Improved Means for Extracting Corks or other Substances from the Interior of Bottles or other Vessels.
Year: 1899

page_text: Improved Means for Extracting Corks or other Substances from the
Interior of Bottles or other Vessels.
I, JOHN EDWARD MORRIS, Tobacconist, 116, Derby Road, Nottingham, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
An improved apparatus for extracting corks or other substances from the
body of bottles or other vessels.
I take wire of suitable thickness and length, or any other suitable material,.
form or turn a hook as at A in Figure 1 and 2 at one extremity or end, form or
curve the wire as at B in Figure 1, twist, rivet, solder, or otherwise fasten two,
three or more wires together, at at 1 in Figure 1 and 2, twist a ring, rivet,
solder or otherwise fasten a handle of wood, iron, or other suitable material at
the other extremity or end at E in Figure 1 and 2, or form the whole out of one
piece of steel or other suitable material the whole forming an improved apparatus
for extracting corks or other substances from the body of bottles or other vessels.
Fig. 1 is a side plan or elevation of this invention, shewing the hooks afore-
said as at A, shewing the curve or form of the wires as at B.
Fig. 2 is a plan of this invention. A being the hooks aforesaid. B the wires
on which the hooks are formed. C is a wire or wires or other suitable material
turned down or placed between the forks of the upright wires B, so that the!
wires B will spring back into their proper position, while using this invention.
Fig. 3 and 4 shews the manner of using this invention. F being the cork in
the bottle G; insert the end A into the bottle or vessel G, holding the hand
grasping the ring or handle at E lower than the neck of the bottle or vessel G
when the hooks A and the wires B will slide over the cork F as in Fig. 3.
Raise the hand until it is above the neck of the bottle or vessel G and on
withdrawing this invention the hooks A grapple or seize the cork F as in Fig. 4*
and the cork is extracted.
Dated this 18th day of October 1899
Improved Means for Extracting Corks or other Substances from the
Interior of Bottles or other Vessels.
I, JOHN EDWARD MORRIS, 116, Derby Road, Nottingham, Tobacconist, 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 relates to improved means or a device for extracting corks, or

page_text: other substances, from the interior of bottles, or other vessels. According to
my invention I take wire of suitable thickness and length, or any other suitable
material.
Form or turn a hook at one extremity or end, as at A in Fig. 1 and 2.
Form or curve the wire as at B in Fig. 2.
Twist, rivet, solder, or otherwise fasten two, three, or more wires together as
at E in Fig. 1 and 2.
Twist a ring, rivet, solder, or otherwise fasten a handle of wood, iron, brass
or other suitable material, at the other extremity or end at F in Fig. 1 and 2.
Place the hooks A round a half circle, or any part of the half circle from
J to J, leaving the other part of the circle open as in Fig. 3.
Or form the whole out of one piece of steel, or other suitable material, the
whole forming an improved apparatus for extracting corks, or other substances
from the interior of bottles, or other vessels.
Fig. 1 is a plan of this invention, A being the hooks aforesaid. B the wires
on which the hooks, are form.ed.
E a continuation of the wires B, twisted or otherwise fastened together.
Da ferule of tin brass or other suitable material, which I may place round
the wires E to bind them together at this point.
Fig. 2 is a side plan or elevation of this invention. Shewing the hooks afore-
said as at A. Shewing the form or curve of the wires at B..
Fig. 3 is an end view of this invention. The hooks A being placed round
a half circle, or any part of the half circle, leaving the other part of the circle
open so that the hooks A, may fall over the cork or other substance to be
extracted.
Fig. 4 and 5 shews the manner of using this invention. G being the cork or
other substance in the bottle or vessel H. First insert the end A into the bottle
or vessel H holding the end F lower than the neck of the bottle H, when the
hooks A and the wires B will slide over the cork G, as in Fig. 4. Then raise the
end F until it is above the neck of the bottle H and on withdrawing the instru-
ment, the hooks A grapple or seize the cork G, as in Fig. 5, and the cork is
extracted.
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. A cork extracting device, having two, three, or more hooks, such as A,
disposed approximately in a segment of a circle, or a semi circle, substantially
as described.
2. A cork extracting device, having inturned hooks, such as A, constructed,
arranged, and operating substantially as described, and illustrated in the accom-
panying drawings.
Dated this 10th day of November 1899.