Improved Means for Securing Corks in Bottles.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means for Securing Corks in Bottles.
I, PHILIP SPENCER, of No. 20, Ipsley Street, Redditch, in the County of
Worcester, Mineral Water Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of the herein described improved means for securing
corks in bottles of all kinds and particularly such as are used for containing
ginger beer aerated waters beer stout and other fermented liquids. My invention
is so arranged as to effectually secure the cork in the bottle against internal pres-
sure and allow of the cork being speedily removed when required without damage
to my invention which can therefore be used over and over again.
In one arrangement of carrying out my invention I provide a combined clip and
spike which is made of a piece of stout wire bent at one part into an elongated
loop form to embrace the bottle neck underneath the usual collar or shoulder of
the same.
Another part of the said wire is turned up from the loop part and
formed into an eye and then bent forward so as to pass transversely into or through
the cork immediately at the top of the bottle the said eye part being for the purpose
of holding the instrument between the thumb and finger.
In using my said invention the loop part of the appliance is clipped round
the bottle neck underneath the said shoulder and the cork is inserted in the bottle
so as to stand up for a convenient distance above the top of the same. By holding
the eye part of the instrument between the thumb and finger the spike can be
forced sideways into the cork immediately above the top of the bottle. The cork
is now secured in the bottle by the combined spike and clip and the upward move-
ment of the cork is resisted by the clip taking against the shoulder of the bottle
as above described. Before removing the cork the spike part of the instrument
has to be withdrawn from the cork the shape of the clip part being such as to
allow of this being done. The instrument then lies down on the bottle neck
with the spike in such a position that it cannot scratch or injure the user's hands.
The instrument can when desired be readily removed from the bottle neck by a
sideways movement so as to spring and open the clip and allow of the same passing
off the bottle neck.
Instead of the instrument being made of one piece of wire as in the arrange-
ment above described, the spike part may be made separate from the clip and be
jointed to it and in this form of my invention the clip may be made as a permanent
fixture round the bottle neck and formed with an upwardly projecting eye into
which the spike part is jointed.
In a further modification of my invention the clip part is made with two of
the said spike parts so as to be inserted into the opposite sides of the cork and
thus render the same more secure.
In a further modification of my invention the wire loop or clip part which
engages round the bottle neck is formed with an upwardly projecting loop at the
opposite side to where the spike is jointed this loop standing up slightly above

page_text: the top of the bottle so that when the spike has been inserted through the cork
from one side the fore end of the spike will take into this loop at the other side
of the cork and thus make the cork secure.
In a further modification of my invention the clip part which engages under the
shoulder of the bottle neck is made with two upwardly projecting loops or eyes
at opposite sides of the bottle these loops or eyes standing up just above the top
of the bottle and the spike is secured to the clip by a short chain or other con-
venient means so that the spike can when desired be inserted through one of the
loops and through the cork and through the loop at the other side of the cork
thus rendering the cork perfectly secure but allowing of its being readily removed
by first withdrawing the spike which cannot be lost as it is secured to the clip part
by the chain or other means.
1000
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.
Improved Means for securing Corks in Doves
I, PHILIP SPENCER, of No. 20, Ipsley Street, Redditch, in the County of
Worcester, Mineral Water 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:—
This invention consists of the herein described improved means for securing
corks in bottles of all kinds and particularly such as are used for containing
ginger beer aerated waters beer stout and other fermented liquids. My invention
is so arranged as to effectually secure the cork in the bottle against internal pres-
sure and allow of the cork being speedily removed when required without damage
to my invention which can therefore be used over and over again.
I will describe my invention by referring to the accompanying drawings on
which Fig. 1 represents in side elevation the upper part of a bottle with my inven-
tion applied for securing the cork; Fig. 2 is a plan of the same; Fig. 3 is also
a side elevation of the same with my invention in the position to allow for the
cork to be withdrawn; Fig. 4 shews my invention applied to one of those bottles
which has a hole at the side of the neck for the spike to pass through; Fig. 5 is
a side elevation illustrating a modification of my invention; Fig. 6 shews the same
parts as Fig. 5 with the spike removed ready for the cork to be drawn; Figs. 7
and 8 are side elevations and Fig. 9 is a plan illustrating a further modification
of my invention.
The same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts in all
the figures of the drawings.
I will first describe the arrangement of my invention illustrated by Figs. 1, 2
and 3. In this arrangement of my invention I provide a combined clip A and
spike B which is made of a piece of stout wire bent into an elongated loop form A
to embrace the bottle neck C underneath the collar or shoulder c¹ of the same.
Another part 1) of the wire is turned un from the loop part A and formed into an
eye E and then bent forward at B and pointed so as to pass transversely into or
through the cork Fimmediately at the top of the bottle. The eye part E is for the
purpose of holding the instrument between the thumb and finger. The end a¹ of
the loop part A is connected to the part 1) by the small hook G or by being bent
around the upwardly projecting part D.
In using my said invention the loop part A of the appliance is clipped around

page_text: the bottle neck C underneath the shoulder c¹ and the cork F is inserted in the
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bottle so as to stand up for a convenient distance above the top of the same.
holding the eye part E of the instrument between the thumb and finger the spike B
can be forced sideways into the cork F immediately above the top of the bottle
as shewn in Fig. 1. The cork F is now secured in the bottle by the combined
spike B and clip A and the upward movement of the cork is resisted by the clip A
taking against the shoulder c¹ of the bottle as above described. Before removing
the cork F the spike part B of the instrument has to be withdrawn from the cork
as in Fig. 3 by a sideways pull on the eye part E the elongated shape of the clip
part A allowing of this being done. The instrument then lies down on the bottle
neck with the spike B in such a position as in Fig. 3 that it cannot scratch or
injure the user's hands.
The instrument may when desired be readily removed from the bottle neck by
disconnecting the end a¹ of the loop part A and then springing and opening the
clip off the bottle neck.
When my said invention is used on one of those bottles which has a side hole c²
in the neck for a spike to pass into the cork the upright part D of the wire is made
shorter as shown in Figure 4 so that the spike B will enter the hole and pierce
the cork while the loop part A bears against the shoulder c¹ of the bottle neck as
above described.
Instead of the instrument being made of one piece of wire as in the arrangement
above described and illustrated by Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4, the spike part B with the
loop E and downwardly projecting part D may be made separate from the clip
part A and be jointed to it at and in this form of my invention the clip part A
may as shewn in Figs. 5 and 6 be made as a permanent fixture round the bottle
neck C and formed with an upwardly projecting eye a² into which the lower end d¹
of the spike part B is jointed.
In a further modification of my invention illustrated by Figs. 7, 8 and 9 the clip
part A is made with two of the said spike parts to stick into the cork which in this
case are marked respectively B₁ B². It will be seen that in this arrangement of
my invention the wire is pointed at both ends to form the spikes B1 B2 and, after
being bent round the bottle neck to form the elongated loop A, is bent upwardly
at DD to some distance above the top of the bottle forming the loops E¹ E2 and
then bent forward to form the two spikes B1 B2 to stick into the cork as above
described. His a separate wire loop which is looped on to the loops E¹ E2 to facili-
tate holding by the hand when withdrawing the spikes B1 B2 from the cork F.
This loop H may if desired be omitted. A small hook G is connected to the part Da
and hooks on to the other part D¹ and thus secures the clip part A round the
bottle neck.
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. In a device for securing a cork in a bottle, the combination of one or more
spike parts for piercing the cork sideways and a loop or clip part passing round
the bottle neck and taking against the shoulder of the same said parts being so
arranged and connected together that the spike or spikes can be withdrawn from the
cork and that when the spike is or the spikes are inserted in the cork the upward
movement of the latter is resisted by the clip or loop part taking against the said
shoulder of the bottle neck substantially as described.
2. The improved device for securing a cork in a bottle consisting essentially of
a piece of wire bent so as to form the elongated loop A the upwardly projecting
part D the eye E and spike B, to pass sideways into the cork all substantially as
hereinbefore described and illustrated by Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the accompanying
drawings.
3. In a device for securing a cork in a bottle, the combination of the loop or
clip A passing round the bottle neck and fitting against the shoulder of the same

page_text: and a spike part B jointed to said loop or clip for piercing the cork sideways, said
parts being arranged and combined together substantially as herein before described
and illustrated by Figs. 5 and 6 of the accompanying drawings.
4. The improved device for securing a cork in a bottle consisting essentially
of a piece of wire bent so as to form the elongated loop A the two upwardly pro-
jecting parts D1 D2 the eyes E E the spikes B1 B2 to pass sideways into the cork,
in combination with the hook G which secures the clip closed round the bottle
nock, and with or without the loop H jointed to the eyes E¹ E for the purpose of
withdrawing the spikes from the cork, all substantially as herein before described
and illustrated by Figs. 7, 8 and 9 of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 16th day of December 1898.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.