Improvement in or relating to Bottle Corks or Stoppers and the Securing of the same.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Feb., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 13th Dec., 1889-Accepted, 1st Feb., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in or relating to Bottle Corks or Stoppers and the
Securing of the same..
STANLEY DRUIFF of The Manor House Ashford in the county of Middlesex
Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as follows:-
It consists of a combined arrangement whereby the ordinary cork is dispensed with
and a nondetachable cap or stopper used in place thereof; this cap or stopper can be
made of any such material as malleable or cast iron zinc tin wood, indiarubber or
vulcanite or by a combination thereof. The upper surface of the cap or stopper is
fitted with a stiff loop, which is attached to a wire bridge which latter, in turn is
secured by each end thereof being passed into a loop constructed on each side of a
U shaped wire lever, and this lever is itself secured by each of its ends being passed
into a loop constructed upon each side of a wire collar or formed by such wire collar,
which encircles the neck of the bottle. Thus the lever upon being forced down pulls
upon the wire bridge, and thereby at the point of 50 degrees meets with resistance
from the wire collar, and by reason of the leverage thus occasioned up to 75 degrees,
a gentle pressure of the thumb upon the lever pulls the cap or stopper into position.
Figure 1 shews front sectional view of cap or stopper, as adjusted and secured to
bottle.
Figure 2 shews side sectional view of cap or stopper, as adjusted and secured to
bottle.
Figure 3 shews cap or stopper.
Figure 4 shews wire bridge.
Figure 5 shews wire lever.
Figure 6 shews wire collar.
I claim as patent the combined arrangement which causes the leverage and secures
the perfect fitting of the cap or stopper and renders such cap or stopper non-detachable
from the battle
JAMES WILLIAM BOYCE.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in or relating to Bottle Corks or Stoppers and the
Securing of the same.
STANLEY DRUIFF of the Manor house Ashford in the County of Middlesex
Merchant 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 :-
It consists of a combined arrangement whereby the ordinary cork is dispensed with
and a non detachable cap or stopper used in place thereof this cap or stopper can be
made of any such material as malleable or cast iron zinc tin wood india rubber or
vulcanite or by a combination thereof. The upper surface of the cap or stopper is
fitted with a stiff loop which is attached to a wire bridge which latter in turn is secured
by each end thereof being passed into a loop constructed on each side of a U shaped
wire lever and this lever is itself secured by each of its ends being passed into a loop
constructed upon each side of a wire collar or formed by such wire collar which
encircles the neck of the bottle.
Thus the lever upon being forced down pulls upon the wire bridge and thereby at
the point of 50 degrees meets with resistance from the collar and by reason of the
leverage thus occasioned up to 75 degrees, a gentle pressure of the thumb upon the
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page_text: lever pulls the cap or stopper into position, as shewn by the drawings left with the
Provisional Specification.
Figure 1, shews front sectional view of cap or stopper as adjusted and secured to
bottle.
Figure 2, shews side sectional view of cap or stopper as adjusted and secured to
bottle.
Figure 3, shews cap or stopper.
Figure 4, shews wire bridge.
Figure 5 shews wire lever.
Figure 6 shews wire collar.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
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The combined arrangement which causes the leverage and secures the perfect
fitting of the cap or stopper and renders such cap or stopper non detachable from
the bottle.
JAMES WILLIAM BOYCE,
Agent for Stanley Druiff.