Facilitating the Uncorking of the same.
Year: 1885

page_text: Facilitating the Uncorking of the same.
We WILLIAM ALFRED MORRISON BROWN of Guildford Street, Leeds, Wine and
Spirit Merchant and JOHN MEGSON PORTER of Cookridge Street, Leeds, Architect,
both in the County of York do hereby declare the nature of said invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS OR APPARATUS FOR CORKING BOTTLES AND FACILI-
TATING THE UNCORKING OF THE SAME," to be as follows:-
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The object of our invention is for the purpose of providing a convenient means
for corking bottles at the same time dispensing with the necessity of using cork-
screws or other apparatus for withdrawing such corks.
For the above purpose we provide a metal capsule which may screw onto the
exterior of the bottle neck when preferred, though not necessarily so.
Centrally with the top of the capsule is provided and attached thereto a tube of
conical form, and of such size as to pass freely a short distance within the bottle
neck. This capsule having been placed on the bottle neck, a cork is forced into
the conical tube, and the bottle neck. That part of the cork which has passed
through the tube and into the bottle neck expands in such bottle neck and fills it
in the manner of an ordinary cork,
In order to extract the cork the only thing needed is to either pull direct at the
capsule, or whilst so pulling with the hand twisting the capsule round; by these
means the cork is withdrawn with the greatest ease.
J. W. HARDING,
For Applicants.

page_text: Facilitating the Uncorking of the same.
We WILLIAM ALFRED MORRISON BROWN of Guildford Street, Leeds, Wine and
Spirit Merchant and JOHN MEGSON PORTER of Cookridge Street, Leeds, Architect,
both in the County of York do hereby declare the nature of said invention and
in what manner the same is to performed to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
The object of our invention is for the purpose of providing a convenient means
for corking bottles, at the same time dispensing with the necessity of using cork-
screws and other annaratus for withdrawing such corks.
applying our improvements.
For the above purpose we provide a capsule of metal or other suitable material
which may be screwed onto the exterior of the bottle neck 6 as shewn at Fig. 1
when preferred, though not necessarily so, as the same may be fastened to the
bottle by wire or any other convenient means,
Centrally with the top of the capsule a is provided and attached thereto a tube c
of a conical form at its upper part and shaped so as to pass freely a short distance
within the bottle neck as shewn at d.
This capsule a having been placed on the bottle neck b a cork e is forced into
the tube c extending into the bottle neck b, that part of the cork e which passes
through the tube c and into the bottle neck b fills it in the manner of an ordinary
cork.
In order to extract the cork e all that is necessary is either to pull direct at the
capsule & with the hand, or if the capsule is screwed on, by twisting the capsule a
round, the cork may be withdrawn with the greatest ease.
Instead of the lower part of the inner tube being employed, metal strips f of
suitable section may be secured to the upper portion of the tube 6 extending
downwards within the neck of the bottle as shewn at Fig. 2. In this case the
cork e is passed down between the metal strips f as in the manner described in
Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 shews a modification in the form. In this case the external screw used in
Fig. 1 is dispensed with and the capsule a may be held in position by wire or other
ordinary means.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is
The arrangement, construction and application of capsule a having an internal
tube c or strips f into and through which corks are applied to bottles, substantially
as and for purposes herein set forth.
J. W. HARDING,
Agent.