An Improved Method of Fastening Corks into Bottles of the Ordinary Kind.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Jan., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 25th Sept., 1889-Accepted, 26th Oct., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Method of Fastening Corks into Bottles of the
Ordinary Kind.
ANTHONY PHILBURN Hall Court Ashton under Lyne Lancashire Artist, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
In order to carry out my invention I make a cup C of suitable thin metal turned up
at the edge about one fourth of an inch deep, of a suitable diameter for the cork used,
then after the cork is put into the cup C I push a wire (W) about 16 guage through
holes in the edge of the cup C by that means fastening the cork into the cup. The
wire W is left long enough to pass down to a moveable clip B which grips the bottle
neck under one of the beads, or into one of the grooves found on all bottles. The
wire W is fastened to the metal clip B by being bent round or passing through holes ;
the cork is then inserted into the bottle and the clip B pushed on the bottle neck so
preventing the cork being blown out by the contents of the bottle.
I also pass the wire W through the cork or over the cork without using the cup C
or cover.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Method of Fastening Corks into Bottles of the
Ordinary Kind.
I ANTHONY PHILBURN of Hall Court, Ashton-under-Lyne, in the County of Lan-
caster, Artist, 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 and accompanying drawings :-
My said Invention relates to an improved method of securing corks in bottles of the
ordinary type and will be best understood from the following description reference
being had to the annexed sheet of drawings
Fig. 1 is a separate view of a cork with cap a bridle b and clip c which are the
improved means I employ to hold the cork in the bottle.
Fig. 2 is a view of the cork in position in the bottle mouth.
In carrying my invention into effect I first provide a hollow cap a which is
stamped, pressed, spun or otherwise formed from thin sheet metal and which is placed
over the head of the cork d. Holes are formed in the side of the cap and through
these holes and also through the cork I introduce a wire the ends of the wire on
each side of the cork being left long enough to permit of their being bent into the
bridle shape clearly shown in Fig. 1 and separately in Fig. 3. The toes at the foot
of the bridle b enter holes formed in the free ends of the clip c which is made
from thin sheet metal. The bridle swings freely on the cork and the clip on the bridle.
When applying my Invention I insert the cork in the bottle mouth and then slip
the clip over the bottle neck and beneath an enlargement or ring such as is usually to
be found on or near the mouths of bottles and as shown clearly at Fig. 2. The clip c
being thus immovable vertically and being connected to the cork by the bridle b, the
cork is held securely in the bottle and against the internal pressure which would tond
to blow it out if not thus securely held. To uncork the bottle I merely slip the clip
from the neck and in some cases the clip and bridle may be utilised as means to draw
the cork. It will be evident that instead of having the clip c in the form of a cap it
may be made open at the top so as to form a flanged ring.

page_text: To increase the security of the cap on the cork and to strengthen that portion of
the cork which lies above the bridle I insert a metal pin e through cap and cork and
at right angles to and above the bridle. This pin may however be dispensed with. I
might also vary the form of the cap; for example instead of a circular cap or ring I
might use a strip of thin sheet metal fas shown at Fig. 4 bent into a staple form and
embracing the cork on each side. The bridle wire is passed through the holes marked g
Fig. 4. The pin e is or may be also used in this case. With the object of further
strengthening the cork I in some instances use a spiral of wire as shown in Fig. 5-
the said spiral being screwed into the cork from above or it might be from beneath.
The staple is then applied and the wire to form the bridle is pushed through the
holes in the staple and through the cork and between the coils of the spiral h. The
pin e may also be used in conjunction therewith. By these several means the strain
on the cork is better distributed and there is less likelihood of the bridle bursting
through the top if the same should be used as a means for extracting the cork.
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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 :-
(1) The general arrangement and combination of parts comprising the improved
means for securing corks in bottles substantially as described and shown.
(2) As means for socuring corks in bottles of the ordinary type the combination of
a cork d with the cap or ring a (or staple f) bridle b and clip c, substantially as
described and shown.
(3) In a cork securing appliance of the indicated nature the pin e and the spiral
coil employed either together or separately as strengthening means and applied
substantially as described and shown.
Dated this 24th day of September 1880.
DUTTON & FULTON,
1, St. James Square, Manchester, Agents.