US3339775A - Wire cork-cage - Google Patents

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US3339775A
US3339775A US546071A US54607166A US3339775A US 3339775 A US3339775 A US 3339775A US 546071 A US546071 A US 546071A US 54607166 A US54607166 A US 54607166A US 3339775 A US3339775 A US 3339775A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D55/00—Accessories for container closures not otherwise provided for
    • B65D55/02—Locking devices; Means for discouraging or indicating unauthorised opening or removal of closure
    • B65D55/06—Deformable or tearable wires, strings, or strips; Use of seals, e.g. destructible locking pins
    • B65D55/063—Muzzlets
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21F—WORKING OR PROCESSING OF METAL WIRE
    • B21F45/00—Wire-working in the manufacture of other particular articles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21F—WORKING OR PROCESSING OF METAL WIRE
    • B21F45/00—Wire-working in the manufacture of other particular articles
    • B21F45/04—Wire-working in the manufacture of other particular articles of elements, e.g. levers or links, for bottle stoppers

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  • the present invention relates to an improved wire corkcage of the type which may, if desired incorporate a circular plate which bears against the top of the cork.
  • wire cork-cages have comprised a looped portion which encircles the neck of a bottle or container and a retaining portion which bears against the upper surface of the cork and which is joined to the looped portion encircling the neck of the bottle by four ribs.
  • a wire cork-cage comprising a looped first wire member adapted to encircle the neck of a bottle or similar container and a generally circular second wire member which is spaced from the said first member and adapted to seat on the upper surface of a cork or stopper in the said bottle or similar container and which is joined to the said first member by two wire ribs located diametrically opposite one another with respect to the said second member.
  • the fist member comprises a single wire having ends which are interwound to form a closed loop and the second member is formed integrally with the two ribs and comprises two wires the center part of each of which forms one half of the generally circular second member and the ends of which are interwound to form the two ribs.
  • a circular plate may be incorporated in the wire cork-cage and attached to the second wire member.
  • FIGURE 1 is a plan-view of a first wire member of a wire cork-cage
  • FIGURE 2 is a plan-view of a second member in the process of manufacture
  • FIGURE 3 is a perspective view of a wire-cork cage in accordance with the invention.
  • FIGURE 4 is a detailed view on a larger scale of a part of the cork cage of FIGURE 3, seen from inside the cork cage,
  • FIGURE 5 is a section on the line V-V of FIGURE 4, showing the cork-cage attached to the neck of a bottle,
  • FIGURE 6 is a perspective view of a plate for the cork-cage of FIGURE 3, and
  • FIGURE 7 is a perspective view of a cork-cage of FIGURE 3 and the plate of FIGURE 6 attached together.
  • the first wire member shown in FIGURE 1 is produced from a single wire 1 formed into a loop which is suitably proportioned to be engaged on the neck 2 of a bottle, the ends 3a, 3b of the wire being interwound by simultaneously twisting the wire in opposite directions, thereby forming a closed loop.
  • the generally circular second wire member illustrated in FIGURE 2 is formed integrally with the two ribs of the cork-cage and is formed from two wires 4 and 5 the center parts of which constitute the generally circular second member and the ends of which form the two ribs 6 and 7 the said ribs being obtained by twisting the two wires 4 and 5 together.
  • the wires 4 and 5 diverge as indicated at 4a and 5a, and the divergent sections 4a and 5a are followed by the sections 4b and 5b which are parallel to the ribs 6 and 7 and spaced from each other by a distance e.
  • the ends 4b and 5b are bent back to form the closed loops 6a, 6b on one side and 7a, 7b on the other side, which are intended to grip the wire 1 of the first member as shown in FIGURE 3, the free ends 40, and 50 being bent back parallel to and arranged in the same plane as the sections 4a, 5a as shown in FIGURE 4.
  • the free ends 4c, 50 of the loops are thereby pressed against the sections 4a and 5a and there is no danger of the loops 6a, 6b, or 7a, 7b sliding out of position or becoming deformed.
  • loops 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b are turned inwardly with respect to the cork-cage and pressed beneath the shoulder a of the bottle neck as shown in FIGURE 5 they do not form any unevenness or projection which might damage the member or the paper covering the cork when the cork-cage in in position.
  • loops 6a, 6b and 7a, 7b are spaced respectively by a distance e the upper part or second member of the cork-cage is completely stable when it is pressed on a support by the wire 1, the second member resting at four distinct points against the support.
  • a plate 8 shown in FIGURE 6 may be attached, as shown in FIGURE 7 to the cork-wire of FIG- URE 3.
  • the plate 8 is provided with two diametrically opposed recesses 8a, 8b and a circular undercut groove is provided in its upper surface.
  • the generally circular portion of the cork-cage formed by the wires 4 and 5 is placed in the groove on the plate and the two ribs 6 and 7 are located in the recesses 8a and 8b respectively and are held therein by lightly crimping the wires 4 and 5 as shown in FIGURE 7.
  • a cork-cage of the type described herein is much more economically priced than a traditional cork-cage, a result on the one hand of the substantial reduction in the length of wire necessary for its production, and on the other hand by the simplicity of its method of manufacture which lends itself to fully automatic machine manufacture.
  • a wire cork-cage comprising a looped first wire member adapted to encircle the neck of a bottle or similar container and a generally circular second wire member which is spaced from the said first member and adapted to seat on the upper surface of a cork or stopper in the said bottle or similar container and which is joined to the said first member by two wire ribs located diametrically opposite one another with respect to the said second member, said ribs each being formed of two wires twisted together and having adjacent untwisted end portions thereof spaced apart from each other, said end portions being bent around said first member and back upon themselves whereby said ribs each grip the first wire member at two locations spaced apart from each other along the circumference of the loop formed by said first wire member.
  • a wire cork-cage as claimed in claim 2 in which the said second member is formed integrally with the two ribs and comprises two wires the center part of each of which forms one half of the said generally circular second member and the ends of which are interwound to form the said two ribs.
  • each rib comprises first legs divergingly extending from the end of the twisted rib portion toward said first wire member, and a second leg continuous with the first leg and hooked around the first wire member and bent back into the same plane as and in the space between the said first legs, whereby the end edges of said second legs are laterally shielded by said first legs and whereby the radial dimension of said first and second legs is substantially equal to the thickness of one leg.
  • a wire cork-cage comprising a looped first wire member comprising a single wire having ends which are interwound to form a closed loop adapted to encircle the neck of a bottle or similar container, a second wire member having a generally circular portion which is spaced from the said first wire member and a circular cap adapted to seat against the upper surface of a cork or stopper for the said bottle or similar container and having an undercut groove in its upper surface in which the second wire member is engaged, the said second wire member being formed by two wires which are twisted together along longitudinal extents thereof extending from said circular portion and having adjacent untwisted wire end portions which diverge from each other away from the aXis along which the wires are twisted, the untwisted wire end portions being connected to said first wire member at respective locations thereof spaced apart from each other along the circumference of the loop formed by said first wire member.
  • a cork-cage comprising a first member adapted to encircle the neck of a bottle and a second member adapted to bear against the top of a cork or other form of stopper fitted within the bottle neck, only two ribs extending between said members and connected thereto at opposite ends of said ribs, the lower end of each of said ribs comprising two legs spaced apart from each other, said legs of each rib being secured to said first member at circumferentially spaced apart positions thereon whereby said ribs in combination with said second member are per se stably upstandable from said first member.

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US3379328A (en) * 1966-06-27 1968-04-23 Plion Andre Cork wires
FR2784078A1 (fr) * 1998-10-02 2000-04-07 Soc D Expl Des Ets Racodon Sa Muselet-plaque pour verrouiller un bouchon sur une bouteille
US20080306456A1 (en) * 2005-12-14 2008-12-11 Birgit Riesinger Wound Treatment Device with Elastically Deformable Vacuum-Generating Element
US20100185170A1 (en) * 2009-01-21 2010-07-22 Cardinal Health 414, Llc Radiopharmaceutical unit dose container tamper evident safety seal
WO2013167819A1 (fr) * 2012-05-10 2013-11-14 Jolly Pierre Eric Procédé et machine de fabrication d'un muselet pour bouteilles de boisson effervescente
FR3063073A1 (fr) * 2017-02-23 2018-08-24 Societe Lorraine De Capsules Metalliques-Manufacture De Bouchage Dispositif de muselet pour la fermeture d'un bouchon d'une bouteille de champagne ou autre boisson effervescente.

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US534659A (en) * 1895-02-26 Thirds to j
FR1015073A (fr) * 1950-03-27 1952-08-27 Muselet perfectionné
FR63574E (fr) * 1952-12-11 1955-09-29 Valentin F Sarl Muselet monobloc pour bouteilles
US3128896A (en) * 1961-02-20 1964-04-14 Robert F Schnier Bottle closure

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US534659A (en) * 1895-02-26 Thirds to j
FR1015073A (fr) * 1950-03-27 1952-08-27 Muselet perfectionné
FR63574E (fr) * 1952-12-11 1955-09-29 Valentin F Sarl Muselet monobloc pour bouteilles
US3128896A (en) * 1961-02-20 1964-04-14 Robert F Schnier Bottle closure

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US3379328A (en) * 1966-06-27 1968-04-23 Plion Andre Cork wires
FR2784078A1 (fr) * 1998-10-02 2000-04-07 Soc D Expl Des Ets Racodon Sa Muselet-plaque pour verrouiller un bouchon sur une bouteille
US20080306456A1 (en) * 2005-12-14 2008-12-11 Birgit Riesinger Wound Treatment Device with Elastically Deformable Vacuum-Generating Element
US20100185170A1 (en) * 2009-01-21 2010-07-22 Cardinal Health 414, Llc Radiopharmaceutical unit dose container tamper evident safety seal
US8512306B2 (en) * 2009-01-21 2013-08-20 Cardinal Health 414, Llc Radiopharmaceutical unit dose container tamper evident safety seal
WO2013167819A1 (fr) * 2012-05-10 2013-11-14 Jolly Pierre Eric Procédé et machine de fabrication d'un muselet pour bouteilles de boisson effervescente
FR2990365A1 (fr) * 2012-05-10 2013-11-15 Pierre Eric Jolly Procede et machine de fabrication d'un muselet pour bouteilles de boisson effervescente
US9511412B2 (en) 2012-05-10 2016-12-06 Comptoir Commercial Champenois Method and machine for producing a muselet for bottles of effervescent drinks
FR3063073A1 (fr) * 2017-02-23 2018-08-24 Societe Lorraine De Capsules Metalliques-Manufacture De Bouchage Dispositif de muselet pour la fermeture d'un bouchon d'une bouteille de champagne ou autre boisson effervescente.
EP3369674A1 (fr) * 2017-02-23 2018-09-05 Société Lorraine de Capsules Metalliques - Manufacture de Bouchage Dispositif de muselet pour la fermeture d'un bouchon d'une bouteille de champagne ou autre boisson effervescente
US10611534B2 (en) * 2017-02-23 2020-04-07 Société Lorraine De Capsules Métalliques—Manufacture De Bouchage Cork wiring device for closure of a stopper of a bottle of champagne or other effervescent drink

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