Improvements in Corks.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 8th June, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 6th Mar., 1894-Accepted, 7th Apr.. 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Corks.
1 JOHN ASPINALL Brush Maker Market Hill Barnsley in the County of York
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
I use ordinary corks and split them a suitable depth at one or both ends I then
hoop or bind them with twine or other material by placing the twine or other
material in a split at end of the cork. The twine or other material is then taken
round the cork and twiched up tight and is then drawn in and through a split. I
may hoop or bind without spliting by drawing the twine or other material through
the cork with the aid of a needle. Any kind of suitable cement may be used to
secure the twine or other material from its coming loose.
June 6th 1893
Improvements in Corks.
I, JOHN ASPINALL Market Hill, Barnsley, Yorkshire Brush Manufacturer
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 :-.
The object of this invention is to strengthen either one or both ends of an ordinary
cork, and especially such corks as require twisting round to extract them from the
bottle by the aid of an extractor such as is described in my Specification No. 112299*
for example.
I have annexed a sheet of drawings to illustrate my invention in which
Fig. 1, shows a cork prepared at one end for receiving the cord.
Fig. 2, shows the cork corded.
In carrying out my invention as shown in the drawings, I first cut or otherwise
make a nick or groove N, across the top face of the cork of a suitable depth to
receive and enclose the cord or wire C, I then take a length of cord, twine, or wire
suitable for the purpose and after pressing it into the nick or groove N, I pass it
round the cork on the same level as the bottom of the nick or thereabouts, twitching
it with sufficient force to cause it to become embedded in the cork as shown in
Fig. 2, and then pass it again through the nick or groove.
I may for further security take the end of the cord once and a half or more times
round the cork, then over the other end E, of the cord C, so as to force it against
the cork, and finally through the nick N.
Instead of a nick or open groove I may if thought desirable draw the cord or
like material through the solid cork by the aid of a needle.
Although the cord will be very firmly held by the frictional grip of the cork, I
prefer to further secure the cord by a coating of any suitable cement or varnish.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the saine is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:
1. The improved method of strengthening corks for bottles, to resist torsional

page_text: strain, and other causes of damage, as herein before described, and substantially as
shown.
2. A cork, having a nick or nicks N, made across its end, through which a cord
or wire is passed and carried round the outside, for the purpose specified and
substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated.
Dated the 5th day of March 1894.
JOHN ASPINALL.