IMPROVEMENTS IN STOPPERING BOTTLES
Year: 1886

page_text: I, JOSEPH SENIOR, of Tyers Hill Farm, near Barnsley in the County of York,
Farmer do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN
STOPPERING BOTTLES to be as follows:-
My invention has for its object to provide an effective, simple, and wholesome
means of corking bottles, dispensing with the use of rubber washers, and with no
detriment to the cork.
In carrying out my invention, I make the bottle neck of a special construction,
the interior of the mouth of the opening is of a conical form, being smallest at the
mouth and increasing as it recedes inwardly-say (for example) to a depth of half
an inch or thereabouts, this part is to receive the correspondingly coned end of the
cork. Below the coned part just described, the neck is pressed or otherwise shaped
during the process of manufacture, so as to form in the interior, a series of longi-
tudinal guides for the cork to slide against, the spaces between the said guides
forming passages or outlets for the liquid to pass round the cork to the mouth,
when the cork is withdrawn or forced back from the coned part before described.
The cork, consists of a block of cork with one end tapered to correspond with
and fit into the coned mouth of the bottle, the other end being flat, and a central
hole of about quarter of an inch diameter for example is made through it from end
to end. A pin passes through the centre hole, having a fixed cap or plate at the
bottom end to fit against the flat end of the cork, the top end of the pin projects a
little way from the coned end, and is made to receive and hold a smaller cap or end
plate, and to terminate in a small knob, hook, or similar device by which it may
be taken hold of.
The small cap may be screwed upon the end of the pin, or it may be made to
catch into grooves, or indentations, or otherwise constructed to retain its place
when pushed down upon the pin close to the cork, until released, by a suitable
implement.
To prevent the cork being forced beyond the guides in the bottle neck, and into
the body of the bottle, the bottom end of one or more of the guides is bent inwards
so as to form a stop beyond which the cork cannot pass.

page_text: To insert the cork through the narrow opening of the mouth, the centre pin is
first put in the bottle, the cork is then compressed, (which is rendered easy by
reason of the central hole), and passed through the mouth into the neck, where it
expands at once to its full size, the small cap is then put on by means of suitable
tools.
When the cork is pushed down to the stop or stops, the bottle can be readily
filled, as liquid poured into the mouth passes down the spaces between the guides
into the bottle; when filled, the cork is drawn up tightly into the conical part of
the neck by means of a special, or any suitable implement, and when the contents
of the bottle are required the cork is pressed down from the mouth and the liquid
poured out.

page_text: of any suitable material, (such as anti-corrosive metal) is passed through the
centrehole of the cork, the bottom end of the pin has a flat plate of less diameter
than the end of the cork, and the top end E terminates in a flattened portion with
a few indentations or catches, and an eye or its equivalent by means of which it
may be taken hold of and drawn upwards when required. When the pin is to be
secured to the cork, it is passed through the centre hole and a washer or plate
having an oblong hole is passed over the end E, to the face of the cork, and on
pressure being applied so as to compress the cork slightly, the edges of the hole in
the plate are brought opposite the indentations in the pin, so that it can be turned
round in such a manner as to engage therewith; or the plate may be screwed upon
the end of the pin, or otherwise secured thereto.
To insert the cork through the narrow opening of the mouth into the neck of the
bottle, the centre pin is separately placed in the neck with the bottom plate resting
on the stops before mentioned.
The cork is then compressed (which is rendered easy by reason of the centre
hole) and is then passed into the neck where it expands to its full size, is passed
over the pin, and the plate secured by means of a suitable implement.
When the cork is pushed down to the stops as shown in Fig. 2, liquid poured
into the mouth will pass down the open spaces B, into the body of the bottle, the
cork is then drawn up tightly into the top position in Fig. 3 by means of a suitable
implement, and the bottle is effectually corked. To withdraw the contents it is
only necessary to push down the cork, below the top of the passages or outlets B.
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-The method of stoppering bottles with an internal cork supported between
guides formed in the neck of the bottle, in connection with outlet passages,
substantially as herein described and illustrated.
2-In stoppering bottles-the use of an internally placed cork, constructed
substantially as herein before described.
3-As a method of stoppering bottles, the combination of a cork (such as D)
with the guides A, and the passages or outlets B, and stops C, all formed in the
neck of a bottle for the purpose specified, and substantially as herein before
described and illustrated.
T
1000