and other Receptacles.
Year: 1888

page_text: and other Receptacles.
We WILLIAM KILSBY of 1 Harewood Terrace Southall in the county of Middlesex
Jeweller and FREDERICK FITZ PAYNE of 38 Lancaster Road Lambeth in the county
of Surrey Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
imanner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:-
A great evil is oftentimes experienced in and with the ordinary corkscrews in that
if the cork is not in a very good condition the corkscrew either is drawn through and
out of the cork leaving the cork behind or the cork breaks and the corkscrew only
draws out part of the cork.
Now the object of this our invention is to provide for use a simple and yet extremely
efficient implement by the which the whole cork shall very surely and certainly be
extracted as is desired.
In the accompanying drawing we have shewn the most simple form of this our
improved implement for extracting corks. Figures 1 and 2 are side and front eleva-
tions of the implement as and when ready to be forced into and through the cork.
Figures 3 and 4 are side and front elevations of the implement as and when ready to
extract the cork.
We make a sharp pointed rod A preferably of steel and of any convenient and
suitable length and in the proper position near the pointed end of this rod A a slot is
formed therethrough in which slot a bar B is mounted on the pivot C in such wise
that the bar B as shewn in Figures 1 and can fold up against the rod A entering
into or partly entering into a corresponding recess formed therefor in the rod A
and also as shewn in Figures 3 and 4 can fall down at right angles or thereabouts
to the line of the rod A being retained in such position by the walls of the slot and
any suitable spring D can if desired be fitted to push the bar B out of the recess and
away from the rod A. The bar B is preferably so formed as shewn in Figures 1 and 2
that when folded up as aforesaid the outer side thereof constitutes a continuation of the
surface of the rod A whereby this bar B offers no impediment to the passage of the
rod A through the cork.

page_text: The sharp point of this rod is forced into and through the cork until the bar can
fall down transversely to the cork below the same in which action the bar is assisted
by the spring if any and then the rod is lifted and the bar is made to engage the
bottom of the cork and therefore when force is applied thereto in the proper
direction this implement will surely and certainly extract the whole cork as is
desired.
To provide the force required for driving this implement into and through the
cork and to conveniently utilize or use the force required for extracting the cork a
worm screw thread may be formed on the rod and a suitable handle may be fitted on
the end of the same in which case the implement would be screwed down into and through
the cork and the cork would be extracted as usual by manual force or the worm screw
thread may be dispensed with and manual force alone be used to drive the implement
straight into and through the cork as well as to extract the cork. Any of the usual
or other appliances or devices employed with the ordinary corkscrews or otherwise for
the purpose of extracting corks with a minimum expenditure of force obviously also
may be used with this our implement the end of the rod being formed as may be
necessary in each case to suit the particular appliance or device to be used.
Whenever it may be desirable or expedient so to do we can obviously in the same
manner mount near the pointed end of the rod two or more bars so that the bottom
of the cork may be engaged in two or more positions and thus the extraction of the
whole of the cork will be still further ensured. Instead also of retaining the bar or
bars as hereinbefore described in position at right angles or thereabouts to the line of
the rod by the walls of the slot or slots or supplementary to this method a sliding or
hinged or other stay or other usual appliance may be fitted to each bar for the same
purpose.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we-claim is
The implement for extracting corks from bottles jars and other receptacles consisting
of the combination of a pointed rod and one or more pivoted bars substantially as
hereinbefore described and set forth.