IMPROVED MEANS FOR SECURING CORKS IN BOTTLES
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Thomas Lufkin at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 9th October 1880.
HENRY THOMAS LUFKIN, of Chelmsford, in the County of Essex. " IMPROVED
MEANS FOR SECURING CORKS IN BOTTLES."
My Invention relates to an improved device for retaining corks in bottles
containing æerated liquids, and particularly stoneware bottles, such as are used for
ginger beer, and the device consists of a pin passed through a hole at one side of
the bottle neck, and driven through the cork in a transverse, and by preference,
downwardly inclined direction, the hole being in that case correspondingly inclined,
the point of the pin merely abutting against the inside of the neck at the opposite
side, or being received in a slight notch or recess therein, as preferred. The head
of the pin is furnished with a loop and attached by a cord or other loose connection
to the bottle neck to prevent it being lost.
By my Invention wiring or tying the cork is dispensed with, and the operations
of corking and uncorking are greatly facilitated, the pin being instantly inserted or
withdrawn.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Henry Thomas Lufkin in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 9th
April 1881.
April 1881.
HENKY THOMAS LUFKIN, of Chelmsford, in the County of Essex.
MEANS FOR SECURING CORES IN BOTTLES."
"
IMPROVED
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Henry Thomas Lufkin in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 9th
April 1881.
HENRY THOMAS LUFKIN, of Chelmsford, in the County of Essex. "IMPROVED
MEANS FOR SECURING CORES IN BOTTLES."
My Invention relates to improved means for retaining or securing corks in
bottles containing aerated or effervescent liquids, and particularly stoneware
Price Ad
HENRY THOMAS LUFKIN, of Chelmsford, in the County of Essex.
MEANS FOR SECURING CORES IN ROTEL "
"
'IMPROVED

page_text: bottles, such as are used for ginger beer, and the Invention consists in the
employment of a pin passed through a hole at one side of the bottle neck, and
driven through the cork in a transverse, and by preference, downwardly inclined
direction, the hole being in the latter case correspondingly inclined. The point of
the pin may merely abut against the inside of the neck at the opposite side, or may
be received in a slight notch or recess therein, as preferred. The head of the pin is
furnished with a loop and attached by a cord or other loose connection to the bottle
neck to prevent it being lost.
By my Invention wiring or tying the cork is dispensed with, and the operations
of corking and uncorking are greatly facilitated, as the bottle neck may be made
slightly flaring at the mouth to permit the easy insertion and withdrawal of the
cork, and the pin which is guided by the hole in the bottle neck can be readily
driven through the cork or withdrawn therefrom.
The accompanying Drawing illustrates my Invention as applied to a ginger beer
bottle, the neck of which is represented in section taken in the plane of the pin.
It will be understood that the bottle may be of any of the forms in common use for
aerated liquids, and may be made either of glass or earthenware.
The mouth of
the bottle is preferably strengthened by a rather deep bead or rim a; but this is
not material provided the part through which the pin passes is thick enough to
ensure sufficient strength and length of hole to guide and hold the pin in position;
b is the pin, and c is the hole through which it passes. The pin is preferably made
of tinned steel wire, and is sufficiently pointed at the end b to permit of its being
casily driven through the cork d. It is provided at the other end with a head or
loop ba by which it may be attached by a loose cord or wire e to the bottle neck.
The hole c through which the pin passes, and to which it corresponds in shape and
size, is pierced, moulded, or otherwise made through the rim of the bottle neck at
the time of moulding the bottle, and it is preferably at such an inclination as to.
guide and hold the pin at about the angle shown, in which position I find it is
most effectual for the purpose. The point, b' of the pin may enter a slight notch f
at the opposite side, as shown, or may merely abut against the interior of the
bottle neck.
Having described the nature of my said Invention, and the manner of performing
the same, I declare that what I claim as my Invention to be protected by the
hereinbefore in part recited Letters Patent is,-
1st. The combination with a bottle neck and cork of a pin passed through a
downwardly inclined hole in the side of the neck, and through the cork in a
transverse and downwardly inclined direction, substantially as shown and described
for the purpose specified.
2nd. A bottle neck provided with a downwardly inclined hole at one side
adapted to receive a pin to be driven transversely through the cork, substantially
as shown and described for the purpose specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Thomas Lufkin, have hereunto set
my hand and seal this Eighth day of Anril & D 1881