US690013A - Indestructible cork for bottles. - Google Patents

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No. 690,@l3. Patented Dec. 3|, l90l.

D. CHAMBERS.

INDESTRUCTIBLE CORK FOR BOTTLES.'

(Application led July 3, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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UNTTnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID CHAMBERS, OF SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-IIALF TO STANLEY CHAMBERS AND BESSIE F. KENT, OF SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA.

INDESTRUCTIBLE CORK FOR BOTTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 690,013, dated December 31, 1901.

Application filed July 3, 1901.

To @ZZ whom, t may concer/t:

Beitknown that I, DAVID CHAMBERS, a citizen of England, residing at San Jose, county of Santa Clara, State of California, have invented an Improvement in Indestructible Corks for Bottles; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to a stopper or cork for bottles and a means for withdrawing said cork and preserving it from injury.

It consists of the parts and the constructions and combinations of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

Figure l is a vertical section through the neck of a bottle embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar viewillustrating the method of withdrawing the cork.

As shown in the drawings, A represents the neck of a bottle into which the stopper 2 is inserted. This stopper is preferably made of the natural bark of the cork-tree, such as is usually employed for bottles, and is distinguished from artificial substances, such as rubber, leather, wood, or the like. Through this cork two parallel holes are made longitudinally upon each side of the center, and through these holes extend the two parts of the wire loop 3, the curvature of which is at the outer end. Vithin the interior these wires pass through a washer 4, which is made of any suitable material and is concaved upwardly, so that the concaved face will contact against the bottom of the cork, and this serves to prevent the cork from spreading and also keeps it clean and when the cork is drawn prevents the leaving of small particles within the bottle. The inner ends of the wires 3 may be twisted or otherwise secured together beneath the washer, and the loop is of such length that it has some longitudinal movement in the cork.

The outer end of the cork has a chamber or depression 5 made in it of a diameter equal to the outside diameter of the loop, so that the latter may be pushed down into this chamber and its outer end lie below the level of the t-op of the cork. This allows the corklabel to be placed over the bottle in the usual manner, and the whole device is thus sealed. The label must necessarily be broken before access can be had to the loop. After this the loop is drawn up so that it projects outside of the cork, and it may then be pulled Serial No. 66,989. (No model.)

by a hook-lever, the end of which will engage the loop, and a fulcrum adapted to rest upon the neck of the bottle would serve to give the necessary power tostart the cork. I have here shown a cord 6 of a sufficient strength to pass through the loop, and when 6o the bottle has been filled this cord can be passed down the side of the neck, the loop being pushed into place in the chamber or cavity in the top of the cork. The cork-label is then affixed, and the neck label or seal, which is common to bottles, will serve to hold the end of the cord until it is desired to open the bottle, when, both seals being broken, the cord is released, and power can be applied to it either by the introduction of the 7o ngers of the hand or by application of any other suitable power. This causes the loop to force the concaved disk against the bottom of the cork, and thus withdraw the latter intact. The cork thus preserved may be used indefinitely without injury.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of a stopple having par- 8o allel holes extending longitudinally through it, and a central recess in its top, a Wire staple bent to form two parallel legs, slidable through said holes and having a greater length than the stopple, and having its ends united below the stopple, a washer pierced at two points to receive the legs of the stopple and carried by the stopple said staple slidable through the stopple in one direction to permit its upper end to enter and be concealed 9o within said central recess and the washer moved away from the stopple, and slidable in an opposite direction to withdraw the upper end of the staple out of the recess and elevate the washer into contact with the stopple, and a fieXible loop connected with the upper end of the staple and serving as means for elevating said staple, said loop having its outer portion secured along the neck of the bottle by sealing means, substantially as herein deloo scribed.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand. l

DAVID CHAMBERS.

Iitnessesz S. H. NoURsE, JEssIE C. BRODIE.

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