US103624A - Improvement in cork-saving bottle-fastening - Google Patents

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lnitd mes OIIARLES L, KNEOHT, OF LOWER ST.OLAIR TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent No. 103,624, dated May 31, 1870.

-0M- IMPRovnMENT n v CORK-SAVING BOTTLE-Femenina.

The Schedule referl'ed to in these Letters Patent and making paxt of the same To all whom tit'fmay concern Be it known that I, CHARLES L. KNECHT, of Lower St. Clair Township, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cork-saving Fastening; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 shows in perspective my improved cork-.

saving fastener, when holding the cork in the bottle, also, the position of the parts when the cork is drawn, and K l Figure 2 is a view of the under or inner side of the cap.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in each. I

eyes b' in two opposite sides, which engage two swing.

ing arms c.

Atthe outer ends of the arms c, and swingingt between them, is a horse-shoe shaped holder or cap d, made of angle iron, and having a flange. d extending inward from its upper edge, so that when it is in position, it will extend around and over the edge of the cork e.

This cap d is loosely riveted to the arms c, so asl to allow it to swing freely-between them.

The ange d extends inward. over thetop of the cork e only far enough t'o-hold it in place, thus leaving the center of the surface ofthe cork bare or exposed. ,lhis is for the purpose of leaving a'bearing-l surface for the press when the cork is forced into the bottle.

In making use of my improvement, the cork e is forced in in the usual manner, and thecap d swung up and pushedoverthe top of the cork. Then, in taking out the cork, the thumb is pressed against the raisedl side s ofthe cap d, until it is forced across the mouth of the bottle' and over the other side, carrying the cork with it.

The cork cannot escape from the cap, for the greater the pressure upon it from the inside of the bottle, the more firmly it is held in the cap d, and so when the 'cap is pushed over from the mouth of the bottle, it draws the cork and holds it, Vas shown by dotted lines. In this manner the cork e is prevented from flying out,

and thus being lost.-

My improvement .is cheap in construction, convenient for use, and accomplishes great saving iu corks.

What I claim as'my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patentfis-n- 'A cork-asteningvaud saving device, consisting of a horseshoe-shaped holdr d, having an inwardly-projecting flange d', opeting between arms c, by which it is connected with a collar or ring on the Aneck of the bottle, substantially as described.

In testimony' whereof, I,.the said CHARLES L.`

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