An Improved Appliance for Removing Bottle and similar Stoppers.
Year: 1896

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Appliance for Removing Bottle and similar
Stoppers.
I, MABEL ADA AUKETT of Overstone Park, Northampton, Lady's Maid, 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:-
My invention relates to an appliance for the ready removal of metal, glass and
other stoppers from bottles and similar receptacles, and in carrying it into effect
I proceed in or in about the following manner. I provide a band or ring of soft
steel or other suitable metal. This ring may be of any suitable shape but I prefer
to have circular or oval in outline. To this ring is hinged a handle which may be
folded over so as to lie across the diameter of the ring, and when opened out will
lie in the plane of the ring. Each half of the circumference of the ring, I provide
with holes, one half having round ones and the other half squares, the latter being
at a greater distance from each other than are the former. These holes pass
through the ring so that their axes are at right angles to the axis of the handle.
I also provide a pin of soft steel of such sizo that it will go through the holes in
the ring and it is essential that the pin be made flat in cross section and not
circular. A hole is made axially in the handle so that when not in use the pin can
be inserted therein. The pin has a knob at one end, and just below it a screwed
portion, which when the pin is inserted into the handle, screws into a threaded part at
the end of the hole in the handle and so keeps the pin from dropping out. The pin
may instead be attached by a chain or equivalent, one end of which is fastened to the
pin and the other to the handle. In using the appliance the pin is put through
one of the square holes and then passed through one of the round holes, thus
forming a bar or bridge across the ring. The holes through which the pin is
passed will depend on the size of the stopper to be removed. The appliance is
then placed over the stopper so that the projecting end of it (the stopper) will be
within the space comprised between the bar and the ring. The handle is then
grasped by the hand and then turned gently to the right or left, thus causing the
release of the stopper.
In order that my invention may be the more readily understood, I make reference
to the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which,
Fig. 1 is a plan, and Fig. 2 a side view of the appliance, and
Fig. 3 a side view and cross section of the pin detached.
Similar letters denote the same parts wherever occurring.
a ring having a handle 6 hinged to turn on the pin c so that it can be folded over
within a. d round holes on one side of a. e square holes on other side of a. f pin
which can be put through opposite holes in a. g knob on f. h screwed part on f
permitting to be screwed into the hole provided for it in the handle b when the
appliance is out of use.
I do not confine myself to any particular shape of the various parts, as considerable
variation is possible without departing from the spirit of my invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what [
claim is.-
An improved appliance for the ready removal of stoppers, the said appliance

page_text: consisting essentially of a ring having attached to it a binged handle which when
the appliance is out of use can be folded over so as to lie across the ring: the said
ring being provided with square and round holes on opposite parts of the circum-
ference or periphery. The said holes being destined to receive a pin or bar of
sufficient diameter and length to pass through opposite holes in the ring and lie
across the space within the ring, the whole provided for and operating substantially
as described in the above specification, & exemplified in the accompanying
drawings.
Dated this 23rd day of October 1896.
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23, Coleman Street, London, E.C., Agents.