Patent GB-190321117-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Wiring Corked Bottles.
Inventor: GRAESSER FRANZ
Filed: 1903-10-01
Granted: 1904-09-15
Abstract: 21,117. Graesser, F. Oct. 1. Wiring.-Figs. 1, 3, and 5 show a power - driven wiring - machine. The bottle 1 is placed on the adjustable rest 2,which is supported by the spring 3 in the crosshead 5. The crosshead is reciprocated vertically by a cam on the driving-shaft 33, and supports the wiring-mechanism on the distance pieces or bars 8, 8<A>. The bottle rest is also controlled by the lever 6 pivoted on the bar 8, this lever being adapted to engage the stops 53, 10 on the upward and downward movements of the crosshead respectively. In a modification, the rest is supported by a counterweighted lever. On the upward movement of the crosehead, the bottle neck is inserted between clips 12 mounted, under the control of springs 14, in brackets 15, the clips being separated, to permit the passage of the neck, by the wedges 17 on the wire guide 16, the support 16<A> of which is carried by the bars 8<A>. The bottom wires 25, Fig. 1, between which the bottle neck passes in its upward movement, are drawn from reels 27, 27<A>, and pass-through the guide-tubes 24 pivoted on the guide 16, the rear ends of the tubes being drawn towards each other by a spring. The wires 25 are laced through a series of bars 25<A>, which provide the necessary tension. The top wires 23 are similarly drawn from reels 26, 26<A>, but through fewer of the bars 25<A>, and pass through eyes in the ends of the rods 19 pivoted on the guide 16. During its vertical movements, the guide 16 is reciprocated laterally by the fixed slots 32, the guide being in its forward position as the bottle neck rises between the clips 12 and between the bottom wires. When desired, a wooden disc may be placed above the cork before wiring. The disc is carried forwards by the guide 16 from the magazine 30, and is held in position above the cork by the pivoted hook 44, Figs. 1 and 3, and lateral fingers 45, Fig. 3, the hook and fingers being mounted on the follower 43, which, when the parts are in their lowest position, rests on the spring-controlled table 49 mounted to slide in the socket 50 on the bar 8. The magazine is provided with a movablepin, for use in releasing discs which become jammed. When the bottle neck has entered between the clips and bottom wires, its further upward movement raises the follower 43 from the table 49, which at this period is held by the projection 51 engaging the stop 52, the follower then bearing solely on the wooden disc and cork, under the action of the spring-controlled plunger 46. The guide 16 then moves backwards, so that the bottom wires are drawn around the neck by the tubes 24, while the top wires are drawn over the top and down the rear side of the neck by the rods 19, the downward movement of the rods being effected by an inclined slot 22, Fig. 3, acting through the crank arms 72, 71, &c. on the pivot 20 of the rods. On the further upward movement of the parts, the four wires enter the gab of the twisting pinion 37, Figs. 1 and 5, two wires passing on each side of the projection 40 on the pinion, which is then rotated by the toothed segment 36, Fig. 5, to twist the wires. The length of the twist is determined by the fixed wedge 41, Fig. 1, which enters between the wires. At the end of the twisting operation, the wires are cut by the knife 39, Fig. 5, mounted on the segment 36, this knife acting in conjunction with a cutting-edge on the plate 55. The cut ends of the wires, which have been turned upwards by the cutting operation, are returned by the flat spring 57, and are then bent down against the neck by a slide actuated, through the lever 62, by a roller 61 on the operating cam of the bottle rest. On the downward movement of the crosshead 5, the lever 6 engages the stop 10 to depress the bottle rest, the bottle neck being disengaged from the clips by a finger 28, Fig. 1, on the guide 16, on the next forward movement of the guide. A plate 54 on the guide 16 serves to draw the bottom wires from their reels. Fig. 9 shows a modified machine adapted for band and treadle working. The shaft 33 is rotated by hand through part of a revolution to effect the wiring, and is then returned to its original position by the weight 81, which, when the wired bottle commences to descend, is held up by the bolt 80 until the wires are clear of the twisting pinion. The bottle rest 15 is operated through suitable linkage by the treadle. During the downward movement of the parts, the stop 98 actuates the lever 78 to retract the bolt 80, thus allowing the weight 81 to return the shaft 33 to its original position. The cut ends of the twisted wires are bent down against the bottle neck by the pivoted double finger 76, which is rotated for this purpose by the cam-surfaces 77, 77<A>, during the vertical movements of the rest.