Improvements in Securing and Drawing Corks.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Jan., 1896-Accepted, 7th Mar., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Securing and Drawing Corks.
I, PETER BOYD of 31 Moray Place Dunedin, in the Colony of New Zealand,
Farmer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for improvements in securing
and drawing corks 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 this invention is to provide a simple, easy, and efficient means of
securing a cork in a bottle, and also drawing a cork out of a bottle, without
injuring same, the said appliance being capable of being used many times for these
purposes, so that a portion of the contents may be removed and the rest retained
till required for use.
This is effected by a band, preferably thin and flat, or flat oval, of suitable
material, preferably metal, which if affected by the contents of a bottle, may be
covered or plated with a substance not so affected, the said band being placed under
the cork, or attached to the cork, at or near the lower end of same, so that the
band forms a loop over the said cork, suitable for the extraction of same, and the
said loop can be folded down over the cork, so as to form small loops each side of
the neck of the bottle, for wiring down in the usual way; but when the contents of
a bottle do not need tying down the loop, and consequently the band, may be much
shorter, the band may be doubled down over the seal, if any, or under it when
desired to prevent any tampering; for which this arrangement is very suitable.
Referring to the accompanying drawing:-
Figure 1, shews the neck of a bottle, with the cork tied or wired down securely.
Figure 2, is the section of same, shewing the appliance, as used for a bottle
required to be tied down.
Figure 3, shews a bottle the cork not tied, the seal is shewn dotted.
Figure 4, shews the band ready for drawing the cork.
Figures 5, 6, and 7, shew various methods of applying the band to a cork.
Figures 8, 9, and 10, are end views of the same, Figure 8, shewing a method of
cutting a cork, for the insertion of a band.
A, is any cork, aud A', a cork cut for the band to be inserted under the
skin of the cork, when desired, as one method of keeping the band from the
contents of a bottle B, is the band, as made long enough to be used for tying down
the cork, as in Figures 1, and 2, and shewn ready for drawing the cork in
Figures 4, and 7.
B', is the shorter loop required when there is no need of tying down the
contents of a bottle, and shewn doubled down under the cork-seal in Figure 3,
and ready for drawing the cork, in Figures 4, (dotted) and 6.
B, shews the band let into a cork.
C, is any wire or string for tying down the band in any suitable way, preferably
through and over the doubled down band, the wire being twisted in the usual way.
D, is the neck of any bottle, or receptacle capable of being used in connection
with this invention, and the cork A, A, may be any stopper for such receptacle.
The band may be ornamental or may have any name or device, stamped or
embossed on it as desired.
The band may be endless, as shevn in Figure 2, not joined as shewn in Figure 5,
where the ends are bent up, or joined and let into the cork as shewn in Figure 6, or
plain soldered or brazed as in Figure 7.

page_text: I am aware that string or tape has been employed for the better extracting of
corks, but I am not aware that anything approaching my invention has been done
at any time.
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 corking bottles, the combination of a bottle neck (such as D) and a cork
(such as A, A) with a band (such as B, B") arranged to form a large loop, when
used for drawing a cork, and to form a small loop on each side of the cork, and neck
of a bottle, when used for tying down the cork with a wire or string, substantially
as and for the purposes hercin described and explained and as illustrated in the
accompanying drawing.
2. In corking bottles, the combination of a bottle neck (such as D) and a cork
(such as A, A) with a band (such as B¹) arranged to form a loop, when used for
drawing a cork, and to be folded down under or over a cork-seal, or over a cork,
when tying down is unnecessary, substantially as and for the purposes herein
described and explained and as illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated the 27th day of November 1895.
J. E. EVANS-JACKSON & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.