Improvements in the Wiring of Corked Bottles, and Apparatus therefor.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Feb., 1895-Accepted, 7th Dec., 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Wiring of Corked Bottles, and Apparatus
therefor.
A communication from JOHANNES KARLSSON, Mechanician, of Saint Pauls-
gatan 23, and VICTOR LÖNNQVIST. Architect, of Regeringsgatan 47, both in
Stockholm, in the Kingdom of Sweden.
I, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT of 323 High Holborn in the County of Middlesex,
Chartered Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention 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 chiefly to a machine for wiring corked bottles, which is
performed by a single turn of a handle. By using this machine a considerable
saving of time and wire will be realised, as the loss resulting from the necessity of
cutting off the superfluous wire ends is avoided.
The machine is represented on the annexed drawings.
Figure 1 is a transverse section,
Figure 2 a longitudinal section and
Figure 3 a plan.
Figure 4 is a detail of a wired bottle, showing the mode in which the wire is
applied by means of the machine in question.
Figure 5 is a detail of the socket mentioned hereinafter.
Figures 6 to 16 are representations of the process of wiring in its several
stages.
Figure 17 is a detail of the device for cutting off the wire ends, after the bottle
has been wired.
The machine is mounted on a base-plate 1 provided with a longitudinal standard
or wall 2, and consists of several co-operating parts set in motion by a common
shaft 3 with a crank 4 and handle 5.
In the upper part of the wall 2 there is a circular opening provided with a metal
lining 6 and in this opening there is placed a sliding cylindrical socket 7 Fig. 5
with a spring pin 8, projecting somewhat beyond the outer edge of the socket and,
in the position shown in the drawings, pressing against the upper edge of a recess 9
provided in the opening or collar 6 above the socket 7. The socket is rotated by
gearing with a toothed sector 10 actuated by the shaft 3 by means of a toothed
ring 11 upon the axle of the toothed sector 10 gearing with another toothed
sector 12, which in its turn is moved forward and backward by a roller 13 fixed
thereon and engaging with the groove of a cam 14 fixed on the shaft 3.
The toothed sector 10 also sets in motion a spur wheel 15 firmly connected with
a shaft 16, which by means of telescopically arranged rods 17 and gearing 18, 19
imparts a rotary movement to the support 21 for the bottle, which support is fixed
on an arm 20 movably connected to the base plate 1. By means of a suitable
coupling or ratchet and pawl device the socket 7 and the spur wheel 15 are
alternately actuated by the toothed sector 10 so that the socket and the spur
wheel will revolve respectively when the sector descends and ascends.
The arm or lever 22 is actuated by a roller 23 fixed thereto engaging with an
irregular groove 24 in the cam 14. The said lever 22 has in its upper end a
pivoted jaw 25, which, by means of a pin 26, supports another movable jaw 27, the
jaws 25, 27 being thus mutually arranged in form of tongs. When the arm 22

page_text: moves away from the socket 7, the prolonged pin 26 glides along the underside of
the guide 28, and a roller 29 on the lower end of the jaw 27 at the same time rides
up
the inclined end of a guide 30; as the arm 22 moves still farther back, the
pin 26 passes by a spring controlled switch tongue 31 and simultaneously the
roller 29 glides along the guide 30. The tongs are now closed. When the arm 22
advances towards the socket 7 the pin 26 passes along the lower edge of the switch
tongue 31 and round the head of it to the primary position and thus the tongs are
opened again.
In another cam on the shaft 3 there is formed a curvilinear groove 32 guiding a
roller 34 connected with the forked rod 33. By this means a forward and back-
ward motion is given to the lever 35 pivoted to the rod 33, and this motion is
communicated to a piston or bar 36, one end of which as shown clearly in Fig. 17
reaches into the socket 7 and is provided with two pins 37 passing through the
eyes 38 of the members 39 forming a pair of tongs or shears. As the piston or
bar 36 moves farther into the socket the pins 37 press against the surfaces 40 and
the shears are opened, whereas they are closed, when the piston returns.
On the
jaws or blades of the shears there are provided two sharp edges 41 working against
each other.
The shaft 3 is provided with an irregular cam 42, acting upon a rod 44
supporting the arm 43. This arm through which the wire passes, is pivoted on a
pin 45 fixed in the wall 2 and provided with a toothed segment gearing with a
spur wheel 46 of the roller 47, which together with the roller 48 is intended for
feeding the wire. The arm 43 is moved towards and from the wall 2 by means of
a lever 49 directed by a groove in the cam 42.
The grooves provided in the cams on the shaft 3 are exactly adjusted and
disposed in relation to each other in order to effect accurate co-operation of the
above mentioned parts.
The working of the machine is as follows:-
When the various parts of the machine are in the position shown in the figures,
a corked bottle is introduced into the support 21 and pressed against the wire
(Figs. 11 and 12) passing over the socket 7. The clamps of the support 21 are
elastic and the arm 20 being pivotted to the hottom plate can be readily pulled
outwards, so that the bottle may be freely introduced into the support, which is
then pushed forward to drive the bottle mouth into the socket 7. The wire
together with the cork will thus be driven into the socket as shown in Figure 12,
the socket at the same time being pushed back through the collar 6. Accordingly
the wire glides off the socket and rests round the neck of the bottle Figure 13.
The handle is then turned and the shaft 3 makes a revolution, during which the
following motions are performed;-The tongs 25, 27 catch the wire, which is in
consequence thereof tightened round the neck of the bottle as in Figure 14. As
the tongs return along the lower edge of the switch tongue 31, the piston or bar 36
enters the socket 7 and moves forward the shears 39, which push the bottle out of
the socket as shown in Figure 15. When the tongs 25, 27 have reached midway
into the socket and met the ascending arm 43, the bottle together with its support
is, through the spur wheel 15 and the sector 10, rotated and accordingly the wire
end, held by the tongs 25, 27 and the wire fed forward by the arm are twisted
together as in Figure 16. On the return movement of the piston or bar 36 the
wire is cut off by the edges 41. The arm 43 continues ascending against the
spring 8 and the wire end left in the arm enters between the spring 8 and
the socket 7 as in Figs. 6 and 7 which has in the meantime been replaced. The
wire will thus be wound on the socket as in Figs. 8 and 9 and the succeeding part
of the wire will be laid under or behind the part which has already been wound on
the socket. When the socket 7 has completed a revolution, the projecting wire
end enters the open tongs 25, 27 as shown in Figs. 9 and 10. The arm 43 then
moves outwards from the socket as in Fig. 10 and at the same time descends. The
parts of the machine are now in their original position again and the operation can
be repeated.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is ;-
1. A method of wiring corked bottles consisting of the wire in being fed forward
being wound one turn round a sliding cylinder and formed into a loop in such a
manner that the succeeding part of it will first be laid within or behind the
preceding part and then brought diametrically across the loop which is passed over
the neck of the bottle and tightened by means of the bottle entering into the loop
bringing with it the wire pushing back the cylinder and returning the ends of the
wire being beld by any appropriate means and twisted together in consequence of
the revolving of the bottle whereupon the wire is cut off.
2. In a machine for performing the method set forth in Claim I the arrangement
of a rotating sliding socket such as 7 provided with a spring 8 which during each
revolution of the socket moves once away from the latter the whole for the purpose
of forming a loop of the wire which loop slips off the socket and rests round the
neck of the bottle when this is pressed into the socket substantially as described
and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
3. In a machine such as described the combination with a socket such as 7 of an
upwardly and downwardly movable arm such as 43 alternately moving towards
and away from the socket for the purpose of feeding the wire and leading it
diametrically across the socket in forming a bridge or loop intended to be driven
by the bottle into the socket substantially as described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.
4. In a machine such as described the combination with a socket such as 7 of a
rotating support such as 21 carrying the bottle and imparting to the same a
revolving movement for the purpose of twisting the wire after it has been applied
to the bottle substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
5. In a machine such as described the combination with a socket such as 7 of a
piston or bar such as 36 movable in and out of the socket and carrying a pair of
shears such as 39 for the purpose of driving the bottle out of the socket and cutting
off the wire after it has been twisted, substantially as described and illustrated in
the accompanying drawings.
6. In a machine such as described the combination with a socket such as 7 of a
lever 22 carrying a jaw such as 25 connected with another jaw 27 moving along
two guides such as 28 30 and round a switch tongue such as 31 the jaws forming a
pair of tongs which open and close according to the movement of the lever for the
purpose of seizing one end of the wire and thus tightening it around the neck of
the bottle substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
7. In a machine such as described the combination with the parts set forth in
Claims 2 to 6 inclusive of a shaft 3 provided with cams for operating said parts
substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
8. The combination and arrangement of parts constituting the complete bottle
wiring machine substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
Dated this 27th dar of Februar 1205
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.