AN IMPROVED IMPLEMENT FOR EXTRACTING CORKS FROM BOTTLES."
Year: 1878

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Raphael Francis Sinibaldi at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 2nd January 1878.
"
GEORGE RAPHAEL FRANCIS SINIBALDI, of Leamington Park Villas, Acton, in the
County of Middlesex. AN IMPROVED IMPLEMENT FOR EXTRACTING CORKS FROM
BOTTLES."
This Invention relates to an improved implement or apparatus for extracting
corks from bottles, and is designed to provide means for effecting the extraction of
corks in a very simple and expeditious manner.
In carrying the said Invention into practice, I provide a rod or stem of any
suitable metal with a cross piece or other conveniently formed piece at the top
thereof, to serve as a handle, by means of which the cork extractor may be operated.
The other end of the said rod or stem is made somewhat in the form of a hook.
The metal forming the said hook-shaped piece is flattened and rounded in such a
manner, that when it is inserted between the outside of the cock and the inside of
the neck of the bottle, the said hook-shaped piece fits between the rounded portion
of the cork and of the neck of the bottle with which it is in contact, that is to say,
the hook-shaped piece is so curved that it will fit around a portion of the cork.
The edges of the said hook-shaped piece are made sharp, and the lower part is of
an oval shape, so as to facilitate the insertion of the same between the cork and the
neck of the bottle, and then pressing it down beyond the lower end of the former.
A part of the said rod or stem immediately above the said hook-shaped piece is also
somewhat flattened and curved outward, which formation also tends to facilitate
the operation of pressing the book-shaped piece between the cork and the neck
of the bottle.
If thought necessary this improved implement may be provided with a guard or
shield to prevent any possibility of injury to the hand in extracting corks from
defective bottles.
When it is desired to extract a cork, the said hook-shaped piece is inserted
between the outside of the cork and the inside of the neck of the bottle, and is
pressed down until it reaches a point below the lower end of the cork when it may
be turned. Then by means of the handle the operator gives the implement a half
turn which has the effect of presenting the upper part of the said hook-shaped

page_text: piece to the bottom of the cork, and by pulling upwards the latter is drawn out
with great facility.
In a modification of the said Invention, instead of the hook-shaped piece, I employ
a flat piece hinged to the lower end of the rod or stem, and which fits and lies
close to the said rod or stem when the latter is being forced between the cork and
the neck of the bottle, but which flat piece immediately it gets below the cork, and
consequently is free, is extended by means of a spring provided for the purpose and
assumes a position at right angles to the rod or stem, and thus extends along the
bottom of the cork. The operator can then extract the cork by pulling the extractor
upwards.
In another modification of the said Invention, I provide a small lever near the
end of the said rod or stem, and which is pivotted within a recess in the same, and
so arranged that when it has been pushed below the cork the commencement of the
action of withdrawal will cause the said lever to be caught against the lower part
of the cork, and the continuation of the withdrawing action will bring the said
lever under the cork, and the latter will then be readily withdrawn.
My said improved cork extractor may be constructed of any suitable metal, and
may be made to fold up when desired.
By means of my said Invention, I provide a cork extractor of simple construction
which is easily operated and not liable to get out of order, no screw is required, and
it may be manufactured at a very trifling cost compared with the cost of most of
the cork extractors now in use.