IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR CORKING BOTTLES
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Karl Ferdinand Christian Petersen, Engineer, trading
under the Firm of Ferd. Petersen, of Hamburg, Germany, for an Invention
of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR CORKING BOTTLES."
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Karl Ferdinand Christian
Petersen at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 16th January
1882.
KARL FERDINAND CHRISTIAN PETERSEN, Engineer, trading under the Firm of
Ferd. Petersen of Hamburg, Germany. "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR
CORKING BOTTLES."
My Invention relates to improvements in bottle corking machines, in which the
cork before entering the bottle is compressed by means of a horizontal guided die,
and the objects of my improvements are firstly to arrange the main moving parts
within a hollow column, secondly to keep the bottle to be corked tightly in its
proper position, thirdly to reduce the weight of the machine by employing springs
instead of the generally used counterweights and fourthly. to compress the cork
and to drive the same without injury into the bottle neck.
I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying
Drawings in which
Figure 1 is a front elevation of the entire machine Figure 2 a sectional side
elevation and Figure 3 a side view thereof; Figure 4 is a horizontal section of the
cork-compresser, Figure 5 a plan of the foot of the machine and Figure 6 a plan
of the entire machine.
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Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.
A is a hollow column wherein the sliding piece B provided with two pistons a¹
and a² at the top and at the bottom can be moved up and down by means of the
lever c; the latter which has its fulcrum at the bracket D is provided at that part
which reciprocates inside of the column A with a roller ċ for which a slit is
arranged in the sliding piece B.
This sliding piece B is connected with the wedge shaped block d in the foot of

page_text: the machine by means of the connecting rod b which is surrounded by the spiral
spring the latter serves to raise the sliding piece B when no power is applied to
the lever C.
The bottle stand E is screwed in the wedge g. the lower part of the screw bolt e
serves as a guide for the spring h which raises the block g. Between the two
mentioned blocks d and g is arranged the loose wedge k in the foot of the machine
which can be moved horizontally.
A bottle when placed in the stand E is raised at first only by the tension of the
springh against the mouth i of the cork compresser F. By pressing down the
handle of lever C the sliding piece B is lowered and therewith the block d pushes
the wedge k towards the block g and causes the stand E to be kept in the proper
position corresponding with the height of the bottle.
The cork compresser F is composed of the nearly semi-circular die m¹ the two
vertical rollers and the die m² fastened to the sliding piece m which is pushed
towards the compressing rollers by means of the vertical sliding piece B. The
latter is provided for this purpose with a curved slot a which guides the roller n
attached to the horizontally sliding piece m. Heretofore such guiding slots formed
an inclined straight line by which arrangement the compressing die. is pushed
forwards with an equal speed. I attain by my construction that the velocity of
the progress of the cork is diminished according to the increase of its compression.
The nuts p at the lowest end of the connecting rod b serve to adjust the position
of the horizontal sliding piece m by raising or lowering the vertical sliding
piece B.
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page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Karl Ferdinand Christian Petersen in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 15th July 1882.
KARL FERDINAND CHRISTIAN PETERSEN, Engineer, trading under the Firm of
Ferd. Petersen of Hamburg, Germany. "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR
CORKING BOTTLES."
My Invention relates to improvements in bottle-corking machines, in which the
cork, before entering the bottle, is compressed by means of a horizontal guided die
and the objects of my improvements are first to arrange the main moving parts
within a hollow column; second, to keep the bottle to be corked tightly in its
proper position; third, to reduce the weight of the machine by employing springs
instead of the generally used counterweights; and fourth to compress the cork and
to drive the same without injury into the bottle-neck.
I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying Drawing
in which-
Figure 1 is a front elevation of the entire machine; and Figure 2 a sectional side
elevation thereof; Figure 3 is a horizontal section of the cork compresser, and
Figure 4a top view of the same. Figures 3 and 4 are drawn on an enlarged
scale.
Similar letters, refer to similar parts throughout the several views.
A is a hollow column, wherein the sliding-piece B provided with two pistons a'
and a at the top and at the bottom can be moved up and down by means of the
lever C; the latter, which has its fulcrum at the bracket D, is provided at that
part which reciprocates inside of the column A, with a roller c, for which a slit is
arranged in the sliding piece B.
This sliding piece B is connected with the wedge shaped block d in the foot of
the machine by means of the connecting rod b, which is surrounded by the spiral
spring f; the latter serves to raise the sliding piece B, when no power is applied to
the lever C.
The bottle stand E is screwed in the wedge g; the lower part of the screw
bolt e serves as a guide for the spring h, which raises the block g. Between the
two mentioned blocks d and g is arranged the loose wedge k in the foot of the
machine, which can be moved horizontally. A bottle, when placed at the stand E,
is raised at first only by the tension of the spring h against the mouth i of the
cork-compresser F. By pressing down the handle of lever C the sliding piece B is
lowered and therewith the block d, which pushes the wedge k towards the block g
and causes the stand E to be kept in the proper position corresponding with the
height of the bottle.
The cork-compresser F is composed of the nearly semi-circular immoveable die m²,
the two vertical rollers and the die m² fastened to the sliding-piece m, which is
pushed towards the compressing rollers by means of the vertical sliding-piece B.
The latter is provided for this purpose with a curved slit a, which guides the
roller n attached to the horizontal sliding piece m.
Heretofore such guiding slits formed an inclined, strait line, by which arrange-
ment the compressing die is pushed forward with an equal speed. I attain
by my construction, that the velocity of the progress of the die pushing the cork is
diminished according to the increase of the compression of the latter.
The nuts at the lowest end of the connecting rod b serve to adjust the
position of the horizontal sliding-piece m by raising or lowering the vertical
sliding-piece B.
The operation of the machine is as follows:-
When the bottle to be corked has been placed at the stand E the handle of lever C
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page_text: is pressed down, which motion causes the advancing of the die m² towards the
rollers, because the roller n of the horizontal sliding piece m slides inside the
curved slit a of the vertical sliding-piece B, the latter being connected with the lever C
by means of the roller c.
When the rod b attached to the sliding-piece B is lowered far enough the wedge d
slides down and pushes the wedge k towards the wedge g, the latter being arrested
therewith in its proper position in so far as not to allow any more lowering of the
bottle stand E; in consequence the bottle is fixed in the right position for receiving
the cork, which after being compressed as above described is pushed into the
bottle neck by means of the stamp o attached to the vertical sliding-piece B.
Having thus fully described my Invention, what I desire to claim and secure by
Letters Patent is :-
1st. In a corking-machine the combination of the column A containing the main
movable parts of the machine with the sliding piece B provided with the pistons a¹
and a², substantially as described.
2nd. In corking-machines the combination of the lever C the sliding piece B and
the rod b with the spiral spring f substantially as set forth.
3rd. In corking-machines the combination of the bottle-stand E with the
wedges d, k and g, the rod 6 with nuts p, the sliding piece B and the lever C,
substantially as and for the purpose specified.
4th. In corking-machines the combination of the rollers with the dies m¹
and m², substantially as described.
5th. In corking-machines the combination of the horizontal sliding piece m with
the vertical sliding piece B reciprocating inside the hollow column A and provided
with a curved slit a, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
In witness whereof I the said Karl Ferdinand Christian Petersen have here-
unto set my hand and seal this Twelfth day of July in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighty two.
BRODÍN AND CHIDISTIT AN DETERSEN
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