Improved Machine for Corking and Labelling Bottles.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Nov., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 19th Sept., 1889-Accepted, 9th Nov., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Machine for Corking and Labelling Bottles.
I WILLIAM SAXTON Bells Yard Mansfield Engineer do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
Each machine consists of the following parts, a pair of standards connected to a
bed plate at the bottom and to the underside of a hopper or chamber at the top, the
standards form or support bearings for a revolving crank shaft supplied with pulleys
for a driving shaft or the crank shaft may be operated by a lever. The crank is
connected by a link to a horizontal arm which slide vertically between the standards,
the arm is slotted at the back to receive a pin carried by a peculiar shaped box cam,
which rises and falls with the arm, the arm projects in front of the standards and
carries a vertical plunger rod the lower end of which slides in the circular front end
of a slotted box projecting from the front of the standards, a slide connected by a
link to the box cam moves horizontally in the slot of the box and presses a cork into
the circular end of the box just under the plunger rod, a cork drops into the slotted
box at each revolution of the crank shaft, the corks are fed to the box through a tube
above the box the upper end of the tube receives the lower end of a second tube
above it which is carried by the arm operating the vertical plunger, the upper end
of the second tube rises and falls through the bottom of the hopper first named which
is kept supplied with corks one or more of which falls into the second tube each time
it descends the underside of the circular end of the slotted box is recessed to receive
the mouth of a bottle. Beneath the slotted box is a flanged disk at the upper end
of a plunger rod, which slides vertically in an arm projecting from the front of the
standards the rod is pressed upwards by a suitable shaped spring attached to the bed
plate the upper portion of the plunger rod is screw threaded and provided with a lock
nut to adjust its height to suit various sized bottles, the lower part of the plunger
rod above the arm in which it slides is made flat so as to be clipped by a fork which
slides horizontally on the arm and is operated by a link connected to it and the box
cam, the fork thus keeps the bottle firm during the descent of the upper plunger rod
while a cork is being forced into the neck of the bottle.
The bottle carrying plunger is connected by links and levers to a carriage which
clips and slides upon a vertical plate secured to the standards, the carriage is provided
with a pair of clips hinged to it which are opened to take hold of one edge of a
label by means of a pin hinged to an arm attached to a box provided with labels
inside, behind which is a plunger disk or plate pressed forward by a coiled spring at
the back, in front of the label box is a receptacle for gum, paste, or other cement,
which exudes through perforations in the side of the receptacle which is hinged to the
label box so as to lie close to it, at each descent of the bottle carrying plunger
the receptacle is forced away from the label box by a link attached to the sliding
carriage and carries a label with it, the label being taken by the clips before named
and carried to the side of the bottle to be corked. The label is spread out and pressed
on to the bottle by a pair of vertical and diverging rubber rollers carried by two arms
attached to a horizontal slide between the standards, and operated by a link attached
to the box cam before named, one of the rubber roller arms carries a finger and a cam
plate which forces the carriage away from the label as it is released from the clips by
the finger opening them.
The box cam before named besides moving vertically slides over four rollers
supported by the standards thus causing the box cam to move forward while the lower
cork is held vertical as the plunger forces it into the bottle neck.

page_text: By a machine constructed as above described bottles may be corked and labeled at
the same time.
Dated this Twenty third day of November 1888.
H. W. GOUGH, C.E.,
Agent.
Figure 1 shows a front view of one of my improved machines and
Figure 2 a side view of the same, in both figures the upper portion of a hopper is
broken away.
Figures 3 to 11 inclusive show seperate parts of the machine each severally
referred to hereafter, the corresponding parts in each Figure are lettered alike where
necessary.
Each machine consists of a pair of standards A secured to a bed plate A! at
the bottom, and to the underside of a hopper A2, at the top, the standards form
bearings for a crank shaft B, provided at one end with one or more pulleys to drive
the machine by a belt from a main driving shaft, and at the other end with a weighted
lever B¹ to operate the machine by hand, in front of the standards, the bed plate
supports a seat for the attendant "shown only in side view at Figure 2 and in plan
at Figure 5."
The crank is connected by a link to a horizontal arm C which slides vertically
between the standards, the arm is slotted at the back to receive a pin connecting it
to a link C carried by a peculiar shaped box cam C2 "shown in front view at
Figure 6," which rises and falls with the arm and slides over four rollers 1. 2. 3. 4
"shown only at Figure 2" which cause the box cam to move forward while a cork is
held vertical as it is forced into the neck of a bottle, the front of the arm carries a
vertical rod C³, the lower end of which slides in the circular front end of a slotted
box D, secured to the standards, a slide D₁ connected by a link D* to the box cam,
moves horizontally in the slot of the box D and presses a cork into the circular end
of the box, just under the rod (³, the box D, and slide D¹, are shown in plan at
Figure 7.
The corks are fed to the box by the following means:-
The lower end of a tube D2 is secured in the top of the box and slides within a
tube D carried by the arm C, the top of the tube D³ is cut to the angle shown at
Figure 3 and slides through a stuffing box formed in the bottom of the hopper A³
shown in section at Figure 3, within the hopper.
The tube is provided with a four armed disk A³ shown in plan at Figure 4 which
is raised to the height shown by the dotted lines each time the tube is lifted by the
arm C, two arms of the disk are slotted and slide vertically on two-studs A which
project within the hopper, the raising of the disk agitates the corks and ensures one
or other of them falling into the tube, down which it passes until stopped by the
upper pin, of a pair, carried by a double ended lever D* rocking on an axle in front
of the tube D' the upper pin is kept in the position shown at Figure 2. by a spring
secured to the underside of the lower end of the lever, except when it is moved
outwards by a stud 0%, at the back of the rod C³, striking the lower end of the
lever D at each descent of the rod, such movement allows a cork to pass the upper
pin and be stopped by the lower pin until the rod C³ rises, the lower pin, then moving
outwards allows the cork to drop into the widest portion of the slot in the box D just

page_text: in front of the slide. D' ready to be pressed into the circular end of the box, from
whence it is forced into the neck of a bottle beneath.
The underside of the circular end of the box is recessed to receive the mouth of
the bottle.
"
The bottle to be corked and labeled is placed upon a flanged disk at the upper end
of a screw threaded rod E "shown only at Figure 2 provided with a lock nut
forming a handle E¹ at the front to adjust the height of the flanged disk to suit various
sized bottles, the rod E, screws into the upper end of a plunger rod E2 which slides
vertically in an arm E³ projecting from the front of the standards, the rod E² is
pressed upwards by a spring E' resting on the bed plate.
Above the arm the plunger rod is made flat on each side where it is clipped by the
wedge shaped ends of a fork E "shown in side view at Figure 8" the fork carries a
rod round which a spring E is helically coiled, the back end of the rod slides in a
bracket secured to a carriage F which is moved towards the front of the machine
upon the arm E3 by a link F connecting the carriage to the box cam, the fork when
moved to the front keeps the bottle, and the rod E2 from moving vertically during
the descent of the rod while a cork is being forced into the neck of the bottle, the
spring E being compressed by the further advance of the carriage F when placing
label on the bottle.
The labels are pasted and placed upon the bottles by the following means:-
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A carriage G sliding upon a vertical plate G¹ secured to the standards, is provided
with a pair of clips G2 "shown enlarged in plan at Figure 9," hinged to it, the clips
are closed by a spring G³ and opened to take hold of one edge of a label H by a
pin G provided with a set screw for adjustment and binged to an arm attached to
a box H provided with labels H inside, behind which is a plate having a slotted
rod H at the back carried by a bracket H³, the plate is pressed forward by a weighted
lever H* rocking on a stud projecting from the standard A.
In front of the label box is a receptacle for gum paste or other cement, provided
inside with an axle carrying a rod H³ projecting upwards, the rocking of which
prevents the cement from clogging, the back end of the axle carries a perforated
plate He shown by dotted lines at Figure 10 which lies close to the back of the
perforated projecting part of the receptacle, when the perforations in the plate H
coincide with the perforations in the back of the receptacle, sufficient cement exudes
on to the back of a label to secure it to a bottle, each time the receptacle is closed on
to the label box as shown at Figure 2. The rocking of the axle carrying the rod H³
is effected as follows:-The axle projects through the front of the receptacle and
carries a rod H projecting downwards which slides in the slot of an arm H³ projecting
from the front of the label box, the rod striking the ends of the slot rock the axle.
A bracket H projects from the bottom of the receptacle into the groove of a
cam Gshown seperately in plan.at Figure 11" carried by a bolt Go the left end of
which slides in a bearing projecting from the plate G³, the right end of the bolt is
slotted and held to the plate by a screw as shown at Figure 1, the bolt is recessed at
the back to allow of the traverse of the carriage G, the left end of which striking the
bolt at a, places the cam in position to hold the bracket at C, keeping the receptacle
in the open position shown at Figure 9 while the clips take hold of a label, on the
return motion the right end of the carriage strikes the bolt at 6, and places the cam
in position to hold the bracket at d, closing the back of the receptacle on to a label
in the box H¹.
The traverse of the carriage G in front of the standards is effected as follows:-
See Figures 1, and 2, a link G' engages with the carriage and is hinged to a
three armed lever G³ rocking on an axle in the upper end of a weighted lever G'
provided with a flat spring G both carried by a stud projecting from the front of
the right standard the lower arm of the weighted lever is provided with a set screw
and lock nut above the front end of a lever Go carried by a stud projecting from the
side of the standard, the back end of the lever is connected to the lower end of
a rod K which slides vertically in slotted studs projecting from the standard, the
rod has a trigger K' hinged to it carrying a set screw and lock nut to regulate the

page_text: lowering of the rod by a stud K² carried by the weighted lever B' passing over
the trigger at each revolution of the crank shaft B.
The label is spread out and pressed on to the bottle by the forward movement
of a pair of vertical and diverging india rubber rollers F2 carried by two arms F3
hinged to a bracket at the back projecting from the top of the carriage F," shown
at Figure 8" the right arm F3 carries a finger F which presses upon the front
clip and opens it to release the label the spring G₁ closing upon the lever G'
as a cam F at the bottom of the arm forces the carriage to the right away from
the label as it is released to allow the pressing rollers to open out and place the
label on the bottle, the rollers are kept open wider than the label by a weighted
lever F dropping between the arms, the lever is hinged to a bracket projecting
from the top of the carriage F the lever being raised clear of the arins
the carriage goes back by an incline F7 "shown at Figure 1 on the inside of
the right standard," the arms being pressed together by a pair of plate springs F³
secured to the lever bracket.
The combined movements of the machine are as follows:-
as
The carriage G, slides to the left the clips G2 take hold of a label and slide to
the right placing a label in front of the rubber rollers F2 the finger F opening the
clips to release the label the rollers as they advance opening out to spread and press
the label on the bottle, while opened out the slide D presses a cork into the end of
the box D and the rod C3 forces the cork into the neck of the bottle, the rod C³ then
rises, the slide D¹ and the rollers F2 move back at the same time, the corked and
labelled bottle is removed by the attendant and another put in its place, such move-
ments being repeated at each revolution of the crank shaft.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
The construction and employment of a machine for automatically corking and
labelling bottles, substantially as described and illustrated in the Drawings
annexed.
1000
Dated this Eighteenth day of September 1885
Witness,
H. W. GOUGH, C.E.,
Nottingham.
1003
WILLIAM SAXTON.