AN IMPROVED OPENER FOR INTERNALLY STOPPERED BOTTLES
Year: 1884

page_text: I JAMES ALLEN, of the Lord Collingwood, 112 Deansgate,. Bolton in the
County of Lancaster Licensed Victualler and Aërated Water Manufacturer, do
hereby declare the nature of my Invention for “AN IMPROVED OPENER FOR
INTERNALLY STOPPERED BOTTLES," to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to an improved opener for facilitating the unstoppering of
bottles stopped by a ball or plug, which must be forced inwardly before the
contents can be poured out or decanted, the object of which is to minimize
accidents arising from the bursting or breaking of bottles by the hand openers at
present in use.
It sometimes occurs that when the ordinary openers are placed in the bottle
necks and forced down that the bottles burst, with the result of cutting the
operators hand, which sometimes is of a serious nature.
I entirely obviate this by providing a metallic cap or cover, the bottom of which
is made of a diameter which will permit it to pass into the neck of the bottle; the
upper part being of a larger diameter formed with a recess on its underside, in
which is placed an india-rubber ring or other elastic washer to come between the
shoulder and the top of the bottle when the cap or opener is in use.
The top side of the opener is provided with an angular or other projection with
suitable holes to receive screws or other equivalents, by which, it is fixed to the
underside or otherwise of the counter or table, thus becoming a fixture and which
is used in the following manner-The operators take the bottom and strongest
part of the bottle in their hand and press the neck or stopper of the bottle against
the fixed opener, with the desired result, or, by holding the bottle in one hand and
pressing it against the opener with the knee or otherwise, which entirely removes
the liability to accidents from the cause aforesaid, at the same time minimizing the
annoyance from the opening of aërated beverages, as well as that of facilitating
decanting through one hand being at liberty.
The metallic stang or projection entering the bottle neck is made hollow, and
filled with wood or other suitable materials which extends beyond the end of the
metallic stang or projection, and presses on the stoppers, thereby preventing damage
to the stoppers or plugs.
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EDMUND CHADWICK,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE
SPECIFICATION.
I JAMES ALLEN, of the Lord Collingwood, 112 Deansgate, Bolton in the County
of Lancaster, Licensed Victualler and Aërated Water Manufacturer, do hereby
declare the nature of my Invention for "AN IMPROVED OPENER FOR INTERNALLY
STOPPERED BOTTLES," 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 improved opener for facilitating the unstoppering of
bottles stopped by a ball or plug, which must be forced inwardly before the contents
can be poured out or decanted, the object of which is to minimize accidents
arising from the bursting or breaking of bottles by the hand openers at present
in use.
It sometimes occurs that when the ordinary openers are placed in the bottle
necks and forced down that the bottles burst, with the result of cutting the
operators hand, which sometimes is of a serious nature.
I entirely obviate this by providing a metallic cap or cover, the bottom of which
is made of a diameter which will permit it to pass into the neck of the bottle; the
upper part being of a larger diameter formed with a recess on its underside, in
which is placed an india-rubber ring or other elastic washer to come between the
shoulder and the top of the bottle when the cap or opener is in use. .The top side-
of the opener is provided with an angular or other projection with suitable holes to
receive screws or other equivalents, by which it is fixed to the underside or
otherwise of the counter or table, thus becoming a fixture and which is used in the
following manner :-The operators take the bottom and strongest part of the bottle
in their hand and press the neck or stopper of the bottle against the fixed opener
with the desired result, or, by holding the bottle in one hand and pressing it against
the opener with the knee or otherwise, which entirely removes the liability to
accidents from the cause aforesaid, at the same time minimizing the annoyance from
the opening of aërated beverages, as well as that of facilitating decanting through
one hand being at liberty.
The metallic stang or projection entering the bottle neck is made hollow and
filled with wood or other suitable materials, which extends beyond the end of the
metallic stang or projection, and acts on the stoppers, thereby preventing damage
to the stoppers or plugs.
Fig. 1 of the accompanying Drawings is a side view of my improved fixed
opener. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of my improved fixed opener, shewing the
method of fastening the same to the underside of a counter or table. Fig. 3 is a
front view of Figs. 1 and 2.
A is the counter or table to which the opener is fixed; B the metallic cap or
cover provided with the metallic stang E of suitable diameter to pass into the neck
of the bottle. This stang is made hollow, the bottom being provided with a hole
to admit the screw C for the purpose of securing it to the underside or otherwise
of the counter or table A. On the cap or cover B is formed a recess to admit the
india-rubber ring or other elastic washer D, provided for the purpose of forming a
buffer between the underside of the cap or cover and the top of the bottle during
the operation of unstoppering the latter.
For the purpose of preventing damage to the stoppers or plugs used in internally
stoppered bottles, the stang E is made hollow and filled with the wood plug G,
which may be substituted with other pliable materials, such as, vulcanite,
cork, &c.; the outer end of such projecting beyond the end of the metallic stang E
as shewn on the Drawings.

page_text: It is obvious that various ways may be substituted of constructing and fastening
this opener as shewn in Figs. 4 and 5, the latter being provided with the projecting
cap F to prevent the annoyance from spurting when opening aërated or other
beverages. The openers are shewn fixed on the angle to aid in the opening of the
bottles by the action of the knee or other part of the body, but may be placed in
other convenient ways as in Fig. 6, or others as desired.
The advantage of this Invention is that being fixed less power is necessary to
open the bottles, at the same time being fixed is more convenient and impossible to
be mislaid as is often the case with loose openers at present in use, thereby
minimizing the loss of time as well as being more convenient.
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
The use and construction of fixed openers, for opening internally stoppered
bottles, substantially as described and as shewn on the Drawings.
Dated this 8th day of September 1884
EDMUND CHADWICK,
Agent for the Applicant.