IMPROVEMENT IN CORK-SCREW APPLIANCES
Year: 1884

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COMPLETE
DIVIFICATION.
I, ANDREAS FREDERIK PETERSEN, of Nykjobing, Falster, in the Kingdom of
Denmark, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of said Invention for
IMPROVEMENT IN CORK-SCREW APPLIANCES," and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
This Invention relates to appliances for operating fixed cork screws intended for
sideboards, bars, public houses and such like.
In the Drawings Figures 1 and 2 are side views of the appliances, shown in
Fig. 1 ready to screw down into the cork, and in Fig. 2 screwed down into the
same. Figures 3 to 6 are details.
In the different Figures like letters indicate the same parts.
A is a support fixed to a bow-piece or foot B, which is screwed on a sideboard
or other convenient table. The other end of A is provided with a ring C, holding
the long screwthreaded bar D. E is a forked lever pivoted on A as shown and
provided with a handle F. By help of two bars H (Fig. 3) the lever is connected
with the block or screw nut J which turns the screw D and operates the cork-
screw, Figure 4. On J is a stud a on whose extreme end there is pivoted a bar b,
which is also connected by a pivotal pin with a bolt c. The bolt c is movable in a
radial hole of the piece J, which bolt, when the block J has the situation shown
by Fig. 2, also projects into a recess of the bar D, so that the latter is obliged to
follow the movement of E up and down. K is an arm pivoted to the fork E and
connected with a pair of springs L. The lowest end of the bar D, and the cork-
scrow G, are enclosed in a casing M, Figure 4, secured to the stand A by a
bar N.
This casing contains a helical spring d, which rests at the bottom on a movable
plate and at the top against the inside of the fixed coverplate of the case M. M¹ is
a conical extension of the casing M, and contains a suitable number of springs e
serving as a guide for the neck of the bottle. O, Fig. 5, is a bow fixed to the
stand A. and containing a spring P which servos for holding the bottle in this place.
The above described apparatus works in the following manner;
When the apparatus is adjusted as shown in Figures 1, the bottle to be
uncorked is placed with its neck into M' and held fast in this position, after which
the handle F is pressed down, the movement of which through the fork E and the

page_text: bars His transmitted to the block J, by which means the bar D turns and at the
same time is pressed down to the edge m; this edge strikes the cover of the
case M, and the cork screw is turned down into the cork. When m strikes M,
the arm K, will press on the baso bat a point below a, thereby causing the bolt c
to enter the notch of the bar D. If now the handle F is raised, the block J, and
at the same time (on account of the pivot c) the bar D and the cork-screw G will
move upward and take the cork with them.
Now the mechanism is adjusted so that, when the bar D has moved upward
until only a conveniently small portion of the cork remains in the neck of the
bottle, the arm K rests (and exerts a pressure) upon b above a and consequently
draws out the bolt c from the notch on the spindle D, so that during the further
upmotion of the handle the block J causes the spindle D to turn round, and in
this manner withdraws the corkscrew froin the cork.
When the bottle is removed, the cork may easily be taken out by hand. As
shown in the Drawing, the apparatus is adapted for uncorking whole bottles; when
it is to be used for uncorking "half bottles" the cork-screw should not go down so
far into the bottle; therefore the cylinder or ring Q, which has on one side a
suitable incision or slot, is turned over the casing M, thereby forming a stop for the
edge m.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of Baid
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
1. An appliance for uncorking bottles, comprising the stand A, the forked
lever E, the casing M, enclosing a cork screw and spring, the screw threaded
spindle D, the nut J with the arms H and the mechanism a, b, c, K.
.
2. In a cork screw appliance, the combination of screw-spindle D with the
forked lever E, pivoted lever b, bolt c, arin K, and spring L.
3. The combination of casing M with auxiliary ring or cylinder Q provided with
a slot or incision.
Dated this 31st day of July 1884.
ANDREAS F. PETERSEN.
By Herbert & Co.,
Agents, 67, Strand.