An Improved Appliance for Inserting and Removing Screw Bottle-stoppers.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Appliance for Inserting and Removing Screw
Bottle-stoppers.
JOHN TOWNEND, Pontefract Road, Castleford, in the County of Yorkshire,
Mineral Water Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
:-
The object of my invention is to produce an improved appliance with which a
screw stopper can be screwed up tightly into a bottle, or can be unscrewed easily
without having to use the thumb and fingers for the purpose as is generally the
case at the present time.
In carrying out my object, I make use of two metal castings A and B, as in
Figures 1 and 2 a front view of which is shewn in Figure 1 and a back view in
Figure 2. These two castings A and B, are put together and are made to work
on a central pivot C In a somewhat similar manner to the working of a pair of
pincers.
The upper part of the casting B is made in the form of a hollow corrugated
box b', with a section of one side cut away at b³.
The upper part of the casting A, is made of such a shape and dimensions, that,
when the two upper parts of the castings A and B, are brought together, the upper
part of the casting A, moves forward into the hollow part of the casting B.
The inner sides of the castings A and B, are recessed around the holes in which
the pivot C is put, in such a manner that they form a hollow space. Into this
hollow space a coiled spring c¹ is put, one end of the spring being fixed to the
pivot C, and the reverse end pressing against the casting A, at the projection a¹.
This spring c is used for the purpose of keeping the upper parts of the castings A
and B, in an open position for the admittance of the head of a screw stopper.
The method of working with this improved invention is as follows: A screw
stopper is put into the neck of a bottle, the hollow part 6 of the casting B is placed
over the head of the stopper. and the lower ends of the castings A and B are
pressed together, this action brings the upper part of the casting A, into the
hollow part 6 of the casting B and against the stopper, which it presses firmly
in the hollow part 61, the stopper is then screwed up tightly in its place, by the
appliance. In the production of my improved appliance, I employ either cast
or wrought metal, and by preference employ aluminium, as it is not liable to
corrode.
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page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Appliance for Inserting and Removing Screw
Bottle-stoppers.
JOHN TOWNEND, Pontefract Road, Castleford, in the County of Yorkshire.
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:-
The object of my invention is to produce an improved appliance with which a
screw stopper can be screwed up tightly into a bottle, or can be unscrewed easily
without having to use the thumb and fingers for the purpose as is generally the
case at the present time.
Referring to the drawings left with my Provisional Specification, in carrying
out my object I make use of two metal castings A and B as in Figures 1 and 2 a
front view of which is shown in Figure 1, and a back view in Figure 2.
These two castings A and B, are put together and are made to work on a central
pivot or pin C. in a somewhat similar manner to the working of a pair of pincers.
The upper part of the casting B, is made in the form of a hollow corrugated box b¹
with a section at one side cut away at .
The upper part of the casting A, is made of such a shape and dimensions, that
when the two upper parts of the castings A and B, are brought together the upper
part of the casting A moves forward into the hollow part of the casting B.
The inner siles of the castings A and B, are recessed around the holes in which
the pivot or pin C is put, in such a manner that they form a hollow space. Into
this hollow space, a coiled spring c is put, one end of the spring being fixed to
the pivot or pin C, and the reverse end pressing against the casting A, at the
projection a'.
This spring being used for the purpose of keeping the upper parts of the cast-
ings A and B, in an open position for the admittance of the head of the screw
stopper. I do not confine myself to the employment of a coiled spring c', for
keeping the castings A and B, in an open position, as I can utilise other shapes
of springs for the same purpose.
The method of working with this improved invention is as follows:-A screw
stopper is put into the neck of a bottle, the hollow part of the casting B, is placed
over the head of the stopper, and the lower ends of the castings A and B, are
pressed together, this action brings the upper part of the casting A into the hollow
part 6, of the casting B, and against the stopper, which it presses firmly in the
hollow part 1, the stopper is then screwed up tightly in its place in the bottle,
by the appliance.
In the production of my improved appliance I employ either cast or wrought
metal, and by preference employ aluminium, as it is not liable to corrode.
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 appliances for inserting and removing screw bottle-stoppers, the employ-
ment of the castings A and B, the pivot or pin C, and the spring e in combination
as described.
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