Method of forming wiring for bottle stoppers
AssigneeEtablissements F. Valentin
InventorBernard Montoriol
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Abstract
A method for the manufacture of stopper wirings which consists: in shaping wires to a profile including in a first plane a central portion in the form of an arc of circle and two straight branches, in disposing the shaped wires to form a complete ring, the straight branches extending outwardly from the ring, in twisting each branch along a first portion of its length starting from the ring, in twisting locally the remaining portion of each branch in a zone intermediate between the twisted portion and the outer end, and in rolling the end of the remaining portion of each branch in the shape of a loop to form one leg of the wiring.
Claims1
The method of manufacturing wiring for securing a stopper in a bottle of sparkling liquid, comprising the steps of:
- (a) shaping multiple wires to provide multiple separate components, each having a central arcuate portion with two straight branches comprising the ends of the wire lying in the same plane as the arcuate portion and extending outwardly substantially radially therefrom;
- (b) supporting said components substantially in a common plane with their arcuate portions forming a circle about a central point in the plane and their straight branches extending in pairs away from said point to provide multiple double branches;
- (c) twisting the straight branches of each double branch along a first portion of their lengths which extends from their arcuate portions part-way toward their outer ends, and stopping the twisting to leave an intermediate straight portion of the double branches wherein the branches extend mutually parallel;
- (d) further twisting the branches of each double branch to form a second twisted portion located beyond said intermediate straight portion and near said outer ends;
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- (e) rolling each double branch near its outer ends to form a loop terminating the double branch, each loop lying substantially normal to said common plane and each loop including the second twisted portion of the associated double branch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.