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Year: 1898

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We, HENRY BISSEKER, of Nos. 11 to 15, New Bartholomew Street, Birmingham,
in the County of Warwick, Manufacturer, and CHARLES CLIFFORD HULL, of No. 69,
Westwick Gardens, in the County of Middlesex, Factor, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention has reference to those parts of cork drawing or cork pulling
machines which are concerned with the holding of the bottle during the drawing
of the cork, and with the holding of the nut during the drawing of the cork
screw from the extracted cork.
The corked bottle is held by its neck by means of a clamp consisting of a
pair of jointed jaws which jaws when open, permit of the ready introduction of
the mouth and neck of the bottle into the machine and when closed tightly on
the said neck hold the bottle firmly during the withdrawal of the cork. The
said clamp is lined with a thick lining of vulcanised india rubber or other like
material by which its hold upon the neck of the bottle is made more efficient.
The opening of the said clamp is effected by a coiled spring at the junction of
the two jointed jaws. The closing the said clamp or jointed jaws is effected by
a frame like supplementary lever handle made preferably of strong wire between
the branches of which the upper ends of inclines engage the lower ends of the
said inclines bearing against projections at the outer ends of the jointed jaws.
When the frame like handle is depressed it travels down the said inclines and
forcing their lower ends towards each other closes the jaws. Notches are made
on the edges of the said inclines in which the arms of the frame like handle
temporarily engage and hold it in the position to which it may have been tem-
porarily brought.
For the purpose of holding down the nut during the withdrawal of the cork-
screw from the extracted cork thereon we joint a lever to the base of the vertical
tube in which the corkscrew rises and falls the upper hook like end of which
When the frame like handle
lever passes through a slot in the vertical tube.
is raised is bears against the back of the said hook like lever and presses it through
the slot described by which motion the hooked top of the said lever engages
in a notch in the nut and holds it down while by the operation of the principal
handle the screw is withdrawn from the cork thereon and the cork falls from the
machine.
well day of March 1898.
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicants.

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We, HENRY BISSEKER, of Nos. 11 to 15, New Bartholomew Street, Birmingham,
in the County of Warwick, Manufacturer, and CHARLES CLIFFORD HULL, of No. 69,
Westwick Gardens, in the County of Middlesex, Factor, do hereby declare the
nature of our invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to
be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:
Our invention has reference to those parts of cork drawing or cork pulling
machines which are concerned with the holding of the bottle, during the drawing
of the cork, and with the holding of the nut during the drawing of the cork
screw from the extracted cork.
The corked bottle is held by its neck by means of a clamp consisting of a
pair of jointed jaws which jaws, when open, permit of the ready introduction of
the mouth and neck of the bottle into the machine and when closed tightly on
,the said. neck hold the bottle firmly during the withdrawal of the cork. The
said clamp is lined with a thick lining of vulcanised india rubber or other like
material by which its hold upon the neck of the bottle is made more efficient.
The opening of the said clamp is effected by a coiled spring at the junction of
the two jointed jaws. The closing of the said clamp or jointed jaws is effected by
a.frame like supplementary lever handle made preferably of strong wire between
the branches of which the upper ends of inclines engage the lower ends of the
said inclines bearing against projections at the outer ends of the jointed jaws.
When the frame like handle is depressed it travels down the said inclines and
forcing their lower ends towards each other closes the jaws. Notches are made
on the edges of the said inclines in which the arms of the frame" like handle
temporarily engage and hold it in the position to which it may have been tem-
porarily brought.
. For the purpose of holding down the nut during the withdrawal of the cork-
screw from the extracted cork thereon we joint a lever to the base of the vertical
tube in which the corkscrew rises and falls the upper hook like end of which
lever passes through a slot in the vertical tube. When the frame like 'handle
is raised it bears against the back of the said hook like lever and presses it through
the slot described by which motion the hooked top of the said lever engages
in a notch in the nut and holds it down while by the operation of the principal
handle the screw is withdrawn from the cork thereon and the cork falls from the
machine.
Figures 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawing represent respectively in side
and front elevation a cork drawing or cork pulling machine containing our
improvements the neck end of a bottle being represented clamped in the machine
from which bottle the cork is to be extracted.
Figure 3 represents a portion of the machine in side elevation the jointed jaws
constituting the bottle clamp, grip or holder of the machine being in their open
position ready for the introduction therein of a bottle.
Figures 4 and 5 represent portions of the machine in plan of underside, the
bottle clamp, grip or holder being represented open in Figure 4 and closed in
Figure 5.
Figures 6, 7 and 8 represent a portion of the machine in section hereinafter
particularly described.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several figures of
the drawing
The bottle clamp, grip or holder of the machine consists of the pair of lined or
padded jaws a, a hinged to the vertical joint pin 6 the said joint pin being pro-

page_text: vided with a spring by which the jaws when free to move are preserved
in the open position represented in Figures 3 and 4 ready to receive the neck of
a bottle. On the introduction of the corked mouth or neck of the bottle into the
machine the jaws a, a are closed and made to grip the neck of the bottle with
such firmness as to securely hold the bottle by the depression of the frame like
supplementary lever handle c from the dotted line position indicated in Figure 2
into the full line position represented in the said Figure 2.
On the depression of the frame like supplementary lever handle e its two
branches strike against and travel down the inclined or outer ends of two small
levers d, d the inner ends of which bear against outwardly projecting parts a², a²
of the jaws
a and cause the closing of the said jaws. The extreme ends of the
projecting, parts a³, a² of the jaws a overhang the flange 2 of the cylinder k
of the machine (see Figure 2) and thereby constitute guides for the opening and
closing jaws a. The inclined or outer ends of the small levers d, d are notched
(see Figures 1 and 2) so that the said frame like supplementary lever handle c
by engaging with the said notches preserves the position into which it has been
brought (see Figures 1 and 2). The bottle having been thus fixed in the machine
the principal lever handle e is raised into the dotted position indicated in Figure 1.
By this action the cork screw f whch is free to rotate is made to descend and by
passing through the nut g is made to worm itself or screw into the cork has
represented in Figure 6. The principal lever handle e being depressed into its
normal position the cork screw f together with the cork h and nut g are by that
motion of the lever handle e raised into the position represented in Figure 7
the cork being thereby extracted from the mouth or neck of the bottle in the
machine.
The bottle is now liberated so as to permit of its removal from the machine by
raising the frame like supplementary lever handle c when the jaws a, a resume
their normal or open position.
By the raising of the frame like supplementary lever handle c a vertical hook
like spring pressed lever i is forced through a slot in the cylinder of the machine
near its bottom open end and on the next raising of the principal lever handle e
for the bringing of the cork screw f, nut g and cock h down the hook shaped
end of the lever i engages in a notch g¹ (see Figure 7) in the nut g and retains
it at the open end of the cylinder of the machine. On the depressing of the
principal lever handle e again, the cork screw f is raised but as the nut is
retained in its lowest position as represented in Figure 8 the cork screw f is with-
drawn from the cork h the said cork falling from the machine. The machine is
now ready to receive another bottle to be uncorked.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that
we claim as our invention of "Improvements in cork drawing or cork pulling
machines":-
First: The construction and arrangement or combination of parts constituting
the bottle clamp, grip or holder of the machine the said construction and arrange-
ment of parts consisting essentially of a pair of gripping jaws turning on a vertical
hinge or joint pin provided with a spring by which the jaws are opened when
free to move and a frame like supplementary lever handle which when depressed
acts on the inclined parts of levers and thereby effects the closing of the gripping
jaws upon the neck of the bottle substantially as herein before described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Secondly: The construction and arrangement or combination of parts for
retaining the nut, through which the cork screw passes and by which it is used
to rotate, in its lowest position on the operation of the principal handle to with-
draw the cork screw from the cork, the said construction and arrangement of parts
consisting of the frame like supplementary lever handle and a hook shaped lever
which is made to engage with or lock the n when the frame like supplementary
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page_text: lever handle is in its raised position but which is disengaged from the said nut
by a spring when the frame like supplementary lever handle is depressed sub-
stantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated the Eighteenth day of November 1898.
HENRY BISSEKER.
CHARLES CLIFFORD HULL.