, viz :-
Fig. 10 is a plan.
Fig. 11 cross section on line 11-11, Fig. 10.
Fig. 12 being similar view of Fig. 11 but showing the position of the clips a² a²
before being wired on to the cork.
Referring to the arrangement shown in Figs. 1 to 5-the disc a (of thin sheet
metal such as tin-plate) is slit and cut through at the middle portion thereof in such-
wise that the flaps or pieces a¹ a² can be turned upwards and outwardly from the
middle into the position shown in Fig. 5 to form "clips" (over-hanging the chan-
nels 2 adapted to receive the wires c c) and thus forming an opening x through
the central portion of the disc a.
The disc with the flaps (clips) a¹ a² in or about the position shown in Fig. 5 is laid
upon the top of the cork y in the bottle neck z and then the wiring c is placed in
the channels 162 in the disc a and then the flaps a¹ a² are forced down in any suit-
able manner or by any suitable machine or tool into the position shown in Figs. 1
to 4 so as to thus overlay the wires c c and consequently when the wiring is removed

page_text: the disc a if it does not readily come away itself can be easily torn off or removed by
said wires c c.
Instead of forming the flaps (clips) a¹ a² as just described with reference to Figs. 1
to 5-I may emboss of stamp up the loops axx out of the substance of the disc a as
shown in Figs. and 7 (in which case there would be no central opening through
the disc) while the wires c c would in this arrangement require to be threaded
through said loops axx said wires c c being laid in the channels b₁ 62 as before.
Instead of having two loops a** as just described-I may use only one loop such
as a shown in Figs. 8 and 9 this loop being stamped up out of the substance of the
disc a and both wires e passing through this single loop ax and also if desired I may
dispense with channels bib in the manner shown in said Figs. 8 and 9.
Referring to the arrangement. shown in Figs. 10 to 12 :-
The disc is slit or pierced at two points a³ and a across the channel 6' and at a5
outside said channel, and the clip at is then stamped or forced up into the position
shown in Fig. 12 (or thereabouts) this clip al hinging or turning at the point
corresponding flap (clip) a² being similarly formed over the other channel 6².
; a
The disc with the clips a¹ a² in the position shown in Fig. 12 (or thereabouts) is
placed on top of the cork, the wires c laid in the channels bi b², and then the press
(such as usually used by wirers) forces down the flaps a¹ a² into the position shown
in Figs. 10 and 11 over the wires c.
I may add that the arrangement shown in Figs. 10 to 12 I have found very simple
and effective in use.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In corking bottles or other vessels for containing liquids under pressure having
metal discs over the top of the, cork and wired on-providing means to attach said
wire to said disc in such wise that when the wiring is removed the disc will simultaneously
be removed by and with said wire substantially in the manner and for the purposes
hereinbefore described.
2. In corking bottles or other vessels for containing liquids under pressure having
metal discs over the top of the cork and wired on-constructing such discs with means
to attach same to said wiring substantially in the manner and for the purposes herein-
before described.
3. In corking bottles or other vessels for containing liquids under pressure having
metal dises over the top of the cork and wired on-the attachment together of said
discs and said wires either before or during the operation of corking and wiring
said bottles substantially in the manner and for the purposes hereinbefore
described.
4. In corking bottles or other vessels for containing liquids under pressure
having metal discs over the top of the cork and wired on-constructing such discs
with grooves or channels such as 61 62 therein and the central portion thereof
between said channels slit or cut through to form flaps and turning these flaps a¹ a²
outwards into position over the said channels or grooves substantially as and for the
purposes herein before described and illustrated in Figs. 1 to 5 of the drawings
hereunto annexed.
5. In corking bottles or other vessels for containing liquids under pressure having
metal discs over the top of the cork and wired on-constructing such discs with
grooves or channels such as 162 therein with eyes or loops such as a** in said
channels and the wires c threaded therethrough substantially as and for the purposes
herein before described and illustrated in Figs. 6 to 7 of the drawings hereunto
annexed.
6. In corking bottles or other vessels for containing liquids under pressure having
metal discs over .the top of the cork and wired on-constructing such discs with a
single eye or loop such as a* and the wire c threaded through said loop substantially

page_text: as and for the purposes hereinbefore described and illustrated on Figs. 8 and 9.of the
drawings hereunto annexed.
7. In corking bottles or other vessels for containing liquids under pressure having
metal discs over the top of the cork and wired on-constructing such discs with.
flaps (clips) a a² formed out of the substance of the disc by slitting said disc at a³ ³
across the grooves or channels b¹ be therein and at a outwardly of each said channel
substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described and as illustrated in
Figs. 10, 11 and 12 of the drawings hereunto annexed.
8. In corking bottles or other vessels for containing liquids under pressure having
metal discs over the top of the cork and wired on-the use of metal discs constructed
with means to attach same to said wiring substantially in the manner and for the
purposes herein before described.
Dated tins on day of October 1000.
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.